Michael Niggel, CEO, ACT I

2020 PSC Board Member

Michael Niggel CEO

BIO

Michael Niggel is Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, L.L.C. (ACT I. As CEO, he sets the strategic direction of ACT I, leading st rategic growth initiatives, overseeing successful delivery for all ACT I programs, and guiding company value and governance. He also directs the firm’s engagements with corporate and government partners with a focus on ensuring both customer and employee satisfaction, develops the long-term goals of the company.

Niggel has grown his small business into a thriving mid-tier company and industry leader in providing Total Program/Acquisition Management, Intelligence, Cyber, Security, and Foreign Military Sales solutions to government customers worldwide. With clients across the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security along with Intelligence Community and Foreign Partner nations, ACT I has continued to demonstrate positive growth and enterprise value since its founding over 20 years ago. In 2019, the company was recognized as the 27th fastest-growing company on Washington Business Journal’s 2019 75 Fastest Growing Companies in Washington and as a Fast 50 by Washington Technology, listed as their 29th fastest-growing company of the 2019 Washington Technology Fast 50.

His Total Acquisition Management experience spans over 35 years in providing acquisition, program and financial management as well as contract negotiations support for large, complex ACAT I / DHS Level 1 Programs, and Foreign Military Sales cases.

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Before founding ACT I, Niggel served as a Vice President and Operations Manager of SAIC’s Technical and Business Solutions Operations (TBSO), providing support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) on the National Defense Panel as well as overseeing three acquisition Divisions supporting the DoD Armed Services. He served as a Presidential Management Intern (PMI) during the Reagan Administration (1983-86) with the Air Force and OSD working ACAT I systems.

He is a member of the Ronald Reagan Institute’s National Leadership Council, the Board of Directors of the Professional Service Council (PSC), on the Advisory Boards of the Cyber Bytes Foundation and the Association for Enterprise Growth (AEG), and NDIA’s International Committee and U.S./Japan Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Small and Emerging Contractor Advisory Forum (SECAF).

Niggel earned an MPA in Financial and Policy Analysis from Indiana University and holds a BA with Distinction in Political Science and History from Hendrix College. He is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College Program Manager’s Course (DAU PM Level III). Mr. Niggel has authored and co-authored numerous studies and papers on cost estimating, analysis, modeling, and systems acquisition reform.