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20 Years of Excellence:Successfully Moving From A Small Business
to A Large Business
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Agenda
Road to Success
Career Overview
Small Business Introduction
DST Company Overview
Advice to Growing Your Company
3 Rs !or Success
"rince Georges County Opportunities# Past, Presentand Future
"ersistence and "erseverance
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Road to Success- Family
Born and raised in
$ontgomery% Ala&ama
'arming !amily
Seven c(ildren
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Career Overvie
Ala&ama State )niversity graduate
*oined )nited States Air 'orce
Retired in +,,- as a Colonel a!ter
3, years o! service
.or/ed !or 'ortune 0,, companies
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Small !usiness "ntroduction
Introduced to small &usiness in 124
.or/ed !or small companies to learn a&out entrepreneurs(ip
Step(ens 5ngineering Company
$nemonics Systems Incorporated
Received necessary training to open own &usiness
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#ata Solutions $ %ec&nology "ncor'orated
Developing Solutions for Tomorrow
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'ounded *une 14% 122-
$y 6ision
Dreamed o! owning a &usiness atan early age
Saw t(e need !or !emale
entrepreneurs
To e!!ect c(ange !or ot(ers
Started wit( 170 employees
#S% Com'any Overvie
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Currently (as over -0, employees
1, locations% nationally and internationally
.oman8Owned% 6eteran8Owned
9a: "rogram
Graduated *anuary +3% +,,0
Certi!ied *anuary +-% 122;
#S% Com'any Overvie
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Steven Coveys 4
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DSTs success (as &een &uilt &y#
>istening to our clients
Tailoring solutions to meet t(eir needs Delivering unsurpassed ?uality
5valuating per!ormance metrics and
$odi!ying procedures to ensure success
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Advice to (roing Your Com'any
Identify Areas of Expertise Secure Contract Veicle
!lacement
See" #overnment !rograms to Assist wit $usiness #rowt
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)rince (eorge*s County O''ortunities:
!ast% !resent and &uture
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$etro Center Development
.egmans
@ational
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)ersistence and )erseverance
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#e+ora& Scott %&omas
)resident $ CEO
,,0 !usiness )ar.ay/ Suite R
an&am/ 1aryland 2003
40-564-4500
7dstincor'orated7com
Developing Solutions for Tomorrow
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