Vincent J. Kiernan
President

Vincent J. Kiernan is President of MCR, LLC. Mr. Kiernan joined MCR in 2008 as its first Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) with oversight of its corporate functions as well as leading the mergers and acquisition functions.

Prior to joining MCR in August 2008, Mr. Kiernan had more than 25 years experience in corporate finance, accounting and operations. In 2006 he was named Chief Financial Officer for AVIEL Systems, Inc. which was sold to a private equity backed acquirer in 2008. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President for Finance for Anteon International Corporation where he oversaw strategic and daily front line decisions involving all corporate financial matters including capital structure, investor relations, due diligence, acquisition and integration of new companies. Mr. Kiernan joined Anteon in 1998 and was part of the senior management team that grew the company from $100 million for $1.5 billion before being sold to General Dynamics in 2006. Prior to joining Anteon he was with KPMG in the Corporate Transactions practice specializing in financial analysis and corporate reviews. Mr. Kiernan also spent six years with Coopers & Lybrand in the financial advisory services practices dealing with business dispute matters in a wide variety of industries including government contracting, utilities and financial services.

Mr. Kiernan graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelors of Science in Business and received his Masters in Business Administration from the College of William and Mary.   

Marcia O'Brien
Chief Financial Officer

Marcia O’Brien is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MCR, LLC. Joining the company in 2001, she is responsible for all financial operations of MCR, including financial reporting, audits, financing, compliance, and tax.

After graduating with an Accounting degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Mrs. O’Brien started her Accounting career at KPMG and has since worked in various controller positions at DynCorp and SAIC, Inc.. Ms. Obrien is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Kevin Boyle
Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Kevin T. Boyle is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of MCR, LLC and is responsible for managing all legal affairs of the company. He brings over 18 years of experience delivering outcome-driven solutions to complex legal and business issues facing emerging growth companies. Prior to joining MCR in February 2012, Mr. Boyle was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Vangent, Inc., where he created the company’s first legal department, managed M&A matters and led Vangent’s industry recognized ethics and compliance program. Previously, he served as Assistant General Counsel for General Dynamics Information Technology, following its acquisition of Anteon International Corporation. Mr. Boyle was also Vice President and General Counsel for Interworld Corporation and held similar positions with Visual Networks, Inc. and Cambridge Technology Partners.

Mr. Boyle graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History and received his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School. He is admitted to the Bars of Virginia, New York and Massachusetts. In addition, he is a member of the Washington Metro Area Corporate Counsel Association, the American Bar Association and the Professional Services Council.

Chris Neubauer
Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations

Christopher Neubauer serves as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations. In this role, Mr. Neubauer has oversight over business operations including information technology, security, and leased asset management. In addition, Mr. Neubauer is also responsible for corporate process improvement initiatives including MCR’s current CMMI Level 2 assessment. 

Mr. Neubauer joined MCR in 1995. During his 17 year tenure at MCR, he has also served in a number of positions including the senior executive responsible for human resources, corporate retirement plan management, and legal and insurance matters. Mr. Neubauer is also a part of the executive integration team with mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Neubauer graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Jason Dechoretz
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer

Jason Dechoretz currently serves as Senior Vice President and MCR’s Chief Strategy Officer. Previously he led MCR Federal’s Operations as Vice President and established MCR’s Technical Leadership Network. 

Since starting with MCR in 1991 he has presented papers and training classes at over 20 national and international conferences including ISPA, SCEA, DoDCAS, and INCOSE. Mr. Dechoretz continues to provide training to government and industry in the form of general, introductory courses and hands-on technical tutorials. Mr. Dechoretz serves on the International Society of Parametric Analysts Board of Directors and is currently the Board’s Chairman.

Mr. Dechoretz graduated from the University of California – Santa Barbara where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics as well as a Masters in Business Economics.

John Cochran
Senior Vice President, Business Development

John Cochran leads MCR’s business development efforts and leads the charge to grow MCR’s footprint in the global professional services marketplace. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a sales executive in the information technology and management consulting sector. Prior to joining MCR, Mr. Cochran served as Senior Vice President, Business Development, at NetStar-1, where he was responsible for driving new business growth in the Defense and Civil agency sectors. Previous to NetStar-1, he ran Federal Business Development for several major consulting firms, including PwC, IBM Consulting, and KPMG, where his business development teams consistently met or exceeded targets for new sales and new business pipeline growth. 

Mr. Cochran earned his Bachelor of Science from North Texas University.

Karen Bertha
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

Karen serves as the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) of MCR, LLC. Prior to becoming the CECO, Ms. Bertha was a Program Consultant with SAI Global where she worked with their internal team to deliver value-added ethics and compliance program solutions. Before joining SAI Global, Ms. Bertha was an Ethics and Compliance Manager at The Coca-Cola Company with responsibility for North America (Retail &  Marketing Divisions) and Africa. Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company, Ms. Bertha developed and implemented the first comprehensive compliance and ethics program for all health plans participating in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s Federal Employee Program. 

Ms. Bertha earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Florida A&M University and Master of Jurisprudence in Corporate Law from Loyola University in Chicago.