ABOUT OCTANT ASSOCIATES

Octant Associates LLC is a woman-owned small business (WOSB) providing a broad range of strategic support services to clients in the national security policy sector. We are smart, savvy advisors on some of the nation’s – and the globe’s – most thorny problems, at once both blue-sky and nuts-and-bolts thinkers.

Within Octant, we have assembled a team of thought leaders with decades of experience in critical national security domains as well as advanced organizational, technology and strategic communications management skills. Each member of our core group leverages expertise in his/her field(s), but also in regional knowledge, language skills, business acumen, or related specialties.

Expertise (Subject Matter Areas)

WMD policy: nonproliferation, counterproliferation
Nuclear, chemical, biological and missile/drone systems
Nuclear security and nuclear deterrence
Nuclear energy policy

Cooperative threat reduction
Defense planning
Counterterrorism
Border security

Capabilities (Functional Areas)

Strategic analysis

Trends analysis/forecasting
Policy/program interface
Programming, planning and analysis
Environmental scans/SWOT analysis
External/internal stakeholder engagement
Research and analysis

Program management and acquisition

Program management
Requirements definition
Performance measurement/management
Process improvement
Program evaluation
Lessons learned assessments
Organizational design

Strategic communications

Information resilience strategies
Interagency process/dynamics
Legislative outreach
External assessments
Stakeholder engagement
Conference support

Compliance and legal analysis

Freedom of Information Act analysis
Treaties and international agreements
Regulatory reviews

On top of their national security credentials, our principals also possess broad networks of expert contacts, developed over multiple decades working in executive and legislative branch positions as well as in private industry and the nonprofit/academic sector, representing a uniquely substantive value-add for a WOSB in teaming with primes on business development efforts and in building out highly qualified, specialized teams to carry out national security assignments.

Our employees are our brand and our company culture reflects the value we place on our people: we have high expectations and we deliver a superior product to our clients, and a fulfilling work experience for our personnel with challenging work and unique career growth opportunities.

Finally, as a woman-owned small business, we take great pride in making it part of our mission to bring high-level professional opportunities to women navigating a career in national security policy, a non-traditional - and somewhat difficult - career path for women to pursue.

Octant is an equal opportunity employer, believing the strength of our team comes from the quality of our diverse staff.