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NSI launches New York City Practice
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“We believe that every client is unique and we cater our approaches to meet specific business needs. Our tailored methodology begins by fully understanding the client’s business, culture and product and service offerings.”
— Ruth Walters, President
The Walters Consulting Group
The Walters Consulting Group, an NSI Company, provides expert business development, procurement, legislative and regulatory services to the New York State and local government market.
NSI brings decades of top-level experience in the Legislative and Executive branches of government, corporate and non-profit communities, and in-depth expertise, insight and relationships in New York State and local government contracting.
NSI’s Government Markets and Government Relations Practice in New York State includes thought leaders from the highest echelons of both public and private sector. Our team has decades of government and business experience to help clients develop a targeted business strategy and navigate the increasingly complicated political and procurement processes in both the executive and legislative branches of New York State and local government.
NSI’s New York State office, also known as The Walters Group, an NSI Company, is made up of a team that has successful roots in the State of New York. Led by Ruth Walters, Managing Director, New York State Operations and Art Brown, Senior Vice President of the Walters Consulting Group, our team brings a wealth of knowledge for helping clients and government agencies with meeting their procurement and sales needs.
New York State Services include:
Procurement and Business Development Services
Business Development Planning and Implementation
Pipeline Growth Strategies
Corporate Branding and Relationship Development
Alliance and Teaming Facilitation
Competition Analysis
Expert advice on Procurement Policies, Laws and Regulations
Proposal Development Advisory Services
Sales Strategy, Including Public Sector Sales Training
Orals Preparation, Coaching and Simulation
Legislative and Regulatory Consulting Services
Developing legislation, tracking it and advocating your position
Analyzing the political environment as it impacts your business
Navigating the regulatory and procurement process on your behalf
Marketing your company to policymakers and elected officials at all levels
Advocating for your company throughout all levels of the legislature and executive agencies
New York City Practice
The NSI NYC Practice offers procurement strategy and government relations expertise across eight vertical markets with particular expertise in technology and telecommunications, health care, energy, the environment, infrastructure/transportation, public safety, financial services and education. NSI’s New York Practice offers intimate knowledge of the New York City geopolitical landscape as well as the strategy, insight and relationships needed for our clients to be successful.
The Practice leverages the depth and breadth of public and private sector expertise to provide strategic proposal advisory services, assist clients in developing and executing contract negotiations and develop strategies to provide clients with the relationships, market intelligence and strategic plans to procure local government contracts.
Led by Gino Menchini, former NYC Commissioner of DOITT and New York City’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), and Agostino Cangemi, former General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for Franchise Administration and Planning for New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) during the Bloomberg and Giuliani administrations, the NSI NYC Practice has an in-depth understanding of how New York City government operates. Mr. Cangemi, a recent strategic NSI hire, also brings a dynamic background representing clients in technology and telecommunications, real estate, procurement, health regulations, consumer protection issues, e-recycling, city government franchises and concessions, as well as advertising requiring government approvals, such as billboards, street furniture, and taxi ads.
The Walters Group, an NSI Company
95 Columbia Street
Albany NY 12210
p 518 432 0488
f 518 465 6023
New York City Practice
505 Park Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10022
p 212 465 2505
f 212 465 2531