What does it take to make the list as an Elev8 GovCon Honoree? How do you grow success, expand tiers of solutions, all while doing it with the right internal culture, the right talent, and the right partners? Fedstack (the Federal arm of Smoothstack) shares its winning ways.
Growing Talent
For Fedstack, Growing Your Talent is essential. Our solutions span consulting, scaling talent, and partner training, but our bread and butter is scaling the next generation of tech talent for the federal sector. This characteristic aligns with our mission of transforming lives and creating equitable access to career opportunities in high-demand fields like AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.
Through our Talent Scaling Solutions, we develop and deploy customized technical cohorts that are ready to meet federal agencies’ needs from day one. By investing in talent growth, we not only help agencies solve workforce challenges but also build a bias-free meritocracy where potential is prioritized over background.
Anchored in Integrity
Our culture is anchored in acting with integrity while being client-obsessed, which is vital in everything we do at Fedstack. Across our tiers of solutions, we are committed to delivering high-impact outcomes for our clients while taking care of our colleagues.
This dedication ensures that we not only serve our federal clients effectively but also cultivate an inclusive and supportive environment for our teams. We measure this through our long-term partnerships and the success stories of the talent we develop.This disciplined approach helps us focus on opportunities where we have a good probability of winning. As a small company looking to expand our footprint, we’re also seeking strategic partnerships with large and mid-tier systems integrators within the government. We cultivate these relationships to stay aware of their pipeline and identify areas where we can collaborate, especially where we’ve had successful partnerships in the past. We’re also broadening our partnerships to increase the chances of winning by aligning with high-potential partners and getting on as many winning teams as possible.
Identifying High-potential Individuals
Our proprietary Six-Stack™ process is one of the most unique facets of our range of solutions. Through this process, we identify high-potential individuals, assess their skills, and then tailor an accelerated apprenticeship experience in our proprietary Mirrored Environment Immersion (MEI) ™ real-world simulation for the target client or partner environment. The combination of these methods provides our talent with unmatched preparation where they are ready to hit the ground running on day one.
This approach enables us to meet geographic, security clearance, and technical requirements in a way that traditional recruiting models cannot match. Our ability to scale talent in this way is a game-changer for the federal workforce.
Intentional and Adaptable Through Growth
As we grow and evolve, maintaining our core culture is about being intentional and adaptable. We focus on clearly defining our values and making sure they are integrated into everything we do—whether it is hiring, onboarding, or daily decision-making. We also recognize that culture is not static, so we remain open to feedback and allow space for cultural evolution that reflects the changing needs and perspectives of our people. Through strong leadership and a commitment to transparency, we ensure that everyone remains aligned with our core values while embracing positive changes that come with growth.
The Client/Partner Equation
Whether we are delivering Consulting Solutions to modernize legacy systems or Talent Scaling Solutions to provide skilled cohorts, we focus on understanding each client’s unique mission and tailoring our approach to meet their specific needs.
Our ideal partner is one that values innovation, embraces long-term talent development, and is open to new ways of solving workforce challenges. These clients are often proactive, thinking about the challenges of the future in a solution-oriented way and preparing for them now, rather than waiting until it becomes a crisis.
In addition, we thrive with partners who share our belief in equity, sustainability, and creating meaningful career opportunities.One thing I want to emphasize is the importance of setting clear guidelines. In other places, without good structure, people may not be as productive. Some even take advantage of remote work, and I’ve heard cases of people moonlighting with second jobs. So, it’s really about finding the right people, fostering the right culture and establishing clear guidelines for a successful hybrid model. With that, I believe people will thrive.
The Future
Over the next few years, Fedstack will continue to grow by expanding our three tiers of solutions—Consulting Solutions, Talent Scaling Solutions, and Partner Training Solutions. We will deepen our impact by helping federal agencies modernize their IT infrastructure, secure their networks, and scale their workforce with custom-trained cohorts.
Our Talent Scaling Solutions will remain a key focus, allowing us to solve pressing workforce shortages by creating new talent not available in the open market and preparing them to be immediately productive on day one for the benefit of our clients and partners and setting our talent for success as they launch their technology careers.
Expect us to lead in areas like AI, cybersecurity, and cloud as we continue to support the modernization and security efforts of federal clients.
This post originally appeared on Orange Slices.
