Govcon Giants

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...

Corliss Udoema aka Mama U as many people call her holds a special place in my heart, Corliss is witty and humorous but the joke stops at the door of outside her office b/c when it comes to business she is as tough as they get. Her motto, "deliver excellence" and she expects that from all of her employees at Contract Solutions Inc. She is the Inc 5000 winner 2019 for the last consecutive 3 years, 2...

Today we are bringing you a treat with another woman "Giant" that is kicking butt and taking names in the biz. Patricia Bonilla, President of Lunacon Construction Group is from my 2nd favorite country in the world behind the United States, the Dominican Republic. She founded "Lunacon" in 2007, now has 5 office locations including Puerto Rico and serves more than 300 customers worldwide. She is tre...

Elliott Branch is truly a once in a lifetime individual who is absolutely brilliant.  He was the Director of Contracts for Naval Sea Systems command, which is the largest or next to largest single buying activity in federal government. And our team over here at Govon Giants just happen to catch him a cool 6 weeks out of retirement at the time of this interview so we got lucky to be the first ones ...

One of the interesting things about Social Media is how far your voice travels. Apparently, there are no boundaries and I found this out by becoming acquittances with our guest.  "Buongiorno Eric" the email reads, along with the subject line "From Italy" Vicky Mangano reached out to me back at the end of 2018 all the way from Europe, Sicily, Italy to be specific. She was a consultant helping compa...

Today's guest is Charles Jones. He started out in the mortgage industry back in 2008 until the market crash and everything's shut down. It was during those difficult times that he formed his company C&S Jones group to start assisting with cleaning up all the abandoned properties on behalf of asset managers. Today his business looks very different and Mr. Jones is responsible for managing Military...

Alex Hernandez founded Hernandez Consulting & Construction in 2005 and currently serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board. Hernandez Consulting & Construction is a project management firm and general contractor specializing in design, construction, design-build and real estate development. Under Alex's leadership, the firm has grown exponentially and now actively operates in a large portion of the...

Today's guest, Ms. Janetta Brewer, is the  owner of Blue Alchemy Consulting. She has an extensive federal contracting background, which includes roles with the Office of Secretary of Defense, US Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Air Force, Department of Homeland Security and in her last federal, she was a senior member of the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy...

Today's guest, Dee Kivett is the CEO and president of NextGen Supply Chain Integrators. NextGen specializes in helping companies seeking certification to ISO 900 and 1345, AS 9100 and 9120, TS 16949 standards, as well as the rigorous requirements of Boeing. Dee grew up sitting on tires at the race track watching her father and uncle, the world famous Wood Brothers, race their cars around the circu...

Beverly Kuykendall, President of Government Business, leads AMD's expansion into key areas aligned with the firm's long-term strategic goals. She has a background in relationship development and government contracting, and brings a facilitative approach to understanding and proposing solutions to difficult economic issues. In March 2016, AMD was awarded a $1.2 billion government contract for the p...

Orlando Epinosa is the recipient of the U.S Small Business Administration South Florida District and State of Florida Small Business Advocate of the year for 2016 and 2018. In this episode, we talk about the SBA Emerging Leaders program as well as other valuable resources.  Orlando is the co-founder of Emineo Media, an organization that designs, develops and implements business and outreach curric...

Today's guest was gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule as the newly-appointed SBA regional administrator, to talk with us. Ashley D. Bell was appointed Feb. 2018, by the White House, to serve as regional administrator for the US Small Business Administration, Region IV, serving nine district locations and eight southeastern states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mi...