Cybersecurity & Government Procurement Advisor
Prakash Kollaram is a technologist and subject matter expert in cybersecurity, information technology, government FAR/DFAR procurement, and contract performance management. As a senior civilian (GS-13, GS-14, and GS-15) at US DoD (DCSA – Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Quantico-VA), Prakash provided his expert services as Cybersecurity Chief and Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) for several multi-million dollar and multi-year IT contracts. He served as a designee of DCSA at the Pentagon’s DoD 8140 Cybersecurity Work Force Qualification Framework Development Council, DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) Council, and DoD CSERG (Cyber Security Engineering & Research Group).
Previously, Prakash served as a Program Manager, Project Manager, and Software Engineer at USG contracting companies supporting IT and Cybersecurity contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Army, and the Navy.