About Us
Business Strategy & Consulting Services
After 28 years in the industry and 20 years in business, our business model is very simple; provide our customers with access to high quality consulting and advisory services. Our strategy is to assemble a team of agile, experienced & professional technical experts to get the job done. Our value driven services are designed to empower your project or business with the tools needed to succeed. Talk to us today about how we can support your growth, teach you how to diversify and put you on a solid track to success and profit.
Food Service Management
Our team mission is to be the best and most innovative provider of contract food services management by satisfying our clients and customers, continuously improving our services and respecting and empowering our people. We are committed to total quality as our guiding value as evidenced by the implementation of our excellent quality control systems. Our quality is best judged by those we serve and those who serve us. We seek their respect and support in upholding our values and fulfilling our mission to be the quality leader in everything we do for our customers.
Product Distribution
We are commitment to provide our customers with the “We Pass the Savings to You” Guarantee, which will result in significant cost savings for your organization as well as providing you with the highest quality selection of name-brand products, fast overnight delivery and personalized customer service. We are the leading wholesaler of Office, Janitorial & Sanitation, Technology, Furniture, Food Service, Industrial and Power Tools, through a one source optimized supply chain next-day fulfillment network.
Management
Michael D. Peacock, CEO & President
Hello, I'm Michael D. Peacock , CEO & President of Southwest Business Development Consultants, LLC. My entire business life has been dedicated to serving American Indian & Minority-owned businesses. My passion is to be an inspiration, role model and mentor to assist our local communities in building self-sufficiency and empowerment. Mr. Peacock’s commitment to the betterment of American Indian communities is evidenced through the motto that he personally created, which is “Prepare For Success”. Mr. Peacock is an enrolled tribal member of the Pueblo of Laguna (New Mexico) with Seneca/Mohawk tribal descent and possesses a B.B.A. Degree from the College of Santa Fe with concentrations in accounting and business management. He is also a 2008 graduate of Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth – Building a High-Performing Minority Business – MBDA Partnership Program.
Mr. Peacock possesses over 28 years of experience in providing comprehensive business, community, and economic development services to individuals, businesses, organizations and tribes throughout New Mexico and the United States through his past and current affiliations with the New Mexico Native American Business Development Center and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development – Native American Business Consultant Program, Management Consulting Services Program and Marketing & Procurement Services Program.
In addition, he has served over the years on numerous boards, associations and committees throughout Indian Country to include: Laguna Commercial Enterprise Board of Directors, San Ildefonso Pueblo Enterprise Corporation Board of Directors, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Business Advisory Member, Native American Finance Officers Association Member, American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico Board of Directors, University of New Mexico-Institute of Public Law-Project Change Fair Lending Center Advisory Member, Northwest New Mexico Community Development Corporation – Micro Enterprise Lending Team Advisory Member, and the UNM – Anderson School of Management, American Indian Business Association Mentor/Protége Program.
Mr. Peacock served as Executive Director of the New Mexico Native American Business Enterprise Center from 1991-2001 and from 2007-2018, Mr. Peacock possessed a role as the contracted Associate Director for the MBDA Business Center (American Indian/Alaska Native Program), which was funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce-Minority Business Development Agency and operated by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico.
Mr. Peacock assisted MBDA Business Center Clients in securing over $450 Million Dollars of awarded Contracts & Financial Transactions, which has resulted in over 700 new jobs created and/or retained. Mr. Peacock’s exemplary performance has resulted in the MBDA Business Center attaining the elite THE CENTURY CLUB AWARD each year since 2007, which is awarded to any of the 40 national MBDA Business Center funded centers achieving a cumulative quantitative goal performance of 100 % and over. The AICCNM recognized an outstanding Return on Investment from Mr. Peacock over 11 years of service.
Professional Staff
Ted Pedro, Program Manager & Senior Business Consultant
Ted Pedro possesses a long standing vision of Building Rural Economies throughout Indian country evidenced by his tireless work with rural communities to identify and develop strategies that lead to new economic opportunities. Mr. Pedro’s background has been over 35 years of business, community and economic development in New Mexico. He has worked with many of the Tribes, Native and Minority entrepreneurial and small business concerns throughout the region. While at the American Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Pedro served as Executive Director where he oversaw several contracts with the State of New Mexico, City of Albuquerque, Kellogg Foundation and the U. S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency. Mr. Pedro’ experience includes business loan packaging, development of business plans, feasibility and marketing studies, financial analysis, procurement assistance, business brokering and management and organization development.
Debbie Stanley, Senior Research Analyst & Technical Writer
Debbie Stanley provides extensive data research, analysis and quality technical writing for all projects. Her expertise includes data research, market research, survey analysis, demographics, traffic counts, financial analysis & forecasts, return on investment, break-even analysis and job classification analysis. Her objective is to provide the most accurate and comprehensive reports possible to client projects. Debbie joined Southwest Business Development Consultants in January 2008 and possesses a BBA in Management Information Systems (University of New Mexico). She is a Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician, Network Associate Certified and Microsoft Windows Certified.
Our Services & Products
Economic & Tourism Feasibility Studies Business & Marketing Plans
Master Land Use Plans & Housing Assessments
Business Strategy, Advisory & Consulting Services
Project Facilitation & Management
Contract Food Services Management
Product Distribution
Our Clients
DOI- Bureau of Indian Affairs
DOI - Bureau of Indian Education
DHHS -Indian Health Services
Kirtland Air Force Base
Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation Department
Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development
Navajo Nation Shopping Centers, Inc.
First Mesa Consolidated Villages
Indian Land Working Group
Ramah Navajo – Cedar Bluff Development Corporation
Picuris Pueblo
Hopi Tribal Housing Authority
Isleta Pueblo Housing Authority
Laguna Housing Development & Management Enterprises
Da Ak E Halani Development, Inc.
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of NM
Asian, Inc.
Pueblo of Laguna Commercial Enterprises
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos, Inc.
Tohatchi Area of Opportunity & Services, Inc.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Tribe
Wampanoag Tribe
Ancient Storytellers Learning Center
Quechan Indian Tribe
Navajo Housing Authority
C & I Engineering
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
State of New Mexico
Capacity Builders Inc.
Crownpoint Day School
Haskell Indian Nations University
Inscription House Health Center
Kleen Tech
Most Definitely, LLC
Mescalero Agency
Navajo Division of Transportation
Navajo Nation Facilities Maintenance
Sunrise Regional Treatment Center
Tuba City Boarding School
Universal Waste Systems of New Mexico
Universal Waste Systems, Inc.
Presidio Environmental Service Southwest, LLC
Business recognition
Albuquerque Business First- 2018
Southwest Business Development Consultants, LLC was recognized and featured in Albuquerque Business First publication (February 23-March 1, 2018 edition) “The List- Meet New Mexico’s American Indian-Owned Businesses” with recognizing the firm as the #2 performing business as ranked by 2017 New Mexico Revenue.
Albuquerque Business First - 2019
Southwest Business Development Consultants, LLC was recognized and featured in Albuquerque Business First publication (February 1-7, 2019 edition) “Largest American Indian-Owned Businesses”with recognizing the firm as the #3 performing business as ranked by 2018 New Mexico Revenue.
The Four Winds Diversified (FWD) Project
News Release
Southwest Business Development Consultants, LLC is proud to announce that on September 1, 2019 the firm was selected and awarded a two-year contract from the Minority Business Development Agency (U.S. Commerce Department) to support business development in Indian Country.
The Four Winds Diversified (FWD) Project “Community & Business Training, Economic Development, Partnerships, Job Creation……Rural American Indian Communities Moving Forward” is a project conceived by Southwest Business Development Consultants, LLC in partnership with Data Management of New Mexico.
The project provides access to unlimited opportunities, access to capital, and access to resources & new markets for American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Minority-owned businesses located in the Southwest rural reservation lands and local community areas.
There is NO COST for our core services, which will focus on Entrepreneurship, Small Business Training, Federal Set-Aside Training & Coaching, Community & Economic Development and Small Business Resource Referral and Identification. The purpose of the Project is to provide the following services & resources:
1. Federal Contracting Strategies, Training & Coaching. Assessment & Certification Services for Federal Set-Aside Programs such as the SBA 8(a) Certification Program, HUB Zone, WOSB, SDVOSB, & Buy-Indian Act Initiatives
2. Quarterly Small Business Training, One-On-One Meetings & Consulting Services
3. Access to Opportunities / Access to Resources / Access to Capital
To schedule an Initial Consultation with our professional staff please contact:
Michael D. Peacock, Senior Business Consultant, 505-342-8046 – mpeacock@swbdc.com
Ted Pedro, Program Manager, 505-220-2982- tedpedro@swbdc.com
Russell F. Pedro, Senior Certification & Training Specialist, 505-382-8605 – rfpedro@dmnm.co
