About Blue Water Thinking

Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.

Blue Water Thinking is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) verified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. We established BWT to serve as trusted advisors focused on enabling our clients to achieve their goals.

Blue Water Thinking is...

We Are...

Veteran Strong.

Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.

Team Oriented.

Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs.

Values Driven.

Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners.

Selfless and Motivated.

Our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

Career Opportunities

Blue Water Thinking (BWT) is growing fast, and we're looking for qualified professionals to join our team and grow with us!

Join Our Team

Meet The Team

Michael Cardarelli
Chief Executive Officer

Meet Michael

Wasfi Alnabki
Chief Operating Officer

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Elizabeth Mahan
Chief Growth Officer

Meet Beth

Anthony Fazio
Director of Business Operations

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Joe Costello
Technology Transformation Portfolio Lead

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Tom Leney
VP of Corporate Development

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John Lee
Program & Project Management Portfolio Lead

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Jeff Beusse
Supply Chain Management Portfolio Lead

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Sallie Hanfelder
Hospital Administration Portfolio Lead

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Heather Oppenheim
Organizational Change Management Portfolio Lead

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Dana Cogar
Executive Communications Portfolio Lead

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Henry Tennant
Financial Management Portfolio Lead

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Sarah Hoyt
Drug Management Services Portfolio Lead

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Michael Foley
Clinical Services Portfolio Lead

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Ryan Knight
Biomedical & Clinical Engineering Portfolio Lead

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Matt Friedman
Business Optimization & Transformation Portfolio Lead

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LaVita Legrys
Legislative Affairs Portfolio Lead

Meet LaVita

Blue Water Thinking, LLC is a verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE).