Johnathan RicePMP, MBA

Johnathan Rice is an Executive Vice President in the Washington, D.C. office of VERTEX. He focuses on helping clients solve complex cost and schedule problems and has assisted a wide range of government contracting, construction, and manufacturing companies navigate related issues. With a background in project management, Johnathan understands the complicated interplay between budget, scope, time, and quality that is integral to every project. His experience consulting on commercial contracts and government procurements has helped numerous companies handle the variety of issues faced during a project’s life cycle, including work such as preparing change orders, requests for equitable adjustment, and certified claims; analyzing project schedules to quantify project delays; examining a contractor’s accounting records to assist with audits and audit rebuttals; analyzing bid protest cost and pricing issues; and reviewing and developing terminated contract settlement proposals. and investigating cost accounting compliance issues. As part of his extensive experience, Johnathan has also assisted clients on a variety of government contract cost accounting matters including investigating compliance issues arising from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Part 31 Cost Principles and the Cost Accounting Standards (“CAS”) as well as various business system reviews.

Johnathan has collaborated with clients on accounting, financial, and economic issues dealing with, among other things, cost overruns, changed work, schedule delays, labor productivity impacts, cost escalation, and lost profits. He has testified and authored expert reports used in mediations, arbitrations, and trials, has been admitted under court issued protective orders, and has provided consulting services in support of domestic and international settlement negotiations.

Earlier in his career, Johnathan worked on the design and construction of various building projects. After completing his undergraduate degree in Architecture, Johnathan performed project management work for a large international general contractor. His experience included both the supervision and performance of project scheduling, budgeting, cost control, scope verification, quality assurance, value engineering, contract negotiations, and bid proposals.

Prior to joining VERTEX, Jonathan held positions with the following firms:

• Breakwater Forensics, LLC, 2020 – 2023, VERTEX acquired Breakwater in 2023
• The Kenrich Group LLC, 2008 – 2020
• Skanska USA Building Inc., 2002 – 2006

Education & Certification

M.B.A., Business Administration, The George Washington University
B.S., Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Associations

American Bar Association (ABA)

National Contract Management Association (NCMA)

Project Management Institute (PMI)