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Steve leads client delivery and portfolio growth at the Department of Defense (DoD). He is accountable for the team’s professional growth and development, client satisfaction, and the portfolio’s success. He has served clients across the DoD, Intelligence Community, federal civilian, and commercial healthcare markets. With a passion for developing the next generation of leaders, Steve co-developed and facilitates Markon’s Leadership Development Program.

Prior to Markon, Steve supported clients for PwC, West Hudson/Cardinal Health, and several highly regarded management consulting firms. He received his MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a BA from Louisiana State University, where he was commissioned through Air Force ROTC. Steve's military career includes service as an active duty Air Force Air Battle Manager, during which he flew missions in Desert Storm. He retired as a Colonel from the Air Force Reserves.

Steve currently holds the Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential and is a Certified Executive Coach (CEC), as well as a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner.

Leigh Valudes leads both the Solutions Division, focusing on our core competencies, and our Non-Federal Portfolio, pursuing commercial and state/local projects. He is also responsible for quality control, branded solutions, and Markon University. 

During his 19-year consulting experience, Leigh developed expertise in strategic planning, mission analysis, requirements programming, facilities project management, design and construction management, business operations, and strategic marketing. Leigh has supported some of the largest campus programs in the DC metropolitan area including the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, $5.5 billion Pentagon Renovation Program, and $4 billion Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Campus Program.

He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware majoring in both government and history and graduated from American University’s Washington National Semester Program with a focus on national and foreign policy. Leigh holds the Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential and is a LEED Accredited Professional certified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

Joel has over 25 years of experience managing cross-functional teams and leading a variety of projects/programs for commercial, state, and municipal projects. Joel's focus is on strategy and business development for private sector real estate development and workplace modifications. He recently supported a renovation project at New York Avenue in Washington, DC and oversaw a window replacement project at Colonial Place in Arlington, VA. In addition, Joel is working on one of Markon’s most technologically-advanced facilities projects using a proprietary software to provide analysis and consulting support on construction projects around the country.

Joel’s construction project management expertise spans a variety of clients from commercial renovation projects to U.S. embassies. Joel has provided project management services for the U.S. intelligence community supporting the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. He has also supported high-profile Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC) throughout the DC metropolitan area including the U.S. Capitol building, Senate Office Buildings, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Joel’s passion for continuous improvement led him to establish Agile Construction Management, a construction management ideology that focuses on the built environment as the customer, embraces change, and accepts transparency. He is an advocate for this methodology and has presented the concept at numerous conferences including the Construction Management Association of America National Conference, Construction Managers In-Training Rising CM Conference, and National Facilities and Maintenance Technologies Orlando Conference.

Joel received his BS in Organizational Leadership from Pennsylvania State University. Additionally, he is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and Certified Agile Leader I (CAL).