Hartford Business Journal

12 Hartford Business Journal • September 17, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com FOCUS THE LIST Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local employees and then total employees as of July 2018 Source: Each company via survey. Notes: IT = information technology, MS = Microsoft, NA = Not available, UL = Underwriters Laboratories. Rocky Hill's Pita Communications LLC, d/b/a/ The Pita Group, merged with Rebel Interactive Group of Southington on July 1; Pita is now operating under the Rebel name at 142 Center St. in Southington and is no longer a minority-owned business. (1) Also woman-owned. —Compiled by Heide Martin. taken to fill that workforce pipeline? A. Talent availability is the single most important factor that will deter- mine growth in the tech industry in Connecticut. We have companies that are growing or getting ready to grow, but they are finding it increasingly dif- ficult to source the talent they need. A number of companies are opening satellite offices in other locations to tap into the talent that is available there. To capture growth in Connecticut, we need to more fully address the issue of talent availability and acquisition. Again, a multi-pronged approach is needed. We need to keep more of the talent that is trained at our colleges and universities in the state. One way to do this is by creating a more robust set of internship offerings, as studies have shown that over 70 percent of interns end up as employees for the company they intern at. We need to apply the apprenticeship model that has worked great in other industries and embrace it in the tech sector. We need to look at relatively un- tapped markets, like recent veterans that leave the service with a great deal of tech- nical training and knowhow, and develop feeder programs into the tech sector. And finally, we need to recognize that the talent we seek is looking to live in urban environments that for the most part don't exist in Connecti- cut. More attention needs to be placed on developing these urban centers as a means to attract and retain the talent our companies need. All of these are doable, but we need a focused approach to make them happen. >> Q&A: Bruce Carlson continued Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local employees and then total employees as of July 2018) Rank Company Local employees/ Total employees FY 2017 sales/ FY 2016 sales Minority group Description Person in charge/ Year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 1840 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-632-5667; www.cobm.net 265 265 NA NA Hispanic (1) Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 1988 2 AI Engineers Inc. 919 Middle St. Middletown, CT 06457 860-635-7740; www.aiengineers.com 126 180 $35,900,000 $33,170,000 South Asian Full-service consulting engineering firm specializing in bridge engineering, construction services, civil engineering, building systems engineering and design- build services Abul Islam President & CEO 1991 3 Garg Consulting Services Inc. 2096 A Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-0582; www.gargengineering.com 71 71 NA NA Asian Pacific American and Pacific Islander Multi-disciplinary engineering firm Eugene Y. Chuang President & CEO 1990 4 GM2 Associates Inc. 115 Glastonbury Blvd. Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-659-1416; www.gm2inc.com 58 72 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 Indian Consulting engineering firm providing design, inspection, construction engineering and inspection, risk mitigation services within the transportation industry and vertical structural engineering Manish Gupta President 1988 5 Floyd Manufacturing Inc. 5 Pasco Hill Road Cromwell, CT 06416 860-829-1803; www.floydmfg.com 42 42 $6,300,000 NA African American Manufacturer of precision-automotive products Alfonso Floyd President 1987 5 Secure Tek Solutions 111 Founders Plaza, Suite 1002 East Hartford, CT 06108 860-760-0313; www.secureteksolutions.com 42 42 NA NA African American Engineering, construction and manufacturing staffing Javon Overstreet Managing partner 2010 7 Freeman Cos. LLC 36 John St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550; www.freemancos.com 38 38 $ 4,366,000 $3,800,000 African American Multi-disciplinary site and landscape design, engineering, environmental and construction support services Rohan A. Freeman President 2009 8 Springfield Spring Corp. 24 Dell Manor Drive Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-6560; www.springfieldspring.com 26 60 $10,300,000 $11,400,000 Hispanic Manufacturer of precision-engineered compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, stampings and light assemblies; medical and commercial registered quality management Norman L. Rodriques President 1942 9 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364; www.MartinezCouch.com 26 26 NA NA Hispanic Civil and wastewater engineering, land surveying, GIS, environmental consulting, construction-phase services A. Rafael Martinez Managing member 1999 10 Energy Efficiencies Solutions 398 Palisado Ave. Windsor, CT 06095 860-690-5522; www.eesgogreen.com 25 25 $2,101,651 $2,187,151 Hispanic (1) Full-service energy conservation company providing services for single family, multifamily and commercial projects statewide Leticia Colon de Mejias CEO 2010 10 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496; www.jayslandscaping.com 25 25 NA NA Native American Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 1999 12 The Computer Co. Inc. 15 Commerce Drive Cromwell, CT 06416 860-635-0500; www.computercompany.net 22 23 $2,700,000 $2,700,000 Asian (1) IT services, computer networking, MS exchange, server replacements, virtual servers, help desk support, security, programming, web development, design and hosting, data center Eileen Hasson President 1996 13 Zuvic, Carr and Associates Inc. 40 Cold Spring Road Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4901; www.zuvic.com 20 20 NA $2,800,000 Hispanic (1) Full-service, civil and environmental engineering consulting firm Marici Zuvic President 1988 14 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 232 Williams Street East Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-647-0686; ititranslates.com 16 17 NA NA Hispanic Multicultural language solution provider for a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, education, government, legal, marketing and corporations Francesco Pagano President 1986 15 Orissa LLC 870B Four Rod Road Berlin, CT 06037 860-310-5700; www.orissallc.com 15 15 $850,000 $1,150,000 Asian American Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 2006 15 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-7107; www.susayaconstruction.com 15 15 $1,000,000 $997,000 Hispanic Commercial and residential concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios, granite curbing, site work, excavation, trucking, decorative stamp concrete and overlay, driveway aprons, handicap ramps and pads Michael James Susaya President 1978 17 HiNT Peripherals Corp. 46 Gracey Ave. Meriden, CT 06451 203-634-4468; www.hintmounts.com 14 14 NA NA Hispanic Custom designer and manufacturer of mounting systems and electronic accessories for mobile equipment Oscar Gimenez President & CEO 1987 18 Sir Speedy Printing Bloomfield 21 Old Windsor Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-0303; www.sirspeedy.com/bloomfield 13 13 $3,300,000 $3,200,000 Black Offset and digital printing, black and white, full color, copying, mailing services, posters and banners Mark L. Jacobs Owner 1985 19 Cabrera Services Inc. 50 Founders Plaza, Suite 207 East Hartford, CT 06108 860-569-0095; www.cabreraservices.com 12 77 $32,480,000 $36,191,358 Hispanic Environmental and radiological support services, operations monitoring, demolition, waste management, transportation and disposal for all types of waste, restoration and construction Lorenzo Cabrera Chairman & CEO 1994 20 Tire City LLC 306 Silver Lane East Hartford, CT 06118 860-895-9166; www.mytirecity.com 10 10 NA $1,300,000 African American Tires, custom wheels, wheel repair and alignments Michael Gainer Member 2002 21 WireTek Inc. 48 E. Newberry Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-9473; www.wiretekusa.com 8 NA NA NA Asian American Manufacturer of wires and cables to UL or CSA or military standards, custom cables Kuldeep Singh Sandhu President Parminder Singh Sandhu Vice president 1997 22 Division 5 LLC 99 Cooper Lane Stafford Springs, CT 06076 860-752-4127; www.division5ct.com 7 7 $1,600,000 $750,000 African American Metals fabrication for commercial construction Conrad Barker Owner 2013 23 The Latino Way 330 Main St., 3rd Floor Hartford, CT 06106 860-816-1783; www.thelatinoway.com 5 5 $487,500 $426,000 Hispanic Hispanic marketing and media Maria J. Lino Principal 2012 Source: Each company via survey. Notes: IT = information technology, MS = Microsoft, NA = Not available, UL = Underwriters Laboratories. Rocky Hill's Pita Communications LLC, d/b/a/ The Pita Group, merged with Rebel Interactive Group of Southington on July 1; Pita is now operating under the Rebel name at 142 Center St. in Southington and is no longer a minority-owned business. (1) Also woman-owned. —Compiled by Heide Martin. Greater Hartford companies that made Marcum's 2018 Tech Top 40 list ADNET Technologies, Farmington Advanced Technology Consulting (ATC), South Windsor Amphenol Corp., Wallingford Barnes Group Inc., Bristol COCC, Southington Cyma Systems Inc., Manchester Diameter Health, Farmington IT Direct, West Hartford Payveris, Cromwell SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., Windsor The Marlin Company, Wallingford United Technologies Corp., Farmington

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