Chris Hamm serves as director of the General Services Administration’s FEDSIM organization, where he oversees information technology and professional service contracts worth $7 billion.
The 15-year acquisitions and project management veteran frequently speaks at conferences on various topics such as performance-based contracting, information technology service level agreements and agile acquisition.
Hamm served as government chairperson for the 2013 ACT IAC Partners program.
He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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