Alliances/Mergers/Contracts
Minority-owned
Firm Signs Deal
with GHS
Brainseed Global has inked
an agreement with global
aviation service provider
GHS Aviation Group of
McLean, Virginia. The
scope of work includes
supporting GHS in developing and enhancing
ground-based training programs for airport services
and airline ground handling
staff. Brainseed’s President,
Will James, will oversee the
month-long project with
day-to-day work to be completed by industry expert
and company instructor
Jason Van Heemst. [Editor’s note: see page 16 for a
profile on Will James and
Brainseed Aviation.]
Banneker expands services to Alabama
Banneker Industries, a national supply chain management company, formally introduced itself to the Huntsville and Madison communities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
at its new regional distribution center in Madison, Alabama. Banneker is an MBE, WBE,
SDB and WOSB 8(m) that provides value added warehousing,
kitting, quality inspection and
transportation services to support missile integration within
the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
Joined by approximately 50
guests, Cheryl Snead, the president and CEO of Banneker, cut
the ceremonial ribbon signaling
From left: Jarrett, Poteat, Snead, Trulock and Junior Jabbie of Banneker
the opening of the new facility
alongside Ron Poteat, chairman of the board of directors, Chamber of Commerce of Madison/Huntsville County; Madison Mayor Troy Trulock; and Mike Jarrett, vice president
of supply chain services, Raytheon Missile Systems.
Banneker manages nearly one billion dollars of products for the aerospace and defense,
pharmaceutical, commercial and consumer goods industries. In addition to the new location
in Alabama, Banneker has expanded its business from its first site in Rhode Island to Texas,
California, Virginia, and Massachusetts.
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