Cohort 2
Trincargo
We were hit by Ransomware recently. As a result, we were forced to start over a platform that took five years of effort. This halted our progress in a major way.
Nevertheless, it did not stop our main perspective on growth – which is to become a serious competitor in the shipping sector. For us, Trincargo must be present on the list of Top 10 logistical companies offering multiple shipping services. We want to expand our services, first, to the region and beyond.
After viewing testimonials from the first cohort, we saw this as an opportunity to expand our business knowledge for our desired growth.
Coming out of Scale Up T&T, we have learned to ensure our vision resonates throughout the organisation. We need to focus on specific growth-oriented tasks and execute them. We also have to invest in human capital to support
our capacity for growth. We need the right people in the right places.
We feel better prepared to effect the growth tasks required.
General Manager
GISCAD Limited
Founded in 2003, GISCAD Limited is the Caribbean’s leading provider of geospatial, engineering design software solutions, fleet management, and GPS tracking solutions for both public and private sector markets. They maintain access to leading solutions, ongoing research and development, a highly skilled technical support team, and a strong sales and marketing team. Their reputation is built on the highest quality and innovation. GISCAD is an authorized supplier for Autodesk, Oracle, Geotab, GeoForce, Trimble, Delair, Eagle Point, Spectra Precision, Seco, Digital Globe, and Zendu IT.
Their Caribbean wide reach extends from Belize in Central America through the entire Caribbean to Suriname and Guyana in South America. While based in Trinidad and Tobago, they have permanent offices and staff in Guyana and Jamaica, as well as business partners in Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Lucia.
Contact:
Phone: 868 290 3774/3775 | Email: [email protected] | Website: giscadlimited.com | Address: 150 6th Street, Barataria, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Managing Director
MCS Software Ltd.
MCS Software Ltd. is a company dedicated to the development of software for business. For over 18 years they have been driven by a passion for technology. They not only create the software you need to run your business but also provide unparalleled technical and after sales support. Over the years they have listened to feedback from their clients and worked to constantly improve their software so that it provides the best solution for your needs.
Their team has focused exclusively on developing software to serve the three critical areas of any organization: Payroll, Human Resource Management, and Time & Attendance. They have built a reputation in the market for efficiency, support, knowledge, and expertise with a client base of over 1000 companies across the region.
Contact:
Phone: 868 235-4MCS(4627) | Email: [email protected] | Website: https://mcssoftware.biz/ |Address: 91 Cascade Road, Cascade, Trinidad, West Indies
General Manager
Managing Director
Forward Industries Limited
Forward Industries Limited is wholly owned by nationals of Trinidad and Tobago and is the leading local manufacturer of diaries and branded heat sealed stationery products. They are also one of the leading suppliers of locally produced and imported promotional and specialty products. The company realizes approximately ten percent of its sales revenues from exports to CARICOM markets. Their product range combines traditional stationery with modern branded promotional items.
The company’s leadership includes Anthony Mc Lean (Chairman), Barry Thomas (Production Coordinator), Maureen Mc Donald (Production Coordinator), Renata Thomas (Sales Coordinator), Sharon Garnett (Operations Officer/Accountant and Team Lead), Sunita Ramsawak (Production Coordinator), and Usha Gangaram (Customer Service).
Contact:
Phone: 868 223 8188 | Website: forward-tt.com | Address: Hakim Juman Street, Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman
Newtown Medical Center (NMCL)
Newtown Medical Center is the country’s newest and most advanced medical facility located at 55 Woodford Street, overlooking the beautiful Queen’s Park Savannah. Their facility comprises a four story building with comfortably separated departments and convenient, secure ground floor parking. They are a private medical and diagnostic outpatient clinic with 8 inpatient beds. They offer a wide range of medical services to their clients and patients.
In their eleven years of operations, the organization has seen tremendous growth owing mainly to their efforts in diversifying their services, the expertise of their medical team, and the excellent care that they administer to their patients. Today NMC is supported by a highly qualified team of Specialist Doctors, Sonographers, Radiographers, Mammographers, Certified Phlebotomists, Nurses, and Lab Technologists.
Contact:
Phone: 868-241-2056 | Website: https://www.newtownmedicalcentre.com/
Medical Director
Carpenters’ Edge Ltd.
Carpenters’ Edge Ltd. is a regional distributor of high quality and innovative products used in furniture, cabinetry, office and retail spaces, countertops, and other applications. For twenty years, they have been distributing quality materials and specialty hardware items to architects, general contractors, property managers, and joiners. Their product line includes decorative laminates, adhesives, kitchen accessories, a wide variety of engineered boards, tools, and specialty hardware. They also supply and install solid surfacing and quartz countertops.
The company is led by Denyse Vieira (Managing Director), Alan Vieira (Director), Akima Smith (Administrative Manager), Joann Sinanan Singh (Sales Manager), and Nicolla Hackshaw (Administrative Assistant). Their commitment to quality and innovation has made them a trusted partner in the interior finishing industry.
Contact:
Phone: 868 662 9586 | Website: carpentersedge.com | Address: The Maka Complex, William Street, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
Managing Director
Director
Trinidad Brushware Limited
Participating in Scale Up T&T was the vehicle to learn new things, to get an outside perspective and welcome the help we need to grow our company. Since then, we have grown. We have started a new product line. We have changed different styles of management skills.
We have started celebrating our small wins and rewarding our employees more. The biggest lesson we have learned is that every company has the same challenges. Growing is something that happens every day; it never stops and we have to learn to appreciate the small wins and learn from the disappointments.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Caribbean Transportation Consultancy Services (CARITRANS) Company Limited
CARITRANS is a limited liability company that undertakes consultancy services in the specialized civil engineering field of transportation engineering. The firm was founded as a sole proprietorship on April 12, 2012, by Mr. Lacey Williams, a civil engineer with over twenty years’ experience, and was incorporated on September 26, 2012. Mr. Williams holds a Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering from Howard University and returned to Trinidad and Tobago to focus specifically on resolving regional transportation issues.
Their specific areas of expertise include traffic data collection, transportation planning, traffic engineering, traffic signal design and coordination, traffic impact studies, traffic and transit simulation (modelling), safety and operations, economic analysis, axle load surveys, roughness (IRI) testing, and deflectometric testing (HWD/FWD). The company is led by Lacey Williams (Managing Director), Keli Gbekor (Director Business Development), and Marisha Alexander (Director Human Resources).
Contact:
Phone: 868 299 8920 | Email: [email protected] | Website: caritransltd.com | Address: 1 Moreno Circle, Golden View, El Dorado, Trinidad & Tobago
Chief Executive Officer
Pascal’s Bakery Ltd.
Pascal’s Bakery Ltd. is a second generation family baking and healthy snacking manufacturing company focusing specifically on private labelling and forging robust relationships with the food service industry. They have built a reputation for quality baked goods and innovative snacking options that cater to health conscious consumers while maintaining traditional flavours.
As a family business, they combine generations of baking expertise with modern manufacturing practices to serve both local and regional markets. Their private label services allow other businesses to offer high quality baked products under their own brands, making Pascal’s a trusted partner in the food industry.
Contact:
Phone: 868-219-3541| Email: [email protected] | Website: http://www.pascalsbakery.com/ | Address: #19 Eastern Main Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Founder
Chief Executive Officer
Ecliff Elie
Ecliff Elie is a menswear manufacturer and design house founded and led by Mr. Ecliff Elie for thirty years. The brand has outfitted hundreds of men across the Caribbean with custom and retail suit offerings and resort wear apparel. Their client base covers men in government, performing arts, sports, media, C suite leadership, working professionals, business owners, and graduates. All garment construction is focused on quality, impeccable fit, and Caribbean design aesthetic, with continual investment in improving these pillars.
The company operates three storefronts in Trinidad: C3 Mall San Fernando, The Falls West Mall, and Rosalino St. Woodbrook. International customers are served through their e commerce website, which connects them to buyers throughout the Caribbean, North America, and Europe.
Contact:
Phone: 868 687 3595 | Website: ecliffelie.com
Chief Executive Officer
CCL (Caribbean Coatings Limited)
CCL focuses on providing exclusive innovative green fabric maintenance solutions, using automation and robotics for inspection, cleaning, blasting and painting, patented dustless closed loop blasting, unique coatings, composite wraps, and magnetic fastening. Their smart fabric maintenance plans, products, and services are designed to extend asset life expectancy while providing the best cost effective solutions with the highest safety standards. The company supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through zero emissions, increased worker safety, reduced personnel on board, recycling, and reduced waste and CO₂ emissions.
Led by Sales Director Furise Shah and Accounts Manager Shadera Allaham, CCL serves industrial clients requiring advanced asset protection. Their innovative approach to maintenance reduces environmental impact while improving safety and efficiency.
Contact:
Phone: (868) 242 3389 / (868) 332 2492 | Email: [email protected] | Website: ccltdtt.com | Address: #1 Bhagwantee Road, New Grant, Princes Town, Trinidad, W.I.
Sales Director
Accounts Manager
VISL
Growth in a very basic sense means generating more cash than you are spending, and over time, this cash surplus should increase. We can look at growth as hiring more employees, getting larger contracts and doing more for society in general. However, without that basic cash generation other growth initiatives cannot materialise.
As primarily technical people, we realised that we needed to build our business know-how in order to grow the company. We were looking for a direction to take that would allow the business to scale, that would allow us to expand our customer base and our offerings. We had no doubt that VISL had potential, but how could we minimise our risk? The Scale Up T&T programme advert described exactly what we were looking for.
General Manager
Executive Director
Precision Air Control
Growth means having the company run efficiently with a trusted team and a less hands-on approach from management.
Using some of the tools and techniques taught to us by the Scale Up T&T programme, we are beginning to see a shift in the way we do business to align with our perspective of growth. One of the biggest lessons we learned from Scale Up T&T is that people are capable if given the chance. If you put more trust in employees, they work hard for the company and want to achieve its growth. It has been phenomenal. Time is always hard to find, but our team enjoyed the process and we got more done in a short time by applying the techniques introduced to us.
Managing Director
Engineering Director
General Manager
ICONS Co. Ltd. (Integrated Computing & Outsourcing Network Solutions)
ICONS Co. Ltd. is an IT Solutions Provider which was incorporated under the Companies Act of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in 2005 and became operational at the very beginning of 2006. The company is 100% locally owned and managed by a dedicated trio of Information Technology professionals, each having substantial years of experience in IT systems implementation, administration, and management. ICONS recognizes the need for Solutions Providers that offer professional IT outsourcing services to match the growing demands of a company, its competitive ability, and longevity.
This fundamental factor drives them to transition with the evolving technology landscape, and has pushed them to the forefront of delivering Cloud integrated solutions to their customers locally and throughout the region. ICONS is committed to helping businesses leverage technology for efficiency and growth.
Contact:
Phone: 868-620-2454 | Website: https://myicons.tt/
President & Chief Executive Officer
Vice President
Managing Director