Keith Montoya/president of 01 solutions (formerly doc1 solutions), Denver.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: TRENDSETTERS - Brief article

After working for standout law firms like Patton Boggs, Keith Montoya blazed his own trail when he founded D1. Solutions in 2002. Not even a decade later, Montoya has earned numerous awards and accolades as Dl has emerged as an industry leader.

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Dl expanded to Washington, D.C., last year to focus on the federal market, Montoya says. "To really go after that market, you have to have a presence in the District," he says. "We already had a presence in Denver, the second largest federal hub. Now we have a presence in the largest federal hub as well." Since the expansion, Dl landed contracts with the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of the Interior.

Also in the last year, Montoya launched CM Strategy, a federal contracting consulting firm, with D1 CEO James Crane. "We have a lot of people asking what we did, how we did it, and how they can do it," Montoya says.

So how did you do it, Keith? "Identifying...