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Cask Introduction

» Cask offers clients a range of business and

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» Cask offers clients a range of business and technology management services that enable organizations to achieve excellenceorganizations to achieve excellence.

C k’ i d f i l k ith t» Cask’s experienced professionals work with customers to develop strategy, implement integrated solutions,

d d iand drive success.

© 2011 - Cask, LLC | Strategy. Solutions. Success.

Practice Areas

» Cask’s experienced

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» Cask s experienced professionals provide end-to-end services andend to end services and expertise across four primary practice areasprimary practice areas.


Blending Expertise and Innovation

“Silos of Excellence” challenge many

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g yorganizations today. Collaborating across functional boundaries is difficult, constraining effective results Caskconstraining effective results. Cask associates are integrated thinkers that help leaders analyze all dimensions of the system

flifecycle, balancing the business and technical priorities. Cask offers the experience and innovation needed to succeed pat the intersection of these practice areas.


Cask Expertise

» Cask Associate Profile:Cask Associate Profile:» Average of 16 years of industry experience» Over half have Masters degrees in business, technology or

engineering» Alumni of large integration and consulting firms as well as

government agenciesgovernment agencies» Over 40% have served in the military» 100% have security clearances, 42% with TS/SCIy ,» Carry various industry certifications including DAWIA, PMP,

CISSP, CISM, CISA, ITIL v3 Expert, ISO/IEC 20000, and LEED AP


Capabilities:Enterprise Strategies & SolutionsEnterprise Strategies & Solutions

Cask utilizes a systems-thinking approach to ensure effectiveness at

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y g ppunderstanding how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact so that changes, and their impacts, are understood holistically. y

SERVICES INCLUDE:» Strategic Plans

PRODUCTS INCLUDE:» Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)» Strategic Plans

» Decision Support Analysis » Business Cases » IT Service Management

» Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)» Business Cases Analysis» Business Case Audit» Lifecycle Cost Estimates (LCCE)» IT Service Management

» Balanced Scorecards » IT Governance Strategy » Cost Estimating and Analysis

» Lifecycle Cost Estimates (LCCE)» Cost Estimate Validation» Market Assessment and Recommendation» Probability of Program Success (PoPS)» Cost Estimating and Analysis


» Probability of Program Success (PoPS) Assessment

Capabilities:Acquisition & Development ManagementAcquisition & Development Management

Today’s systems are larger, interconnected and more intertwined with

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y y g ,organizational operations than ever before. Dealing with these challenges requires both expertise and hands-on experience.

SERVICES INCLUDE» Metrics Development and Implementation

PRODUCTS INCLUDE:» Acquisition Program Startup » Metrics Development and Implementation

» Portfolio Management Implementation» Process Improvement

Software Development Estimation

q g p» RFP Preparation and Execution» Life Cycle Management Plan » Program Execution Assessment» Software Development Estimation

» Solicitation and Source Selection» Acquisition Strategy

» Program Execution Assessment» Project Risk Assessment» Acquisition Metrics Development


Capabilities:Value Network ManagementValue Network Management

Procurement and Supply Chain leaders must drive greater efficiencies and

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pp y gcost savings while also tightening alignment to organizational strategies and objectives. Cask enables organizations to adapt and thrive in a resource constrained environmentresource constrained environment.

SERVICES INCLUDE: PRODUCTS INCLUDE:» Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Services» Supply Chain Management Transformation» Asset Lifecycle Management

» Supplier Risk Assessment» Category Management» Sustainability Assessment» Asset Lifecycle Management

» Collaborative Innovation Programs» Professional Services and Training

» Sustainability Assessment» Supplier Relationship Management» Supply Chain Optimization


Capabilities:Technology & Engineering ServicesTechnology & Engineering Services

In order to design, develop, and deliver a product to the end-customer that

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g p pmeets or exceeds their needs, the Project Management Office must be able to synchronize the work of multiple entities and activities, while staying on budget and schedule.g

SERVICES INCLUDE:» Systems Engineering and Integration

PRODUCTS INCLUDE:» Systems Engineering Technical» Systems Engineering and Integration

» Requirements Engineering» Information Assurance» Configuration Management

» Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) Support

» Customized SETR/Data Item Review Checklists» Configuration Management

» Technology Piloting » Software Configuration and Customization» IT Service Management (ITIL)

» IV&V assessments» DIACAP development and review » Architecture Documents» IT Service Management (ITIL)


Contracts: Customers Present and Past

» Department of Defense » Higher Education» Harvard University

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» US Army Corps of Engineers» US Navy SPAWAR PEO-EIS (NGEN)» US Navy NAVSEA (JCREW)» US Marine Corps MCSC HQ OCIO

» Harvard University » University of Mary Washington

» Commercial» Advantap

» US Marine Corps MCSC PG-10» US Marine Corps MCSC PG-11» DISA Computing Services Directorate

» Advanta» Avaya» Brother International» Cricket Communications» Countrywide Home Loans

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» Federal / State / Education» USDA - Forest Service» Oklahoma State Senate

» Gilead Sciences, Inc.» Harley Davidson Financial» InfoNow» L3 Communications» Lockheed MartinOklahoma State Senate

» Loudoun County» Peak National Observatory» Prince William County

» Lockheed Martin» Vision Technologies» WebMD / Emdeom

» Non-Profit / NGO» American Red Cross


Customer Success: Data Center Requirements & AcquisitionData Center Requirements & Acquisition

» Outcome: Cask helped the Marine Corps implement best practices in acquisition and delivery of capability d b i t ith t bilit t b i l i f lt ti i i it i

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managed by requirements with traceability to business case, analysis of alternatives, engineering criteria, and metrics by incorporating contracting and acquisition planning early in the process.

» Situation: The Marine Corps needed to establish programmatic oversight to implement their first data center.

» Task: Ensure the successful design, acquisition and delivery supporting RFP/source selection, project management, systems and architecture engineering, telecommunications engineering, service management and identity and access management.

» Action: Develop requirements build the acquisition documentation and support source selection and the» Action: Develop requirements, build the acquisition documentation, and support source selection and the subsequent vendor delivery of the Marine Corps first Data Center. Provide oversight for the integration across numerous task orders for the $95M Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract.


Customer Success: Implementing ITSM/ITIL in the Marine CorpsImplementing ITSM/ITIL in the Marine Corps

» Outcome: The Marine Corps has developed an Enterprise ITSM strategy and is implementing enterprise-id IT S i M t f ti l t l d ti i f t t li d t th DOTMLPF

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wide IT Service Management for operational control and supporting infrastructure aligned to the DOTMLPF framework.

» Situation: The Marine Corps needed to establish mature, enterprise-wide operational control of IT resources; align IT with the strategic goals of the organization; deliver higher levels of service.

» Task: Ensure the successful strategy, implementation, and operation of mature IT management process in the non-NMCI enterprise (MCEITS) and on the SIPRNET (SONIC).

» Action: Cask supported the ITSM strategy development, ITSM process development, supporting tools architecture and product selection and provided oversight in the consistent integration of each to ensurearchitecture and product selection, and provided oversight in the consistent integration of each to ensure the success of the Marine Corps mission.

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Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology Services

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And Training Concept ALT Site Training Concept

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Customer Success: Baselining IT Operational Maturity Using ITILBaselining IT Operational Maturity Using ITIL

» Outcome: Cask worked with an industry leading IT research firm to benchmark five Federal client data t i t i d t t it d l d h th C k id d d t d b li t

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centers against industry maturity models and each other. Cask provided a documented baseline to identify gaps in existing process and a roadmap for ‘quick wins’ that would allow immediate process improvement across the enterprise.

Documentation » Situation: Leadership wanted to measure ITIL process

1.02.03.04.05.0/ Integration

Process Integration

Metrics Measurement &Governance

maturity against industry best practices and establish an enterprise approach for implementing future processes.

» Task: Review existing ITIL processes, identify existing0.00

Process Skills & Staffing

Tools & Automation

& Governance» Task: Review existing ITIL processes, identify existing maturity level and develop a roadmap for making continuous process and operational improvements.

» Action: Survey existing sites to provide a baseline of IT Service Management maturity develop an enterprise StaffingAutomation

Best Practice Industry Average Client X

Service Management maturity, develop an enterprise view of the current environment, identify operational metrics, and areas for improvement using the current processes.


Customer Success: Information SecurityInformation Security

» Outcome: Cask worked with a Federal organization to implement a cost effective process to analyze, characterize and identify baseline information security requirements and then assisted in implementing

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characterize and identify baseline information security requirements and then assisted in implementing and documenting information security controls for approximately 500 applications located throughout the United States.

» Situation: A Federal client needed to identify all information security requirements for hundreds of applications in a cost effective manner and implement necessary security controls within a Risk Management Framework (RMF) in order to meet FISMA and organizational security mandates.

Triage

PlanManage» Task: Implement a process to effectively analyze 500+

applications for FISMA requirements within an RMF and assist in implementing information security controls.

» Action: Develop process flow diagrams, standard operating

IA RMF

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ct o e e op p ocess o d ag a s, sta da d ope at gprocedures, templates and a repeatable cost effective process; train key personnel on process, conduct analysis of applications, determine FISMA requirements within an RMF, help document and implement required IA security controls.

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Customer Success: Development EstimatesDevelopment Estimates

» Outcome: Cask key personnel worked with a leading financial services firm to develop size, cost, schedule d lit ti t f b i iti l l f hi h t ti t t C k k

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and quality estimates for a business critical release for a high transaction rate system. Cask key personnel delivered and maintained an accurate estimate based on the client’s historical data and an industry leading parametric estimation model.

» Situation: A leading financial services firm needed to commit to time-critical delivery of new functionality designed to improve the client’s position in an evolving market place.

» Task: Deliver an accurate estimate used by senior» Task: Deliver an accurate estimate used by senior management to allocate resources and make public cost and schedule commitments.

» Action: Develop historical basis for estimating the system’s size tune the parametric cost model to thesystem s size, tune the parametric cost model to the organization’s process maturity and past performance, deliver an estimate of cost, schedule and quality. Explore tradeoffs and quantify risk. Update the estimate at predefined milestonespredefined milestones.


Contract and Contact Information

» Woman-owned small businessB siness De elopment

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» SBA 8(a) and SDB certified through September 6, 2016» Seaport-e Prime (N00178-09-D-5680) » GSA Schedule 70 (GS-35F-0580W)

» Business DevelopmentBradley [email protected]

» CAGE Code: 4LZG6» DUNS: 788778913» Primary NAICS:

» East Coast Office:475 Aquia Towne Ctr Dr, Ste 305Stafford, VA 22554866.535.8915 x 3

» 541330 - Engineering Services» 541511 - CSD and Related Services» 541512 - Computer Systems Design (CSD)

» West Coast Office:5151 Shoreham Pl, Ste 140San Diego CA 92122

» 541519 - Other Computer Related Services» 541611 - Management Consulting Services» 541614 - Process and Logistics Consulting Services

San Diego, CA 92122866.535.8915 x 2

» Website:www.caskllc.com

» 541618 - Other Management Consulting Services


Additional Corporate Information

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Cask Overview: History

» 2004: Founded by Ms. Elizabeth Guezzale as EPG 18

yTelecommunications, LLC as service and strategy provider to Telecommunications Industry» 2006 Expands core capabilities / services offerings» 2006: Expands core capabilities / services offerings,

becomes Cask, LLC.» 2007: Cask, LLC received Small Business Administration» 2007: Cask, LLC received Small Business Administration

8(a) and SDB certifications» 2008: Cask wins 8 new contracts, grows to 24 employees» 2009: Cask wins 11 new contracts, grows to 34 employees» 2010: Cask wins 10 new contracts, grows to 41 employees


Cask Overview: Locations

» Cask has locations across the nation. Offices are located in the

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following cities:» San Diego, CA» Fayetteville NC

» DC Metro / Stafford, VA» Kansas City MO

» Norfolk, VA

» Fayetteville, NC» Dallas, TX

» Kansas City, MO» Fort Walton Beach, FL

DC (Stafford, VA)Kansas City, MO

Norfolk, VA

San Diego, CA

Fort Walton Beach FL

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Fayetteville, NC


Fort Walton Beach, FLDallas, TX

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