Partnerships
Three small businesses, one integrated delivery team. PMO-as-a-Service built for federal, state, and enterprise clients.
When This Engagement Fits
Our partnership is purpose-built for organizations facing these realities.
Governance, Compliance, or Audit Pressure
PMO maturity isn't matching reporting requirements. Steering committees, risk logs, and executive dashboards need to be real, not performative.
Internal Capacity Gaps
Your IT team is delivering, but project management is a side-of-desk role. You need experienced PMs without permanent FTE headcount.
PMO Stand-up or Maturity Uplift
You want a PMO. You don't want to spend a year building one. We bring the templates, frameworks, and operating model on day one.
The Partnership
Three small businesses, one integrated delivery team.
IT Connect, Inc.
Minority-owned IT services firm · New Mexico
Active engagements with Los Alamos National Laboratory, the State of New Mexico, Santa Fe County, the City of Santa Fe, and Santa Fe Public Schools. Federal contract vehicles include 8(a), GSA, and PSFA.
Elite Enterprise (EETCG)
Woman- and minority-owned · Augusta, GA (local to SRNL)
Project and program management firm led by Carla Monroe (PMP, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, Six Sigma Black Belt). Prior DOE National Laboratory work included Senior Contractor Assurance Specialist (Q clearance), HR transformation, and Six Sigma deployment.
Holloway Consulting Group
Black-woman-owned · PMO build & OCM practice
Founded by Yuquan Holloway (PMP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black Belt). Stood up the directive PMO at Oldcastle Infrastructure. Led IT PMO and Service Management at The Coca-Cola Company, including Apptio deployment managing $500M+ in IT spend.
Comfortable engaging directly, through BSRA, or as a sub to an existing prime.
The People
Active and prior federal clearances on team (TS, Q, Public Trust). Broader bench includes 10+ project managers, business analysts, change leads, and engineers across the three partner firms.
Resumes available on request.
What We Bring on Day One
A library of proven, customizable PMO artifacts — refined across federal, enterprise, and government engagements.
Governance
Charters, RACI, decision rights, steering committee operating models
Risk & Issues
RAID logs, risk scoring, escalation paths, mitigation playbooks
Schedule
Integrated master schedule, vendor coordination, milestone baselines
Change Control
Change request flow, impact assessment, CCB, version control
Reporting
Executive dashboards, weekly status, KPI rollups, portfolio views
Process & OCM
Process maps, training plans, stakeholder analysis, communication plans
Time to value: weeks, not months. Templates are the starting point. Every artifact is tailored to the engagement.
Representative Engagements
Active and recent work across our combined bench.
City of Santa Fe — Utility Billing Modernization
Multi-vendor PMO running end-to-end
Active engagement. Seven-person program management office coordinating multiple vendors across configuration, data conversion, testing, IVR, and SharePoint.
Santa Fe County — M365 Migration & RECC Data Center Relocation
Mission-critical cutover delivered
County-wide migration of 400+ employees and infrastructure relocation supporting Regional Emergency Communications Center.
Oldcastle Infrastructure — Directive PMO Stand-up
PMO transitioned to client ownership
Built the PMO for a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Transitioned to internal staff after operating model was proven.
The Coca-Cola Company — IT PMO and Service Management
$500M+ IT spend; 40% CTO infra budget cut
IT Service Management strategy, Apptio deployment, and Application Rationalization roadmap. Cloud migration across 22 bottlers in 24 countries.
Santa Fe Public Schools — IT PMO Stand-up & Operations
PMO stood up and operated
Built and staffed the IT PMO. Led tech installations across new schools (VoIP, video security, switches, servers) on a $7M+ budget.
DOE National Laboratory — Contractor Assurance & HR Transformation
100+ HR staff trained; 2x productivity gains
Senior Contractor Assurance Specialist supporting KPI and Balanced Scorecard development. Six Sigma Black Belt deployment across HR (Q clearance at the time).
Small Business & Contracting Posture
Built to support SRNL's small and diverse business participation goals.
Designations
- IT Connect, Inc. — Minority-owned business · 8(a) certified
- Elite Enterprise (EETCG) — Woman- and minority-owned · Augusta, GA (local to SRNL)
- Holloway Consulting Group — Black-woman-owned business
Contracting Posture
- Direct engagement — Where contract vehicles permit, IT Connect engages directly as prime.
- Through BSRA — Comfortable engaging through Battelle Savannah River Alliance as a subcontractor.
- Sub to existing prime — Available as a sub to an incumbent prime already on contract at SRNL.
- Federal vehicles — GSA, 8(a), PSFA, NM and AZ statewide vehicles available through IT Connect.
How an Engagement Starts
A typical first 90 days. Adjusted to scope, vendor landscape, and clearance requirements.
Days 1–14
Discovery
Stakeholder interviews, current-state portfolio review, RAID baseline, governance assessment.
Days 15–30
Foundation
Charter, operating model, schedule baseline, reporting cadence, change-control framework.
Days 31–60
Stand-up
PMO tools live, vendor coordination running, first executive dashboard published, OCM plan in motion.
Days 61–90
Steady State
PMO operating, first milestone delivered or recovered, retrospective and roadmap to month four onward.
Engagement length: typical PMO operate phase runs 6 to 18 months. Stand-up only engagements run 90 to 120 days.
Let's Talk
Carla Monroe, PMP
Director, Project Management Office · Elite Enterprise