Who We Are

The Corporate Management

Norm Chung, Vice President of Operations

Norm Chung is Success Skills, Inc.’s Vice-President of Operations and is responsible for all contract operations across the country.  Mr. Chung has extensive experience in the AbilityOne arena having worked for almost a decade with a large non-profit agency within the program.  Mr. Chung’s areas of expertise in contract operations and management include project management, standards and processes and all elements of complex contract start-ups including several base operating services and public works contracts for the Army and Air Force.  Prior to his experience in senior management in the non-profit community, Mr. Chung was employed by ITT Systems and served as Installation Services Manager in Kuwait.  Mr. Chung also has an extensive commercial consulting background.  Mr. Chung spent over 28 years in the U.S. Army, retiring with the rank of Colonel.  During his Army career, his assignments included 406th Detachment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam; 82d Airborne Division Support Company Commander, Fort Bragg, NC, Armed Forces Examination and Entrance Station, Fort Hamilton, NY; San Francisco District Recruiting Command; and, US Army Garrison, Fort Monmouth, NJ.  Mr. Chung received his BA from the University of Hawaii and his MBA from Pepperdine University.

The Founder

Ken Shoemake, Founder and Chairman of the Board

Mr. Shoemake, a service-disabled veteran, has been proactive in California legislation that provides a mechanism other than fundraising and grant opportunities to fund essential services for California's wounded warriors and other veterans. Mr. Shoemake has considerable experience in the private, public and social sectors of our economy. He previously owned a successful Coldwell Banker real estate franchise with 3 offices, 70 salespeople and annual property sales volume of $73 million. Mr. Shoemake also served 13 years as a parole agent and as the Business Manager for California State Parole in charge of state contracts, personnel recruitment, law enforcement safety equipment, office leasing and fiscal forecasting and tracking. During his service as a parole officer, he was an integral part of a small group that was awarded the 1999 Peter Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation due to considerable success in developing and implementing livable wage skills training programs to reduce parolee criminality and recidivism.

Mr. Shoemake is the founder and President of Stay Safe Solutions, a group of certified California DVBE firms with a track record of successfully completing hundreds of government contracts. Mr. Shoemake was the recipient of the 2007 Small Business Partnership Award by the National Institute for the Severely Handicapped (NISH). This award recognizes small business partners for increased employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities. The award was presented at the annual NISH National Training and Achievement Conference April, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Shoemake currently serves with several community, educational, and faith-based organizations working with at-risk youth and promoting reduced parolee criminality and recidivism. Ken has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento.

Success Skills Management Team

Success Skills, Inc. is fortunate, as a new non-profit agency, to have a team of volunteer consultants who have committed their time and talents to helping build the company. These experienced professionals bring over 45 years of combined business development experience in both for-profit and not-for-profit environments and over 40 years of combined information technology and senior management expertise. This team of volunteer consultants also have both US Army and US Air Force experience as well as federal government consulting experience. With the volunteer expertise available to Success Skills, we are well positioned to address any contract opportunities for growth of our social mission.