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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

$G$ Grand

$etro Center Development

.egmans

@ational

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)ersistence and )erseverance

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#e+ora& Scott %&omas

)resident $ CEO

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an&am/ 1aryland 2003

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Developing Solutions for Tomorrow