Government contracting rewards firms that take compliance seriously from the start. Margarita Howard built HX5 around that principle in 2004, and the company’s growth over the following two decades reflects just how powerful early infrastructure investment can be. The Accounting

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Not every small business in the government contracting sector chooses to compete. For some, sole-source contract awards through programs like the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) initiative are enough to sustain operations for years. But Margarita Howard, who has led HX5

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Government contracting rewards companies that can demonstrate reliability before they have a lengthy track record. Margarita Howard founded HX5 in 2004, which is why she made accounting infrastructure her first major investment rather than waiting until contracts created the need.

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Margarita Howard, sole owner and CEO/president of HX5, has grown her Fort Walton Beach, Florida-based company from a modest startup founded in 2004 into a contractor employing more than 1,000 people across 34 states and 90 government locations. The firm

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The transition from military service to civilian employment is rarely seamless. Skills transfer unevenly, workplace cultures differ, and the structure that defined daily life in uniform is suddenly absent. HX5 CEO Margarita Howard has experienced that shift firsthand, and it

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Margarita Howard has built a reputation for spotting the infrastructure decisions that separate fast-scaling companies from the rest. At HX5, her early investment philosophy treated infrastructure not as a back-office cost center but as a core strategic asset capable of

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