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About

Founded in 2010, Forefront is a private firm specializing in Information Technology technical staffing for the U.S. Government and its partners. Forefront is committed to providing innovative, timely, and cost effective mission enabling solutions for its clients.

Built on the strengths of its employees, Forefront delivers comprehensive solutions to its customers by providing highly skilled personnel with extensive industry knowledge and experience.

The formula is simple — our customers define the goals and we provide the talent. Together, we both succeed!

Forefront has a strong sense of corporate citizenship and strives to conduct business responsibly in an ever changing world. This includes listening to, understanding, and responding to our stakeholders – those who affect or are affected by our business activities. Our relationship with our stakeholders is important to us, because they define Forefront and what it means to continually create value.

Kevin Brown

President

Craig Powell

Chief Executive Officer

Jason Keys

Chief Technical Officer

Thomas Liversage

Chief Business Development Officer

Michael Stone

General Counsel

Kevin Brown, Forefront’s President, is an entrepreneur with over 23 years of experience in the Information Technology field, most of which has been spent supporting the US government. He has excellent interpersonal skills, problem solving skills, and is a team player. Prior to co-founding Forefront in 2010, Kevin worked for Lockheed Martin, Duer Advanced Technology & Aerospace, and the US Government.

Kevin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. While working full-time, he continued his education; earning an M.S. in Information Technology from the University of Maryland, an MBA from the University of Baltimore, and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Management from the University of Maryland. Kevin has several technical certifications; including: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Red Hat Certified Systems Engineer, and Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator.

Some interesting facts about Kevin are that he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1996, and was a 4 year member of the University of Maryland Marching Band and Pep Band. He played trumpet with the Maryland Pep Band at many NCAA tournament games from 1997-2001. To this day, he is an avid Maryland Terps fan and attends all of the home football games with his 3 children.

Craig Powell, Forefront Chief Executive Officer, has over 20 years of experience working in the Information Technology field, most of which has been spent working in IT Engineering supporting the US Government. He is a motivated team player that enjoys tackling tough problems. Prior to co-founding Forefront in 2010, Craig worked for JME Inc. and the US Government.

Craig earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Miami. Craig earned an MS degree in Information Systems and Technology from the John Hopkins University, an MBA from the University of Baltimore, and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Management from the University of Maryland.

Craig keeps abreast of emerging technologies with an emphasis on the open source technologies and has most recently been specializing in Data Engineering and building AI/ML pipelines.

Jason Keys, Forefront’s Chief Technical Officer, has over 11 years of experience in the information technology field primarily working on federal government contracts. He has extensive experience automating the deployment of infrastructure and application components supporting big data initiatives. Prior to co-founding Forefront in 2010, Jason worked for Lockheed Martin, and ETS Corp.

Jason earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida (2014 Fiesta Bowl Champs). Jason is also a certified Redhat Certified Systems Engineer, and Cloudera Hadoop Administrator and Developer.

Jason is an avid UCF Knights fan and flies down to Florida at least 2 times a year to attend home football games.

Thomas Liversage, Forefront’s Chief Business Development Officer, is an Executive Leader and Entrepreneur with over 21 years of experience in Enterprise Information Technology. Thomas has a strong background in Enterprise Architecture and Systems Engineering, and in his executive role, he has proven his ability to bring new ideas and business development concepts to significantly enhance the development of Forefront as a small business. Thomas is a strategic thinker who has the ability to assimilate and integrate organizational best practices to further develop corporations as well as first hand knowledge of contracting in the Federal Government.

Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology and a Master of Science in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University. Thomas comes to Forefront from iCTek, Inc. where he served as founder and President. Thomas has owned many successful small businesses throughout his career and has worked for large corporations such as MCI, Fujitsu, and Lockheed Martin

Some interesting facts about Thomas are that he is a true entrepreneur in mind and spirit. He also thrives on investing in the stock market. Thomas holds a patent on the “Bed Sheet” and a song copyright. When Thomas is not busy working on a new idea or business, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Michael Stone, Forefront’s General Counsel