Protégés go through specialized workshop sessions geared toward growing their capabilities. The Mentor-Protégé Program is part of Sandia’s small-business portfolio, managed by Laura Lovato, Sandia’s small-business program manager and led by Royina Lopez, Mentor-Protégé Program lead. “We understood that Sandia is a world-class organization, world-class in safety and quality, and figured if we are going to be a type of company to operate in that environment, it would behoove us to be trained by somebody who is world-class in those environments, and we were fortunate to get selected,” Pacheco said. There is a vast difference working outside of the fence of Kirtland and Sandia and working inside our boundaries.”įor Pacheco and the small business, it was a rare opportunity. Those are the key takeaways in mentoring. They learn what a schedule means to Sandia, what is fair and reasonable in pricing and changes. They had to work through permitting, inspection, testing and placement. “It was a very complicated access ladder. “We’re giving them the opportunity to show they can perform under this scrutiny and pressure,” Ben said.
The first project for Pluma at Sandia was building an access ladder.
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“My job is helping Pluma learn how to work at Sandia, maneuvering the system, deciphering the language, basically how it works and how we do business out here.” They have taught the team how to obtain DOE contracts, including safety and quality inspection, badging, pricing negotiations, cybersecurity, marketing proposition development and preparing presentations.īeau Dawson, a construction manager at Sandia, is one of Pluma’s division champion mentors. Pluma has reached this success in part because of the specialized training it has received from experts at Sandia. Pluma has increased its workforce to 30 employees and revenue to $13 million annually, three times higher than previous years. Pluma has also been awarded contracts through Los Alamos National Laboratory worth $600,000. In fiscal year 2022, just two years after being accepted into the Mentor-Protégé Program, Pluma was awarded a $4 million contract purchase agreement by Sandia. He paused he was holding a pen, looked at the pen and said, ‘it will be Pluma.’” Pluma being the Spanish word for pen. “My dad was filling out the paperwork for the business license. LEVELING UP - Cruz Duran works with plaster while insulating a maintenance garage in Eldorado, New Mexico, as part of a Pluma project. Pacheco became a partner in the business in 2011, but it was started nearly a decade earlier by his father Filiberto. Military Academy at West Point, former Airborne Ranger, Gulf War veteran and Bronze Star recipient. We are sincerely grateful for being a Sandia protégé,” said Chris Pacheco, a disabled veteran, 1984 graduate of the U. “What’s important is the positive impact being a protégé has had on our business. While not selected as a finalist, Pluma’s owner said the real award is being part of the project in the first place. Pluma, a general construction business started in Albuquerque, was one of five businesses accepted by Sandia into the program with the mission of helping them grow with the Labs’ guidance, knowledge, leadership and resources. Sandia nominated Pluma LLC as the DOE Protégé of the Year as part of its Mentor-Protégé Program. The Sandia small-business program nominated Pluma as DOE Protégé of the Year. (Photo by Craig Fritz)
It all started with a pen NOMINATED PROTÉGÉ - Pluma electrician Guadalupe Cardoza coils wire while working on a maintenance garage in Eldorado, New Mexico. Vet-owned small business nominated for DOE award
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