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Founder & CEO

For over thirty years, David R. Andalcio's name has been synonymous with innovation in small business, commitment to community, and entrepreneurial leadership. Mr. Andalcio's career spans from his earliest ventures with electronics, distribution, manufacturing, and Information Technology companies, and later as a Board Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway and Chairman of the Engineering Committee, to his current role as CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC. Commended for his exceptional foresight, Mr. Andalcio's companies have been listed numerous times as Top 100 firms by Hispanic Entrepreneur and Inc. Magazine. Mr. Andalcio has also been personally named on Sterling's Who's Who for excellence and leadership, and International's Who's Who for professional, academic and civic achievements.

His remarkable ability to drive sustainable and successful startups began in the early 1980s. Early to embrace the emerging computer and systems market, Mr. Andalcio quickly distinguished himself as a leader in the industry, providing services to major corporations, as well as city and state governments. His leadership of a cellular communications company catalyzed the growth of the company to 14 franchise locations in under-served Hispanic markets, performing as the principal resellers of Ameritech products and services. Under his management of a precision manufacturing firm, the company was successful in receiving ISO9002 and QS9000 metal stamping accreditation. As CEO/President of Interface Computer Communications (ICC), Mr. Andalcio guided major IT deployments within Chicago Public Schools and helped to establish the company's relationships with technology leaders, including Apple, Compaq, Dell, Acer, HP, and Lexmark. Under his guidance, ICC developed into a one-stop shop for the purchase of equipment, installation, and integration services, as well as warehousing, logistical services, and custom configurations. Mr. Andalcio pioneered the design and development of the custom infrastructure management tool, TIMS (Technology Infrastructure Management Software).

Mr. Andalcio was appointed Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in 2003, due in part to his formidable experience in the business sector, commitment to technological innovation, engineering skills, fiscal responsibility, demonstrated ability to form partnerships, and his civic mindedness. Under his stewardship, the Illinois Tollway reformed its project delivery system through the development and implementation of a $6.3 billion capital improvement program, "Open Roads for a Faster Future". Major accomplishments of this effort were rebuilding and widening significant portions of the Tollway, including the conversion of twenty barrier toll plazas to open road tolling in less than two years, and completion of the 12-mile extension of I-355 South into Will County. During his tenure on the Board, Mr. Andalcio championed initiatives to ensure the quality and timeliness of engineering activities, as well as public involvement in the Tollway Expansion Project. Mr. Andalcio's tireless advocacy for minority participation in the Tollway program resulted in an increase of DBE participation in professional services from approximately 10% to 30% and construction services from approximately 2% to 21%. He later served as Chairman of the Engineering Committee and as a Member of the Audit Committee.

In 2009, Mr. Andalcio founded Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, a rapidly expanding MBE/DBE company with over 50 employees in Illinois, Texas, New York, Florida, Colorado, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Port of Spain, Trinidad. Wynndalco is a culmination of Mr. Andalcio's decades of business expertise and personal drive to raise the bar of industry best practices and corporate social responsibility. Mr. Andalcio leads with a results-oriented approach and a sense of enduring optimism. Wynndalco is a principal provider of systems integration services to Chicago Public Schools and the Dallas Independent School District, responsible for receiving, asset tagging, imaging, etching and distributing all of the districts' computer purchases. Likewise, Wynndalco provides exceptional managed warehousing, scheduling, configuration, and deployment services using customized software to Chicago Public Schools and the suburban public busing system (PACE). As of January 2014, as part of the company's strategic growth initiatives, Mr. Andalcio expanded the company to provide professional engineering services to the public and private sector. Mr. Andalcio's commitment to ensuring quality educational opportunities for students extends beyond providing innovative technology solutions for the classroom and into securing critical technology funds. As E-Rate consultants for the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDOE), Wynndalco has assisted in the application for and recovery of millions of dollars for essential technology funds.

While his development of business strategies, global insight, and understanding of foundational market principles are unequaled, Mr. Andalcio's business prowess is rivaled only by his outspoken advocacy for minority, disadvantaged, and women-owned business enterprises. Armed with an indefatigable sense of social responsibility, Mr. Andalcio is a model of community leadership and best practices. As a native of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Andalcio's roots are firmly planted in the Hispanic community. In both his professional and personal endeavors, Mr. Andalcio is continually guided by the belief that, "In spite of gender, ability, ethnicity, or circumstance, all individuals should be equipped with the resources for equal opportunity." For decades, he has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations, including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Ernst and Young, Hispanic Business, Minority Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine, for the indelible mark he has left on the ideal of successful minority business participation and his civic dedication to seeing the success of others in the community.

CURRENT
Member, Rotary Club of Chicago
Board of Directors, Logan Square YMCA
Principal Member, Chicago United
Principal Member, IHCC (Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Principal Member, HACIA (Hispanic American Construction Industry Association)
Committee Member, ACEC-IL (American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois)
Principal Member, Government Business Contractors Forum

FORMER
Honorary Co-Chairman for the Business Advisory Council for the State of Illinois
Member of the Board of Directors of the Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA)
Chairman of the Business Development Committee of the Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA)
Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Chairman of the Engineering Committee of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Member of the Audit Committee of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Chairman of the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Board Member of the Latino Caucus Foundation/Latino Caucus

ACCOMPLISHMENTS & ACCOLADES

2015 HACIA Member of the Year
2014 Latino Entrepreneur of the Year
2013 Board of Directors YMCA Logan Square
2012 Participant of Chicago United's Corporate Governance Executive Education Program at Notre Dame
2011-2013 Board of Trustees of Life Direction
2011 Latino Leaders Maestro Innovation Award
2009 Chicago United Business Leaders of Color Awardee
2007 Government Leadership Award- Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
2006 Appointed Chairman of the Engineering committee Illinois Tollway
2005 Board of Trustees Life Directions
2005 Appointed Board Member Latino Caucus / Foundation
2004 Chairman of the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
2004 Board of Trustees Member of the Chicago land Chamber of Commerce
2003 Hispanic Business one of the 100 Most Influential of Hispanic Business
2003 Appointed Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
2003 #249 Hispanic Business top 500 Companies
2002 Hispanic Entrepreneur Top 100 Firm
2002-2003 University of Illinois Entrepreneurial Studies Program
2001 United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Business Man of the Year, Region 5

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David R. Andalcio - Wynndalco Enterprises

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For over thirty years, David R. Andalcio's name has been synonymous with innovation in small business, commitment to community, and entrepreneurial leadership. Mr. Andalcio's career spans from his earliest ventures with electronics, distribution, manufacturing, and Information Technology companies, and later as a Board Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway and Chairman of the Engineering Committee, to his current role as CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC.

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In 2009, David Andalcio, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, expanded his information-technology (IT) skills into a totally new-and promising-field: sustainable energy. Which isn't very surprising, considering Andalcio's track record of ingenuity. "Growing up in a third-world country, anything I wanted I had to build from scratch, including once a stereo," says the native of Port of Spain, Trinidad. "That gave me an interest in technology and taught me to be resourceful." These days, Andalcio is parlaying his expertise in IT and wind turbines to not only usher minorities into the field of renewable technology, but also make a positive and lasting imprint on the environment on a global scale. We explore some of Wynndalco Enterprises' best efforts.

1 Wiring Schools
David Andalcio earned some serious bragging rights in the educational field: his company at the time placed the first desktop computer in the Chicago Public School District 30 years ago. It was natural, then, that Wynndalco Enterprises started out as an IT company serving primarily educational institutions. Today, it makes IT deployments of 8,000-plus units. "The computers are delivered to our facility," Andalcio says. "We unpack them, asset tag them, image them and remediate any problems, then repackage them, deliver them to the site, install them, and do any necessary field maintenance and deinstalls."

These experiences led to Wynndalco Enterprises becoming involved in E-Rate, a federal program that provides discounts to help US schools and libraries obtain affordable telecommunications, including Internet access. "Right now we have a contract to assist the 1,500 schools in Puerto Rico in developing a master technology plan, which includes obtaining bids and securing funding," Andalcio says. "As of March 2011, we had secured $17.5 million in E-Rate funding."

Exactly how Andalcio segwayed into sustainable technology from the educational IT realm traces back to an epiphany. "I was driving on the highway in Texas, near one of my facilities, and I saw a huge semitruck with four trailers carrying a single wind turbine blade, and it was followed by two additional vehicles with red flags," he says. "All of them were blowing back diesel smoke, so I asked myself, 'How is polluting the environment to install a wind turbine reducing the carbon footprint?' I thought, 'There has to be a better way.'"

Since then, Wynndalco Enterprises has identified and become the exclusive, licensed distributor in the Caribbean and Latin America-as well as a copartner within the United States-of a state-of-the-art wind turbine that is solar-, wind-, and battery-operated. "Could you imagine if every street light in Chicago didn't need any power to give a bright light and would last for 25 years without maintenance?" Andalcio asks. "That's what we offer. And because our wind turbine operates independently from the grid, it's ideal for deployment in rural areas."

2 Training Minorities in Renewable-Energy Careers
The company's latest venture also stems from Andalcio's desire to serve the community. "Minorities were left behind in the great American gold rush, railroad expansion, and dot-com boom, and I thought it was time to change that," he says. The company developed the Multicultural Education Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3), to help minorities take part in this new technology boom. It [will] operate as an 18-month accreditation program in partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago to train eligible minorities in the operation and assessment of wind turbines. Future goals include expanding this program by opening a wind turbine-assembly and distribution facility on the South Side of Chicago, in an old US steel mill factory. "It will give students from these colleges practical training that will allow them to go anywhere in the world to operate and repair wind turbines," Andalcio says.

Up Close & Personal

Getting to know David Andalcio

What has been your biggest challenge?
Access to opportunities

What's your favorite tech gadget?
Smart, handheld, interactive devices

What is your favorite place to vacation?
Greece

3 Fostering Community Outreach on a Global Scale
Never one to forget his humble roots, Andalcio recently undertook a new project to install 255 wind turbines in Port of Spain. "Trinidad will now contribute significantly to the reduction of the carbon footprint in the Caribbean," he says proudly. To help impoverished communities, Andalcio is active in a number of community-outreach programs. He is a member of the Hispanic American Construction Industry Association and the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. Through strategic alliances with computer manufacturers such as Dell and IBM, he contributes significantly to the community in many ways, including donating computer labs to local schools.

Andalcio's advice to budding entrepreneurs: "You have to identify a need, develop a unique service, and get into a niche market," he says. "Then you have to provide great service. When customers call us, they don't get voice mail; we answer the phone. And when they need something, we're there."

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In 2009, David Andalcio, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, expanded his information-technology (IT) skills into a totally new-and promising-field: sustainable energy. Which isn't very surprising, considering Andalcio's track record of ingenuity. "Growing up in a third-world country, anything I wanted I had to build from scratch, including once a stereo," says the native of Port of Spain, Trinidad.

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David Andalcio - CLN 9th Annual Awards - Latino Entrepreneur Finalist

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As the CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, I have partnered with businesses, schools, local governments, and many other organizations to realize their professional and technological needs. After coming to...