Brock Industries is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. I served in the United States Air Force as a machinist and welder — at Edwards AFB on rocket propulsion R&D, and at Kadena AB supporting combat aircraft maintenance. That background is why I work the way I do.
I served from 1993 to 2003. Two bases, two mission sets, and a lot of time learning what precision, accountability, and working under real constraints actually means.
I'm a third-generation airman. Military service wasn't something I fell into — it was where I was headed. What I didn't expect was how much the shop-floor discipline, the precision machining work, and the responsibility of supporting flight-critical systems would shape everything that came after. When I moved into EAM and Maximo, I already understood what a maintenance failure actually costs. That perspective doesn't come from a textbook.
From February 1998 to May 2003, I was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate. My primary role was research machinist and welder supporting rocket propulsion R&D programs.
This is where I earned Airman of the Year twice, completed Airman Leadership School as a Distinguished Graduate, and was awarded Building Manager and Site Safety Officer responsibilities. The work was precision machining for propulsion test components — tolerances mattered and there was no room for cut corners.
From May 1994 to February 1998, I was stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, with the 18th Maintenance Squadron. My role was aircraft support machinist and welder — keeping combat aircraft in the air in a high-operations-tempo environment in the Pacific theater.
Kadena is one of the largest and most strategically important US air bases in the Pacific. Maintaining aircraft availability in that environment meant understanding what a maintenance backlog actually costs when the mission depends on it. I carry that understanding into every EAM engagement I run today.
Five commendations across a 10-year career. These weren't participation awards — Airman of the Year at AFRL is a competitive selection across the entire directorate.
Brock Industries holds SDVOSB status under the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act. Federal procurement officers — this qualifies us for set-aside contracts and sole-source awards. Combine that with 20+ years of IBM Maximo EAM expertise and you have a contractor who can actually deliver.
Federal Procurement DetailsSDVOSB status opens procurement pathways that make engaging Brock Industries straightforward. Here's what that means in practice.
As a certified SDVOSB, Brock Industries qualifies for service-disabled veteran set-aside contract awards. If your acquisition is structured for SDVOSB competition, we're eligible to bid.
Under the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act, SDVOSB firms may be eligible for sole-source awards up to applicable thresholds without full competition requirements.
Government agencies have used IBM Maximo for asset management for decades. I have 20+ years of Maximo experience across defense, NASA, DoD, and federal transit agencies. This isn't a check-the-box contract — it's domain depth.
Our SDVOSB status is registered and verifiable through the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity. Federal officers can confirm our standing before award.
Whether you're a federal agency looking for SDVOSB-eligible Maximo expertise or a commercial operation that needs a practitioner who's actually done this work — the conversation starts the same way.