Jim Kleckner

Jim Kleckner is a private consultant specializing in Federal Government Procurement and Small Business. Previous to starting his own consulting business, for 34 years he was part of various federal procurement activities.

Jim is a former buyer and staff officer in the Procurement Policy Office of the Headquarters U.S. Army Weapons Command in Rock Island, Illinois. Thereafter he served as a Small Business Specialist at Defense Contract Administration Services Region (DCASR) Dallas.

In 1978, he assumed the role of Associate Director of Small Business, DCASR Chicago. His program responsibilities included management of the Small Business Program for 14 states. Jim was also the Grants Officer for the DOD Procurement Technical Assistance (PTA) Program which included 22 PTA Centers in the 14-state region. During his many years of services Jim assisted hundreds of small businesses win over $100 million in federal contracts.

He is a member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) - formerly AGMAS - and the Illinois Small Business Development Association (ISBDA). He is certified by the ISBDA as a Certified Business Specialist and by APTAC as a Certified Contract Assistance Specialist. He currently serves as Chairman of the Program Manager Training Comittee for APTAC.

Jim received the APTAC Outstanding Project Award in 2001 and is co-author of a national award-winning book, Win Government Contracts for Your Small Business published by CCH Incorporated, Riverwood, IL.

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