Cheryl L Wilsing

Cheryl L. Wilsing serves as a Contract Specialist within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in procuring mission-critical telecommunications infrastructure to support the Department of Defense’s global communications network. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of acquisition actions for secure, high-capacity telecom solutions, with a focus on ensuring interoperability, resilience, and modernization of legacy systems. She routinely handles complex solicitations under FAR and DFARS guidelines, coordinating with technical stakeholders to align procurement strategy with operational requirements for secure voice, data, and satellite services across military and federal domains. Cheryl maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of established contractors, including AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Liberty Communications, Inc., AOC Connect LLC, and Norfolk Fiber, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in secure network architecture, fiber-optic deployment, and satellite communications systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term service reliability, fostering collaborative engagements that prioritize mission continuity and cybersecurity standards. Her procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside orientation, indicating a strategic focus on open competition to ensure access to the broadest range of technical capabilities and innovation. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her acquisitions remain fully compliant with federal contracting regulations and emphasize value-driven outcomes over socioeconomic classifications. Cheryl’s primary procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 517410—Satellite Telecommunications—where she specializes in acquiring secure satellite bandwidth, encrypted ground terminals, VSAT systems, and managed satellite services. Her domain expertise centers on resilient, encrypted, and globally deployable telecom solutions that support expeditionary operations, command and control, and secure data transmission across contested environments.