Our Team

Will Emerson

President and CEO of
Wood River Federal

Frank Perry

Business Development
Manager

Donald Lipper

General Manager, U-Tech Technology, A Wood River Federal Company

Will Emerson

Will has over 15 years of Federal Government contracting experience with both large and small businesses. He brings a unique perspective to professional services having spent the beginning of his career working as a Government-site contractor. Will relates to the opportunities and challenges faced by both Federal Government clients and contractors and understands how to manage teams to meet their full potential.

Will has led companies to exponential growth through strategic partnering, down-to-earth transparency, and a focus on client satisfaction. Customers and partners appreciate Will’s presence and accessibility, commonly leading to organic growth.

Will enjoys photography and playing piano/guitar and singing with his teenage son. Will and his son are also very bad golfers – but enjoy it!

Frank Perry

Frank has been in the IT arena for over 20 years.  16 of these years have been spent providing solutions for the federal government, specializing in the DoD and the Federal Healthcare sector. His experience runs the gambit.  He has worked for some of the biggest OEMs and software companies in the industry, ranging from Dell, Panasonic, and Adobe.  This experience along with his partner, FSI (Federal System Integrator) and channel experience working for companies like Leidos, ePlus, and Premier Logitech have given him great insight to the workings of and a thorough understanding of the Federal Government acquisition process.

 Frank lives in Austin, TX, the “hotbed” of DoD IT innovation.

Donald Lipper

Don is an innovative Manager with over 10 years of Federal Government experience in managing large and small projects – applying effective metrics of success to each. Don has managed task orders ranging from $1M – $100M and projects with over 300 personnel. He identifies, evaluates, and combines technical aspects of project management and strategic and business management to execute programs for Wood River Federal’s clients.