David Molina · Author & Speaker
Building organizations that endure.
Author · Entrepreneur · M&A Advisor · Speaker
David Molina speaks on modern estimating, government contracting, leadership, entrepreneurship, ownership, and building organizations capable of enduring beyond their founders.
Featured Speaking Experience
Signature talkModern Estimating & Government Contracting
Know the Opportunity. Know Your Number. Make the Decision.
Government contracting creates opportunity, but opportunity alone does not create profitable businesses.
David Molina takes contractors inside the decisions that happen before a bid is submitted: understanding the solicitation, deciding whether to pursue it, building the estimate, knowing the company's true costs, pricing for risk and profit, and developing the operational systems necessary to perform.
Drawing from The Principles of MESLO, federal contracting experience, and work with small-business technical assistance programs, this session connects modern estimating, AI-assisted solicitation analysis, go/no-go decision-making, and operational readiness into one practical system.
Bidding & estimating workshops
Analyze solicitations, make go/no-go decisions, understand costs, and build a profitable bid.
Back-office operations training
Strengthen estimating workflows, cost visibility, and the operating systems needed to deliver the work.
Additional Talks
Leadership · Workforce · OwnershipLeadership · Entrepreneurship · Ownership
From the Fields to the Front
Leadership, Ownership & Building What Endures
Leadership is not a title inherited at the top of an organization. It is a responsibility learned through service, work, family, adversity, and eventually ownership.
Veterans · Technology · Workforce
America's Untapped Technical Talent
Veterans, Technology & the Workforce Pipeline
How do institutions stop overlooking capable people simply because the pathway into an industry was not designed for them?
Engagement Formats
- Keynotes and featured talks
- Workshops and technical-assistance sessions
- Panel conversations and fireside chats
- Executive sessions for owners, operators, and program leaders
- Custom sessions for government contracting, estimating, MESLO, systems, ownership, and workforce development
Short Bio
David Molina is an author, entrepreneur, M&A advisor, and former U.S. Army Captain who speaks about the systems behind durable organizations. He is the author of The Principles of MESLO: The Art & Science of an Estimate and founder of the MESLO framework. His experience spans military leadership, government contracting, entrepreneurship, technology, nonprofit leadership, and business transactions. His talks connect practical operating experience with a central question: how do we build organizations that become less dependent on their founders and more valuable over time?
Featured Experience
- GitHub Universe
- CodeConf LA
- Bunker Labs
- Tech Inclusion Seattle
- APEX Estimating Essentials
- Tabor100
- DES
- Mi Centro
- Migrant Youth Conference
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