Mr. Kevin Shin established the sole proprietorship,
Optimum Solutions on October 23, 1998. Prior
to the inception of the company, Mr. Shin
was working as the head of the Computer Aided
Facilities Management department at GNM &
Associates, Engineering consulting firm formerly
located in Silver Spring, Maryland.
While at GNM & associates, Mr. Shin
managed the facilities automation projects
for various federal government agencies including:
Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture,
Internal Revenue Service, General Services
Administration and etc. This experience enabled
him to become very familiar with all aspects
of project life cycle, including: client contact,
responding to request for fee proposal, writing
scope of work, project budgeting and scheduling,
hardware and software procurement, system
implementation, client training and on-site
support. After eight years as a consultant
to the federal government, he felt very competent
that he had gained the necessary experience
and knowledge to become independent.
Brought up in a family that value hard work
and entrepreneurship, Mr. Shin had a strong
desire to start his own firm. In October 1998,
Optimum Solutions received the first contract
working as a sub-contractor to the Computer
Business Method Inc., providing IT support
for the United States Department of Education
Office of Management. Optimum Solutions succeeded
in achieving all the task objectives, adding
2 additional FTEs and one off-site personnel
within a year. In 2001 despite having the
key incumbent staff, Optimum Solutions was
unable to compete for the contract due to
non-competition clause, which resulted in
losing two incumbent staff to the new prime
contractor. However, Optimum Solutions has
continuously served the clients and in 2003,
was awarded two prime contracts. Overall,
Optimum Solutions has achieved an average
of 10% annualized growth for the past seven
years.
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