Arlington, VA -- (SBWire) -- 01/24/2017 --Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, L.L.C. (ACT I), an industry-leading provider of Total Acquisition Management solutions, announces Mr. Chris Devens as Director of Business Development. In his role, Mr. Devens is responsible for building and maintaining the business development opportunity pipeline, establishing relationships with current and prospective clients and customers, and supporting capture and proposal development. In addition to business development activities, he manages some of ACT I's current programs, with responsibility for cost, schedule, and performance metrics.

Mr. Devens brings over 30 years of technical experience in military operations and program management, including management of Oracle IT enterprise system development, application design, system integration, legacy application and data migration, and validation and deployment testing. Prior to joining ACT I, Mr. Devens was an Operations and Business Development Director at Camber Corporation.

"Mr. Devens' unique combination of business development experience, leadership skills, strategic and tactical consulting, technical expertise, program management, and implementation 'know-how' to design and deploy new business strategies, execute mission-critical initiatives, and improve business performance provides ACT I the ability to enhance support to our current customers and achieve our corporate growth goals," said Mr. Michael Niggel, ACT I CEO.

Mr. Devens retired from active duty U.S. Army service as an Aviation Officer, flying UH-60 aircraft in support of numerous Army units. He holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama and a Bachelor of Art in English from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

About ACT I
ACT I is an ISO 9001:2008 certified small business delivering mission-critical Total Acquisition Management solutions to customers across the globe. We are retained by the U.S. Department of Defense, Federal Agencies and allied partners to support their most complex programs in the areas of Acquisition Strategy, Program Management, Engineering, Logistics, Financial Management, Security and Cyber, Contract Negotiation Support, and Security Cooperation and Assistance services. ACT I was selected as prime contractor for the following GSA contracts: OASIS Small Business Pool 1, Professional Services Schedule, and IT Schedule 70.

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