MBECO Success Stories

This is the first in a series of profiles that feature the top ranked Minority Business Enterprise companies operating in Rhode Island as ranked in the 2022 Book of List published by the Providence Business News.

MBE Profile: Henry Hodge – HCH Enterprises, LLC

Hodge is the founder, president, and CEO of the Warwick-based HCH Enterprises, LLC, an information technology company that he has owned and operated for over 20 years.

HCH was recognized as the number one MBE company in Rhode Island in the 2022 Book of Lists that is published by the Providence Business News.

MBE Profile: Ko Ishikura, Green International Affiliates, Inc.

Ko Ishikura has served as president and CEO of Green International Affiliates, Inc., an engineering firm that has an office in Lincoln, for 17 years.

The company is ranked number two as a minority business in Rhode Island in the 2022 Book of Lists.

MBE Profile: Manish K. Gupta, GM2 Associates, Inc.

Manish K. Gupta is the president, director, and CEO of GM2 Associates, Inc., an engineering firm with an office in Pawtucket that his father conceived in the basement of the family’s home in 1988.

The company is ranked number three for minority businesses in Rhode Island in the 2022 Book of Lists.

MBE Profile: Jeffrey Bryant, Bryant Associates, Inc

Jeffrey Bryant has served as CEO of Boston-based Bryant Associates, Inc. for seven years, a multidisciplinary engineering and construction company with an office in Lincoln that was founded by his father in 1976.

The company is ranked fourth for minority businesses in Rhode Island per the 2022 Book of Lists.