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ABOUT PATHFINDERS Founded in 1996 as Donath-Sheahan Associates, our company was renamed Pathfinders International, LLC to better reflect our mission. Pathfinders has grown into a world-class professional services firm focused on helping our clients achieve their personal goals and business objectives. Pathfinders provides focus, process and the government relationships needed to navigate the complex pathways of government contracting. Knowledge + Process + Relationships = Business Success Our team of consultants and professional associates have a long history of helping clients navigate the complex pathways needed to achieve business success in the government markets. Mission Pathfinders International, LLC was founded with the mission to help people achieve their personal goals and business objectives by providing leadership, coaching, revenue growth strategies and out-sourced business development support in the Federal, State, Local and International government marketplaces. Leadership Linda E. Donath, CEO/Founder Linda E. Donath is an industry leader in executive coaching, personal life coaching and human capital performance management. She knows how to reach people on a personal level to develop their potential and help them achieve their personal and professional dreams, which is the founding vision of Pathfinders International. Ms. Donath's career includes serving on the staff of the Washington, D.C. practice of Burston-Marsteller Public Relations firm, headquartered in New York. While there, Ms. Donath gained valuable experience in the field of public relations, advertising and government relations. She served on some of Burson-Marstellar's most challenging accounts in the transportation and consumer goods industries. In her role as CEO of Pathfinders International, LLC Ms. Donath provides the ongoing corporate vision to ensure that the core mission is achieved. Robert F. Sheahan, CEO/Founder Robert Sheahan is recognized as a pioneer in the field of Federal Business Development. He has worked for Fortune 500 companies as an engineer, as sales manager, and in business development. It was while leading the business development practice for Information Management Consultants, Inc. (IMC) in the early 1990's that he developed pipeline development methodologies and combined them with proven capture management processes to maximize the company's position to win. Mr. Sheahan was an integral part of the firm's growth from $12M to over $35M in under four years. Mr. Sheahan has served as a division director for GTE Government Systems Corporation for the Financial Services and International Agencies. During that time, he directed the start-up of a financial services group that was a pioneer in the Federal government's move from traditional payment mechanisms to web-based e-Commerce, including Electronic Benefits Transfer and Electronic Federal Tax Payments. In under 2 years, his division grew from $4M to over $25M before GTE was merged with Bell Atlantic (Verizon). He also provided senior corporate strategy and business development support to e-Commerce pioneers such as Commerce One and American Management Systems (now CGI). In 1996, Mr. Sheahan combined his expertise with marketing and coaching specialist, Linda E. Donath and together they founded Donath-Sheahan Associates-specializing in professional IT recruiting and small business development. Within ten years, DSA's acquisitions and substantial growth evolved the company into Pathfinders International, LLC. Mr. Sheahan leads many of Pathfinders' engagements providing government relations, marketing, corporate development, and CEO coaching services. He also sits on the board for a fast-growing SDVOSB, where he has directed its strategy and leveraged its status to help increase growth from $2M to over $30M. Gina Gallagher, President Gina Gallagher joined Pathfinders in 2008 as vice president of business development. In addition to offering extensive Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) and Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) strategic and tactical experience, she contributes an enthusiastic, positive, goal-oriented approach to building teams, creating relationships, and earning trust. Gallagher¹s extensive network of teaming partners (both large and small) has benefitted many clients. Gallagher has more than 15 years of business strategy, business development and market experience in the Federal Government Sector. She has held numerous leadership and senior executive management positions with large systems integrators and small companies such as EDS, DynCorp (CSC), Titan (L3), LEADS Corporation (ITS/QinetiQ NA), and Satyam NA. She was responsible for creating corporate strategic plans, building business development, identifying and selecting teaming ventures for competitive procurement initiatives, and winning new business. Ms Gallagher was named president of Pathfinders in December of 2009. |
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