We can provide you with the Bid, Payment and Performance Bonds you need so you can bid on public and private construction projects.

Luke Ortega Luper and Marie Guajardo are both licensed bonding agents who can help you get the bonds you need. Luke and Marie have a combined sixteen years of bonding experience.

Luke Ortega Luper has been in the government contracting and surety bonding world since 1997, when he started as a small business consultant at the UTSA Institute for Economic Development. In 2010, he moved to Austin to take on the role of Surety Bonding Consultant for the City of Austin’s Small and Minority Business Resources Department. After retiring from the City in 2020, Luke worked as an EIDL Loan Officer for the SBA before returning full-time to SWMBE Bonding in 2021. He holds a BBA from the University of Houston and an MBA from UTSA.

Marie Guajardo is a UTSA Alumni who worked as Research Assistant at the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development. She has extensive experience working with small businesses. She joined Luke as Co Founder , VP of Business Development and Producer in 2024.