The Maven Group

What The Maven Group does

The Maven Group, LLC is a privately held Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that provides information technology staffing, engineering staffing, and back-office payrolling services to federal agencies and commercial Fortune 500 companies. Founded circa 2003–2004 by Frank DeGeorge (President) and Jeff Walton (COO/FSO), the company is headquartered in Apex, North Carolina, with satellite offices in Charlotte, Dallas, and Nashville. Its core offerings span temporary contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement of IT and engineering professionals, plus a payrolling (Statement of Work) practice that handles contractor direct deposit, benefits administration, background and OFAC checks, and invoicing consolidation for government and prime-vendor clients.

The company's underlying technology is operational rather than productized: a corporate website, a Crelate-hosted job portal, and conventional ATS-style workflows support candidate acquisition and placement. There is no proprietary software platform, AI/ML offering, or disclosed data asset — the competitive differentiation is regulatory (SDVOSB sole-source eligibility up to $5M manufacturing / $3M non-manufacturing, and 3% SDVOSB spend credit for federal clients) and credential-based (Top Secret Cleared Facility able to hold contractor clearances).

The Maven Group earns revenue through three mechanics: contingency placement fees (transaction-based, contingent on successful candidate placement), flat-rate per-placement fees (unit pricing for predictable client cost structures), and payrolling/back-office fees embedded in negotiated SOW rates with government and commercial clients. Go-to-market is consultative direct sales led by a federal team and a commercial team; the company positions itself both as a prime contractor leveraging SDVOSB status and as a team-member subcontractor to prime vendors post-award. Documented federal customer logos span at least 15 agencies including the Intelligence Community, VA, Treasury/FinCEN, NGA, DHS, DoD, US Army, HHS, FDA, TSA, Census, Education, USPS, and the NC National Guard.

Name

The Maven Group

Legal name

The Maven Group, LLC

Website

https://themavengroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Maven Group is an SBA-certified SDVOSB IT and engineering staffing firm that places cleared and non-cleared technology professionals on temporary, contract-to-hire, and permanent assignments for federal agencies, prime contractors, and Fortune 500 commercial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Apex

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Contingency Placement Fees: The Maven Group works on a contingency basis per placement, linking their fees to successful candidate placement for clients.
2. Flat Rate Placement Fees: Alternative pricing model offering flat rate per placement, providing clients with predictable cost structures for talent acquisition.
3. Payrolling/Back-Office Services: The company provides payrolling services for government and commercial projects, handling contractor payment processing, benefits administration, and invoicing consolidation services. Revenue is generated through negotiated fees included in the back-office service rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Maven Group is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that places Information Technology and Engineering professionals into temporary contract, contract-to-hire, and full-time employment positions for commercial Fortune 500 clients and federal government agencies. It supplements placement with payrolling/back-office services for government contractors and candidate-side career services. Its functional scope spans software development, web/mobile applications, cloud, networking, ERP, aerospace, engineering, healthcare IT, cybersecurity, and project management.

Product overview

The Maven Group is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in technology and engineering staffing services. The company offers a unified portfolio of talent placement services spanning commercial Fortune 500 clients and government agencies. Core offerings include Talent Placement Services for IT and engineering professionals across temporary, contract-to-hire, and permanent placements; Federal Client Services providing government staffing with SDVOSB advantages; Payrolling Services for government contractors offering back-office invoicing consolidation; and Candidate Services encompassing full lifecycle recruitment support. Add-on services include Veteran Candidate Services providing discounted resume assistance to Service Disabled Veterans. The company operates offices in Apex (headquarters), Charlotte, Dallas, and Nashville.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Federal Client Services Government staffing services providing temporary, temp-to-perm, and permanent placement of IT and engineering professionals for local, state, and federal agencies. Coverage spans the Intelligence Community, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of the Treasury (OCC), FinCEN, NGA, Department of Homeland Security, NC National Guard, Department of Defense, US Army, Health & Human Services, FDA, TSA, Census Bureau, Department of Education, and US Postal Service.
• Talent Placement Services Placement of IT and engineering professionals into temporary contract, contract-to-hire, and full-time employment positions across commercial and government sectors. Includes sourcing, screening, interview scheduling, salary negotiation, and employee retention coaching.
• Payrolling Services (SOW) Back-office payrolling and invoicing consolidation services for government contractors. Handles contractor payment via direct deposit, background investigations, drug screening, and OFAC compliance checks, with all fees included in the negotiated back-office rate for transparency.
• Commercial Client Services Technology staffing services for commercial Fortune 500 companies, including dedicated recruitment, hiring process consultation, candidate screening, interview scheduling, and employee retention coaching for IT and engineering roles.
• Candidate Services Comprehensive job search consulting, candidate screening, matching, interview coaching, salary negotiation, and post-placement follow-up services for technology and engineering professionals seeking new career opportunities via temporary contract, contract-to-hire, or full-time roles.
• Veteran Candidate Services Resume writing, editing, and cover letter assistance services provided at discounted rates to Service-Disabled Veterans seeking career opportunities, with proof of service-connected disability required for the discount.

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kforce: Kforce is a U.S. staffing firm focused on technology and finance talent placement, serving enterprise and government clients with temporary, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire services. The overlap with Maven's IT/engineering placement focus and enterprise customer profile is direct.
• Apex Systems (ASGN): Apex Systems is one of the largest IT staffing firms in the U.S., placing IT and engineering professionals across commercial and federal clients on contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent bases. It directly mirrors Maven's core placement model at significantly greater scale.
• Robert Half: Robert Half operates one of the largest U.S. staffing networks, with dedicated technology placement practices serving enterprise and government buyers. Its contract and direct-hire IT staffing model overlaps directly with Maven's commercial services line.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is a large national staffing firm specializing in IT, engineering, and professional placements for both Fortune 500 and government clients. It competes head-to-head with Maven on contract and direct-hire IT staffing engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Maximus: Maximus is a federal services prime providing IT, citizen services, and workforce solutions to HHS, VA, Census, and other agencies Maven serves. Its federal staffing and program operations overlap with Maven's federal business model at greater scale.
• CACI International: CACI provides federal IT, engineering, and intelligence services to DoD, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies - directly overlapping Maven's federal customer set. It is both a competitor for cleared IT talent and a potential prime that subs in SDVOSB staffing partners.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a large federal IT and management consulting prime that serves many of the same agencies Maven supports (DoD, Intelligence Community, DHS, VA). It competes indirectly as a prime that absorbs SDVOSB subcontractors, often including small staffing firms.
• Leidos: Leidos is a major federal IT and engineering services prime serving DoD, Intelligence Community, DHS, and other agencies Maven also supports. It competes for the same end-cleared IT talent pool and routinely pulls SDVOSB firms in as subcontractors on large task orders.
• ManTech International: ManTech delivers federal IT, cyber, and mission solutions to Intelligence Community, DoD, and DHS - the same buyers Maven staffs. It competes in the cleared IT labor market and frequently partners with SDVOSB staffing firms to meet set-aside requirements.
• Vencore (Hexagon US Federal): Vencore / Hexagon US Federal delivers cleared IT, intelligence, and mission support services to NGA, NRO, and Intelligence Community customers - directly overlapping Maven's federal cleared-staffing footprint at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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