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How Does the TAA for Firms Program Work?

The TAA for Firms program is available to manufacturing firms headquartered in the U.S.  Our staff will work with you at no cost to determine if your company is eligible for cost-sharing assistance.  Specific requirements to qualify for assistance include a decrease in sales or production and employment, as well as business lost to foreign competition.

There are three phases to the program. The process is simple.

Step 1: Application

RMTAAC will provide an initial consultation to assess your firm’s eligibility and prepare an application on your behalf. Any information provided to RMTAAC is held in the strictest confidence.

Step 2: Analysis Plan

Upon approval of your application, an RMTAAC Project Manager will work with your management team to develop a customized plan to identify projects that will most benefit from allocation of cost-sharing assistance. This plan will include an industry review and competitive analysis. To assure company buy-in to the plan and cost shared funding, you will be asked to contribute 25% of the plan development cost.

Step 3. Implementation

Upon approval of your firm’s analysis plan, your firm may move forward with the projects identified within the plan to strengthen your business. Once accepted to the program, our partnership generally lasts 3-5 years.

What Industries Do We Serve?

This list only represents a general idea of who we can help. If your industry is not listed, call us!

  • Aerospace
  • Agricultural Products & Implements
  • Apparel & Textile Products
  • Castings & Forgings
  • Electrical Products & Equipment
  • Fabricated Metal Products
  • Food & Beverage
  • Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies
  • Plastics & Rubber
  • Wood Products

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2595 Canyon, Suite 120
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: 303.499.8222
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Joni L. Waddell

Director

wadell
waddell@rmtaac.org
303.499.8222, ext. 2

Joni Waddell has over twenty years of sales and marketing expertise, both domestic and international. She has been with RMTAAC since 1994 and has worked with clients in a wide array of industries. She specializes in sales and marketing consulting, market research, and business and marketing plan development. Before joining RMTAAC, Joni worked in the medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries, and also has experience as an investment portfolio manager for a New York based brokerage house after becoming a licensed broker. Joni received a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, as well as bachelor’s degrees in both Finance and Accounting.

 

Kathy McGinnis

Office Manager

Kathy McGinnis
mcginnis@rmtaac.org
303.499.8222, ext. 1

Kathy McGinnis has been with RMTAAC since 1998, after coming to RMTAAC from the Boulder Valley School District. She has spent her entire career in accounting, after receiving a degree in mathematics from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania.

 

Christopher Stone

Project Manager

Christopher Stone
stone@rmtaac.org
303.499.8222, ext. 5

Chris Stone has been with RMTAAC since 2000. His experience includes electronics industry consulting and forecasting, corporate business-to-business sales, and environmental and medical equipment safety consulting. Early in his career, Chris spent two years as a production and research technician at a Golden, Colorado high-tech manufacturing company. Chris holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Tania Bahr-Torline

Project Manager

Tania Bahr-Torline
bahr-torline@rmtaac.org
303.499.8222, ext. 3

Tania Bahr-Torline has been helping manufacturers strengthen and grow their businesses with assistance from the TAA for Firms Program since 2003.  She has over 20 years of experience in marketing and business strategy, in addition to her experience as a mechanical engineer.   Prior to joining RMTAAC, Tania worked for major companies in the aerospace and telecommunications industries.  Her experience includes product design and manufacturing, corporate and field marketing, and management.  Tania earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.  She also earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business with an emphasis in Marketing.

 

Amy Graziano

Project Manager

Amy Graziano
graziano@rmtaac.org
303.499.8222, ext. 4

Amy Graziano started with RMTAAC in 2005 and has over twenty years of experience in marketing and database marketing management. Prior to joining RMTAAC, Amy spent time as a product manager and database marketing manager in the telecom industry and in the financial services industry. In these positions, she developed new business plans and diversified product plans as well as assisted in the launch of significant business development strategies and marketing initiatives.  Amy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a double major in Marketing and Management.