Meet Mike McLister

A 33 year resident of Leesburg, VA with 5 kids, 10 grandchildren, married for 40 years to wife Jeanne.

Raised in Potomac / Rockville, MD, 2nd among McLister family of 7 kids— Father Thomas F. (Buddy) McLister (deceased). Mother – Rita (87) is the most energetic woman in all of Frederick MD.

Graduate — Frostburg State University ’82 (Business). Team Captain & 4 Year Varsity Basketball Player, Team Captain President Kappa Zeta Chi Fraternity, ROTC Cadet.

US Army 1982 – 1987 — Captain McLister was both Airborne qualified and French Commando Qualified. Served in Ft. Gordon, Georgia, Mannheim, Germany, & Ft Riley, KS.

Electronic Data Systems –1987 – 1993 ($10B IT Services Corporation now part of HP) Salesman and Sales Manager. Number 1 Salesman and Sales Manager in the entire EDS Corporation.

Business Impact Systems — 1993 – 1999 — Founder, President& CEO of IT professional services corporation which was 100% IT service based ,focused on both commercial (80%) and government (20%) clientele. Built BIS with no employees and no financing into the #1 Fastest Growing Technology Company in the Washington DC area; the fastest in the state of Virginia and #13 in the entire United States. Sold BIS to Denver based Ciber, Inc. in 1999 and retired at 39 years old. McLister was awarded Runner-Up Entrepreneur of the Year Honorsby both KPMG and and Ernst and Young in back to back years.

Participate on business corporate boards – Corporate business board of directors

Family focused and youth coach in football, baseball and basketball (both boys and girls). Participated on business corporate boards and youth coaching boards. Enjoyed developing all 5 children training and grow into playing collegiate level sports and 2 at the professional level sports – 2 Golf, 1 Fast pitch softball, 1 Football and 1 Tennis.

Hobbies: 26 Year High School Varsity Basketball Official in both VA and Florida. Officiate regular seasons, District Playoffs, Regional Playoffs and selected to referee the Florida State Final 4’s (3 times). Financial contributor to Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter, Project Horse, Amvets, local HS Athletic departments, underprivileged youth education, etc.