Wynndalco Enterprises Helps Puerto Rico Ed. Dept. with E-Rate Funding

An entrepreneur in Chicago, David Andalcio serves as CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, where he provides a variety of services to Chicago Public Schools, including scheduling and managed warehousing. In addition to his work in Chicago, David Andalcio has collaborated with the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDOE). 

Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, has a history of working with the PRDOE on numerous projects, including its efforts with the E-Rate Program. Also called the Schools and Libraries Program, E-Rate is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and helps U.S. libraries and schools by offering discounts on telecommunications products and Internet access. 

Wynndalco Enterprises’ team of professionals have revitalized the PRDOE’s efforts in the program, leading to increased compliance and faster disbursement of funds. The company has helped improve PRDOE’s success in the program by consulting the department on maximum allowable E-Rate discounts and eligibility of technology solutions for the program, in addition to preparing E-Rate applications. As a result of Wynndalco Enterprises’ efforts, the PRDOE has seen E-Rate funds increase each year, with nearly $120 million approved from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2015.

Wynndalco Enterprises - Serving Puerto Rico Department of Education

A graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive AMP, David Andalcio is the chief executive officer of Wynndalco Enterprises LLC, a Minority Business Enterprise and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise with more than 50 employees in several states. In addition to serving Chicago Public Schools, David Andalcio’s firm has worked with the Puerto Rico Department of Education on a number of projects.

For several years, Wynndalco Enterprises’ experienced consultants have helped the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) recover funds from the E-Rate program, a federal program administered under the FCC. With the help of Wynndalco’s team, the PRDE has reaffirmed its commitment to the program and ensured its compliance with the program’s regulations.

Wynndalco’s consultants have advised the PRDE on maximum allowable E-Rate discounts and assessed E-Rate eligibility for various technology solutions. Thanks to the help of the Wynndalco team, the department recovered more than $119 million in E-Rate funds between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2016.

Aside from the E-Rate program, Wynndalco Enterprises has made a difference at the individual school level by managing various construction projects. The PRDE has recognized the Wynndalco team for its professionalism and expertise in helping the department succeed in these and other projects over the years.

Wynndalco Enterprises' Work with Puerto Rico Department of Education

An entrepreneur in Chicago, David Andalcio is the CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises LLC, which provides managed warehousing, configuration, deployment, and scheduling services for Chicago Public Schools and PACE, the city's busing system in the suburbs. Under David Andalcio’s leadership, the company has expanded its operations to several states and Puerto Rico, where it has helped the public schools to recover E-Rate funding, a form of financial support made available to schools and libraries through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). 

Wynndalco Enterprises has helped the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) revitalize its E-Rate funding program. Since the company began assisting with the program, funding has increased each year, and the PRDE has gained credibility with the Universal Service Administration Company, the administrative agency which distributes the funds. Between 2009 and 2015, the PRDE had nearly $120,000,000 in funding commitment, thanks in part to the assistance provided by the consultants at Wynndalco. 

In addition to assisting with the E-Rate funding program, Wynndalco has helped the PRDE to create infrastructure standards and guidelines. Wynndalco also created a technology plan for PRDE. The PRDE has expressed its gratitude to the company for the professionalism and effectiveness of its consultants in advising the department on these and other matters.

Wynndalco's E-Rate Funding Achievements in Puerto Rico

Drawing on more than three decades of business leadership experience, David Andalcio has overseen operations at Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, in Chicago, Illinois, since 1998. In this position, David Andalcio has supported a number of major clients with various aspects of the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-Rate funding.

In 2016, the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) issued a formal recommendation for Wynndalco’s in-depth E-Rate funding services. Chief information officer Maribel Pico Piereschi praised the highly-qualified staff for their commitment to effective E-Rate funding processes, noting the critical importance of the program to Puerto Rico’s academic offerings and the team’s unwavering dedication to enhancing the program at every turn.

The E-Rate team was lauded for its unique ability to distribute funds at a more efficient rate every year, despite securing increased funding on an annual basis dating back to 2011. Additional achievements highlighted by the chief information officer included the team’s ability to enhance communication between PRDE and the Universal Service Administration Company (USAC), as well as the development of an informative technology plan to effectively guide PRDE into the future of education.

Connecting Schools to Technology with E-rate

David Andalcio is a seasoned entrepreneur and long-term advocate of incorporating educational technologies into the classroom. David Andalcio currently serves as founder and CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, a leading IT and data solutions company that specializes in technical services and computer system support for school districts across Chicago and Puerto Rico. Wynndalco Enterprises also offers consulting services for the E-rate federal program, which is organized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Before the FCC launched E-rate, 86 percent of elementary schools did not have classroom Internet access. In 1996, E-rate was established to connect schools and libraries with an affordable communication technology service provider. The E-Rate program also provides subsidies and prioritizes libraries and schools in high-poverty districts.

To benefit from E-rate, school administrators must submit a bid to the Universal Service Administrative Company, which will then advertise that bid to relevant vendors. Schools can then select a vendor, and if eligible, receive telecommunication and information services at a steep discount.

What is the E-Rate Program?

As the leader of Wynndalco Enterprises LLC, David Andalcio has guided this Chicago-based organization to great success, including in Puerto Rico. In fact, the Chief Information Officer of Puerto Rico's Department of Education recognized Wynndalco and David Andalcio for the company's E-rate services program in 2016.

The E-rate program, operated by the FCC, helps schools and libraries get the technological resources they need through funding from the Universal Service Fund. E-rate funding allows schools and libraries to purchase telecommunications services, such as Internet access, internal connections, and managed internal broadband, at rates as low as one-tenth of the typical market rate.

In the E-rate program, eligible organizations identify their service needs and submit requests for bids to the Universal Service Administrative Company, which in turn forwards those requests to its vendors. Once vendors make their offers, the school or library chooses one and applies for approval. After a purchase is approved, the Universal Service Administrative Company issues funding commitments, and reimburses the vendor or applicant after the installation.

Chicago Booth Magazine on 2028 Workplaces

Wynndalco Enterprises LLC CEO and founder David Andalcio brings more than 30 years of experience in information technology and entrepreneurship to his role. To continue his business education, David Andalcio attended the prestigious Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Education-Scaling Program at Stanford University in 2017 and completed the competitive executive education program for senior executives at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2016. 

Chicago Booth Magazine recently posted an article on the topic of workplace evolution over the next decade, with insights from assistant professor Jonathan Dingel, current MBA student Cayse Llorens, and alumnus Tomer Yogev. 

Dingel focuses on the idea of place. The concentration of college-educated workers in big cities will continue to position those large metropolises at the center of business and innovation. As communications technologies improve, however, more connections may be made overseas, and face-to-face interactions may be replaced with Skype. 

Yogev, who co-founded a coaching firm, looks to the major shift from the lifelong career model to the gig economy. Yogev projects even more movement into freelancing and asserts that businesses will have to focus more on their employees to keep them on board as long as they can. 

Llorens sees more focus on working alongside artificial intelligence. When robotics can provide additional data for us more quickly, workers will have to get better at the emotional intelligence required to work with clients, while interpreting and prioritizing that data.

Wynndalco Helps PRDE Revitalize E-Rate Program

David Andalcio leverages more than three decades of experience to his position as the CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, which offers innovative solutions to clients in the fields of information technology and engineering. He leads the company in its attempt to revitalize the Puerto Rico Department of Education's (PRDE) E-Rate program. Committed to ensuring that students and teachers have access to technological tools for success, David Andalcio and his staff provide advice designed to boost the program’s efficiency and exceed expectations. In addition, they aim to help the program achieve new milestones. 

The changes implemented by the team have led to promising results for the E-Rate program, such as an annual increase in E-Rate funding and a reduction in the time required for disbursements. The Wynndalco team’s efforts have also aided in the development and approval of a technology plan to guide PRDE, and it has driven the organization’s compliance. Moreover, the program helped lead to more than $100 million in funding between the 2009 and 2015 fiscal years.

Wynndalco Leads Puerto Rico Department of Education Project

David Andalcio serves as the CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, a certified MBE/DBE firm that provides engineering, E-Rate program, and information technology consulting services from its headquarters in Chicago. Under David Andalcio’s leadership, Wynndalco Enterprises has been providing consultation and development services to the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) since 2011.

As part of the project, Wynndalco has assembled a team of professionals to handle a range of initiatives, from managing school construction-related activities to ensuring compliance with federal regulations in the development and implementation of infrastructure standards. In addition, the Wynndalco Enterprises team provides guidance in the revitalization of PRDE’s E-Rate program. The team analyzes risk factors involving E-Rate discounts and advises PRDE on strategies to maximize allowable discounts.

In addition, Wynndalco has developed a comprehensive technology plan to guide the department into the future. The services rendered have enabled PRDE to achieve new milestones, and by 2016 the department had reported the approval of millions of dollars in E-Rate funding.

ACEC’s Minuteman Fund for Pro-Business Advocacy

For over three decades David Andalcio has guided major IT deployments in Chicago’s public schools. An accomplished entrepreneur, David Andalcio has served as the CEO of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC, which supports foundations such as the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). 

ACEC represents over 600,000 engineers, architects, and land surveyors across the United States. The organization’s mission is to promote business through government advocacy and business education. One of the vehicles the organization uses to fulfill its mission is the Minuteman Fund. 

The Minuteman Fund is available to member organizations to support critical advocacy programs in their states and regions. Qualifying member organizations in need of funding simply apply to ACEC demonstrating the importance of the issue, its potential implications, and their own financial commitment to dealing with it. Successful applications receive matching funds up to the amount member organizations themselves are putting up. 

Since it was established, the Minuteman Fund has played a role in several states, such as Ohio, where it helped maintain motor-fuel tax revenues; Maine, Texas, and Colorado, where it supported infrastructure spending; and California, where it helped safeguarded the constitutional right of the state government to contract with entities in the private sector.

Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Course on Scaling Up

A resident of Chicago, David Andalcio is the chief executive of Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC. David Andalcio was accepted into the fifth cohort of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI) Education - Scaling Program.

The program at Stanford University offers a six-week online course for business leaders intent on building scalable companies. The course is based on a curriculum developed by Stanford professors and business scaling experts Huggy Rao and Bob Sutton. The curriculum was tailored to address the specific growth challenges faced by the million-plus Latino-owned businesses in the United States. 

The course provides participants an opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills to better position them to grow their businesses. Participants also learn from first-hand interaction with leaders who successfully grew their own businesses.

The program is run by SLEI with support from the Latino Business Action Network. It is offered as part of SLEI’s mission to empower Latino and Latina entrepreneurs, helping them grow their businesses, create jobs, nurture leaders, and strengthen the overall economy.