President and CEO grows AIM Global Logistics from $50K to $20M transportation powerhouse in six years
HOUSTON – It was only six years ago when single mom Angelica Garcia leveraged $50,000 in savings and a $500 credit card to create AIM Global Logistics, LLC. Fast forward to 2015 and now, AIM Global Logistics has grown into global family that brings in more than $20 million annually. It’s because of her fast-tracked success, Garcia is one of the 14 exemplary women business leaders who, in March, received the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s (WBENC) Women Business Stars at its Salute to Women’s Business Enterprise gala.
Led by Garcia, AIM Global Logistics inaugural year (2009) netted $250,000 in revenues. Instituting a new approach to the transportation industry, she created AIM Global Logistics to be a one-stop shop for all transportation needs in a myriad of industries. In 2012, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named AIM Global Logistics the 2012 Emerging Business of the Year. Today, it is a subsidiary of the AIM Family of Companies and sets standards in transportation throughout the Western Hemisphere.
“Angelica Garcia is an exceptional leader who is forging new ways to deliver value to her customers and her community,” said April Day, WBEA-Texas, President and CEO. “She illustrates the powerful contributions that women’s businesses make to the economic growth of this community and nation.”
Garcia’s success is also the success of WBEA, celebrating its 20th anniversary in the Houston community. Founded in 1995, WBEA has played a key role in providing seminars and information to the member WBE’s who contribute over $8.9 billion to the local Houston community.
As a minority and women-owned small business with WOSB, WBE, MBE, and TX Comptroller HUB certifications, AIM Family of Companies is committed to excellence and innovation. This falls right in line with the mission of the WBEA. Diversity promotes innovation, opens new channels of revenue and creates partnerships which provide opportunities that fuel the economy. While reinforcing its important vision and mission, WBEA broadens its reach and focus on growth and sustainability throughout its network by delivering products and services through certification, opportunities, resources, and engagement and recognition (CORE) platform. Garcia and her firm is a member and strong supporter of the local WBEA. Stop by Aim’s Booth #200 at the upcoming WBEA Expo, May 28, 2015 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
The Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance, a nationally recognized purchasing council, is a pacesetter in helping women business enterprises grow and develop. WBEA is strongly committed to increasing opportunities for women-owned businesses and providing qualified suppliers to corporate and government purchasers. Headquartered in Houston, the Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance serves a 94-county Texas region with programs, activities, and educational opportunities designed to support and promote women-owned enterprises. WBEA members are actively involved in developing programs and designing activities that meet the specific needs of women-owned enterprises. Since its inception, the organization has doubled its membership, established scholarship and mentoring programs, and has become one of the nation’s leading certifiers of women-owned businesses. WBEA is an affiliate of WBENC.
