About
One experienced team. One mission.
We grew up around people who built businesses with sweat equity - contractors who started with a truck and a toolbox, restaurant owners who fed their communities for decades, caregivers who built reputations one client at a time.
These businesses weren't built in boardrooms. They were built on job sites, in kitchens, in living rooms. They were built by people who showed up, did the work, and earned trust the old-fashioned way.
But the tools that can amplify their work - digital presence, automated systems, strategic positioning - feel foreign, expensive, or designed for someone else. The gap between mastery and visibility is growing wider every year.
Proxima Edge exists to close that gap. Our core team brings experience in operations, cloud, and AI, supported by an independent professional network spanning security, infrastructure, and corporate strategy. Network roles are confirmed and scoped project by project. We're not here to disrupt or replace what you've built. We're here to carry it forward.
This isn't a venture-backable model. This is a practice built to serve people who matter, solve problems that matter, and do it with integrity.
How we work
Our philosophy
Understanding before solutions
We don't show up with a predetermined playbook. We spend time understanding the real problem behind the stated problem.
Enterprise depth at personal scale
Our core team brings operations, cloud, and AI experience. Our independent professional network adds backgrounds in security, infrastructure, and corporate strategy when a project calls for it; those roles are confirmed and scoped separately.
Show, don't sell
Every engagement starts with understanding. We dig into your business before we recommend anything — no assumptions, no cookie-cutter playbook.
Start small, prove value, scale what works
We find the highest-impact, lowest-friction intervention first. Once they see it working, the bigger moves feel possible.
Tech as a tool, not the goal
Your clients don't need "digital transformation." They need their phone to stop ringing during dinner.
Empathy, honesty, action
We meet people where they are. We tell them the truth. And we always end with a clear next step.
The team
Real people. Real expertise.
Brandon Derricott
Founder & Operator
Over a decade in enterprise satellite telecom at Intelsat - managing chronic-issue programs, automating reporting workflows, and coaching technical teams across global networks. CCNA and CCNP certified. Turned a 30-hour monthly reporting cycle into a 2-hour one. Now applies that same operational discipline plus AI-native development to help small businesses run smarter - managing multiple concurrent consulting engagements using the multi-agent AI framework he built.
Larry Carter
VETERANManaging Member & Veteran Lead
U.S. military veteran and managing member with experience in cloud infrastructure and network operations. Larry helps guide Proxima Edge's operations and its careful preparation for future government contracting.
Anthony Sinclair
Professional Network - Facilities & Cabling
Independent facilities professional whose background includes residential-complex operations, fiber optic systems, structured cabling, and low-voltage installations. Anthony is part of Proxima Edge's professional network; any project role would be confirmed and scoped separately.
Wale Owaede
Professional Network - Security
Independent security professional whose background includes Palo Alto Networks, enterprise firewall architecture, and infrastructure hardening. Wale is part of Proxima Edge's professional network; any project role would be confirmed and scoped separately.
Kyle Sweatman
Professional Network - Corporate Strategy
Corporate attorney whose background includes enterprise negotiations, governance, and organizational structure. Kyle is part of Proxima Edge's professional network and is not presented as PE counsel or a member of the LLC.
Experience
Experience & Government Readiness
Veteran-Led Small Business
Proxima Edge is a Georgia-based, veteran-led small business preparing carefully for future government contracting. SBA VetCert is planned as part of that work; no certification is currently claimed.
SBA VetCert is planned; no certification is currently claimed
SAM registration and federal identifiers are part of the planned readiness work
Local and state procurement proceeds under each buyer's requirements
Specialized implementation is scoped only when qualified delivery support is confirmed
Capabilities
AI Receptionist & Message Routing
Public Websites & Content Migration
Reporting Dashboards & Workflow Automation
Accessibility Audits & Remediation
Runbook Development & Operations Documentation
Infrastructure & Security Assessments
Atlanta's $2B+ Data Center Boom
Atlanta is experiencing a massive data center construction boom. T5, QTS, Digital Realty, Microsoft, and DC BLOX are building millions of square feet of facility space - all requiring fiber, security, cloud, and operations subcontractors.
T5 Atlanta IV
1.32M sq ft, 200 MW
QTS Fayetteville
6.6M sq ft, 16 buildings
QTS Downtown
$1.3B campus
Digital Realty Forest Park
1.9M sq ft, 200 MW
Microsoft Douglasville
1M sq ft campus
DC BLOX West
120 MW, $1.15B green financing
Stop hoping.
Start building what comes next.
20 minutes. That's all it takes to start seeing your business differently. No pitch. No pressure. Just a conversation.
2 minutes. 5 questions. See where your business stands digitally and where you're leaving money on the table.
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