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Episode: 023
- Eric Coffie
- October 1, 2019
023: Maria Martinez – On Landing Her First Client, Winning 2 Projects and a Sole Source
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 […]
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- Eric Coffie
- September 23, 2019
022: Corliss “Mama U” Udoema – The most inspiring CEO great grandmother of all time talks business, faith and timeless wisdom
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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 021
- Eric Coffie
- September 17, 2019
021: Patricia Bonilla – Building a world class Construction firm on Faith
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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 020
- Eric Coffie
- September 9, 2019
020: Elliott Branch – Former Director of Contracts Naval Sea Systems Command and SES Member
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 to have him on our show. During the interview we discuss 4 critical “to-do’s” for small businesses. 1.Special emphasis programs vs socio economic programs. 2.How the government buys inputs 3. Ross Perot firm EDS 4. Democratization of work and the acronym Noggis a term that I will quiz you about if you ever meet me in person and reference this episode. For show notes visit: www.govcongiants.com/podcast
Read MoreEpisode: 019
- Eric Coffie
- September 2, 2019
019: Vicky Mangano International Consultant for U.S. Procurements in Italy
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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 018
- Eric Coffie
- August 27, 2019
018: Charles Jones - Baltimore Powerhouse Commissaries
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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 017
- Eric Coffie
- August 20, 2019
017: Alex Hernandez – Marine turned CEO builds a $50 Million Dollar National Construction Firm
Alex Hernandez founded Hernandez Consulting & Constructionin 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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 016
- Eric Coffie
- August 12, 2019
016: Janetta Brewer ESQ – Government Contracts Compliance Expert
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 […]
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- Eric Coffie
- August 5, 2019
015: Dee Kivett – Queen of Quality, CEO/President of Next Gen Supply Chain Integrators
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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 014
- Eric Coffie
- July 30, 2019
014: Beverly Kuykendall – On Consulting, Being Intentional, Prime Contracts and Supplier Diversity
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 […]
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