About Our Team

Awards

Dallas 100™

2007 & 2008 Ranked in the Dallas 100™ Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies

Co-founded by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship in 1990, the Dallas 100™ Awards is an annual event that identifies and honors the 100 fastest-growing privately held companies in the Dallas area. To qualify for the Dallas 100™, a company must meet a number of criteria based on its legal status, location, sales history, credit report, and character.

ComericA Bank Collin County 60

2008 Comerica Bank Collin County 60 Fastest Growing Companies, ranked Red River Solutions 5th.

Comerica Bank Collin 60 Awards Program gives recognition and attention to the 60 fastest growing companies. These are the companies that are bringing new products to the market for better lives, more productivity and a stronger economy. The local economy is affected in a positive way through employment and cash flow to the area.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Tammy O’Connor Nominated 2008 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

The Ernst & Young EOY program is structured as a regional competition that leads to national and then international award winners. To be eligible, a nominee must be the owner/manager of a public or private company that's at least two years old, an active member of top management, and primarily responsible for the company's recent performance.

Memberships

Oracle Gold Partner

OAUG Two Star Partner

SCOAUG Member

DOAUG Member

Certifications

HUB - State of Texas Historically Underutilized Business

A "Historically Underutilized Business" is an entity with its principal place of business in Texas, and is at least 51% owned by an American woman who resides in Texas and has a proportionate interest and demonstrates active participation in the control, operations and management of the entity's affairs. In accordance with Texas Administrative Code §111.13, each state agency shall make a good faith effort to utilize HUBs in contracts for construction, services (including professional and consulting services) and commodities purchases.

The Statewide HUB Program provides HUB certification for minority and woman-owned businesses in the State of Texas. Vendors seeking certification as a HUB are required to submit a completed HUB certification application and supporting documentation, affirming under penalty of perjury that their business qualifies as a HUB.

WBENC - Women’s Business Enterprise Certified

WBE (Women's Business Enterprise) is an independent business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more women who are U.S. citizens or Legal Resident Aliens; whose business formation and principle place of business is in the US or its territories; and whose management and daily operation is controlled by one or more of the women owners.

Being certified as a WBE means that a business concern has gone through a rigorous and stringent certification process to confirm the business is owned, managed, and controlled by a woman or women.

WBENC is the Women's Business Enterprise National Council and is comprised of 14 regional partner organizations. All of the partner organizations adhere to WBENC's stringent Standards and Procedures in their certification programs.

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the nation's leading third-party certifier of women's business enterprises (WBEs) for the private sector. In partnership with women's business organizations throughout the United States, WBENC provides access to a national standard of certification and provides information on certified women's businesses to purchasing managers through its Internet database, WBENCLink. WBENC certification is recognized and accepted by the majority of the major corporations across the U.S.

NCTRCA – North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency

The NCTRCA requests the minimum documentation that will support the ownership, management, and controlling role of the disadvantaged/minority/women owners and key employees.

The certification standards of the Agency are based on Title 49 CFR Part 26 and the guidelines of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration.

The NCTRCA will accept certification from the Small Business Administration under their 8(a) program and other DOT certified certification agencies. If the firm is an 8(a) or other DOT certified firm, it should complete a certification application and provide a copy of the original certificate/letter verifying the company's status.

TechServe – Formerly NACCB Certification

TechServe Alliance is a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers dedicated to advancing excellence and ethics within the IT services industry. Hundreds of IT staffing, IT solutions and IT consulting firms and tens of thousands of affiliated professionals, count on TechServe Alliance to keep their leadership informed, engaged and connected. TechServe members represent diverse IT fields, but they have several things in common:

Collaborative networking & knowledge-sharing for the collective benefit of all
Keen understanding of operational & market trends that impact their performance
Commitment to fair business practices & high ethical code of conduct standards
The Voice of the Industry

TechServe Alliance serves as the voice of the industry before the policymakers and the national and trade press. Through our annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C., daily monitoring of congressional activities and serving as the go-to resource for press inquiries on industry issues, TechServe Alliance represents the interests of both those who provide as well as those who rely on IT services.

A Collaboration Serving All Industry Stakeholders by providing access to the knowledge and best practices of an entire industry and tapping the "collective scale" of hundreds of companies, TechServe Alliance supports its members in the efficient delivery of best-in-class IT services for clients and exceptional professional opportunities for every IT consultant.

DIR – Department of Information Resources Certified

Red River Solutions was awarded Contract Number DIR-SDD-932 for Application Maintenance and Support.

1.1.1 Application Maintenance and Support

1) Definition: Application Maintenance and Support includes the skills and requirements for supporting application systems, including troubleshooting, modifying, maintaining and enhancing legacy systems. Application Maintenance and Support also applies to applications running in a production environment.

2) Examples of included services: research, analysis, design, programming, testing, documenting and implementing maintenance changes; correcting software errors; modifying reports and ensuring accurate report runs; making modifications to the applications and documentation; writing ad hoc queries; loading and applying changes to the software language and/or database in which the application is written; providing corrections for production or any changes needed and participation in disaster recovery testing, planning and documentation. Services may need to be available 24/7 or on an on-call basis. Almost forty years ago, the Texas Legislature began to address the challenges associated with agency management of information resources. Responsibility for the review of information resources expenditures has been assigned to various regulatory agencies through the years. In 1989, the Legislature enacted Chapter 2054, Texas Government Code (the Information Resources Management Act) that comprehensively addressed major aspects of information technology (IT) management. This legislation established DIR to coordinate and direct the use of information resources technologies by state agencies and provide the most cost- effective and useful retrieval and exchange of information within and among state agencies, and to Texas residents and their elected representatives.

DIR’s responsibilities and authority have evolved since its creation. Most recently, the 79th Texas Legislature signaled a clear mandate for the state to restructure the roles and responsibilities for its investment in information and communications technology. DIR responded to this mandate in its 2005 State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management. In that document, DIR established five statewide goals:

Reduce Government Costs
Drive Effective Technology Contracting
Leverage Shared Technology Operations
Promote Innovative Use of Technology that Adds Value
Protect Technology and Information Assets
Ten statewide objectives underpinned the realization of the five statewide goals.

DIR continues to ensure the effective and efficient use of public funds by promoting opportunity and economic prosperity for the state’s citizens through the successful application of statewide services and technologies that are beneficial, secure, accessible, and utilize a statewide-shared infrastructure.

House Bill 1516 broadened the scope of commodities for which DIR is able to negotiate favorable pricing, including hardware, software, and technology services. Additionally, the legislation mandated state agencies’ participation in procuring these commodity items through DIR. House Bill 1516 also directed DIR to develop, in consultation with the Legislative Budget Board and State Auditor’s Office, the Texas Project Delivery Framework guidelines and forms. State agencies must prepare Framework documents for major information resources projects. Each agency’s executive director, project manager, and employee in charge of information security must approve these documents.