SDVOSB · WOSB · CONUS & OCONUS footprint

Lockstep
Partnership,
Mission-Ready
at the speed of now.

We deliver cutting-edge information technology, intelligence, R&D, and training services to federal agencies and combatant commands, built by veterans, executed with discipline, run with people who actually care about the outcome.

In service of federal missions worldwide
CENTCOM SOCOM EUCOM AFRICOM NORTHCOM
01 / Who We Are

Mission-driven. Tech-forward. Unapologetically human.

Built by Veterans.

Founded by an Army HUMINT veteran who deployed to Kandahar. Our leadership has lived the mission, not just read the brief.

Engineered for now.

Zero-trust architecture, AI/ML, cloud integration, DevSecOps. We build for the fight that's coming, not the one that's been.

Partnered for outcomes.

We step into your cadence from proposal through transition and performance. Senior attention on every contract. No exceptions.

02 / Capabilities

Four Disciplines.
One Cadence.

Integrated capability, built for the connected, all-domain force. We work where IT, intelligence, R&D, and mission support converge, and we move in step with the programs that need them most.

01

Enterprise IT
& Cybersecurity

Offensive and defensive cyber. DevSecOps pipelines. Zero-trust architecture, cloud integration, system engineering, and data platforms, hardened for classified environments and built to actually scale.

Offensive Cyber SIEM / Incident Response DevSecOps Cloud & Zero-Trust Enterprise Architecture Data Engineering
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Technician working in a secure data center environment
01 // Secure Architecture
02

Intelligence
& Information Support

HUMINT-rooted analysis. PSYOP strategy. Military intelligence enhanced with AI and data science. Led by operators with deployed experience and backed by analysts who understand what the commander actually needs.

HUMINT PSYOP All-Source Analysis AI / ML Data Science Military Intelligence
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Operations and intelligence analysis environment
02 // Signal Intelligence
03

R&D, Training
& Ecosystem Development

We connect VC firms, academia, non-traditional innovators, and the warfighter to accelerate emerging-tech adoption. Then we build the curriculum and workforce pipelines that make that adoption actually stick.

R&D Strategy Emerging Tech Curriculum Design Conferences & Ecosystems Workforce Development STEM Outreach
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Training session and professional development setting
03 // Innovation Mesh
04

Rapid
Mission Support

Cleared, deployable talent when the timeline collapses. Disaster response. OCONUS staffing in Germany and across Africa. Surge ops, contingency logistics, and the global reach to deliver where it matters.

Surge Staffing Rapid Response Germany Africa Disaster Operations Global Logistics
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Logistics and mission support operations
04 // Global Reach
SDVOSB
Service-Disabled
Veteran Owned
WOSB
Woman-Owned
Small Business
Contract vehicles
GSA MAS
GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) awardee
47QRAA24D00A2 · SIN 54151S
SeaPort NxG
Navy-wide IDIQ (SeaPort)
Current PoP extends into 2029
5
Combatant Commands
Supported
6
Presence
Locations
03 / Why Cadence

Lockstep isn't a tagline. It's how we actually run every contract.

From proposal through transition and performance, we embed with your team, listen first, and deliver without the friction traditional contracting creates. Senior attention. Deployable talent. Actually reachable humans.

01

Veteran-Led

Founded by an Army HUMINT collector who deployed to Kandahar. Our leadership has lived the mission, not just read the brief.

02

Boutique-by-Design

Nimble enough to move fast, credentialed enough to be trusted. You get senior attention on every engagement, not a call-center account manager.

03

Talent That Stays

Certification reimbursement, 401(k) match, full health, flexible leave, and culture that runs on respect. Retention is our competitive advantage.

04

In the Community

AFCEA, NDIA, STEM outreach, disaster relief. We show up where the mission lives, on base, on panels, and after the hurricane.

04 / Leadership

Leadership
Team.

Operators, PMs, veterans, and builders. The people who set the tempo for every contract we run, and the reason clients keep us in the lockstep.

Shandi Perkins Founder & CEO · PMP
Army Veteran · BD · Program Management · HUMINT

Shandi Perkins, PMP

Founder and CEO and former Army HUMINT collector who translated 15+ years across IBM, TEKsystems, and SOCOM into Cadence Coalition’s lockstep model for federal IT and intelligence customers. She drives pursuits from capture through delivery with veteran discipline so clients get accountable leadership instead of layered handoffs.

AFCEA Leadership UT Alumni
Melissa O'Rourke Programs & Ops · PMP
USAF (Ret.) · MBA · PMP

Melissa O'Rourke, PMP

Director of Programs and Operations and PMP who leads planning, execution, and delivery of complex IT and intelligence programs for federal missions. Retired USAF senior leader across cyberspace and expeditionary communications; a Cadence SkillBridge alum who keeps technical, operational, and contractual work aligned so delivery stays defensible.

PMP MBA
Scott LeBrun BD & Growth · PMP
Army (Ret.) · CW5 · DIA · PMP · BD

Scott LeBrun, PMP

Retired Chief Warrant Officer Five with 32 years in the Army and 12+ years at DIA as PM, detachment commander, and program officer across CONUS, Germany, and Reston. He directs Business Development and Growth, translating enterprise customer relationships and CRM-heavy delivery into teaming strategies that match clearance, tempo, and outcomes.

CW5 · US Army (Ret.) DIA · PM PMP
Madison Sapp Finance & Ops
USF Finance · Tampa

Madison Sapp

Financial and Operations Manager who advanced from Program Analyst into ownership of budgets, invoicing, and internal cadence across a growing GovCon bench. USF Finance trained; she aligns cost, compliance, and culture with PM and capture tempo so delivery teams and leadership read the same numbers when programs surge, pivot, or face audit.

Finance Culture Lead
Nicole Garner Proposals & Compliance
DOJ · Regulatory · GovCon

Nicole Garner

Proposals and Compliance Manager applying eight years of DOJ regulatory enforcement and investigations discipline to federal acquisition at Cadence. She stewards FAR flow-downs, file reviews, and teaming documentation with HUMINT-rooted judgment so proposals, modifications, and partner packages stay defensible when oversight or source selection tightens.

Proposals Compliance GovCon
05 / Careers

Join the Coalition and
build something that matters.

We hire cleared professionals across IT, intel, engineering, and R&D in North Carolina, Northern Virginia, Colorado Springs, Kentucky, Germany, and Africa. We treat them like adults who happen to work in defense.

Invest in your ceiling
Cert reimbursement, education credits, real mentorship.
Full benefits. Real ones.
401(k) match, full health, flexible leave, competitive pay.
Mission, minus stuffiness
Aloha Fridays, kayak trips, STEM outreach. Seriously.
Global opportunity
OCONUS roles in Germany and Africa. Take your career overseas.
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Let's see if
we're in sync.

Contracting officer, program lead, teaming partner, or future teammate. If you've read this far, we should probably talk.