Cindy M Showers

Cindy M. Showers serves as a Contract Specialist within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions to secure and modernize the Department of Defense’s global communications infrastructure. She manages end-to-end procurement processes for complex telecommunications systems, with a focus on satellite-based networks, secure virtual private networks, and resilient network services that support military and federal operations. Her work ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with DISA’s strategic objectives of interoperability, cybersecurity, and legacy system modernization. Showers maintains consistent, long-term relationships with key contractors including AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Liberty Communications, Inc., AOC Connect LLC, and Norfolk Fiber, LLC. These partnerships center on the delivery of high-capacity, encrypted telecommunications solutions, satellite infrastructure, and fiber-optic network services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical evaluation, and vendor accountability to ensure operational readiness and system reliability across distributed environments. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside categories. This underscores a strategic focus on leveraging industry-wide technical capability rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing mission need and system performance over socioeconomic classifications. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 517410 (Satellite Telecommunications), which accounts for 90% of her portfolio, reflecting deep expertise in space-based communications, geosynchronous and low-earth orbit satellite systems, and associated ground segment integration. The remaining 10% involves convention and trade show organizing services, supporting technical outreach and industry engagement events. Showers is recognized for her technical proficiency in satellite communications architecture, RF spectrum management, and secure network transport solutions critical to DoD’s tactical and strategic command and control missions.