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Episode: 085
- Eric Coffie
- March 16, 2021
085: Wade Watts: Uniting the Defense, the academia, and entrepreneurial innovators in solving national security problems
Wade Watts serves as the inaugural National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) University Program Director (UPD) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). In this role, Wade is responsible for building collaboration between academia, the venture/business community, and the DoD by expanding defense innovation. To this position, Wade brings significant entrepreneur and academic experiences as […]
Read MoreEpisode: 084
- Eric Coffie
- March 8, 2021
084: Aliahu “Alli” Bey – How A Multi-million dollar government contract opened opportunities into the Cybersecurity and Compliance space
Aliahu “Alli” Bey started his government contracting journey in 2015 after he was awarded a multi-million-dollar U.S. Air Force tactical weapons support contract. One portion of the contract provided cybersecurity on ruggedized deployable laptops. Mr. Alli Bey reached out to a former business colleague, Adam Austin, owner of a cyber company in Pennsylvania. Mr. Austin’s […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making a Giant with Maria and Liseth Velez. Women, veteran, CEO talks about her first win and the future
- Eric Coffie
- March 3, 2021
Making a Giant with Maria and Liseth Velez. Women, veteran, CEO talks about her first win and the future
In today’s episode of Making a Giant we present to you veteran business owner Liseth Velez, CEO of LJV Development. She has recently become a superstar at the Govcon EDU breakout sessions as her company continues to land contract after contract both at the federal and state government levels. Started out in the military as […]
Read MoreEpisode: 083
- Eric Coffie
- February 22, 2021
083: Anthony Closson – How A USAF veteran built a massive contracting company from the ground up
Anthony Closson is a USAF Veteran and the Founder and CEO of Colossal Contracting- an SDVOSB Value-Added Reseller and IT Solutions Provider that has broken away from the pack bringing them to the forefront of the Defense and Civilian Industries by embodying their foundation as a company built upon military core values. Anthony brings to the table […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making a Giant with Maria and Alex Omeke. Applying your knowledge to the real world
- Eric Coffie
- February 16, 2021
Making a Giant with Maria and Alex Omeke. Applying your knowledge to the real world: A cab driver’s son story of winning his first contract
Hey listeners, this is Eric! As some of you may know from listening to the last few week’s episodes we have a new podcast entitled Making A Giant. The show featured the students of GovCon EDU who recently won their first contract. It is a much different perspective from our traditional podcast format where we […]
Read MoreEpisode: 082
- Eric Coffie
- February 8, 2021
082: Melissa Burant – The free government resource that all small businesses should use, PTAC
For the first time ever we are interviewing someone from APTAC (Association of Pocurement Technical Assistance Centers). If you have never heard of APTAC or PTAC for short, the non-organization has offices around the country in every state that provide free and low cost training and technical assistance for small businesses. They host workshops and matchmaking events, offer one-on-one […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making a Giant with Maria and Leilani Lacusong. From Accountant to 8a Contractor
- Eric Coffie
- January 25, 2021
Making a Giant with Maria and Leilani Lacusong. From Accountant to 8a Contractor
In our second episode of Making a Giant Maria sits down and speak to Leilani Lacusong. Leilani is an accountant that saw the great opportunities in government contracting. She made some bold moves from applying for her 8a, to contacting Eric for help and driving from state to state “for the love of contracting”. Today […]
Read MoreEpisode: 081
- Eric Coffie
- January 19, 2021
081: My next guest needs no introduction… Steven Koprince of Koprince Law
Today’s guest needs no introduction… Mr. Steven Koprince of Koprince Law founded the blog SmallGovCon, where he has written more than 1,100 posts on government contracting legal issues. The site is viewed by thousands of readers each month and is one of the official must read websites for learning about new rules, changing policies and […]
Read MoreEpisode: REPOST
- Eric Coffie
- January 13, 2021
REPOST: Episode 001: Narjis Ali – Launching a NASA Award Winning IT Security Company
We are taking you back to our very first episode… 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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making a Giant with Maria and Chris Facey
- Eric Coffie
- January 5, 2021
Making a Giant with Maria and Chris Facey: The mad guitarist lands a 21 Million IDIQ in transportation
Hey GovCon Giants today, we are mixing things up a little bit. Starting this month, we will be featuring an all-new podcast that we call Making A Giant. That’s right, Making A Giant. This podcast will showcase persons, businesses who got their very first win, not their 10th contract, not some large multi-million dollar contract, […]
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