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2025 BOOK OF LISTS | HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM 33 E C O N O M Y Minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local employees, then number of total employees Company Local employees/ total employees Description Minority owner(s)/ % ownership minority af year founded 1 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 3466 Main St., Hartford, CT 06120 860-632-5667; cobm.net 225 225 Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 51% Yes Hispanic (1) 1988 2 AI Engineers Inc. 919 Middle St., Middletown, CT 06457 860-635-7740; aiengineers.com 159 291 Consulting engineering for bridges, transportation, construction, civil, water & wastewater, building systems, survey and mapping, design-build and new technology Abul Islam President & CEO 99% Yes South Asian 1991 3 R&D Dynamics Corp. 49 W. Dudley Town Road, CT 06002 860-726-1204; rddynamics.com 110 110 Designer, developer and manufacturer of foil air & gas bearing supported high-speed turbo-machinery and systems Giri Agrawal President 100% Yes Indian 1990 4 GM2 Associates Inc. 115 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-659-1416; gm2inc.com 90 190 Engineering and survey services to federal, state, municipal and private clients within the transportation, energy, rail, education and private development markets Manish K. Gupta (2) President & CEO No Indian 1988 5 Garg Consulting Services Inc. 2096A Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-0582; gargengineering.com 79 120 Eugene Y. Chuang President & CEO 100% Yes Islander 1990 6 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 628 Hebron Avenue, Suite 500, Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-647-0686; ititranslates.com 50 60 Multicultural language solution provider for healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, education, government, legal, marketing and more Francesco Pagano President 49% (3) Yes Hispanic (1) 1986 7 Secure Tek Solutions 969 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-760-0313; secureteksolutions.com 47 47 Architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing staf Javon Overstreet Managing partner 100% Yes African American 2010 8 DACRUZ Manufacturing 100 Broderick Road, Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-5315; dacruzmfg.com 45 45 Contract manufacture of precision machined components for automotive, aerospace, industrial hardware and medical metals industries Victor P. DaCruz Owner & president -- (2) Yes Hispanic-Iberian Peninsula 1981 9 100 Peters Road, CT 06002 860-216-2785; servpr 43 48 Fire and water cleanup restoration services Noemi T. Garcia Owner 100% No Hispanic (1) 2012 10 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364; MartinezCouch.com 38 38 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 11 Infowave Systems Inc. 10 Waterchase Drive, 3rd Floor, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-760-7600; infowavesystems.com 35 135 Information technology solutions and services focused on healthcare industry Ravi Obbu (4) CEO 30% Yes South Asian 1998 12 Aquiline Drones 20 Lindbergh Drive, Hartford-Brainard Airport, Hartford, CT 06114 860-361-7958; aquilinedrones.com 32 (5) 66 (5) Engineering, manufacturing and system integration of unmanned drones; pilot training, commercial UAV insurance, MRO services, aviation cloud services, drone-on- demand application, showroom Barry Alexander Founder & CEO 100% No Black American 2019 13 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave., South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496; jayslandscaping.com 32 32 Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 100% Yes Native American 1984 14 Corp. (6) 24 & 34 Dell Manor Drive, Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-6560 30 60 Manufacturer of compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, stampings and light assemblies; medical and commercial registered quality management Norman L. Rodriques President 51% Yes Hispanic 1942 15 Native Sons LTD 12 Northwest Drive, Unit B, Plainville, CT 06062 860-747-3095; nativesons.org 30 35 Building services, construction and maintenance focusing on entertainment, central plant, waste and water, electrical, low-voltage and life-safety systems Frank M. Chapman President 70% Yes Native Amercian 1997 16 Freeman Cos. LLC 36 John St., Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550; freemancos.com 30 30 Surveying, landscape architecture, civil, geotech, transportation, traf onmental sciences, hazardous materials, construction support and owner's representation Rohan A. Freeman President & CEO 100% Yes Black American 2009 17 Tri State Materials Testing Lab LLC 60 Woodlawn Road, Berlin, CT 06037 203-949-7733; tristate-testing.com 25 25 Construction materials testing and special inspections Habib A. Chaudhary Principal 51% Yes 2012 18 iTech Solutions Inc. 20 Stanford Drive, Farmington, CT 06032 860-674-1636; itechsolutions.com 20 126 Information technology staf ecruiting services Ann Ramakumaran CEO 100% Yes South Asian (1) 1995 19 Orissa LLC 45 Andover Drive, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-310-5700; orissallc.com 20 20 Post-construction and janitorial commercial cleaning services Tejal Vallam Owner 100% Yes Asian American (1) 2006 20 Russell and Dawson Inc. 1111 Main St., East Hartford, CT 06108 860-289-1100; rdaep.com 17 17 Architecture, site evaluation and planning with structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, construction administration, interior design, code compliance, historic preservation and renovation Chirag Thaker President 100% Yes South Asian 1965 21 Anderson Electrical Contractors LTD 55 Airport Road, Suite 101, Hartford, CT 06114 860-560-0091; andersonelec.com 15 15 Electrical contractors for institutional facilities, educational and hospital settings, airport lighting, car charging systems, electronic security and video surveillance, TeleData infrastructur Hector Anderson President & owner 100% Yes African American 1984 22 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road, CT 06002 860-242-7107; susayaconstruction.com 14 14 Commercial and residential concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios, granite curbing, site work, excavation, trucking, decorative stamp concrete, driveway aprons, handicap ramps and pads Michael James Susaya (7) President 50% Yes Hispanic 1978 Source: Each company via survey as of Q1 2024. Note: N/A = Not available. (1) Also woman-owned. (2) Majority shareholder, percent ownership undisclosed. (3) Other minority shareholder's percent ownership undisclosed. (4) Also, Sai Alahari and Srinivas Pendyala each with 30% ownership. (5) Data from 2023 survey. (6) Headquarters in East Longmeadow, Mass. (7) Also, Roger Susaya, Vice president, 50% owner. -Compiled by Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com. MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN GREATER HARTFORD Ranked by number of local employees, then number of total employees