On November 14^th, 2024, Usman Mohammad will be speaking on a panel titled, “Winning Business in New York,” during City & State New York’s Government Procurement Conference: Optimizing Costs, Mitigating Risks, & Enabling Business Growth. The Government Procurement Conference will foster business partnerships between the city and state level government, prime contractors, and small, minority, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned businesses.

Panel Description:

This panel offers a detailed discussion about the New York procurement process and finding ways to succeed.  What are the most effective strategies addressing challenges including the possibility of an economic downturn, methods to winning the bidding process, and making sense of various kinds of RFPs, plus you will hear what NY government entities want from potential contractors.

Moderator:

• Carlo Scissura, President, New York Building Congress

Panelists:

• Usman Mohammad, Counsel, Kostelanetz LLP
• Roman Gofman, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Office of Citywide Procurement
• Lisette Camilo, Chief Administrative Officer, Metropolitan Transit Authority
• Marc Hiller, General Counsel and Director of Procurement Services, Ostroff Associates, Inc.

Additional information on the event, including registration, is available here.