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City of San Antonio Economic Development Office

11:30 Am - 1 pm: Small Business Awards Luncheon

Congratulations to Our Award Honorees

Jeremy Roberts

CMO, Prosperas / Senior Strategic Value Advisor, Adobe

Innovator of the Year Award

Jeremy is a digital marketing executive, educator, and philanthropist that has spent the last three decades motivated to help his community across 3 pillars of focus: education, youth empowerment, and community development.

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    Jeremy works as a Senior Strategic Value Advisor for Adobe, CEO of Left Brain + Right Brain, and SVP of Global Marketing for Prosperas. Jeremy started his first company at 19 years old and has been an avid small business owner for over 20 years. Today, as a digital executive in both the corporate and startup worlds, Jeremy helps Fortune 500/50 brands and struggling small businesses turn themselves around to profitability. His international experience spans the globe and has brought him to APAC, EMEA, MENA, and LATAM, where he has helped revive struggling businesses and has helped grow ideas into successful enterprises.

     

    As an educator, Jeremy plans to graduate with his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) this Spring and has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Texas A&M University-San Antonio for the last 4 years teaching courses in marketing. His goal is to prepare students for a successful career that always challenges the student to ask how they can be more today than they were yesterday.

     

    Outside of academia and business, Jeremy serves on numerous boards and committees. He is an active member of the Board of Directors at the American Red Cross – South and Central Texas and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Jeremy also chairs the small business advisory commission and is a commissioner for the airport advisory commission for the City of San Antonio. Recently on the annual SA-to-DC trip, Jeremy helped lead advocating for legislation that would benefit small businesses across the nation. He also sits on the VIA Transit Community Council, San Antonio Water System CEC, and several other boards and committees.

     

    Jeremy follows the mantra that: “One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.”

Innovator of the Year Award: An individual who displays an Entrepreneurial spirit in technological excellence and advancement to deliver innovative solutions to our community.

Luis Rodriguez

CEO, Modern Managed IT

Start-up of the Year Award

Luis Rodriguez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Modern Managed IT. A growing tech startup company that launched in San Antonio in Q3 2020 after successfully securing $1,000,000 in venture funding.

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    Since their initial launch Modern Managed IT has experienced a fast-pasted growth trajectory with over 1,000 customers in its portfolio by focusing on their mission of providing high-quality technical service offerings for their SMB customers.


    Previously, Luis served as the President & CEO for the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GAHCC) where he served as a mission-focused executive providing non-profit organizational management, strategic planning, and international development to a constituent base of more than 20,000 professionals, while driving new business development, recruitment, membership expansion, new business acquisitions, and political/diplomatic partnerships in foreign markets. Luis has more than 20 years of experience in customer service, economic development, entrepreneurship, and business development.


    Luis is the Immediate Past Chairman of the American Red Cross of Central & South Texas, and currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as the Co-Chair of their International Development Committee.


    Luis continues to engage with opportunities to support small business owners and create meaningful impact to his community. Luis lives in San Antonio with his loving wife of 15 years Yvonne Rodriguez and their two daughters Ysabella and Madelyn Rodriguez.

Start-up of the Year Award: An individual who has started a new business in San Antonio that has shown exponential growth and innovation within our city and community.

Bryan Gonzales & Monica Nino

Founders, The Board Couple

Family Excellence in Business Award

Monica Nino and Bryan Gonzales, Founders of the Board Couple, have flipped the charcuterie world on its head with their fresh take on redefining what a charcuterie board is & the rules that go along with it.

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    Both are advanced level wset certified, trained with master court of sommeliers & have been certified as champagne moocs.


    Monica is a proud scholarship recipient of les dames d’escoffier-san antonio chapter. An esteemed cohort of women leaders in food, fine beverage and hospitality.


    They take culinary and wine service to the next level. Their trained curation of charcuterie and wine has afforded them the freedom of designing a board that offers specialized congruent pairings.


    At the core and infancy of their passion and expertise is their deep-seeded love for food and travel.


    Monica has spent many years abroad and traveling throughout her lifetime. Her love for adventure sparked an interest in the culinary world at young age. Bryan has been gifted the love of culinary through the eyes of his late mother and grandmothers who instilled the only form of proper measuring is instilled from the heart and not a measuring cup.


    They have reimagined what charcuterie, date nights and celebrations look like with catering. Gone are the days of stuffy chef’s coats and single file lines. Their fresh take on grazing has inspired many to make the daring pivot. They have pioneered the modern day charcuterie board and redefined the rules that so many others have patterned and mimicked along the way.


Family Excellence in Business Award: An individual who provides outstanding support and commitment to uphold a family based business or legacy within the community. This person may operate behind the scenes, but serves as the matriarch/patriarch of the organization.

Robert Garcia

Owner, I Have a CPA Guy

Latino Small Business of the Year Award

Robert Garcia CPA PLLC was started back in 2013 to help family and friends with their personal taxes and bookkeeping. Today they have built a community around the #IhaveaCPAguy brand that works to help build a stronger entrepreneurial mindset by providing greater access to financial knowledge and resources by working alongside our chambers and BDO’s, through advocacy at local and state levels and providing scholarships to our future Entrepreneurs.

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    Robert and Lily Garcia are graduates from UTSA. They are members of the Hispanic Chamber and have participated in it’s leadership programs Latina Leadership Institute and Alex Briseno Leadership Development Program, where Robert was selected as the class Valedictorian of 2021. Currently they serve on the steering committees of both programs and the Small business Economic Development Committee as well as several other boards in the community.


    They believe in our small businesses because they are the heart of San Antonio.

Latino Small Business of the Year Award: A Latino Entrepreneur who is leading a successful company, contributes to the economic development of the community, and is highly respected within their industry.

Yvette Robinson

President, Robinson General Contractors, Inc.

Latina Small Business of the Year Award

Yvette Robinson is President of Robinson General Contractors, Inc a company she established alongside husband, Kurt Robinson, in June of 2010. Yvette’s diverse construction background sprouted while working at the family business, Paisano Home Builders, a residential Home Builder in Laredo, TX.

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    Robinson General Contractors, Inc. has over 50 years of experience in construction management services amongst its distinguished staff. Our full-service consolidated general contracting combined with sharp business insight, financial responsibility, innovation, extensive experience, and a commitment to quality will exceed your project expectations. 


    Yvette is constantly working to expand the growth that she has started at Robinson General Contractors, and enthusiastically works with the community. She sits on the Board of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Board Member to Boysville and volunteers with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo BBQ Committee.

Latina Small Business of the Year Award: A Latina Entrepreneur who is leading a successful company, contributes to the economic development of the community, and is highly respected within their industry.

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