Ilana B. Jolson

Ilana B. Jolson serves as a Contract Specialist at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurements that support the agency’s mission of market integrity and investor protection. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for mission-critical technology services, with a focus on data analytics platforms, cybersecurity systems, and financial surveillance tools. Her work ensures that the SEC maintains robust, scalable, and compliant IT infrastructure to detect market manipulation, enforce securities laws, and modernize regulatory oversight capabilities. Jolson specializes in performance-based, outcome-driven contracting under FAR Part 12 and Part 37, prioritizing agile delivery models and service-level agreements that align with the agency’s technical and operational needs. Jolson maintains consistent partnerships with leading federal IT contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, Booz Allen Hamilton, Maximus Federal Consulting, Team GreenZone JV, and Procentrix, LLC. These relationships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagements on high-priority initiatives involving data integration, threat intelligence, and cloud-enabled analytics. She fosters collaborative vendor relationships grounded in clear requirements documentation, rigorous source selection, and post-award performance monitoring to ensure delivery of mission-critical capabilities under tight regulatory and security constraints. Her contracting approach reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 83.3% of her awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on selecting the most qualified vendors based on technical merit and past performance. However, she consistently allocates 16.7% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to fostering innovation and capacity within the small business community. Jolson’s procurement activity is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), reflecting her specialization in custom software development, systems integration, and analytical support services. She regularly procures advanced data analytics platforms, market surveillance systems, and secure information management solutions tailored to the SEC’s regulatory technology environment, ensuring alignment with evolving financial market dynamics and cybersecurity standards.