Simkins & ElgazarA small firm where the principals do the work.
Two co-founders in Fairfax, Virginia. Both do the work on every project, across accessibility, AI and data, and both are DHS Certified Trusted Testers.
Company overview
Simkins & Elgazar LLC is a Virginia SWaM-certified small business delivering independent, third-party digital accessibility compliance and applied artificial intelligence services to government agencies and businesses.
Our accessibility work follows the DHS Trusted Tester methodology, the federal gold standard for Section 508 and ADA conformance testing, while our AI practice builds and governs reliable, privacy-conscious automation.
We pair rigorous, standards-based testing with hands-on engineering to help government agencies and businesses meet their compliance obligations and modernize how they work.
Team and experience
Both principals do the work on every project, across accessibility, AI and data. Both are DHS Certified Trusted Testers.
Maximilian Simkins
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester for Web.
Financial and data analyst background; builds Python and SQL automation, performs large-scale data and anomaly analytics, and prepares data across CSV, XLSX, PDF and cloud (AWS, Azure) platforms.
Ahmed Elgazar
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester.
Business systems analyst specializing in applied AI. Designs and evaluates production AI / LLM systems, authors AI governance and Section 508 documentation, and builds open-source AI tooling with Python, RAG and agentic workflows.
How we work
Federal gold-standard method. Testing built on DHS Trusted Tester, not automated scanners alone.
Truly independent. Third-party validation with no stake in the systems we test.
AI and accessibility under one roof. A rare pairing that modernizes compliance work.
Small, direct and responsive. Principals do the work; no layered overhead.
SWaM eligible. Helps agencies meet small-business and supplier-diversity goals.
Company data
- Legal name
- Simkins & Elgazar LLC
- UEI
- M1JQQXCJTZW3
- Business type
- Small, Micro & Minority-Owned (SWaM)
- SWaM cert #
- 843163 (to 05/2031)
- Structure
- Limited Liability Company
- Location
- Fairfax, Virginia
Talk to a principal.
Small, direct and responsive. Both principals do the work on every project; no layered overhead.
Maximilian Simkins
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester for Web.
Ahmed Elgazar
Co-founder. DHS Certified Trusted Tester.