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 staff, which means she developed acquisition regulations and guidance for approximately 35,000 contra...
Aug 12, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 circuit. Maybe that's where she picked up a keen appreciation of quality control. She is an adjunct profe...
Aug 06, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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 provision of medical supplies to more than 60 VA Medical Centers from Florida to Maine. Throughout a ...
Jul 30, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 curriculums for government agencies, municipalities and organizations to market their brand by educating an...
Jul 23, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In today's interview, we discuss the decli...
Jul 16, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Donnie Harris, former senior contracting officer with an unlimited warrant, meaning he could sign off at any size contract. Over the course of his 20 years in government he managed complex and high-profile procurements totaling over $3 billion, that's billion with a B, from the acquisition phase to the pre-award for three DC agencies. His government customers where Mr. Harris provided procurement support included the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Aviation Administration, the Veterans Adminis...
Jul 09, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Dr. Karen Vieira owns The Med Writers, is an author and speaker. The Med Writers formed in 2011, writes content for medical and scientific clients in the fields of pharmaceutical, healthcare, supplement, and biotech. Her doctorate is in biomedical sciences, with a Masters in Management. Last year, she was awarded the Small Business Administration Miami's Women-Owned Small Business Person of the Year. Her company writes capability statements and proposals for many companies, tools we all need in ...
Jul 02, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
With more than 18 million veterans in the US, either you or someone you know will be able to benefit from the information we share in this upcoming episode. Darcella Craven is the Chief Fear Conqueror and President of the Veteran Resource Business Center, the nonprofit economic development agency assessing challenges and developing solutions to grow successful veteran-owned businesses and also immediate family members of veterans. Her organization services the areas of Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In 2018, Ms. Burnett was appointed the Executive Director for the HUBZone Contractors National Council, a member-based non-profit organization established to advocate, educate and promote the HUBZone Program. Ms. Burnett’s knowledge of the HUBZone Program and expertise on government contracting stems from 10 years supporting the HUBZone small business community both as a contractor for SBA and small business consultant. In 2013, Ms. Burnett was recruited by the council as a subject matter expert...
Jun 18, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, LTC Gabriel Ruiz (Ret) brings us an incredible story of success through hard work, perseverance, learning and giving back. LTC Gabriel Ruiz is President and CEO of Advanced IT Concepts, Inc. (AITC), was recently awarded the 2017 North Florida Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Ruiz was also recognized as the 2016 North Florida District Minority-Owned Small Business Person of the Year. Gabriel Ruiz was born in Puerto Rico, he served...
Jun 11, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Matthew Schoonover is a partner at Koprince Law LLC, a boutique law firm in Lawrence, Kansas, that works exclusively with federal government contractors. As part of his practice, Matt counsels contractors on the unique issues they face working for the federal government from compliance with the FAR and the SBA’s regulations, to representing clients in bid protests and claims. Matt is a frequent contributor to SmallGovCon.com, and has been interviewed by Law 360, Bloomberg, and Westlaw Journal, a...
Jun 03, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Angela is President of Perez APC, an international design-build-develop firm. She was named New Orleans 2016 Small Business Person of the Year and first runner up for National Small Business Person of the Year, by the U.S. Small Business Administration. She is a passionate advocate for women in architecture and construction, and works with professional and non-profit organizations dedicated to the advancement of women in the industry. Angela is a licensed architect in 15 states, a licensed gener...
May 28, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Jennifer Namvar is a Capture Director for Leidos with 16 years of experience in all phases of the federal government business development life cycle. Her previous 4 employers are all consistently on the DOD Top 100 list. Jennifer built her reputation in the GovCon industry by bidding and winning large, strategic opportunities within the Defense and Federal Civilian agencies with a focus on emerging and next generation technologies and solutions. Prior to joining Leidos, Jennifer held Capture pos...
May 27, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Linda Rawson is a technology entrepreneur, author, inventor, and C-level executive. Since 2006, she has owned and operated DynaGrace Enterprises, a Women-Owned Small Business in rural Morgan, Utah. She started as a software engineer in the eighties when it was not typical for a woman in Utah. She has received several awards for Davis/Morgan business of the year and wrote a very vulnerable book about grief. Her background as a software engineer, combined with her corporate executive experience, m...
May 20, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Robert Wink is the CEO of Integrity Lion Acquisitions. Robert comes with a vast experience working from within government. He retired from the US Army with multiple deployments to Iraq, was Contracting Officer with FEMA and is currently a Contact Specialist with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Robert is also written two books “Small Business Starter Guide to Federal Government Contracts & Searching for Solicitations” and “Secrets to Noncompetitive Government Contracts” He opens up about his ...
May 20, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Narjis B. Ali is the President and CEO of Sure Secure Solutions, an 8a Woman Owned Information Technology (IT) Security company founded in 2004. The companies core capabilities include Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Content Management and Information Management. She has received numerous awards dating back to 2012 and most recently the prestigious 2016 US Small Business Administration and NASA Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year award 2016 and 2017. For show notes visit govcongiants.co...
May 20, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
After the real estate market crashed in 2007 Mr. Coffie launched a successful consulting company helping small business owners earn millions in revenues via federal small business programs. In 2012 he launched Evankoff Construction, a steel erection company building airplane hangars and metal buildings for government agencies around the country. In 2017 Mr. Coffie launched Scorecontracts @ YouTube a channel to help other small businesses achieve their revenue goals using the power of federal con...
May 10, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
