Ronald Falcone

Ron is Executive Vice President and co-founder of Distributed Solutions, Inc. (DSI) and oversees its contracts management directorate. DSI specializes in business process automation for federal contracting offices and program offices. DSI delivers knowledge-driven solutions enabled by cloud-based e-procurement and electronic contract writing tools that are highly configurable. He is a subject matter expert and consultant with over five decades of federal acquisition lifecycle business process management experience.

He been an Adjunct Professor since 2004 at the University of Virginia’s Procurement and Contracts Management Certificate Program and has taught the following courses:

• Introduction to Federal Procurement [In-person & Online]
• Contract Administration [In-person & Online]
• Federal Contracting: A Contractor’s Perspective [In-person]
• Electronic Commerce in Federal Acquisition [Online]
• Cost and Price Analysis [In-person & Online]
• Advance Services Contracting [In-person]
• Federal Regulations I, II & III [Online]

His credentials include National Contract Management Association (NCMA) Certified Professional Contract Manager (CPCM), Certified Federal Contract Manager (CFCM), and NCMA Fellow.

Ron’s NCMA current activities include Board of Advisors for the NCMA Tysons Chapter and a member of the NCMA ANSI Standards Consensus Body (SCB). His former NCMA activities include: member of the national Board of Directors, former President of the Tysons Chapter, former Chair of the Tysons Chapter Board of Advisors, former Leadership Mentor at the National and Chapter levels, and an author of several articles for the CM Magazine. Currently serving as a member of the Tysons Chapter Board of Advisors.

Ron has authored several published works for NCMA and other publications, which include but are not limited to the following:

• The Role of the “Contract Management Standard” in Business Process Transformation, Contract Management Magazine, July 2017
• NCMA’s Role in Academia through Standards and Accreditation, CM Magazine, April 2017
• The Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK): The Cornerstone of Your Career, CM Magazine, January 2015