founded 2007 headquarters washington dc key people steve irwin president products management consulting services website www.avascent.com avascent is a boutique management consulting firm serving the defense aerospace homeland security logistics transit and financial industries . it was formed in 2007 after a management led buyout of dfi corporate services from its parent dfi international now detica since acquired by bae systems . 1 for more than 25 years avascent previously as dfi has advised the world s largest prime defense contractors and systems integrators . in addition to core markets in defense and aerospace avascent s clients also operate in other sectors influenced by government policy such as energy transportation and healthcare . in 2011 the firm was featured in consulting magazine s annual seven small jewels feature . 2 contents 1 competitors 2 recruiting 3 partnerships 4 notable current and former employees 5 avascent international 6 external links 7 notes competitors edit avascent primarily competes with general management consulting firms such as bain & co. boston consulting group mckinsey and booz & company as well as boutique firms such as the cohen group and teal group . for market intelligence work they compete with firms such as deltek and jane s. recruiting edit avascent typically recruits graduates into one of two tracks . analysts are primarily undergraduates recruited from top university campuses . unlike many consulting firms avascent does not have a fixed two year program for analysts but instead believes in organically developing future leaders . engagement managers are typically recruited from leading mba and international affairs programs or are mid career professionals . avascent s engagement managers lead project teams and develop client relationships on the path to partner . partnerships edit avascent works with non profit organizations that aim to help people around the world including build.org an entrepreneurial experience for underprivileged youth 3 avascent belongs to several government interest business groups including the homeland security business council . 4 notable current and former employees edit lori garver in 2009 garver was nominated by barack obama as deputy nasa administrator . 5 she was confirmed by the united states senate by unanimous consent on july 15 2009 . 6 william lynn in 2009 lynn was nominated by barack obama as deputy secretary of defense . 7 his appointment was approved by the u.s. senate armed services committee on february 5 2009 by unanimous consent . 8 on february 11 2009 lynn was confirmed in the full senate by a vote of 93 4 . 9 he took the oath of office on february 12 . brett b. lambert joined the u.s. department of defense in 2009 as director of industrial policy in the office of the deputy under secretary of defense acquisition & technology . 10 avascent international edit in february 2010 avascent created avascent international a strategic advisory and consulting firm with offices in dc new york london paris and canberra . working with avascent avascent international combines the capabilities of a strategic risk advisory and a leading consulting company . the firm provides strategy development and execution market analysis m & a support and emerging market risk and entry support to companies world wide . external links edit avascent avascent international notes edit 2007 m & a roundup 1 washington technology magazine retrieved may 29 2009 kornick joe 24 march 2011 . seven small jewels 2011 . consulting magazine . retrieved 12 april 2011 . the avascent group . 2008 charitable contributions 2 retrieved may 29 2009 . hs & dbc members 3 retrieved may 29 2009 . kenneth chang may 23 2009 . retired general picked to lead nasa . the new york times . keith cowing july 15 2009 . bolden and garver confirmed by senate for top nasa posts . spaceref.com . philip rucker january 8 2009 . obama names deputy defense secretary top pentagon officials . the washington post . adam levine february 5 2009 . senate committee approves controversial lobbyist . cnn . adam levine february 11 2009 . u.s. senate roll call votes 111th congress 1st session . united states senate . brett b. lambert director industrial policy pdf . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title avascent group & oldid 695358238 categories management consulting firms of the united statesprivately held companies based in washington d.c. navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was 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