Rick Dillon is the owner and president of DILLON & ASSOCIATES, a boutique consulting practice which provides strategic marketing and management advice to small and medium size companies doing business with the government, or aspiring to enter the federal market space. He also provides corporate training and career coaching and served on the board of
advisors of an information technology company and a marketing communications company.
Rick retired in 2006 from the General Services Administration as a Program Director where he managed several fee-for-service nationwide information technology programs with annual portfolios of over $200 million dollars. Earlier in his federal career he held executive positions in marketing and administration.
A native Washingtonian, Rick started his career with the Potomac Electric Power Company as a Customer Services Representative and later served as Assistant Manager of Consumer Services and Manager of Consumer Records.
Rick later served in executive positions with several small businesses, marketing information technology and facilities management services to federal, state, and local governments. During this time he was also a partner in a physical security company and a safety inspection company.
A graduate of the University of Maryland and Norwich University, Rick has a Master’s Degree in Management and Organizational Behavior. He served on the adjunct faculty of Prince George’s Community College for twenty-two years and for the past eleven years has been an adjunct professor at
Strayer University. Rick also delivers seminars at Montgomery College and does corporate training for Frederick Community College. He is also a retired volunteer Deputy Fire Chief having served over 30 years in the fire service.
Rick and his wife reside in
Olney, Maryland. They have three children and eight grandchildren.