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Shifflett: Led first IBM PC rollout across HHS within one year

Stacie Shifflett · She Woke Up One Morning and Knew She Had to Buy A $50M Company · Jun 2, 2026 · at 18:08

Entrepreneur Stacie Shifflett discusses her early career transition from hospitality into government contracting in the 1980s.

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“In about a year, I literally single-handedly, I had a tech team to put the machines together, but I literally rolled out the first IBM PC desktops to the entire Department of Health and Human Services.”

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