Meet the GAI Leadership Team
Jay Lambke | President
Jay Lambke, president, brings over 20 years’ experience leading various organizations specializing in the IT needs of the Federal, State, Local, and Education markets. As President, Mr. Lambke is responsible for leveraging his experience and relationships to maneuver GAI through its ongoing operations, providing advisory and strategy support.Prior to joining GAI, Mr. Lambke was president of Prism Pointe Technologies and GovConnection. At GovConnection, Mr. Lambke was responsible for turning around the company following the loss of their Federal GSA Schedule and negative earnings. Mr. Lambke has also held executive roles at Gateway, Inc., Ingram Micro, and Tech Data.
Tracy Pavillard | Senior Vice President
Tracy Pavillard, Sr VP, brings over 35 years of experience in the Federal space. Tracy most recently served as the cross functional sales leader responsible for driving and accelerating VMware sales through and with Dell EMC in the Dell EMC Commercial Sales Segments globally for the last 2 years. Prior to that Tracy led Dell EMC Federal Channel and Systems Integrator business accounting for over $2.5 billion in annual revenues. Responsibilities include business planning & strategy, sales execution, marketing, staffing, customer satisfaction & channel programs for Federal VARs and Systems Integrators. Tracys specialties include: Direct & Channel Sales/Leadership, Business Planning/Strategy, Government Contracting, Contract Negotiation, Sales Management, Marketing, Sales, Talent Acquisition.
Prem Jadhwani | Chief Technology Officer
Prem Jadhwani, chief technology officer (CTO), brings 18 years of experience working in the enterprise IT space with both commercial and Federal customers to GAI. As CTO, Mr. Jadhwani provides solution vision, strategy, thought leadership, and subject matter expertise around data centers, networking, cyber security, cloud computing, data analytics, and other emerging technologies.Mr. Jadhwani has served as a Commissioner for TechAmerica Cloud and Big Data Commission. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, an MBA in Marketing & Strategy from Stuart School of Business in Chicago, and has completed coursework for a Ph.D. in Cyber Security from George Mason University. He also holds 100+ reputable certifications including CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, CCNP, VCP, ITIL, GCIH, and GSLC.
Todd Brown | Vice President | Sales and Operations
Todd Brown, vice president of sales and operations, brings over 15 years of experience to GAI. Joining the GAI team in April of 2007 as the Director of Sales, he was named both VP of Sales and Operations and Facility Security Officer in 2014. As VP of Sales and Operations, Mr. Brown is responsible for the day-to-day sales operations with a focus on overall customer experience.Prior to joining GAI, Mr. Brown spent over 15 years at Gateway in various Sales and Sales Management roles.
Stan Jones
Stan Jones | Vice President of Accounting and Finance
Stan Jones, vice president of accounting and finance, brings over 25 years of accounting and financial management experience to GAI, accumulated primarily in the supply chain industry. As Vice President of Accounting / Finance, he is responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting, and reporting functions of GAI. In addition to his accounting expertise, he has extensive experience in financial and operating systems implementation and development and will be focusing on improving the efficiency of the financial processes and systems.Prior to joining GAI, Mr. Jones spent 17 years with DHL, serving in a variety of roles including Director of Finance and Controller. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University and holds the CPA and CMA certifications. He is also a member of AICPA, IMA, and the Ohio CPA Society.
Leslie Egan | Vice President, Marketing and Partner Alliances
Leslie Egan, Vice President of Marketing and Partner Alliances, brings over 25 years of experience managing and spearheading GAI’s Marketing, OEM partner relationships, partner marketing, branding, events, and communications. Before joining GAI, she served as Director of Marketing at PC Connection, Inc., where she spearheaded the public sector marketing initiatives for GovConnection. Her success in this role led to expanded marketing responsibilities across all three sales subsidiaries: PC Connection, GovConnection, and MoreDirect.
Mary Jane Sweeney | Director of Contracts and Compliance
Mary Jane Sweeney, director of contracts and compliance, brings over 25 years of Federal contracting experience to the GAI team. As Director of Contracts & Compliance, Ms. Sweeney is responsible for all contracts and vendor agreements, as well as overall compliance for GAI. Ms. Sweeney has managed contracting organizations, supporting virtually every agency within the Federal government, state and local agencies, educational institutions, and commercial customers. She also has direct experience in negotiating and managing all contract types and a variety of related agreements, as well as managing pricing and subcontract organizations.Prior to joining GAI, Ms. Sweeney was director of contracts for Northrop Grumman Information Systems. She has held contracting leadership positions at Gateway, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation after beginning her contracting career at NASA. Ms. Sweeney chaired TechAmerica’s GSA Subcommittee and was on the Board of Advisors for the Coalition of Government Procurement.
Mike Broadwater | Vice President, Technology Services Group
Mike Broadwater is being promoted Vice President of Technology Services. In this newly created, critical role Mike will be responsible for executing our CMMC plan, enhancing GAI’s cybersecurity maturity program, as well as transforming our own IT infrastructure. Mike’s operations background includes help desk management, datacenter architect, application development, building a cybersecurity program within the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and as Human Resources and Professional Development analyst. Mike brings to this role a set of capabilities which include a mature approach to IT Operations, software development and infrastructure management.
Leadership Principles
Lead by Example
- Communicate Clearly & Often
- Empower Our People
- Collaborate to Achieve the Best Possible Outcome
- Adapt to an Ever Changing Environment
- Operate with Utmost Integrity
