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Melissa Castillo

Melissa Castillo

Senior Sales Manager

Melissa leads and supports Westwind’s high-performing Sales team, focused on driving business growth and exceeding performance targets. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, she works closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless delivery and exceptional service that goes beyond expectations.

Melissa is passionate about developing people and processes. She provides training on company policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure our team is fully equipped to operate effectively, stay compliant, and continuously improve. Her goal is to build a culture of accountability, excellence, and results.

Contracts/Specialities

  • SCMC
  • Sandia National Labs (SNL) JIT
  • Extensive customer service experience
  • Vast experience with many USDOE customers (SNL, ORNL, LANL, LLNL, PNNL, ANL, BNL, INL, FNAL & SRNS)
  • Worked with HPI, HPE, Apple, and many 3rd party vendors
  • History with TD Synnex, Ingram & DH distributors

Westwind Fun Facts

Melissa loves spending time with her family and can be found rooting for the Jacksonville Jaguars or watching Willy Wonka or Overboard (the originals, of course).

Contact Information

Phone Number: 505-225-8798
Email: melissa.c@wwcpinc.com
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About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. With a variety of contract vehicles and Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations, Westwind helps its customers make effective procurement decisions.

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Gabriel Ortega

Gabriel Ortega

DHS Account Manager

Gabriel is the Department of Homeland Security Account Manager at Westwind. He has been in IT sales for the past 15 years and has been covering DHS for the past eight years. His expertise is in HP Inc. compute and print. He also has many existing relationships with various OEMs to better help serve customers. Gabriel is a skilled negotiator and facilitator, ensuring that customers not only get the best price but also receive his support in keeping all the complicated moving parts on task and delivered in a professional, timely manner.

Contracts/Specialities

Gabriel specializes in the First Source II and III, SEWP, CIO-CS, and GSA/GSS contracts. With expertise in HP Inc. products, he is also well-versed in Targus, APC, Samsung, Logitech, Intel, AMD, and a wide range of other OEM solutions.

Westwind Fun Facts

Gabriel enjoys all types of music and has a passion for travel and camping whenever possible. Coming from a large family, he values family as an important part of his life. He is most inspired by his sister, Donna, who serves as the backbone of the family, keeping them close and supporting one another. She exemplifies resilience and tenacity.

Contact Information

Phone Number: 505-225-7551
Email: gabriel@wwcpinc.com

About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. With a variety of contract vehicles and Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations, Westwind helps its customers make effective procurement decisions.

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David Blufer

David Blufer

Senior Account Executive

David is exceptionally skilled in collaborating with new and existing Government customers to support their mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. He strives to work in concert with his customers to create the best solution by leveraging Westwind’s strong portfolio of technology offerings.

Contracts/Specialities

As a former hands on IT person, David has a solid understanding of the full range of solutions from client systems to enterprise security and everything in between. He holds numerous Microsoft server certifications.

  • NASA SEWP V (GWAC)
  • GSA: 47QTCA20D003F (HPE, HPI, LG)
  • GSA GSS BPA (HPI)CIO-CS (GWAC)
  • FedMall (E-Mall)
  • FirstSource II (DHS)
  • NAVAIR
  • NAVSEA Seaport

Westwind Fun Facts

David is a proud father of two boys!

Contact Information

Phone Number: 703-202-5759
Email: david.b@wwcpinc.com

About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. With a variety of contract vehicles and Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations, Westwind helps its customers make effective procurement decisions.

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Melanie Hill

Melanie Hill

OEM 3PO Program Manager

Westwind is one of two diversity suppliers for the Dell 3PO contract. Our contract is unique at Westwind, in that it is mostly commercial and a small portion of Federal.

Contracts/Specialities

Westwind Fun Facts

Contact Information

Phone Number: 505-253-9929
Email: melanie@wwcpinc.com

About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. With a variety of contract vehicles and Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations, Westwind helps its customers make effective procurement decisions.

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Roberto Nater

Roberto Nater

Inside Sales Representative

With almost two decades in customer service, Roberto has worked from areas of communications to entertainment. A newcomer to Westwind, he supports the DOE- East Team. He helps bring the full customer experience to the value-added reseller aspect, by providing timely quotes and staying with the order from beginning to end.

Contracts/Specialities

Roberto primarily handles our DOE contract and has SaaS (Sales as a Service) Certification.

Westwind Fun Facts

Roberto enjoys martial arts movies, anime, and history!

Contact Information

Phone Number: 505-532-1491
Email: roberto@wwcpinc.com

About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. With a variety of contract vehicles and Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations, Westwind helps its customers make effective procurement decisions.

Continue reading