Govcon Giants

Today's guest, Senen Garcia speaks along the lines of small business startups. He shares some of the pitfalls and cautionary tales that he has experienced in working with them. Mr. Garcia reveals the truth about small business failures and talks about the struggles that firms experience during their growth phases not just during the launch as most people suspect. Mr. Garcia is a Certified SCORE Co...

Chris Dambach joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2007 as an Infantry Scout with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaisance Marine Corps unit in Mattydale, New York.  While on deployment on the Iraq Syrian border, was ejected from his vehicle and suffered numerous injuries. During his recovery he bootstrapped a residential lawn service in 2010 by plastering his New York neighborhood with flyers and taking $5...

Today we are discussing mindset. In previous editions of the show we feature all of these wonderful people who have built, started, or grown their small businesses into amazing outfits. Well today's guest is a little bit different. Today we want to feature someone who is probably is a lot like many of our listeners out there listening shy, timid, afraid, fearful and basically "brain wrestling" eve...

Nichelle L. Early is the President and CEO of BreakForth Solutions, Inc. (BSi). With nearly 20 years of management experience, Ms. Early founded BSi in May 2012. Having received its first large systems integrator client in 2014, within the following two years, BSI more than tripled its six-figure revenue and to date has acquired more than $9.5M in federal and commercial contract awards. Ms. Early...

Mr. Luis De La Cruz founded his company, Andale construction back in 2006 after years of working his way up the construction food chain. He remembers while working as a laborer that people would tell him to hurry up saying "An-da-le, an-da-le" and for that reason decided that if he ever opened a company it would be called Andale construction because it was like his second name. Fast forward to 201...

Laurie Sayles owns Civility Management Solutions a professional consulting services firm. She served in the USMC & is an outspoken advocate for Veteran's on the Hill 3 times. Awarded as MD Women Veteran Entrepreneur, Above & Beyond, 1 of 100 Minority Business, Compassionate Business Leader. CivilityMS participated in 8(a) accelerator program, Goldman Sach's 10,000. I must admit that I've listened...

For those who may not know, GSA is America's only source solely dedicated to procuring goods and services for government. As an integral part of GSA, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) deliver comprehensive products and services across government at the best value possible.  In today's episode we are talking with Region 4 GSA Customer Service Director (CSD) for Space Coast, Shaun Hartman. CSDs...

Today we are having a conversation with Jonathan Hard who frequently speaks on the topic of Covered Defense Information in compliance with DFARS 252.204.7012 clause. Which is the safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting. Jonathan is the CEO and President ofH2L Solutions, Inc. (H2L).H2L specializes in Cyber & Information Assurance and provides Cyber Security solutions f...

Mark Masters of the Cherokee Nation founded his company Chloeta in 2009. Just 10 years later he was placed on the list of fastest growing companies in the U.S., #606, Inc 5000 award winner. Mark is a wildfire firefighter. Mark started fighting wildfires at age 18 and was part of the most tragic events in our nations history including, Superstorm Sandy and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mark didn...

Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Jon Tellier is the President at JetCo Solutions. In this position, he recruits and leads a growing team of employees who help businesses sell to all levels of government. Jon also leads all capture efforts for JetCo Solutions. JetCo Solutions has earned a positive, strong reputation among the Michigan defense industry community, winning contracts valued at over $4 bill...

For my inaugural 2020 episode. I would like to take you back in time to before there was a Scorecontracts or Govcon Giants. My original idea was to launch a podcast, not a YouTube channel. So I reached out to a few SBA award winners and the first person to ever email me back was Andy Wells III President of Wells Technology. Andy Wells is a member of the Red Lake Ojibwa Tribe where he still maintai...

In this last interview of 2019, our guest Merry Korn from Pearl Interactive Network Tells us how she went from social worker to an experienced businesswoman in the federal arena. She encourages everyone to dream big and have a vision. Merry  takes us through her journey of her own vision turned to accomplishments.   Merry Korn, owner, an experienced businesswoman with a master's degree in social w...

In today's episode, the table's a turn. You're going to hear me being interviewed as a guest on another show with Jay Jones from the BEB podcast. Listen, as he asked me all the tough questions, including how did I get started? How did I make millions of dollars in contracts? Where did I learn all this stuff from? And the most important question, what led me to teaching it on YouTube.   For show no...

Emily Harman has 38 years of service to her country as both a Naval Officer and civilian federal employee. Emily served as a Contracting Officer for 14 years working at NAVAIR and NAVSUP. Served as the Director of Small Business Programs, Naval Air Systems Command a position that she says she initially did not want, but ultimately thoroughly enjoyed and received great satisfaction from. In today's...

Today's Giant, Lourdes Martin-Rosa, has been featured in over 790 media publications including FOX News, MSNBC, CNN Money, the Washington POST, the New York Times, Hosts a Monthly Blog on GovWin and Money, Inc. Magazine. In 2012, Lourdes served as a Small Business Programs expert guiding The Whitehouse Small Business Taskforce towards increasing awareness & outreach to small businesses across Amer...

On today's episode of the Govcon giants podcast we are featuring a dynamic speaker, author and serial entrepreneur Dr. Robert L Wallace. We are honored and privilege to have Dr. Wallace come on our show and share his journey of traveling the entrepreneurship path. From his humble beginnings in the 1990's working out of a 2 bedroom row home, transitioning through dot.com boom, Y2k to Black Enterpri...

Even if you are not a veteran, chances are likely that you know someone who is, and they may be able to take advantage of the programs that exist for military service members coming back from duty who want to re-engage with the workforce in a unique way. Now in today's episode we are doing things a little differently. Instead of featuring one guest, I am interviewing two. Two unique business owner...

Today's guest Amber Hanlon has been a Govcon Giant for many years advocating on behalf of small businesses as the SBLO for what was formerly known as Rockwell Collins. In that role, Amber has responsibility for building Rockwell Collins' participation in the Department of Defense Mentor/Protégé Program, leading Rockwell Collins' Small Business Executive Steering Team, training internal employees o...

I'd like to welcome you to our latest and greatest Giant Pierce Robinson. One of the commonly asked questions That I received often from my subscribers is, how do I introduce my new technology to the government? A lot of people want to do what's called unsolicited proposals, but there are other ways in which the government is seeking out people who have a new technology or an invention. In today's...

Today's guest, Angela Terry is the SBA Subcontracting Program Manager. Many of you have probably heard of the SBA SubNet platform it is the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Subcontracting Network System for all federal government subcontracting opportunities. In today's episode with Angela we discuss Electronic Subcontract Reporting, SBA Subnet and new changes to the program and website that...

Today's guest has been assisting small businesses navigate the US government marketplace for nearly 2 decades.  Jennifer Schaus & Associates is synonymous with government contracting. She provides support, marketing, business development services for US federal government contractors. She has nearly 250 videos on YT and has been featured or presented in dozens of magazines including, WSJ, Forbes/C...

Today's Giant is David Rambhajan is the sole owner and President of Industria Construction Services.   David and his firm have consulted on many municipal and private projects. Past and current projects include work for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Navy, General Service Administration, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Veteran...

Today's Giant is Alexander Hassan. He serves as the Acting Director of the Acquisition Services Divisionat Defense Acquisition University. This is a mandated certification courses required for everyone in acquisition at the federal level. Before this, in 2014, he relocated to the DC metro area and supported the program office for the F-35 engine procurements for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)...

This next guest did not even want to start a business. After spending time serving our Nation, she returned to the United States, worked for a diverse group of both small and large businesses and then eventually helped manage and oversee the Air Force Mentor Protege Program. It was her last employer who successfully graduated from 8a that encouraged her to take the leap of faith and start her own...

Today were having a conversation with Maria Martinez. A lot of you know her, she is the back engine of Scorecontracts and Govcon Giants and making things work. She actually recently landed her first consulting client and I thought it would be great to share in on that experience of what she went through, how she did it, what was in her mind, kind of, you know, some of the ideas behind her thought...