NaVOBA Celebrate 2023 Service-Disabled Veteran's Business Enterprise of the Year

William (Bill) G. Mingione is Managing Director of Capital Markets at Bancroft. Mingione has had a successful track record on Wall Street for 27 years, beginning his career with boutique investment bank Nicholas, Safina and Lerner. He moved to Fidelity Investments and quickly ascended to Vice President of the Equity Trading division. After 10 years with Fidelity, Mingione joined another boutique shop where he further honed his institutional sales trader skills before being invited to run the corporate access team at Collins Stewart. In 2012, Drexel Hamilton brought Mingione in as an Institutional Research Salesman, where he had been a consistent top producer and climbed the ranks to eventually oversee the equity group as well as managing the firm’s diversity initiatives.

He currently resides on Long Island with his three sons. In his spare time, Mingione has served as a firefighter for the Merrick Fire Department, baseball coach and director of a youth hockey organization. Mingione has a passion for helping veterans in and out of the office as he currently an advocate for the VIB Network.  He is a part of a network of veterans serving as advocates for service-disabled veterans and veteran small business throughout the United States.

Mingione earned his M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Management, he has received a B.S. in Finance from LIU C.W. Post Campus.  He holds FINRA series 7, 24, 57, 63 & 79.

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Brain Auden founded Superbeo to meet a growing need amongst candidates and companies to connect candidates and clients in diversity, equity, and inclusion in environments of belonging.  He is passionate about knowing that a person gains employment daily, supports families, and improves incomes and lives.  To know that he has that opportunity every day is a blessing to him; further, to know that he can serve those disadvantaged in some way is humbling for him.

It didn’t come easy; as a gay male who grew up socially and economically disadvantaged, frequently moving around the country, Brian has been exposed to many different biases and walks of life.  In each location, he faced new challenges.  

Working in the Staffing Industry since 1996, he also had the opportunity to see every industry sector from the inside out, from the Fortune 50 to ‘Mom and Pop’ organizations. This, paired with his volunteer service after 9/11 (2004-2007) as a US Army Combat Engineer and Paratrooper deployed to Afghanistan, has provided him with unique insights into employment challenges facing civilian and government organizations and their candidates/workforce.

After his service, due to misconceptions about PTSD, acquired physical disabilities, and Veteran bias, he found limited opportunities as a Veteran who had served honorably. It took him four years to re-enter the workforce at his previous status after three years of service.

Superbeo, as a company, seeks to not only provide diverse spending for clients and meaningful engagement with diverse communities but the placement of diverse candidates in support of creating more inclusive cultures with a sense of real belonging.  Ensuring clients and all candidates have meaningful access to opportunities in the communities where they reside and do business. 

Brandon has been in the sales realm since 1997 when he launched his first company. He received his formal education from the University of Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications. Brandon served for 10 years in the US Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer, and is a proud serviced-disabled veteran. He is an entrepreneur, and the diverse businesses he has been part of include; roofing, restaurant, and event centers. Brandon has owned JEMNI Inc. since 2021 and has successfully increased business by over 20% annually since purchasing the business. Brandon enjoys outdoor activities such as boating and fishing and he loves golfing although he is in desperate need of lessons! Brandon lives in Florida with his wife and 2 children.

JEMNI Inc. is a nationwide packaging distribution and design company that hires disabled veterans, and people with disabilities. 

Learn More about Brandon and JEMNI Inc. in their VBE Spotlight.