Client Success

Thomas Chon is the CEO of Tetra Fields, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business in Rockville, Maryland that specializes in IT and management consulting. 

With his counselor's assistance, Thomas teamed with a large prime contractor, and they won an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with the Veterans Affair’s Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (AVAIL) as part of Team Leidos, a $650M Multiple-award IDIQ.

Keith & AnJanette Garner are the CEOs of BFG Enterprises LLC – a woman-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small business in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. BFG Enterprises is a reputable consulting firm that specializes in Data Management and Identity services.

They have won numerous contract awards over the years including a Five Year - Single Award IDIQ Contract for $27 million with U.S. Army Garrison Fort Knox. ​​

Tejash Patel, is the Founder and (CEO) of TAYS, an IT systems services company in Baltimore, Maryland. He has over 18 years of IT experience including leading large projects in the public and private sectors.

TAYS was recently awarded an $8 million Task Order as a sub-contractor for the Social Security Administration. He works with his counselor, Richard Paden, on his government contracting goals.

In 2021 MDAPEX client, Lakeysha Claxton, CEO of Homeland Custodial Services,  was awarded a government contract to provide janitorial services to the Navy in Okinawa, Japan.  

Lakeysha has won several large contracts over the years and has been an MDAPEX client since 2014 where she works with her counselor, Richard Paden on her contracting goals.

Silvia Perez, CEO of Rathel Enterprises, is a multi-service provider who was recently awarded a $300k contract to provide medical equipment to the VA.

Silvia has been an MDAPEX client since 2018 and works with her counselor, Richard Paden, on her contracting goals. 

"My counselor, Richard Paden, has been wonderful… he really encouraged me and has been my champion and guardian angel. He helps me to hone in and focus on what I need to do to keep my business growing."

John Graham is the Managing Director of Sullivan Cove Consultants LLC  - a multi-disciplinary professional services firm practicing in the federal and commercial sectors in Severna Park, Maryland.

John has been a MDAPEX client since 2003 and has successfully won many large federal contracts with the largest dollar-value contract award from the Department of Justice of $617 million. As a Disabled Veteran and Minority firm, Sullivan Cove Consultants has grown substantially over the years and employs 150 people.