Strategic Growth. Government Ready. Profit Driven.
Most business owners want to grow—but few have a strategy designed to get them there. We change that.

At The Small Business Architect, we help service-based, particularly veteran-, women-, and minority-owned businesses implement agile, profit-focused strategies that drive profit and unlock government contracting opportunities. Whether you’re trying to scale your margins or break into federal contracting, our blueprint delivers results—fast.

Led by Nikki Gianni, an Air Force veteran with 22-years of federal contracting experience, to include 12 years as a DOD Unlimited Contracting Officer, we bring insider-level expertise to every engagement. Nikki has awarded and managed billions in contracts across nine military bases and dozens of industries. She knows exactly how the government buys—and how to position your business to win.

If you’re ready to step into the ‘New School’ way of doing business—where profit meets purpose and strategy meets execution—we’ll guide you every step of the way.

Let’s build your path forward, together.

After the CEO's 25-year award-winning career with the Department of Defense, we wanted to keep our professional mission focused on helping people, so business and leadership coaching with a focus on government contracting and profit acceleration was the perfect fit!

We love how our heart-led, military-infused leadership fits well coaching small business owners. Additionally. we have discovered that there's a strong desire to obtain government contracts among small business owners, and since Nikki spent 22 years in government contracts, she has a wealth of knowledge that can get them on the right path to government contracting goals in addition to increasing your profit in many other ways too!