Meet Our Leaders
Transformative Leadership Begins Here
With the acquisition of BNL Inc in February 2021, we have a new transformative leadership philosophy.
We believe leveraging our empathy, intuition, experience, and character will allow us to focus on the growth and well-being of our team, partners, and customers best. Our mission is to explore and solve the most pressing issues challenging our customers to transform their organizations for a brighter future.
To do that, we provide our customers and employees access to a group of world-class talent that makes responsiveness, collaboration, and resiliency a way of life.
Elizabeth C. Myers
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth C. Myers acquired BNL Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business serving government clients in February 2021. As CEO, she is responsible for the strategic direction of the company including developing partnerships to drive growth and deliver exceptional value to clients. Ms. Myer’s remarkable blend of sales and communication expertise coupled with her ability to build strong and strategic partnerships has been instrumental in generating more than $1.28B in contracts and task orders with the Federal government on major government-wide contract vehicles such as CIO-SP3 Small Business and Service-Disabled, VETS2, T4NG, and SEWP V.
Ms. Myer’s strategic transformation of the firm, emphasizing innovation, technology, and talent, will expand the company’s core technology, financial, and program management portfolio to include telehealth, cloud migration, and product solutions.
As a respected leader in technology consulting, Ms. Myers performed capture management and proposal development activities as Executive Director of Business Engagement for HMS TECHNOLOGIES INC, where she originally began as an executive assistant to the CEO. In the last 15 years, she has led all aspects of government contracting to include building business lines in product solutions and professional services. Ms. Myers is highly adept at selling and implementing high-performance teams in compliant federal government environments to ensure client success.
During her career, Ms. Myers was instrumental in winning a $260M telehealth contract with VA deploying a telehealth platform fueled by analytics; and a $300M blanket purchase agreement from the United States Patent and Trademark Office to support the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) framework for managing IT product lines, programs, and projects.
Her passion for company expansion fuels her vision to provide a diverse innovative company valued by employees, partners, and customers, for its integrity, resiliency, and transparency.
Shiva Verma
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Growth
Shiva Verma is a key leader in the development of winning capture and growth strategies to expand and diversify BNL’s portfolio to continue the growth of the firm and further enhance its branding in the market.
Shiva has been providing management consulting services for over two decades, predominantly in the Public Sector (Federal and State & Local Government) with extensive experiences in the Financial Services, Logistics, Transportation, Healthcare, and Life Sciences industries. Prior to joining BNL, Shiva served as the overall Services Lead for Grant Thornton’s Public Sector Practice managing the maturation and growth of Advisory services and solutions. Shiva also served as Grant Thornton’s Atlantic Coast Practice Area Leader, driving growth in the Commercial practice across the territory. Shiva has led M&A activities in the GovCon and Commercial markets.
Dawn Platt
Vice President, Strategic Operations
Dawn Platt is an accomplished technology and management consulting executive with more than 25 years of experience leading enterprise transformation across the federal, public, and private sectors.
Known for translating vision into measurable results, she has guided federal agencies through complex, multi-year IT modernization efforts that align mission priorities, optimize operations, and reduce enterprise risk. Dawn brings deep expertise in IT strategy, business process transformation, portfolio and program management, risk management, and disciplined project execution—helping organizations modernize with clarity, confidence, and lasting impact.
Chris Taylor
Vice President, Professional Services
Mr. Taylor is an accomplished technology executive with more than 20 years of experience leading product development, project management, organizational transformation, infrastructure operations, systems architecture, and technology strategy across the public and private sectors. Known for his forward-thinking approach to modernization, he helps organizations strengthen user experiences, build high-performing teams, expand advisory capabilities, and advance strategic priorities in cloud modernization, customer experience, data and analytics, and artificial intelligence transformation.
Before joining BNL, Mr. Taylor served as a Director in Guidehouse’s Digital Transformation practice, where he led Agile Product Management and Technology Strategy solutions for federal clients including the General Services Administration, Department of State, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Internal Revenue Service. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President of Product at BetterCloud, a leading venture-backed technology company, where he oversaw product operations, product management, customer experience, product design, and engineering operations, and helped launch cloud-based cybersecurity applications.
Rob Buhrman
Vice President, Operations
As Vice President of Operations, Rob Buhrman strengthens BNL’s ability to deliver agile, responsive, and mission-aligned solutions for government customers. His leadership supports BNL’s continued growth as a trusted partner helping agencies modernize operations, improve performance, and achieve measurable mission outcomes.
Rob brings more than 25 years of experience across federal, state and local, and commercial environments, with expertise spanning strategic assessment, financial management, acquisition, innovation, and digital and AI transformation. Before joining BNL, he led IT and ERP programs at Accenture and served as a Partner at Grant Thornton and Guidehouse, where he held account and solution leadership roles supporting complex government customers. His experience across federal financial, civilian, law enforcement, foreign affairs, scientific research, DMV, OCIO, and human resources organizations aligns with BNL’s commitment to providing innovative, customer-focused solutions that help agencies move with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Kevin Brathwaite
Vice President, Workforce Planning
Kevin Brathwaite brings more than 25 years of executive experience applying industrial engineering principles to help federal agencies align resources with mission-critical priorities. At BNL, Kevin partners with senior executives to design tailored workforce planning solutions that strengthen decision-making, improve resource alignment, and support measurable program outcomes.
Prior to joining BNL, Kevin served as a Director in the Public Sector practice at Grant Thornton LLP, where he led Workforce Analytics and Resource Optimization Services. In that role, he developed capacity analyses, staffing models, and work rate standards for high-profile federal functions, helping budgeting, human capital, and program delivery leaders make informed, defensible decisions. His work has supported budget requests, resource allocation strategies, performance improvement initiatives, responses to Office of Management and Budget inquiries, National Academies of Sciences reviews, and labor discussions.
Kevin holds an M.S. in Engineering Management from The George Washington University, an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering with honors from the University of the West Indies. He is also certified by the Project Management Institute as both a Project Management Professional and Program Management Professional.