Two co-founders and two families, working together since 1998 with one goal: help businesses find, learn and win government work.
GovDirections began in 1998 with two co-founders, Mark Knowles and Mike Mahathirath. They started it as equals and still run it that way, as co-founders and co-presidents. GovDirections, LLC began operation on March 6, 2006, and the company has grown into a family of brands that help businesses find, learn and win government work.
This is a family business. The Knowles and Mahathirath families have worked side by side since 1998, through a lot of obstacles. We’ve stayed lean and entrepreneurial the whole way, so our help stays affordable for small businesses. Today we’re a remote team based in Atlanta, Georgia, and more than 140,000 people have registered with us.
We use AI to do more for our members, and we use it responsibly:
People are still in charge. A person on our team approves check-ins, payment notes and sales emails. AI never submits a bid or contacts an agency for a customer, and a real person is always one call away.
Every alert you receive, every bid you search and every question you ask is handled by this team. Thank you to each of them.
Mark studied at the University of Georgia and advises companies and leadership teams on how to build disciplined, scalable success. Mark writes about small businesses and government contracts, including the 2015 article “Government Contracts and Your Small Business,” and champions responsible AI at GovDirections, where people stay in charge.
LinkedIn profile of Mark Knowles (opens in a new tab) ↗Mike earned a BBA in Finance from Georgia State University and specialized in local finance and costing before co-founding GovDirections. Mike is involved in every part of the business, leads our content (the bid research team, coverage and quality) and still works hands-on in our daily bid research.
LinkedIn profile of Mike Mahathirath (opens in a new tab) ↗Jamie keeps members happy and their alerts on track, from support questions to billing.
LinkedIn profile of Jamie (opens in a new tab) ↗Rick is our most experienced researcher and brings early intelligence on upcoming bids.
Cindy does the daily bid research and content work behind every alert.
Facebook profile of Cindy (opens in a new tab) ↗Oath does the daily bid research and content work behind every alert.
John looks after our RFP Writing and pipeline clients, keeps industry classification accurate so members get the right bids, and is learning every part of the business.
LinkedIn profile of John (opens in a new tab) ↗Connor works on analytics and member experience, and with our special clients.
LinkedIn profile of Connor (opens in a new tab) ↗Ardra handles IT and development for our sites.
Claude helps our IT team build, test and secure our sites, working alongside Ardra and Mark. Every change is backed up and can be rolled back, and people decide what we build.
by AnthropicOne team behind all of them, and one login for GovDirections and RFP Delivery by GovDirections. Together they take you from finding a bid, to learning the game, to winning the contract.
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Tools & services: Eagle Eye by GovDirections™ · SubMatch by GovDirections · RFP Delivery API
Our AI teammates (the site guides Sam, Mateo, Camille, Wei and Layla; Iris, the AI Capability Designer; Claude, our AI engineering assistant by Anthropic; and others) help with routine work. They are AI, not people, and people stay in charge. How we use AI →
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