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Episode: 092
- Eric Coffie
- May 25, 2021
092: Ariela Wagner – Protecting Construction Lien & Bond Claim Rights for Subcontractors and Supplier
Ariela Wagner is the president and founder of SunRay Construction Solutions. She has over 14 years of construction industry experience. With the mission to be the best and easiest construction document service in the USA, SunRay secures the lien rights of general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers nationally and helps them get paid. For a nominal […]
Read MoreEpisode: 091
- Eric Coffie
- May 18, 2021
091: Roberta Moore – Learning from the reality of failures, challenges, & difficult moments that shaped her character
Today’s show is part 2 of a two part series with Roberta Moore. She had so many stories to share that we could not get the all into one single episode. For those of you who do not know, Ms. Moore began her career as a DoD civil servant for 10 years before opening her […]
Read MoreEpisode: 090
- Eric Coffie
- May 11, 2021
090: Mike Melo – Serving people in the arena and highlighting values of leadership, integrity and hard work
Mike Melo president and CEO of ITA International started his company with his wife. Interestingly, it was Melo’s father who inspired the name of his company, ITA. It is derived from a passage in a 1910 speech by Teddy Roosevelt referred to as “The Man in the Arena” in which Roosevelt praises those who work […]
Read MoreEpisode: 089
- Eric Coffie
- May 6, 2021
089: Roberta Moore – How pure determination and a chance event lead to a whirlwind of character building experience
Roberta Moore founded AMOORER, Incorporated 19 years ago in 2002 as a recently divorced, single parent of three boys. Amoorer Incorporated is an 8(a) graduate, HUBZone Certified, Woman-Owned Healthcare staffing small business. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Strayer University and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University […]
Read MoreEpisode: 088
- Eric Coffie
- April 27, 2021
088: Matthew Schoonover – Representing small firms, understanding joint ventures, and discussing the new Mentor Protege program.
With more than $247M dollars thrown at training and education of small businesses and little thrown into marketing we try and help showcase the ups and down of the business of govcon. Each week we bring on a speaker who has been involved in either growth as a small business, supporting small and medium size […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making A Giant 007
- Eric Coffie
- April 20, 2021
Making A Giant 007: Maria & Miguel Sanchez – Embracing inexperience and ignorance and taking one step at a time
In this episode we feature Miguel Sanchez. After discovering my videos while living in New York Miguel decides he wants to get into truck delivery providing courier services to the government. After months of no results he decided to switch gears and pursue the consulting route. In his research he learned that IT was a […]
Read MoreEpisode: 087
- Eric Coffie
- April 13, 2021
087: Emily Harman – Diving deep into emotions, mindset, and positive intelligence as a government contractor and entrepreneur
Today’s interview, we talk about something very different. Emily Harman, has 38 years of service to the country as both a Naval Officer and civilian federal employee. Working hard and ultimately, retiring as a member of the Senior Executive Service in May 2019, the equivalent of a two star Admiral. In her retirement, Emily did […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making A Giant 006
- Eric Coffie
- April 6, 2021
Making A Giant 006: Maria & Raffa Gibbard – On building your experience, creating your momentum, and winning bigger contracts
In today’s Making A Giant episode, our guest Raffa Gibbard is the CEO of Brave Once Contract Agency. She has over ten years experience in both construction and contracting with the Army. With her experience, Raffa understands what the customer needs and she knows how to supply it in a timely efficient manner. In 2019 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 086
- Eric Coffie
- March 30, 2021
086: Helleni Moon – New entrepreneur breaking in the federal arena through agile and streamlined data management support services
Helleni (Donovan) Moon , CEO of EIDOS Technologies from Manassa, founded the company in 2015. Just a couple years later, EIDOS was nominated for the 2021 Prince William Chamber business award. She has over 20+ years of successful service delivery for both federal and civilian agencies and has contributed to their mission-critical government programs. Helleni […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making A Giant 005
- Eric Coffie
- March 23, 2021
Making A Giant 005: Maria & James Lee – How an active soldier turned and idea into 2 sources sought wins
In today’s episode Maria interviewed James Lee, an IT professional who decided it was time to make his mark on the world. Without spoiling the story I will tell you that James had a little special someone who help spark the idea for pursuing laundry service contracts. That’s right! He did not pursue any sexy […]
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