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A New View For You Interiors is the interior design practice of DJ Thomas, an interior designer, author, and speaker. The company helps homeowners move forward with clarity before committing to costly renovations, offering virtual and in-home design consultations, design consulting, space planning, finish and fixture selections, and sourcing support. DJ Thomas is also the author of Life Under Construction and offers speaking engagements and workshops.

Design Developmentfinish and fixture selectionin-home project assessmentInterior Designsourcing and shopping supportSpace Planningvirtual design consultation

Celebration OnPoint is a service-disabled veteran-owned and Native-owned consulting firm led by Joe Paranteau, a former Microsoft seller. It offers asymmetric advantage consulting for organizations where message, machines, and mission must move together, using its OnPoint DNA™ intelligence layer, M³ three-lens framework, and AIM OnPoint™ methodology to map workflows, decisions, and systems before deploying AI, automation, and technology.

AI automationAI readiness and governanceAsymmetric advantage consultingMarketing and AI visibility auditingMicrosoft licensing optimizationOperational intelligence mappingSales transformationSecurity and zero trustTechnology procurement and modernization

Creative Change Consulting helps leaders, teams, and organizations navigate complexity through practical tools, coaching, and the Six Capacities of Leadership framework. Founded by Summer Koide, a visual communication expert, facilitator, and coach, the company offers executive and team coaching, speaking and workshops, leadership development, and strategic facilitation and visual thinking. It also sells leadership workbooks, card decks, and coaching tools.

executive and team coachinggraphic recordingleadership developmentretreatsstrategic facilitationvisual thinking

DarkWater Associates LLC is a veteran-owned firm providing human-reviewed cyber exposure intelligence for organizations nationwide, licensed private investigations and attorney support in North Carolina, and practical cybersecurity speaking and workshops. It is founder-led by Douglas Peters, a U.S. Air Force Iraq War combat veteran and licensed North Carolina private investigator.

cyber exposure intelligencedigital forensicsevidence preservationIncident responselocatesMalware AnalysisOSINTpublic-record researchsurveillancethreat huntingthreat intelligence

First Due Leadership Consulting provides strategic advisory, leadership development, and organizational performance support for fire departments, EMS agencies, emergency services districts, public safety organizations, and governing bodies. Led by Dan Kramer, a public safety leader and fire service veteran, the firm helps organizations strengthen leadership systems, improve governance, develop officers, and build accountability and decision-making capacity for high-consequence environments.

board developmentexecutive advisoryexecutive coachingfacilitationleadership developmentorganizational performance assessmentstrategic-planningsuccession planning

Award Financial Strategy for Institutions Managing Federal Funding Guiding institutions to build the infrastructure needed to manage funding with clarity, compliance, and structure. EXPLORE OUR ENGAGEMENTS INVITE JAI TO SPEAK Post-award failure is rarely a talent problem. It's a structure problem. Ownership is unclear — no one knows who's accountable Systems don't communicate across departments Compliance is reactive instead of proactive Reporting is manual and error-prone Difficulty sustaining growth after funding is recieved The solution isn’t more activity, it’s structural clarity. Our Primary Engagements WHAT WE DO Three practice areas. Each built to address a specific point of institutional failure around federal funding and compliance. Advisory Strategic infrastructure design and financial systems for institutions managing funding. Frameworks Proprietary models that identify risk.

compliance reviewsfinancial strategy consultingpost-award infrastructure design