With 15 years of PSPC Contracting Authority experience, Mike Szczesniak joined Procurement Assistance Canada to help bridge the industry – buyer – policy divide by empowering Canadian entrepreneurs with the knowledge they need to succeed in federal government procurement while also advocating for procurement reform based on a simple premise that it shouldn’t be difficult to do business with the Government of Canada.

After working as an engineer in the tech sector, Mike switched career paths and joined PSPC’s Acquisitions Program where he worked in the Civilian Aircraft, Parliamentary Precinct, NATO Flying Training in Canada, and Electronic, Simulators, and Defence Systems divisions. Mike later moved to the West Coast to join Victoria Commercial Acquisitions and subsequently the Pacific Region’s Marine Acquisitions team, where he worked concurrently with the National Capital Region’s Marine Navigation and Remediation Division on Oceans Protection Plan procurements and various national working groups and demonstrated the benefits of a pan-Canadian workforce.