Houston, TX — October 8, 2021 — Tam Nguyen, CEO of Socium Solutions, has been named by Founders First as a recipient of the 2021 Texas Job Creators Quest Grants.
Founders First is a nationwide organization of diverse business leaders whose mission is to help diverse-led companies grow through know-how, social capital and funding. Socium is one of 30 prestigious grant winners across the entire state of Texas.
“Through your hard work and determination, you have risen to the challenge of being an entrepreneur through COVID,” Founders First declared about Tam. “We want to recognize and encourage you to continue your efforts.”
“I am exceptionally proud of this recognition in our third year of business,” says Tam Nguyen. “We have achieved rapid growth providing security solutions and IT outsourcing services. Receiving this grant and being included in the Founders First community will accelerate our growth plan to continue meeting the security and IT needs for companies of all sizes across industries.”
Founders First is committed to increasing the number of diverse founder-led businesses that generate over $1 million dollars in revenue and create premium wage jobs. Socium Solutions was selected for the grant based on a demonstrated ability to maintain and grow the workforce despite the pandemic, as well as display a commitment to creating premium wage jobs in the Greater Houston area community.
Founders First is supported by leading businesses and entrepreneurial organizations such as ADP, Black Enterprise, The Study USA, Bank OZK, B.U.I.L.D., BCL of Texas, MassChallenge, PeopleFund, Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center, The DEC Network, and Dallas Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
– Learn more about the Founders First Texas Job Creators Quest Grants at https://foundersfirstcdc.org/.
ABOUT SOCIUM SOLUTIONS: Founded in 2018, Socium Solutions is a minority and woman-owned security-focused Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) built to address organizational challenges in today’s dynamic business climate. Socium addresses major cybersecurity challenges for organizations by conducting broad view assessments of every problem and then executing the delivery of a right-size solution.