Success Story: Dell Trahan

DELL TRAHAN 

T&K’s Mobile Detailing & Pressure Washing, Inc. has been a proud member of the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council since November 2009. Upon certification we immediately joined the Program Committee to begin networking and forming partnerships with major corporations. It pays to join one of HMSDC’s brilliant committees!!!  After attending several luncheons and communi-cating with Marathon Oil, we landed a contract pro-viding the company with auto detailing services three days a week, and have now been doing so for over 21 years. 

Attending all the great functions put on by HMSDC has exposed T&K’s to a large number of supplier and diversity lead-ers. HMSDC has the BEST hard working and profes-sional staff in the nation. T&K’s would like to thank each and every HMSDC staff member for helping.

THE BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION

• Expanded business opportunity. 
• Local, Regional, and National referrals. 
• Access to over 3,600 leading companies and corporate buyers. 
• Participation in educational programs and workshops to assist in personal and professional growth. 
• Second tier and MBE to MBE business opportunities. 

PREPARING TO WIN SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Omni Houston Hotel
Four Riverway, Houston Texas 77056

Have you ever wondered what the future holds for Houston? What new developments and priorities are being discussed? As a business owner, what is the outlook for opportunities in the City’s plans? If you are interested in hearing the answers to these questions and more, you do not want to miss HMSDC’s “Preparing for Success Scholarship Luncheon”. Our keynote speaker will share upcoming priorities and projects for the City of Houston (public and private), what opportunities they create for MBEs and how to maximize MBE participation in those projects. In addition, over $62,000 will be awarded in scholarship funds to deserving Minority Business Owners as they continue growing their businesses.

Keynote Speaker

Andrew F. Icken

Chief Development Officer

City of Houston

For a detailed schedule of events, visit the HMSDC website at www.hmsdc.org

Staffing Industry Analysts announced the winners of the 2012 "Best Staffing Firms to Work For" at the 21st annual Staffing Industry Analysts Executive Forum in Las Vagas. Collabera was named a winner in the Staffing Firms with over 200 Employees category. Over 140 companies participataed in the competition. Winners were selected based on overal employee satisfaction and advocacy.

Collabera has over 20 years of experience providing IT Staffing Services to Fortune 500 corporations. The company is one of the nation's largest minority certified firms focusing on IT staff augementation and IT Solutions and employs over 6500 professionals.

Excel Global Partners is proud to announce its new relationship with AT&T and Hitachi Consulting. Excel consultants will be supporting Hitachi Consulting on AT&T's Business Intelligence Data Warehousing project. The large project's focus is to consolidate significant amounts of data across systems and functions throughout AT&T. This initiative will provide increased market intelligence to not only finance and accounting, but to the broader AT&T organization.

James Nowlin, Excel's CEO, states "To be involved in a project of this scale is a milestone for our company. Business Intelligence is a significant value-add that gets the right information to the right people at the right time. Excel is proud to be working with Hitachi Consulting and honored to be providing service to AT&T, the telecom industry's global leader."

Excel and FRG Launch National Healthcare Consulting Strategic Alliance

Dallas, Texas -- Excel Global Partners (Excel) and Financial Resource Group (FRG) have launched a national healthcare consulting strategic alliance to provide management financial consulting services to hospital and healthcare systems across the nation. The strategic alliance, described as a “pairing of great equals” by Excel CEO James Nowlin, will focus on enhancing consulting solutions to improve performance and to create more operationally efficient systems in healthcare.

Jack Hess, former Baylor Health System CFO and current FRG Managing Partner and President, states that “We are excited about this alliance and the enhanced services that will be provided to our clients”. Believing that high-performing, high-quality healthcare systems are critical to the economic health and physical well-being of our nation, both companies reiterated the importance of providing top-notch consulting solutions to complicated, evolving healthcare systems.

“FRG’s leadership team, with more than 150 years of collective professional experience in healthcare consulting combined with Excel’s strategic relationships and past performance in complex large-market environments, are an ideal match for providing enhanced solutions to the rapidly changing marketplace of healthcare,” Nowlin states. Currently, the partnership has identified opportunities for providing services in Texas, Alabama, and the Caribbean. Both firms are Texas-based and have completed projects in more than twenty-five states.

About Excel Global Partners and FRG

Excel Global Partners, LLC is a full-service management consulting, financial consulting, and professional services staffing firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Excel’s mix of engagement models include: Consulting Services and Project Staffing to support the CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CAO, or GC; Executive Recruiting at all levels; and Interim Executives. Excel has worked for a broad range of clients including some of the largest companies in the world as well as a wide array of privately-held and publicly-traded companies. For more information about Excel, visit their website at www.ExcelGlobalPartners.com.

Financial Resource Group, LLC is a Dallas-based healthcare consulting company dedicated to putting the client in control of its financial future by providing services that meet the client's unique needs. FRG offers cost-effective, innovative management and finance solutions to complex problems all targeted at increasing client operational and financial viability. For more information about FRG, visit their website at www.FRGroup.net.