Release Date: 10.19.10 | Location: All Metro Atlanta | Organization: GMSDC
GMSDC Makes History as Three Georgia Companies Win Regional Awards
Minority Supplier of the Year Awards to Be Presented by NMSDC in Miami Oct 27
Atlanta, October 2010 – The Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC), the leader in minority supplier development in the state of Georgia, announced three Georgia based companies were selected as the 2010 Regional Minority Suppliers of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). Accolades, Inc., All (n) 1 Security and Primus Software Corporation were among 15 winners from nearly 70 nominees across the country representing a myriad of industries. All will be honored by NMSDC on Wednesday, October 27, at the 2010 NMSDC Conference and Business Opportunity Fair in Miami Beach, Florida
Stacey J. Key, President and CEO will proudly accompany these minority business owners to Miami for the historical presentation. “We are thrilled to have some of the most talented and capable minority businesses representing our Council” said Key. This is the first time in our history that three regional winners have come from our council. I congratulate all the 2010 winners.
Local companies to be honored and their categories are:
Class I Annual Sales Less Than $1 Million
Accolades Inc. Atlanta, Georgia – Darryll H. Griffin is president of Accolades Inc., a Black-owned marketing firm that specializes in developing, delivering and implementing marketing merchandise programs. The programs are designed to help support customer’s brand promises, products and event-planning objectives. Accolades had nearly $1 million in sales in 2009 and projects sales of $1 million in 2010. The 20-year-old firm has four employees and spent $63,148 with other MBEs in 2009. The Coca Cola Company, Georgia Power Company, The Home Depot and UPS are among its major clients. Ms. Griffin is actively involved in the Atlanta business community and is an advocate for minority-owned enterprises. She is the former board chair of the Atlanta Business League and now serves as the organization’s board secretary. http://www.accolades-inc.com
Class II – Annual S ales Between $1 Million and $10 Million
All (n) 1 Security, Atlanta, Georgia – Mary Parker is the president and chief executive officer of All (n) 1 Security Services, a Black owned firm that provides security technology, security traffic control, as well as armed and unarmed security and courtesy officers at a variety of venues and special events. All (n) 1 Security offices provide protection at buildings and warehouses; churches and schools; construction sites; condominiums and residential communities; corporate offices; hospital; hotels, malls and retail stores. The company had $3.39 million in sales in 2009 and projects sales of $10 million in 2010. All (n) 1’s major clients include AGL Resources, Coca-Cola, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Live Nation, Morehouse College and Standard Parking Company. In 2009 the nine-year-old firm had 230 employees and spent $1.5 million with other minority business enterprises (MBEs). www.alln1security.com
Class III $10 million - $50 million category
Primus Software Corporation, Duluth, Georgia- Sangeeta Basandra and Veena Kalale are co-founders of Primus Software Corporation, which provides technology and staffing solutions, including strategy consulting, project management and network engineering to its clients. The Asian Indian-owned company has a staff of more than 250 in the United States and India, and recorded sales of $29 million in 2009. Sales for 2010 are projected to be $32 million. The 14-year-0ldbusiness has a companywide goal of spending 59 percent of its outsourced services with other MBEs this year (16 million). For the last three years, the firm was the top IT staff augmentation supplier for The Coca Cola Company. Its other major clients include AT&T, Cox Communications and United Parcel Service. Primus has 190 employees and support Tech Bridge and other community organizations benefiting children. www.primussoft.com
All honorees:
Class I – Accolades, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Cherokee Data Solutions, Claremore, Oklahoma; commVerge Marketing, Milford, Connecticut and Diversified Security Solutions, LLC, Racine, Wisconsin International, Inc., Shelton Connecticut.
Class II, Annual Sales Between $1 Million and $10 Million- All(n)1 Security Services Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; David Mason & Associates, Inc. , St. Louis, Missouri; ICE S safety Solutions, Fremont, California and Tiger Controls, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina.
Class III, Annual Sales Between $10 Million and $50 Million- Primus Software, Duluth, Georgia AKRAYA Inc. Sunnyvale California; Reggio’s Pizza, Inc., Chicago Illinois and SAI Systems
Class IV Annual Sales Greater than $50 Million: Hightowers Petroleum Company, Franklin Ohio; Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc., Dallas, Texas and SBM Site Services, LLC, McClellan, California
About GMSDC:
The Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC) a not-for-profit organization that fosters value-driven partnerships that may otherwise not be possible between corporate entities, ethnic minority-owned businesses and government entities in the state of Georgia. With 174 local and national corporate members and more than 600 certified MBEs, GMSDC celebrating 35 years in 2010 offers innovative programs and industry-leading resources for enhancing the landscape for m minority business development in Georgia. GMSDC is headquartered in Atlanta and is an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).GMSDC was selected as “Council of the Year” in 2009 by NMSDC from a mix of nominated regional councils from across the nation.
About NMSDC:
The NMSDC Network includes a national office in New York and 37 Regional Councils across the country. There are 3,500 corporate members throughout the network, including America’s top publicly-owned and foreign-owned companies as well as universities, hospitals and other buying institutions. The Regional Councils certify and match more than 16,000 Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American businesses with member corporations that want to purchase their products and services.
Contact: Stacey J. Key, President and CEO, Georgia Minority Suppler Development Council, 404 589-4929, www.gmsdc.org
See Attached Below for High-Res Image of Stacey J. Key and GMSDC Flyer
