For my inaugural 2020 episode, we are taking a trip back in time to before there was a Scorecontracts or Govcon Giants. You see, my original idea back in 2014, was to launch a podcast, not a YouTube channel. So, I began by reaching out to a few SBA award winners and the first person to ever email me back was Andy Wells III, President and CEO of Wells Technology.
Andy Wells is a member of the Red Lake Ojibwa Tribe where he still maintains his family farm on the Red Lake Reservation.
Wells Technology began in 1985 as a small consulting business to help the OEM industry in a team effort to solve design, production, and distribution problems. The need for prototypes and precision machined products was the start of the machining business which focused on prompt service and high-quality products. Today Wells Technology offices and manufacturing are located at the facility.
As of the time of this interview the company’s revenues were averaging upwards of $90 million annually.
In today’s episode Andy shares some of his toughest time for the business, why he chose to resign from a 20-year teaching career, overcoming struggle and ideas for new upstart companies.
