David Costello brings more than 25 years of marketing and external affairs experience to his work developing federal, state and commercial business opportunities for corporate and non-profit clients. He has delivered consistent, measurable results to a broad spectrum of companies, from start-up organizations to multi-national publicly traded corporations.

David founded Rising Tide Associates after a decade of successful leadership as Managing Director of a Boston and Washington D.C. based public affairs firm. David has applied his expertise to clients in the defense, association management, manufacturing, non-profit, and outdoor industries, developing new products, creating new channels to markets, growing organizations and gaining them entry to significant new business opportunities. As a registered federal lobbyist, David interacts regularly with key administrative and legislative offices for Appropriations , Armed Services, Small Business, the Defense Logistics agency, Homeland Security and the White House and has long-standing relationships with program managers at military development labs across the country.

In 2009, David co-founded the Warrior Protection and Readiness Coalition (WPRC) www.warriorprotection.net, a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) organization. David grew the WPRC from original concept to a robust membership consisting of more than 60 leading companies in the organizational clothing and personal protective equipment space. David led the effort to educate Congress on the need for sustained, base budget funding for the critical clothing and equipment that protects America’s men and women in uniform
. He created the WPRC brand architecture, led the development of all government relations, business development, marketing, and public relations efforts of the coalition. Through his advocacy efforts, the WPRC successfully achieved supporting congressional language in the Fiscal Years 2010 through 2022 National Defense Authorization Acts.

David has co-authored more than a dozen U.S. patents in the area of advanced materials. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of New Hampshire and is active on the Boards of the Appalachian Mountain Club, The Conservation Alliance and The Trustees of Reservations. Through his pro bono efforts he has advocated for the protection of public lands throughout the Northeast.

Patrick has over 10 years of experience working on the national security policy issues including several years spent creating and drafting legislation and advising Members of Congress on defense and foreign affairs policy.

Prior to joining Rising Tide Associates, Patrick served as the Military Legislative Assistant to Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis of New York’s 11th Congressional district. In this role, he oversaw the Congresswoman’s national security and defense portfolio, including her assignment to the House Foreign Affairs Committee as well as her Ranking Member position on the International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee.

In his position, he worked closely with the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Armed Services Committee to ensure high priority legislative items were included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Throughout his time working in Congress and on national and state political campaigns, Patrick has built and maintained strong bi-partisan relationships with senior Congressional staff and community stakeholders.

Before moving to Washington, Patrick was selected by the United States Marine Corps to serve as a Presidential Security Marine for the Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) serving for both President Bush and President Obama. In his seven years of service, he conducted over 100 missions with the President of the United States across the globe on behalf of the Department of Defense and the Executive Branch of government.

Patrick is a native of Worcester, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Based in Washington, D.C., Jane’s close proximity to and long-standing relationships with the key military developmental bases in the United States allows our clients unique insight into emerging government needs and provides necessary access to the key decision-makers within the DOD. Her concentrated technical expertise in business development, advanced product development, management of government research and development programs, and proposal writing adds tremendous value to our clients who are focused on the development of long-term business with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and for technically advanced companies from the outdoor industry.

Jane has with more than 20 years of experience in new market development, product development and marketing with high performance textiles and materials. She has managed the development of world-class technically advanced products that have created new levels of performance in their product categories. These materials currently serve a variety of end uses including outdoor performance apparel, extreme protective apparel, flame resistance, military, footwear, medical markets and electronic textiles. Jane is experienced in technical product development through all stages of the development process, from defining user needs, development of military specifications, implementing quality standards and the nuances of the initial fielding of new products.

Jane has used her technical expertise to help clients expand their business into the DOD and DHS textile market. She has created and executed business plans that are creating robust revenue streams for companies that are just entering the government market.

Jane also has significant expertise in helping clients to expand businesses thru government funded R&D programs. This unique expertise has helped clients to develop products and profitable businesses that would not have been possible without government support. Her work in this area includes development of the concept, presentation of the idea to the government, and securing funding for the program. Once these critical steps have been completed, she navigates the client thru required registrations necessary for supporting government work, assists with preparing complete responses to government solicitations including, but not limited, to BAAs and SBIRs, and then guides the client on best practices for managing the contract once awarded.

Highly respected in the industry, Jane has presented at several technical conferences and authored multiple articles published in professional journals. In addition, she has co-authored more that a dozen patents. Jane holds an M.S. in Textile Technology from the Institute of Textile Technology and currently lives with her family in Manassas, Virginia.