MBE Spotlight
The MBE Spotlight highlights the Minority Business Enterprise as selected by the Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council.
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MBE Spotlight of the Week
Jared Casey with Faison Office Products
Jared Casey President and CEO of Faison Office Products
What better way to transition to a new millennium than to realize your dream of business ownership. That is just what Jared D. Casey, Jr. accomplished after retiring from a successful career in purchasing management. In February of 2000, Jared D. Casey Jr. launched the next phase of his professional career with the purchase of Faison Office Products Company, a small minority business with a proven track record and even greater future potential. Under Jared Casey’s astute leadership role as President/CEO of Faison Office Products, Inc., this small certified MBE Corporation has grown to be the parent company of Piedmont Office Suppliers in Greensboro, NC; Southwest Business Machines in Dickinson, ND and Gaffaney’s Total Office Source in Williston, ND.
Faison has furthered their reach for opportunities through becoming a member of the NMSDC Corporate Plus Program. Faison Office Products, Inc. is a single source solution for office products, furniture, computer supplies/peripherals, IT infrastructure; copier equipment/service; janitorial products and many specialty items to a prestigious list of customers nationally and internationally. Jared Casey’s goal for Faison Office Products, Inc. is to expand their global presence through growth and acquisition.
Faison Office Products has been a top North American supplier of business office products and services since 1981, and we understand the importance of integrity and efficiency. Customers are our #1 priority and we offer a full range of products and services, including over 80,000 items.
We ship all over North America, next day, and by leveraging our unique strategic partnerships we provide the buying power of a large corporation with the benefits of doing business with an MBE supplier.
We’ve supported Fortune 500 companies for over 35 years, have received numerous awards and recognition, and pride ourselves in understanding the needs of the corporations we work with while providing our customers with the best personalized care possible.
Faison Office Products, Inc.
www.faisonopc.com
12508 E Briarwood Ave. 1-A
Centennial, CO 80112
303.340.3672
800.777.3672
Claudia and Everod Samuel with Samuel Engineering
CLAUDIA SAMUEL
MSEE – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- MS – Electrical Engineering (Power Systems Emphasis)
- BS – Electrical Engineering Technology (Summa Cum Laude)
- Special Studies Engineer – for complete electrical systems analysis and design
- Significant accounting and banking experience
- 20+ Years of experience in power generation & distribution, manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, and water treatment
- Executive Editor for SE’s literary reports and standards
Claudia R Samuel,
MSEECEO
Direct: (303) 714-4840
Phone: (303) 714-4840
Fax: (303) 714 4800
csamuel@samuelengineering.com
EVEROD SAMUEL
PE, MSEE, MBA – PRESIDENT
- Executive MBA – University of Colorado
- MS – Electrical Engineering (Power Systems Emphasis), University of Colorado – Denver
- BS – Electrical Engineering (Honors) Howard University – Washington DC
- Registered Professional Engineer in many States
- Held top level positions at large engineering, design & construction management companies including VP of Engineering and Project Operations, Manager of Engineering, Project Manager, and Chief Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer
- 25+ Years of design and project execution experience in electric utility, power generation and transmission, mining, oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, water treatment, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Air Force
- Technical expertise include expert level electrical power systems analysis & evaluation of utility transmission and generation systems up to 345kV and 1000MW; large industrial machines (induction, synchronous and cyclo-converters); large transformer/rectifier/inverters; dynamic motor starting, protective coordination, substations up to 500MVA/345kV, lightning protection; optimization of large industrial systems
- Significant U.S. and international hands-on consulting, construction and plant start-up experience
- Skilled at project evaluation, economic assessment and financial analysis
Everod Samuel,
President
Direct: (303) 714-4840
Phone: (303) 714-4840
Fax: (303) 714 4800
esamuel@samuelengineering.com
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Mekida Wilson with Everything and the Baby
Lunch Hour Shower Overview 2021
My name is Mekida Hayes-Wilson, MBE and President of Everything and The Baby LLC. My mommy owned company was established in 2008, with the intent to give consumers a reason to shop with us all year long, whether it is for personalized gifts, special occasions, holidays or employee milestones. I established an online store to allow Friends, family, work colleagues, new parents, and grandparents to shop anytime at their convenience. My niche is that I make Celebrations that are Made Simple for employers and consumers. My unique, handcrafted baby gift essentials are made of 100% premium usable products and each gift is exclusively made for newborn babies and parents. Also you can use Everything and The Baby too!
In 2011, I created a service called Lunch Hour Shower LLC. Lunch Hour Shower provides a baby shower in a box to companies and corporations with an interest in hosting affordable baby showers for expecting colleagues. As I began to provide my baby gifts to people in this industry, I found that it’s challenging for co-workers to find time to shop for unique gifts for their expecting workmate, and coordinating a baby shower is often difficult with everyone’s busy schedules, This is what prompted me to develop the perfect solution. Customers are allowed to choose a date, time and theme for the baby shower and baby shower party essentials are assembled, boxed and delivered to the home or place of business. When you order any of our custom LUNCH HOUR SHOWER package all that’s required is that you open the box and set up. That Simple!
Employee retention and employer appreciation is very important and I want friends, family and co-workers to still CELEBRATE! In compliance with the CDC guidelines due to Covid 19, I created a drive-by-baby shower package that allows social distancing while celebrating a new arrival. You simply drive by a baby shower location and commemorate. For employees that have found themselves working virtual from home, our Virtual Baby Shower service allows colleagues to still participate in the fun while friends, family and colleagues can join in and connect virtually on a computer. Choose from a variety of our Celebration Made Simple employee milestone gift packages. Retirement, Office Appreciation, Work Promotion and Motivational kits can now be mailed directly to employees homes or their place of business upon request.
Mekida S. Hayes-Wilson (Mommy Owned)
Everything and The Baby LLC.
Unique Newborn Essentials
303-578-2105
everythingandthebaby123@gmail.com
Website: www.everythingandthebaby.com
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Edmond Johnson with Premier Manufacturing
Edmond Johnson holds an MBA in marketing from Clark Atlanta University. As owner and CEO of Premier Manufacturing, Inc., Mr. Johnson has applied his education and career experience to grow Premier Manufacturing Inc. to one of the largest, third tier, contract manufacturing operations in Colorado. Premier Manufacturing Inc. was recognized as one of the fastest growing companies by Colorado Biz Magazine.
Before founding Premier Manufacturing Inc., Mr. Johnson held various management and middle management positions in manufacturing operations and supply chain management with IBM, AST Computers, US Robotics, 3COM and Maxtor Corporation. Mr. Johnson also is a graduate of the Ford Motor Company, Minority Dealership Training Program.
Mr. Johnson was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Board of Directors on January 1, 2021 and has served on the head office board since 2019. He previously served on the Denver Branch Board of Directors since 2015.
Mr. Johnson is very involved in the community supporting various scholarship funds and charity programs. He is also a member of the board of directors for DreamSpring and serves on the Advisory Board for the Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Institute at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Mr. Johnson is a longtime member of the following organizations: Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Association, Colorado Black Chamber and the Hispanic Business Chamber.
Edmond Johnson
CEO Premier Manufacturing
7755 Miller Drive
Frederick, CO 80504
303.776.4100
ejohnson@pmscs.com