TABLE OF CONTENTS i. Vincencia Adusei 3 ii. Robert Sickeler 5 iii. Nicolé Eaddy 7 iv. Testimonial 8 2
CORPORATE PROFILE I. VINCENCIA ADUSEI Vincencia Adusei is the President of VASE Management LLC (VASE). She formed VASE in 2002. VASE offers construction management, consulting, and subscription services. Under her leadership, VASE is rebuilding homes for families affected by the Hurricane Sandy Storm; developed twelve (12) Section 3 Resident-Owned Businesses (ROB) resulting in over $15 million in contract awards; assisted over 500 small businesses to achieve over $50 million in contract awards; and developed a State-of-the-Art bid portal (vaseconstruction.com) to provide bids/work opportunities to small contractors. Vincencia s mission is to provide to its customer base, being a purchaser of subscriptions or services, a dedication in providing total confidence in all services, supporting VERFICATION TRUST AND SECURITY. Vincencia has executed numerous projects for government agencies, corporations, and small businesses including: CT Department of Housing Ansonia Housing Authority Housing Authority of the City of New Haven The Town of Fairfield Action for Bridgeport Community Development (ABCD) Associated Construction, Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust The City of Bridgeport Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport LaRosa Building Group Michaels Development Company Norwalk Redevelopment Agency 3
Stop & Shop and many more Vincencia received her Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was born in Ghana and is fluent in the Akan/Twi language. Her background as an African woman in the U.S enables her to interact with business owners of various backgrounds. It also informs her understanding of the necessity of diversity in construction. It is not surprising that Vincencia chose the field of construction; construction runs in the family. Her father build a successful construction business and was also head of Road and Civil Engineering for Ghana Highways Authority and was key in the planning, development and maintenance of strategic projects in Kumasi and Accra - two of Ghana s largest cities. 4
CORPORATE PROFILE II. ROBERT SICKELER Robert Sickeler is the Construction Manager for VASE Management. Robert has over 35 years of experience in the construction management industry with large and small corporate projects. Through a wide range of diverse project types Robert has developed the ability to successfully interface with clients, contractors, and consultant teams. He brings effective communication and project management skills to his work as well as the organizational and team leadership qualities critical to the success of the project. Robert has been employed by major Architecture and Interior Design firms such as: Gensler SPGA Group ISD Incorporated and Julius G Perry Architects, in New York City He has worked on architecture and planning projects for companies including: JPMorgan Chase Paramount Pictures Gulf & Western Fort Dix Elementary School Howard Avenue Rehabilitation Projects (Brooklyn, NY) McDonalds Restaurants New York Post He currently works at VASE on multiple projects for the State of Connecticut 5
Department of Housing (DOH) Superstorm Sandy Rehabilitation projects. Robert have completed over ten projects for VASE and currently seven are underway. Robert is a registered Architect in NY and CT. He has a Bachelor s of Architecture from Pratt Institute. Robert has been a resident of Fairfield, CT since 1986. He is a member of the Ludlow High School Building Committee for the town of Fairfield. 6
CORPORATE PROFILE III. NICOLÉ EADDY Nicolé Eaddy is the Client Relationship Manager for VASE Management. She joined VASE with over 20 years of experience in financial and administrative operations, including, Accounts Payable, Banking, Office Management and Customer Service. She has consistently contributed to corporate growth and is committed to bringing her experience to the VASE Team. Nicolé offers first-rate customer relations and support to the VASE clients and back-office team. She is successful at meeting deadlines and time management, including scheduling. She is detailed oriented and a committed group leader. Nicolé has excelled in billing and account management roles and has worked for: Micro Warehouse (a computer reseller company) in Norwalk Beiersdorf (the manufacturers of Nivea & Eucerin products) in Norwalk Furnished Quarters (a corporate housing company) in Fairfield St. Raphael in New Haven St. Vincent s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT Nicolé has studied at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD and has studied core courses in management at University of New Haven. She is currently pursuing her degree in Business Administration. Nicolé is also an accomplished baker. She has performed in live theatre and is a huge baseball fan. 7
IV. TESTIMONIAL The following is a description of our services articulated by our client: " I have had the pleasure of working with VASE Management over the past four years at three different housing authorities in varying capacity ranging from providing back office assistance to small and disadvantaged businesses to construction management. During that time, the firm has been an invaluable asset to helping these authorities achieve their goals and objectives. The firm s major asset is its wide range of expertise in almost every aspect of business development and construction. This myriad of skills ensures that customers of the firm will receive services that are comprehensive and thorough. Moreover, the firm s ability to provide one stop shopping means those customers can meet most of the business development and construction needs by merely clicking on the firm s highly interactive and well maintained website. The website provides a portal to hundreds of qualified small and disadvantaged businesses that have been screened by VASE to ensure that they have the capacity to complete any work awarded to them by your agency. The website also provides a quick and economically way for your agency to meet its federal, state and local requirements to outreach to small and disadvantaged businesses. VASE can manage this outreach and recruitment process which means that you will be able to not only meet or exceed your EEO/MBE/WBE mandates but have access to data that will enable you to complete your semi-annual and annual EEO/MBE/WBE reporting requirements. 8
Indeed, for many small agencies that does not have the internal resources to manage their EEO compliance process, VASE offers an excellent alternative to outsource this process, thereby saving time and money. Along with offering a full range of services that will enable you to meet or exceed your EEO/MBE/WBE goals and objectives, VASE has the capacity to serve as a general contractor or construction manager on almost every type of construction project. These services when combined with the firm s website and back-office technical assistance programs means that your agency has a simple and economical way to not only oversee its construction projects, but coordinates its EEO/MBE/WBE compliance efforts in a way that is both effective and cost efficient. " Jimmy L. Miller Formal Deputy Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of New Haven 9