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34 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | 2023 BOOK OF LISTS E C O N O M Y LARGEST MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN GREATER HARTFORD Ranked by number of local employees as of March 2022 Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local employees as of March 2022 Company Local employees/ total employees Revenues FY 2021/ FY 2020 Description Minority owner(s)/ % ownership minority af year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 3466 Main St., Hartford, CT 06120 860-632-5667 • www.cobm.net 250 250 N/A N/A Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 100% Yes Hispanic (1) 1988 2 AI Engineers Inc. 919 Middle St., Middletown, CT 06457 860-635-7740 • www.aiengineers.com 140 250 $46,000,000 $52,500,000 transportation, construction, civil/site, water/wastewater, building systems, survey/mapping, design-build and new technology services Abul Islam President & CEO 99% Yes South Asian 1991 3 GM2 Associates Inc. 115 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-659-1416 • www.gm2inc.com 80 150 N/A N/A Engineering and survey services to federal, state, municipal and private clients within the transportation, energy, rail, education and private development markets Manish K. Gupta President -- (2) Yes Indian 1988 3 iTech Solutions Inc. 20 Stanford Drive, Farmington, CT 06032 860-674-1636 • www.itechsolutions.com 80 170 $17,000,000 $15,500,000 Information technology staf ecruiting services Ann Ramakumaran CEO 100% Yes South Asian (1) 1995 5 Garg Consulting Services Inc. 2096A Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-0582 • www.gargengineering.com 57 79 N/A N/A Eugene Y. Chuang President & CEO 100% Yes 1990 6 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 232 Williams St. East, Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-647-0686 • www.ititranslates.com 46 46 N/A N/A Multicultural language solution provider for a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, education, government, legal, marketing and corporations Francesco Pagano President 49% Elby Pagano CEO 51% Yes Hispanic (1) 1986 7 DACRUZ Manufacturing 100 Broderick Road, Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-5315 • www.dacruzmfg.com 45 45 N/A N/A Contract manufacturer, precision machined components; serving the automotive, aerospace, industrial hardware and medical metals industries: ferrous, non-ferrous, high temp alloys and plastics Victor P. DaCruz Owner & president Yes Hispanic-Iberian Peninsula 1981 8 100 Peters Road, CT 06002 860-216-2785 • www.servpr 40 47 $11,820,769 $9,921,838 Fire and water cleanup restoration company Noemi T. DiCristofaro Owner (3) 100% No Hispanic (1) 2012 9 Freeman Cos. LLC 36 John St., Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550 • www.freemancos.com 38 38 $5,426,603 $5,671,000 Surveying, landscape architecture, civil, geotech, transportation, traf e engineering, environmental sciences, hazardous materials, construction support and owner's representation Rohan A. Freeman President & CEO 100% Yes Black American 2009 10 Infowave Systems Inc. 10 Waterchase Drive, 3rd Floor, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-760-7600 • www.infowavesystems.com 35 135 N/A N/A Information technology solutions and services focused on health care industry Sai Alahari Vice president 25% Srinivas Pendyala President 45% Ravi Obbu COO 30% Yes South Asian 1998 11 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave., South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496 • www.jayslandscaping.com 33 33 $2,800,000 N/A Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 100% Yes Native American 1984 12 Aquiline Drones 750 Main St., Penthouse Suite, Hartford, CT 06103 860-361-7958 • www.aquilinedrones.com 32 66 N/A N/A Engineering, manufacturing and system integration of unmanned drones; pilot training; commercial UAV insurance; MRO services; aviation cloud services; Drone on Demand app; showroom Barry Alexander Co-founder & CEO 100% No Black American 2019 12 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364 • www.MartinezCouch.com 32 32 N/A N/A Civil engineering, water/wastewater engineering, land and construction surveying, asset management and GIS services, regulatory compliance, subsurface utility engineering, construction phase services A. Rafael Martinez Managing member 51% Yes Hispanic 1999 14 Corp. 24 Dell Manor Drive, Bristol, CT 06010 (4) 860-584-6560 • www 30 65 $13,400,000 $11,200,000 Manufacturer of precision-engineered compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, stampings and light assemblies; medical and commercial registered quality management Norman L. Rodriques President Yes Hispanic 1942 14 Tri State Materials Testing Lab 60 Woodlawn Road, Berlin, CT 06037 203-949-7733 • www.tristate-testing.com 30 30 N/A N/A Construction materials testing and special inspections Habib A. Chaudhary Principal 51% Yes 2012 16 Energ 77 Pierson Lane, Windsor, CT 06095 860-580-9076 • www.eesgogreen.com 27 27 $1,200,000 N/A Energy conservation services for Conn. residents; energy audits. insulation, windows and energy saving projects statewide Leticia Colon de Mejias CEO 100% Yes Hispanic (1) 2010 17 Orissa LLC 45 Andover Drive, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-310-5700 • www.orissallc.com 15 15 N/A N/A Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 100% Yes Asian American (1) 2006 17 Russell and Dawson Inc. 1111 Main St., East Hartford, CT 06108 860-289-1100 • www.rdaep.com 15 30 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 Architecture, space planning, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering, construction administration, programming, interior design, code compliance and historic preservation Chirag Thaker President 100% Yes South Asian 1965 17 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road, CT 06002 860-242-7107 • www.susayaconstruction.com 15 15 N/A $1,200,000 Commercial and residential concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios, granite curbing, site work, excavation, trucking, decorative stamp concrete, driveway aprons, handicap ramps and pads Roger Susaya Vice president 50% Michael James Susaya President 50% Yes Hispanic 1978 Source: Each company via survey. Note: N/A = Not available. (1) Also woman-owned. (2) Majority shareholder, percent ownership undisclosed. (3) Also owns construction company Sante Builders LLC. (4) Primary location in East Longmeadow, Mass.; with a second Conn. location at 34 Dell Manor Drive, Bristol. -Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com.