Veteran-Owned Company of the Year WINNER

HireGround Inc.

9994 SOWDER VILLAGE SQUARE, SUITE 526, MANASSAS, 20109 Hiregroundworks.com

Top local executive: Jinnae Monroe, founder and CEO

Employees: 1

Description: HireGround provides resume and civilian career training for new veterans exiting the military. The mission of HireGround is to provide youth, teams and organizations with exceptional professional and career development opportuni- ties that will result in job placement and/or career enhancement.

2022 accomplishments or challenges: HireGround provided job certifications to Prince William County residents in eight different industries within nine months, some of whom were able to achieve their goal of establishing their own businesses. Additionally, HireGround has worked to sponsor a new food pantry for Manassas Park City Schools, started an annual business entrepreneur scholarship program for Osbourn High School graduates and solidified a community partnership with Macy’s to provide high school students with professional clothing for interviews and employment opportunities.

VETERAN-OWNED COMPANY OF THE YEAR: OTHER NOMINEES

ALD & Associates LLC

9314 BRANDON ST. MANASSAS PARK, 20111 ald-associates.com

(See write-up, Excellence in Small Business category)

All Assured Solutions LLC BlinkinCo

9009 CHURCH ST., MANASSAS, 20110 blinkinco.com

Top local executive: Karl Blinkinsop, CEO

Founded: 2017

Employees: 10

Description: Security vulnerability assessments and monitoring for both the cyber and physical domains; security consulting; federal government contract acquisitions consulting.

2022 accomplishments or challenges: Hiring 10 employees

Heritage Brewing Co.

9436 CENTER POINT LANE, MANASSAS, 20110 heritagebrewingcompany.com

Top local executive: Joe Horab, Owner

Founded: 2022

Employees: 10

Description: A veteran-owned and -operated microbrewery in Manassas. We produce the finest beer made with the best ingredients with the same level of attention to detail and passion that we brought to serving our country. 2022 accomplishments or challenges: Continuing with the tradition of veteran ownership, Bristow Woods Brewing Company LLC purchased the assets of Heritage Brewing Co. and continues to improve on its foundation, bringing the highest quality of beer and taproom experiences to Northern Virginia.

LE’FANT LLC

Phase II Staffing and Contracting LLC

RedHawk IT Solutions LLC

Stemtree of Lake Ridge

12363 DILLINGHAM SQUARE, LAKE RIDGE, 22192 stemtree.com/lakeridge

(See write-up, Excellence in Small Business category)

The Woodhouse Day Spa - Gainesville

8114 STONEWALL SHOPS SQUARE, GAINESVILLE, 20155 Woodhousegainesville.com

(See write-up, Excellence in Business category)

Tread Productions LLC

TSI Your Technology Partner

tsiva.com

Top local executive: Mark Putiyon

Founded: 2010

Employees: 24

Description: TSI is a managed service provider company. We support workstations, servers and phone systems as well as maintaining our own data center. 2022 accomplishments or challenges: In 2022 TSI’s major accomplishment was finding better ways to serve our customers through better processes, people and products.