About
SSP Consulting, L.C. (SSP) is the preeminent Surety Support Program and Minority Business Development consulting firm in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex. We are a certified minority owned company that has been providing surety support services to public sector entities since 1992 and minority business development services since 1974.
SSP is a professional management-consulting firm that specializes in developing minority business and surety support programs for clients. We have designed an approach that helps minority, women, disadvantaged and small business enterprises (M/W/DBEs) obtain bonding, insurance and lines of credit to meet the contractual requirements on public sector projects.
SSP has extensive experience in minority business development and community outreach programs. We have helped to increase the number of (M/W/DBEs) bidding on public projects. This increased competition has resulted in savings to the public sector clients that we serve.
SSP has professional staff disciplines that includes accounting, finance, marketing, technical and construction management, insurance, bond underwriting, and surety support management.
SSP has a philosophical approach that is client oriented and practical. SSP is involved in a diverse number of projects with a client base that consists of municipalities in large urban areas, multi-million dollar private sector corporations, with a targeted emphasis on minority, women, disadvantaged and small businesses and public sector agencies.
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Leadership
PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN
Calvin W. Stephens
Calvin W. Stephens is Chairman and President of SSP Consulting, L.C. The firm was established in September 1, 1992 for the purpose of providing surety support services and minority business and supplier diversity for local, minority and women owned firms.
Calvin W. Stephens also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Calvin W. Stephens & Associates (CWS&A). Stephens established this firm in November 1981 after being active in the Dallas business community for the past 33 years as one of the major advocates of and foremost authorities on minority business development.
Immediately after receiving his MBA degree, Stephens was employed by the E. L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University as Assistant Director of Project Concern, a management development program for small and minority owned businesses. During this period, he was trained and certified by McBer & Associates as a trainer in Achievement Motivation/Business Leadership Training.
Stephens also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas Minority Business Development Center. As such, he was the direct link between the minority business community and the public and private sector business community of Dallas. Included in this program scope was a Construction Contracting Assistance Center, similar in its scope of services to those provided by surety support programs. The Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce funded the Dallas Minority Business Center.
Education
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY : COX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
M.B.A., Marketing
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
B.A., Marketing,
Activities & Affiliations
• Governor William P. Clements, Jr, appointed Stephens as a member of the State Advisory Council on Small Business Assistance;
• President Ronald Reagan appointed Stephens to a three-year term on the Board of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education.
• University of Houston Systems – Former Board of Regents-Vice Chair and Chair of the Boards Finance and Audit Committee;
• Member - The Associate Board for the Edwin L. Cox School of Business of Southern Methodist University;
• Member: University of North Texas College of Business Administration Advisory Board;
• Charter Member - Leadership Dallas and Board Member of Leadership Dallas Alumni Association;
• Board Member - Dallas Metropolitan YMCA;
• Board Member – Cotton Bowl Athletic Association
• Former Chair of the Southern Dallas Development Corporation (SDDC)
• Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and serves as Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee;
• Ordained Deacon - Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, Dallas and Chair of the Board of Trustees
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER
Larry A. Jobe, CPA
Larry is the Chairman of Legal Network and a founder of the company.
He is also Chairman of the Board of Independent Bank of Texas and chairs the Audit Committees of three public companies located in the Dallas area. Previously, he was the Dallas Office Managing Partner and the Southwest Regional Managing Partner of Grant Thornton, where he also served on the firm's Executive Committee and was Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee.
He was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate in 1969 as Assistant Secretary for Administration for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
Bachelor, Business Administration (Accounting)
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Lincoln C. Stephens
Lincoln Stephens is a former Advertising Account Management Executive (Carol H Williams, Martin Retail, and TracyLocke) turned activist, muckraker and social entrepreneur. In his professional career, Stephens has worked with top brands such as Frito Lay, Quaker, Pepsi, Cadillac, Hummer, Chevrolet, and Coca-Cola.
He is also an accomplished community organizer. In that capacity, he has served as the Chicago & Dallas Street Team Leader for Rock The Vote, as well as an active leader & servant in a variety of urban-progressive organizations such as: African American Leaders of Tomorrow, American Cancer Society-Relay for Life, Dallas Urban League Young Professionals, YMCA, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
In November 2008, he decided to quit his job to pursue his passion for mentorship and co-founded a non profit organization called the Marcus Graham Project. The organization which is focused on bringing more diversity to the advertising industry through mentorship, exposure and career development, has been featured in Advertising Age, Black Enterprise Magazine, Savoy Magazine, and on CNN and NBC. Additionally, Lincoln has been acclaimed as one of Advertising Age's top 40 marketing leaders under 40, Ebony Magazine's top entrepreneurs under 34, the Dallas Business Journal's Minority Business Leader Award and a 2015 AT&T Game Changer.
Lincoln most recently was honored with the University of Missouri School of Journalism's Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in the Media Industry.
Education
FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
Masters of Arts - Entertainment Business
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
B.J., Strategic Communications
Activities & Affiliations
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Member
• South Blvd - Park Row Neighborhood Association
SENIOR Project manager
Tameka Sadler
Tameka’s primary responsibilities at SSPC includes managing municipality projects regarding contract/insurance compliance, monthly invoices, payments, subcontractors, contract awards, EEO-1 reports, and diversity participation. She also leads SSPC’s Conduct Owner Controlled Insurance Program Audits and Enrollments and is extremely proficient in assisting minority businesses in obtaining bonding, insurance, and lines of credit for small businesses.
Education
THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS
MBA, Supply Chain Logistics, 2012
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Liberal Arts, Economics and Spanish Literature with a concentration in Business Foundations, 1999
Activities & Affiliations
Texas Exes Dallas (alumni association for the University of Texas - Austin), Director
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Honor Society