Meet the Team
Program Manager
603-271-7581 x315
Cell: 603-568-8485
Dave Pease has managed the New Hampshire Procurement Technical Assistance Program (NH-PTAP) since early 2008; and has earned the Level III Contracting Assistance Specialist certification, the top credential granted by the Association of Professional Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC). In addition to managing NH-PTAP, which serves over 900 NH companies, Dave works directly with more than 250 businesses.
Prior to joining NH-PTAP, he served for seven years as a Certified Business Counselor with the NH Small Business Development Center, working with hundreds of companies throughout the south-central region of the state. Before dedicating himself to small business assistance services, Dave had an extensive career as an environmental scientist and entrepreneur in New Hampshire and Texas.
Procurement Specialist
603-271-7581 x113
Cell: 603-419-0456
Martha Keene has been a procurement specialist with the NH-PTAP since October 2002. She is APTAC-certified as a Level II Contracting Assistance Specialist.
Our most experienced staff member, Martha has provided assistance to over 2000 New Hampshire businesses. Martha consults with businesses at the NH-PTAP offices and also travels around the state, visiting businesses to educate them one-on-one about marketing to government and about procurement, including both direct opportunities with the government and indirect opportunities as a subcontractor or supplier to prime contractors.
Martha joined State service in 2000 from the private sector where she worked in purchasing and sales for a large manufacturing firm.
Procurement Specialist
603-271-7581 x141
Cell: 603-419-0571
Amanda Duquette has been with the New Hampshire Procurement Technical Assistance Program since March 2007. She assists New Hampshire businesses interested in receiving federal, state and local contracts. She achieved APTAC Level II certification as a Contracting Assistance Specialist in the fall of 2011.
In addition to counseling NH-PTAP clients, Amanda assists with the administration and management of the Program.
Amanda began working for the Department of Resources and Economic Development in 2004 where she was a part of the Division of Forests and Lands, Forest Protection Bureau. She previously worked for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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