On this month’s episode of The Business of Defense Rich Brady speaks to Matthew Enekwe, president and CEO of Crystal Star Associates about his lessons learned on his way to becoming a government contractor.


Matthew Enekwe readily acknowledges that he’s still on the path to becoming a federal contractor and helping government agencies improve their financial management.

But the president and CEO of Crystal Star Associates, an accounting and financial consultancy in Ellicott City, Maryland, has learned since starting his business in 2011 — while also in graduate school — that to grow requires never standing still. And, in essence, it’s about doing double-duty.

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