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Experienced enough for complex organizations. Flexible enough for growing ones.

Trade Growth combines business development and commercialization, industrial commercial leadership, and federal-level cybersecurity and risk experience. You work directly with the people whose names are on this page.

Mary Mawson

Founder & Managing Member

Mary founded Trade Growth and leads company strategy, operations, client relationships and commercialization initiatives. She brings nearly a decade of business development and marketing leadership driving growth across federal, defense and industrial markets.

She has built strategic partnerships across government agencies and industry, led go-to-market strategies for SBIR/STTR-funded research prototypes, and managed market research, opportunity identification and capture activity within the Department of Defense and Special Operations Forces communities. She serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary for the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Greater Tampa Bay Chapter.

Areas of expertise

Business development & growth strategy
Government & defense market strategy
Commercialization & SBIR/STTR
CRM strategy & marketing operations

Chris Mawson

Commercial Strategy & Technology Enablement

Chris is an executive commercial leader with 15-plus years transforming industrial sales organizations through automation, advanced services and technology-enabled growth strategies. He has led commercial portfolios exceeding $69M and directed organizations of 60-plus employees across multi-site operations with full P&L accountability.

His work centers on the practical mechanics of growth: CRM implementation, governance and adoption; standardized sales processes and enablement frameworks; and the commercialization of advanced and lifecycle services. He has grown technical training revenue by 151% in a single year and generated multimillion-dollar pull-through revenue through lifecycle assessment and modernization programs.

Areas of expertise

Commercial strategy & sales leadership
CRM adoption, governance & optimization
Industrial automation & advanced services
Sales enablement, training & certification

Randy J. Jordan

Director of Cybersecurity

Randy is a cybersecurity and security operations executive with 15-plus years leading enterprise cyber programs, 24/7 incident operations, cyber investigations, governance and risk management in highly regulated, mission-critical environments.

During a career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation he directed strategic cyber operations and investigative programs, led the Bureau's 24/7 Cyber Operations Command Center, and managed enterprise security training and readiness programs alongside multimillion-dollar operating budgets. He specializes in translating technical threats into business risk, strategic priorities and executive decisions — which is exactly what most organizations need before they buy another security product.

Areas of expertise

Cybersecurity strategy, governance & GRC
Security operations & incident response
Insider threat & complex investigations
Enterprise risk & executive advisory

How we staff an engagement

One lead, start to finish.

Every engagement has a single named lead who is accountable for the outcome. Where a project needs a second discipline — a security assessment inside a growth engagement, a commercialization question inside a security review — we bring in the right person and the lead stays.

Where a question needs a licensed professional rather than a consultant, we say so and help you find one. That includes counsel for employment and contract matters, a CPA for accounting questions, and specialist vendors for hands-on technical implementation. Knowing the edge of our lane is part of the service.

Working with us

Based in: Valrico, Florida — working nationwide, onsite and remote
Typical client: Private-sector, industrial, technology and government-facing organizations
First step: A free 30-minute consultation. Schedule one →

Not sure where to start?

Start with a conversation.

Schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation. We'll discuss your organization, the problem or opportunity, your current environment, your objectives, and whether Trade Growth can help.

No obligation. No complicated assessment. Just a conversation.

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Or call 813-364-4178 · contact@tradegrowth.us