Steven Stryker
Steven Stryker is a professional consultant in business for over thirty years. He provides custom-tailored, just-in-time training, facilitating and consulting services to enhance the successful performance of federal acquisitions, programs and projects. He also has supported the lifecycle process of program and project success. Mr. Stryker continues to meet the challenge of successful performance acquisition implementation in a “cradle to grave” process—as a primary achievement of OMB & agency Acquisition Policy. Based on previous efforts with the DHS, EPA, Treasury, HHS as well as DOL, DOI, DOT, GSA, NIH, HUD, Justice, Commerce, USDA, GPO, Army, Air Force & Navy as well as government-focused firms, the results have demonstrated a categorical improvement in more effectively fulfilling the client's requirements through saved time, money and reduced problems, while obtaining higher-quality performance and outputs.
In order to achieve the above results, the services provided consist of three functions:
I. Custom-tailoring courses to meet the immediate client motivations and needs in Strategic Planning, Acquisition and Project Management-- or a combination. This endeavor profiles what the client's needs are in advance and focuses the subsequent instruction to effectively meet the needs of those who actually attend. Follow up is done to sustain the skill transfer has made the expected difference in job performance. One growing example is providing Certification classes to the CO/CS, COR/COTR as well as the Program/Project Manager Communities. A main focus of these classes will be to use performance-based methods to critique and create better requirement descriptions, solicitations, and performance management plans. In fact, the courses can be designed to integrate the acquisition, business and project management skills need toward the career development of the attendees—both acquisition and technical.
In addition, facilitation and consulting services include:
II. Lifecycle support to emerge and implement acquisitions, projects and/or strategic endeavors. Unlike "pure training", this activity is incorporated as part of real time decision-making for the actual situation. Effective group dynamics and teaming communication is conveyed and instituted as a key part to obtain the results needed. Appropriate follow through occurs. Herein, a venue that works to achieve this is to do a “pilot” endeavor using the performance orientation so that the success achieved can be replicated to "level up" future organizational performance.
III. Resolutions of specific acquisition, project, and/or planning issues. Here, effective consulting process and procedures are employed to listen and to understand what the true client need is, and then ensure that this need is met through multiple channels of communication. Timely outputs and outcomes occur that fully reflect the solution. Briefings are done at critical times to ensure all key stakeholders have continued buy in. Lessons Learned and/or Best Practices are compiled and forwarded to sustain future resolutions of similar concerns.
Mr. Stryker is a Certified Trainer through DAU and FAI to meet the learning competencies of the FAC-COTR and FAC-P/PM professional development programs from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Authorship
Mr. Stryker has also authored three books: Plan to Succeed: A Guide to Strategic Planning, Guide to Successful Consulting, and Principles and Practices of Professional Consulting. He is currently at work on a book demonstrating effective processes and practices for Contracting Officer Representative success. Currently, he is completing a volume on The COTR Handbook: Effective Catalyst For Stronger Organizational Performance.
Professional Speaking
In addition, over the last three years, Mr. Stryker has been a requested speaker and presenter at a number of conferences and seminars on Performance Based topics (with a focus on enhancing performance application and accountability). The Conference sponsors include: The Performance Institute, The Government Contracting Institute, FOSE, Market Access, NCMA, Council for Excellence in Government and HHS.