Our Founder
Andra L. Hargrave is a service disabled veteran with more than 25 years of direct calling and targeting Federal, Department of Defense, and S.L.E.D (state, local and education) agencies and contracting opportunities.
He has helped companies source target and secure over $150,000,000.00 million dollars in annotated contracts throughout his career and have worked with the following organizations:
Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT)
Minority Business Office (MBO)
Senior State & Federal Certification Consultant
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
Connect2DOT Program
DBE/ESB Certification Consultant and Trainer
U.S. Department of Transportation
Colorado Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC)
Federal Business Development & Certification Specialist
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Interise Corporation (Prime)
SBA Emerging Leaders Course
Instructor & Facilitator
Pueblo Colorado Small Business Development Center
State and Federal Certification and Business Development Consultant
SBA Boots2Business Veterans Entrepreneurial Trainer
Rocky Mountain Minority Development Council
Director of Certification & Business Development
Corporate MBE Certification Advocate
Other Governmental Business Development & Certification Consultants Contracts:
North Dakota Center for Innovation Center
North Dakota Small Business Development Center
Grand Forks North Dakota SBA
Boulder Small Business Development Center
Denver Small Business Development Center
Colorado Springs Small Business Development Center
Consulting Awards:
- Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) – Consultant of the Year
- Denver Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Consultant of the Year
- Pueblo Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Consultant of the Year
Major Military Awards:
- V Corps Soldier of the Quarter
- Department of the Army – Army Commendation Medal
- Department of the Army – Army Achievement Medal
- 120nd Signal Battalion – Certificate of Achievement