Caretta Federal is a woman- and veteran-owned professional services firm led by a PhD physicist and U.S. Navy veteran with four decades across Navy and DoD programs. Senior technical depth, enterprise-grade program management, same-day responsiveness.
Active personnel clearance for work that requires it.
Response standard on every inquiry, from two principals with no layers between them.
Navy and DoD program experience at the leadership level.
| Legal name | Caretta Federal, LLC |
| Structure | California LLC |
| Principal office | San Diego, California |
| UEI | HT3GW7GKXMF5 |
| CAGE code | 23FU5 |
| Ownership | Woman- and veteran-owned |
| Certifications | HUBZone · WOSB · VOSB — applications in process with SBA |
| Clearance | Active personnel clearance |
| Accepts | Subcontracts · teaming · prime |
Focused service lines delivered by the people who lead the firm, not a bench of résumés.
Pre- and post-award administration, procurement package preparation, market research, acquisition planning documentation, and closeout support.
Program analysis, schedule and milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and meeting and action-item management.
PhD-level scientific and engineering SME services in underwater acoustics, hydrography, and ocean physics; test and evaluation support; technical analysis and documentation; and technical training development.
Sourcing, procurement, and delivery of commercial equipment, materials, and components to government specifications, with established distributor and manufacturer relationships, documentation and compliance support, and delivery coordination to the site.
Design, production management, and delivery of signage, exhibits, and printed and digital communications for any federal application.
Executive support, records and correspondence management, data quality review, and training and event coordination.
Four decades of listening.
A firm built to answer the same day.
Active personnel clearance from day one. Woman- and veteran-owned, with SBA certification applications in process.
Two principals, zero layers. Same-day responses and direct access to the people who decide.
Built for federal work from the first hour: timekeeping by contract, segregated costs, clean invoicing.
Physicist and U.S. Navy veteran with nearly four decades in underwater acoustics and hydrography, spanning enlisted service, government civilian service, and senior scientific roles with several of the nation’s leading defense primes, supporting programs for ONR, DARPA, and NAVSEA. IHO Category A Certified Hydrographer with deep program experience at NAVO (Stennis Space Center) and DoD Panama City Beach.
Senior Scientist · Subject Matter Expert · Active personnel clearanceFifteen years of enterprise sales and program leadership across financial services and infrastructure technology. Built a nationwide partner program for a major U.S. bank subsidiary from launch to $500M+ in annual volume, recruiting, onboarding, and managing partner organizations ranging from small business to enterprise scale. Leads Caretta’s capture, teaming, proposals, and client delivery with a same-day-response standard.
Project Manager · Senior Program AnalystSubcontracting goals that are hard to place, a requirement that fits our capabilities, or a teaming opportunity. We respond the same day.