SDVOSB · WOSB · CONUS & OCONUS footprint

Lockstep
Partnership,
Mission-Ready
at the speed of now.

We deliver cutting-edge information technology, intelligence, R&D, and training services to federal agencies and combatant commands, built by veterans, executed with discipline, with partners who actually care about the outcome.

In service of federal missions worldwide
CENTCOM SOCOM EUCOM AFRICOM NORTHCOM
Contract vehicles & certifications

Clear paths to award.

Certified SDVOSB and SBA WOSB. Available via GSA MAS 47QRAA24D00A2 and SeaPort (NxG) with a PoP extending into 2029.

SDVOSB certification
SDVOSB
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
SBA WOSB certified
WOSB
SBA-certified Woman-Owned Small Business
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GSA MAS
47QRAA24D00A2 · SIN 54151S
SeaPort contract vehicle logo
SeaPort NxG
Navy-wide IDIQ · PoP into 2029
01 / Headquarters

Headquartered in Tampa,
at the center of the mission.

Based in Tampa’s Defense Bay—home of U.S. SOCOM and U.S. CENTCOM—so leadership stays close to the mission.

01 / Who We Are

Mission-driven. Tech-forward. Unapologetically human.

Built by Veterans.

Founded by an Army HUMINT veteran who deployed to Kandahar. Our leadership has lived the mission, not just read the brief.

Engineered for now.

Zero-trust architecture, AI/ML, cloud integration, DevSecOps. We build for the fight that's coming, not the one that's been.

Partnered for outcomes.

We step into your cadence from proposal through transition and performance. Senior attention on every contract. No exceptions.

02 / Capabilities

Four Disciplines.
One Cadence.

Integrated capability, built for the connected, all-domain force. We work where IT, intelligence, R&D, and mission support converge, and we move in step with the programs that need them most.

01

Enterprise IT
& Cybersecurity

Offensive and defensive cyber. DevSecOps pipelines. Zero-trust architecture, cloud integration, system engineering, and data platforms, hardened for classified environments and built to actually scale.

Offensive Cyber SIEM / Incident Response DevSecOps Cloud & Zero-Trust Enterprise Architecture Data Engineering
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Technician working in a secure data center environment
01 // Secure Architecture
02

Intelligence
& Information Support

HUMINT-rooted analysis. PSYOP strategy. Military intelligence enhanced with AI and data science. Led by operators with deployed experience and backed by analysts who understand what the commander actually needs.

HUMINT PSYOP All-Source Analysis AI / ML Data Science Military Intelligence
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Operations and intelligence analysis environment
02 // Signal Intelligence
03

R&D, Training
& Ecosystem Development

We connect VC firms, academia, non-traditional innovators, and the warfighter to accelerate emerging-tech adoption. Then we build the curriculum and workforce pipelines that make that adoption actually stick.

R&D Strategy Emerging Tech Curriculum Design Conferences & Ecosystems Workforce Development STEM Outreach
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Training session and professional development setting
03 // Innovation Mesh
04

Rapid
Mission Support

Cleared, deployable talent when the timeline collapses. Disaster response. OCONUS staffing in Germany and across Africa. Surge ops, contingency logistics, and the global reach to deliver where it matters.

Surge Staffing Rapid Response Germany Africa Disaster Operations Global Logistics
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Logistics and mission support operations
04 // Global Reach
03 / Why Cadence

Lockstep isn't a tagline. It's how we actually run every contract.

From proposal through transition and performance, we embed with your team, listen first, and deliver without the friction traditional contracting creates. Senior attention. Deployable talent. Actually reachable humans.

01

Veteran-Led

Founded by an Army HUMINT collector who deployed to Kandahar. Our leadership has lived the mission, not just read the brief.

02

Boutique-by-Design

Nimble enough to move fast, credentialed enough to be trusted. You get senior attention on every engagement, not a call-center account manager.

03

Talent That Stays

Certification reimbursement, 401(k) match, full health, flexible leave, and culture that runs on respect. Retention is our competitive advantage.

04

In the Community

AFCEA, NDIA, STEM outreach, disaster relief. We show up where the mission lives, on base, on panels, and after the hurricane.

04 / Leadership

Leadership
Team.

Operators, PMs, veterans, and builders. The people who set the tempo for every contract we run, and the reason clients keep us in the lockstep.

Shandi Perkins
Founder & CEO

Shandi Perkins

Army Veteran · BD · Program Management · HUMINT
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Melissa O'Rourke
Programs & Ops · PMP

Melissa O'Rourke, PMP

USAF (Ret.) · MBA · PMP
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Scott LeBrun
BD & Growth · PMP

Scott LeBrun, PMP

Army (Ret.) · CW4 · DIA · PMP · BD
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Madison Sapp
Finance & Ops

Madison Sapp

USF Finance · Tampa
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Nicole Garner
Proposals & Compliance

Nicole Garner

Army Veteran · DOJ · Regulatory · GovCon
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05 / Careers

Join the Coalition and
build something that matters.

We hire cleared professionals across IT, intel, engineering, and R&D in North Carolina, Northern Virginia, Colorado Springs, Kentucky, Germany, and Africa. We treat them like adults who happen to work in defense.

Invest in your ceiling
Cert reimbursement, education credits, real mentorship.
Full benefits. Real ones.
401(k) match, full health, flexible leave, competitive pay.
Mission, minus stuffiness
Aloha Fridays, kayak trips, STEM outreach. Seriously.
Global opportunity
OCONUS roles in Germany and Africa. Take your career overseas.
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Let's see if
we're in sync.

Contracting officer, program lead, teaming partner, or future teammate. If you've read this far, we should probably talk.