Cathy Rogers

Cathy Rogers supports the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), specifically within its Disa/DITCO Europe office, where she plays a critical role in procuring commercial telecommunications services essential to sustaining secure, high-capacity data transport for U.S. military operations across Europe and Southwest Asia. Her procurement activities center on enabling resilient, encrypted, low-latency connectivity solutions that underpin tactical and strategic defense communications. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on commercial telecom infrastructure, including fiber-optic backhaul, satellite link services, and managed network solutions, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity and resilience standards. Rogers maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of global telecommunications providers, including L1 Enterprises Incorporated, British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, Vodafone Enterprise Germany GmbH, Liberty Communications, Inc., and QualityNet General Trading and Contracting Company WLL. These partnerships reflect a preference for established commercial carriers with proven capabilities in secure, theater-grade communications and multi-national service delivery. Her contracting approach emphasizes reliability, scalability, and adherence to NATO and DoD interoperability requirements, often leveraging long-term service agreements and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 94.7% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. Only 5.3% of contracts are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a primary focus on capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is present, it is not a dominant factor in her award strategy. Notably, the NAICS code 722310 (Food Service Contractors) is listed as 100% of her procurement focus—an apparent data anomaly inconsistent with DISA’s mission. In practice, her actual acquisitions align with telecommunications and information services, suggesting a misclassification in reporting systems. Her true technical domain expertise lies in secure commercial network services, not food service procurement.