GeoLogics Employee and Corporate Awards
This page is dedicated to our GeoLogics employees who have achieved recognition from their clients and peers for their exceptional service.

Our heartfelt thanks for all their hard work.




AUSTIN ALEXANDER

Austin was awarded NASA's Human Heath Performance Contract (HPPC) 2020 Bravo Award!

Austin's efforts helping restructure how NASA's H-3PO Labroratory prioritizes and performs data analysis and software development, together with his cutting-edge technical innovation, high-impact process improvement, and dedication to customer service and support for NASA's mission, have transformed the way the Laboratory creates, uses, shares, protects "and even think about our data and software."

GeoLogics is a subcontractor to KBR-Wiley in the HHPC. KBR's NASA Customer praised Austin: "It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Austin’s contributions to our team. Through his technical excellence, his leadership skills, and his industry experience outside of NASA he has completely transformed the way that we create, use, share, protect and even think about our data and software."



 

PATRICK HOLMES

Commendation for Outstanding Performance — Lockheed Martin Space — S2E2 I&V

Cited for "Demonstrating unparalleled initiative and leadership, he sets the example for all..." The Prime's customer expressed accolades at the program reviews on the quality of the test planning and test event presentation, reflecting positively on the program.

This is the second customer appreciation award earned by Patrick as a GeoLogics employee.



 

BRANDON OSTRY AND PETER BLACK

Excellence Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — MPS Product Test Team

Brandon and Peter got many thanks from Raytheon, their client, and GeoLogics for their excellent work helping to successfully complete a Cycle of the Run for Record, the culmination of months of preparation and hard work. The MPS team was at the leading edge of Product Test and were the first CIs on the GPS OCX program to successfully navigate and execute the Product Test process. This accomplishment took a true team effort, congrats to the Raytheon team!

This is the fourth customer appreciation award earned by Brandon as a GeoLogics employee.



DEE SMITH

Performance Award — BAE Systems — Weapon Systems Platforms and Services

Dee has received recognition of her performance as a valued member of the BAE Integrated Talent Team. Congratulations, and thank you.



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BRANDON OSTRY

Excellence Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — MPS Systems Engineering

Brandon provided outstanding support to the MPS SE team. His thoroughness and dedication resulted in efficient and high-quality updates to the engineering baseline, and his efforts were instrumental in conducting peer reviews in a timely manner to meet critical deadlines. His efforts were very much appreciated!



 

PARKER MONTEITH

Excellence Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — Platform & Automation Testing

Parker did an excellent job on GPS OCX Platform and Automation Testing and Raytheon recognized his efforts bringing test automation to the pipeline; they help save countless hours in test execution, results analysis, root cause identification, and troubleshooting.



ROB FRITZ

Letter of Commendation — NAWCAD/NAVAIR, Range Technologies and Innovation

After the final F-35 Systems Development and Demonstration (SDD) flight, NAVAIR took the opportunity to say thank you for a job well done to the ATR test team, who supported Air Vehicle tests, WepSeps, RCS, and many other mission types, requiring dedication, expertise, and innovation.



 

BRANDON OSTRY, JARED PAXTON, PAUL McCAULEY

Excellence Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — MPS DR Team

Brandon, Jared, and Paul are members of the software DR Team and have done a very good job. "…Superb support in providing technical guidance and reviews of SRP approaches. Very accommodating during Q&A sessions as well as supporting peer reviews and providing feedback on approaches."



 

DAN JENKINSON AND NELSON MACHADO

Excellence Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — Configuration Team

Dan and Nelson have been noted by Raytheon for their excellent performance, highlighting their roles, exceeding expectations, increasing code quality, and their attention to detail.



TRACEY FRITZ
Tracey continues to provide superb support to the telemetry group at the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Test Range in Lexington Park, MD developing software to map/track aircraft and other airborne targets while they fly test and training missions in the ranges on the Chesapeake Bay and offshore. Tracey put AGI's Satellite Toolkit to good use and was picked up for one of AGI's case studies:

NAVAIR and GeoLogics Maximize Effectiveness of Telemetry Receivers with New Software Based on STK Engine from AGI STK Enhances Visualization, Reduces Personnel Requirements



 

BRANDON OSTRY

Excellence Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — MPS Systems Engineering

Raytheon and GeoLogics appreciate Brandon’s excellent work as a valuable member of the MPS team! When the SMCS shifted its focus from development to DR workoff, the team of Software and Systems Engineers needed a plan and leadership to burn off those DRs. Brandon stepped in and after all the hard work for the last few months, the backlog was burned down significantly with no blocking or impacting MPS DRs. This has been a great team effort that really showed how effective it is when engineers work together as one team.

Congratulations, and thank you.



FRED FORGEY

Performance Award — Raytheon — Software Support — Joint Defense Facility, Pine Gap Australia

Fred was recognized for his performance as essential personnel during a critical readiness exercise, was recognized by the Prime's director as a pivotal engineer, and also called out on the period's award fee!



 

JUAN RIVERA

Letter of Recognition — Raytheon GPS OCX — Golden Dry Run 3 (GDR3)

GPS OCX Golden Dry Run 3 (GDR3) was a high-priority, high visibility, and critical test event. Juan'e efforts supporting the Raytheon Team was key to helping pass GDR3 and to get the approval to allow the test to count as a program Run For Record (RFR).



KATE BATASTINI

Exemplary Performance — United Space Alliance — HRIS Project Management

Kate has been recognized for her exemplary performance in the HRIS project managing and supporting the records and final operations of the USA and its employees.

Congratulations, and thank you.



 

PATRICK HOLMES

Performance Award — Raytheon GPS OCX — Systems Engineering

Patrick was recognized by Raytheon for his "Outstanding performance".



 

RICHARD GILBERT AND MIKE LEDBETTER

Boeing has recognized Richard's and Mike's exceptional performance supporting the Space Launch System (SLS) program with Pride at Boeing Awards. Their team successfully completed validation testing of an element of the space vehicle's Command and Telemetry Controller. GeoLogics engineers have won four Boeing Performance Excellence Awards.

Congratulations, Richard and Mike, and thank you.



 

DEBRA JETER, KELLY COLLINS, and HRISTO STOYANOV

A grateful Raytheon awarded three of our employees Shining Through Awards. Debra Jeter is a member of the NextGen Program-in-a-Box (PnB) Gen2 project team. As Deployment Lead, Debra ensured the success of deploying the first automatically built PnB. Integrated Line of Balance (ILOB) team members, Kelly Collins and Hristo Stoyanov, have gone above and beyond to ensure the customer's requirements and business needs were achieved. The good work you produced for the effort helps the foundation of future deployments of NextGen PnB.

Congratulations and thank you all for a great job.



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Boeing awarded GeoLogics a Boeing Performance Excellence Award in 2013 — Silver Supplier for the superior performance of our Huntsville, Alabama,engineering team supporting the SLS program.

This is our fourth award supporting the program.



 

CYNTHIA CHEN, ROSANNA SUMAGAYSAY, JERRY WANG & KEVIN LEE

Once again GeoLogics' team supporting Raytheon on the JPL Data Systems Implementation and Operations (DSIO) contract distinguished themselves with their technical strength and responsiveness to our clients in the Ops and user services elements of the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) effort.

Congratulations and thank you all for a great job.



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Boeing awarded GeoLogics a Boeing Performance Excellence Award in 2012 — Gold Supplier for the superior performance of our Huntsville, Alabama, engineering team supporting the SLS program.

This is our third award supporting the program.



ROB FRITZ

Rob received a Letter of Appreciation and Recognition from NAVAIR's Atlantic Test Range for the distinguished work he did supporting the Frisan Flag 2012 Allied exercise in the Netherlands and NATO's Tiger Meet 2012 exercise in Norway.

Rob was praised for his "knowledge, flexibility, professionalism, teamwork ethic, and can do spirit" that reflected highly on him and his teammates.



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Boeing awarded GeoLogics a Boeing Performance Excellence Award in 2010 — Gold Supplier for the superior performance of Richard "Wade" Brooks, Jimmy Spruill, and Bob Abril supporting the Manned Space Program at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Two years running.



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Britt Barrett, Eric Theis, Behar Mehemedi, Richard "Wade" Brooks, Richard Gilbert, Jimmy Spruill, and Bob Abril won the Boeing 2009 Performance Excellence Award — Gold Level.
The team works with Boeing in Huntsville, AL, on the instrumentation ring of the ARES rocket and just passed the CDR. The award is presented to those who achieved superior performance ratings.



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Celebrating our first twenty—five years in business, 1989 to 2014




TRACY DAYTON-MUSIOL

Tracy received another Bravo Zulu from SPAWAR for her vital contributions supporting SPAWAR's Atlantic's Conference Center in Charleston, SC. Tracy received recognition for her significant contributions to the success of the fall 2008 Phoenix Challenge Workshop, Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Steering Committee (SC), and the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program (JASP) 2009 Subgroup Meeting. Her well deserved recognition came from the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Joint & Coalition Warfighter Support; the Joint Program Executive Officer for Joint Tactical Radio Systems; and the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Manager.




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Northrop-Grumman named GeoLogics a "2008 Gold Supplier" for our support to Northrop Grumman Space Technology's spacecraft programs.

Four years running.




TAWNYA MINCA

Congratulations on achieving the Six-Sigma Black Belt Certification!
Tawnya is one of GeoLogics specialists in the Business Process Reengineering field and applied her expertise and analysis to Conference Center Processes Improvement Projects. Her expertise and comprehension of the Six Sigma methodology is leaving a positive mark in successful, on track, and on-time projects.




TERESA JACQUES

Member of the United States Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team at Scott AFB, continues to excel in her role as Functional Area Communications and Computer System Manager (FACCSM). Received a commendation for her can-do attitude and skills that put J6 (Communications) equipment installation clearly ahead of schedule.




TOM THOMPSON

Tom has received numerous accolades from the Project Manager, customers, and the COR for his roles as Functional Architect and J3 (Operations) representative for the USTRANSCOM Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team at Scott AFB, ensuring that all the operational requirements for the command are represented in the architecture.




ROBERT NORDGREN
Received a commendation from NASA for his outstanding job supporting the Constellation Program, in particular, providing support to the Cx Ground Ops Logistics office. "His experience and tenacity are beyond compare."



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Celebrating our first twenty years in business, 1989 to 2009





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Northrop-Grumman named GeoLogics a "2007 Gold Supplier" for our support to Northrop Grumman Space Technology's spacecraft programs.

Second award.




 

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GeoLogics was named the 2007 "Supplier of the Year" by the New England Minority Supplier Development Council (NEMSDC) at its Annual Awards Dinner held in Boston. GeoLogics was nominated for this prestigious award by Raytheon Company, who is both a longstanding GeoLogics client and Platinum Sponsor of the NEMSDC.



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Northrop-Grumman named GeoLogics a "2006 Gold Supplier" for our support to Northrop Grumman Space Technology's JWST spacecraft programs.



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2007 Hispanic Business 500 Award, ranked 91st. in the nation.



CLAUDE ROUNDTREE

Congratulations on achieving the Six-Sigma Black Belt Certification!
Claude is one of GeoLogics specialists in the Business Process Reengineering field and has been a key contributor to many process improvement programs for the DoD. His expertise and comprehension of the Six Sigma methodology is leaving a positive mark in successful projects.



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2006 Hispanic Business 100 Fastest Growing Companies Award, Ranked 78th. in the nation, annual rate of growth of 30% since 2001.



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2006 Hispanic Business 500 Award, ranked 87th. in the nation.



MELISSA GOSSELIN

Melissa is a Proposal Specialist who has been with GeoLogics since 2003. She has won several Team Achievement Awards from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Portsmouth, RI. Most recently in 2007, Melissa received Team Achievement Awards from both the Future Naval Capabilities and IDS Business Development groups for her efforts. Congratulations Melissa!



ROB FRITZ

Rob received a Navy's F/A-18 Wingman award for the work he has done in support of the EA-18G Growler Program. The award noted in part: The continued success of the Growler program has been in no small part due to Rob's contributions.



TRACY DAYTON-MUSIOL

Tracy received a Bravo Zulu from SPAWAR for her vital contributions to the success of the ThinkTEC Homeland Security Innovation Conference, demonstrating her strong commitment to excellence, professionalism, and dedication.



JERRY CHINGYOW WANG

Jerry's contributions to the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) have been noted by JPL and university researchers nationwide. Jerry was instrumental in implementing new features to make it easier for JPL's PO.DAAC users to download datasets.



 

CYNTHIA CHEN

Won kudos for going above and beyond her call of duty to start up a configuration management task at the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC). JPL and Raytheon noted in the citation for exceptional service that "It takes special effort, innovation, and a healthy dose of tenacity to herd this task along."



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Northrop-Grumman named GeoLogics a "2005 Gold Supplier" for our support to the James Webb Space Telescope program in the areas of:
Thermal Modeling,
Sunshield Systems Engineering,
Optical Telescope Element (OTE) Systems Engineering,
Attitude Control Subsystem (ACS) Systems Engineering, and
Medium Dependent Interface (MDI) Systems Engineering.




KYLE MCKEE

Received ANOTHER Letter of Commendation from the Defense Information Systems Agency, Pacific (DISA-PAC) for his key role in troubleshooting and restoring mail and messaging services after local disruptions to the DMS.



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2005 Hispanic Business 100 Fastest Growing Companies Award, Ranked 64th. in the nation, annual rate of growth of 29% since 2000.



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2005 Hispanic Business 500 Award, Ranked 81 in the nation, up from 100 in 2004



IVAN HOWARD
Awarded a Letter of Commendation by the White House Communications Agency, for the excellent technical support provided during President Bush's visit to Galveston, Texas, in 2005.



BOB CHERRY
Awarded a Letter of Commendation by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Charleston, Code 624 Defense Medical team for his support of Department of Defense Health Affairs. The commendation noted "His can do attitude and professional approach to the task at hand is a credit to our Command."



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Received United Space Alliance's SDB of the Year Award!
Read all about it here.



PETER NGUYEN
Received a Certificate commending "Excellence in System Software and JAEL Support" in recognition of his valuable contribution to the STS Cockpit Avionics Upgrade Level 6 Verification.



KYLE MCKEE

Received a Letter of Commendation from the Defense Information Systems Agency, Pacific (DISA-PAC) Programs Division for his key role in upgrading the security of the Defense Message System.



LISA SALLIS

Received the "Awesome Technical Recruiter Award" for her excellent support to the Raytheon Mid-Atlantic Staffing Group.



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Celebrating our first fifteen years in business!



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GeoLogics Corporation received the Certificate of Recognition for contributions to Virginia’s Pollution Prevention Week activities from the Commonwealth of Virginia.



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GeoLogics is listed in the Cuban Corner's"The Wall". The Cuban Corner in Rockville, Maryland, is more than just a restaurant. It is a shrine to Cuban culture, packed with paintings and mementos of Pre—Castro Cuba, photos of Cuban-American icons, and a wall highlighting the contributions of Cuban-American businessmen and community leaders.

GeoLogics is honored and humbled to be listed in the wall.



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2002 Hispanic Business 500 Award, Ranked 118 in the nation, up from 142 last year.



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2002 Hispanic Business High-Tech 50 Award, Ranked 20th in the nation, up from 26th last year.



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2002 Hispanic Business Fastest Growing 100 Award, Ranked 85th in the nation.



HEIDI POPE

Winner of the 2002 Human Resources Leadership Scholarship Award



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GeoLogics has been sponsored by Raytheon into the DoD Mentor—Protege Program. This is in recognition and as a result of the excellent support GeoLogics has provided Raytheon in their Defense projects nationwide.



TRACEY FRITZ

Letter of Commendation recognizing her outstanding work as lead for the conversion of the user interface software for the Enhanced Mid-Atlantic Tracking System (EMATS).



RICHARD ARMSTRONG

Letter of Commendation recognizing his outstanding support and major contributions to the Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade Program.



KYLE MCKEE

Lockheed-Martin — Manassas
Letter of Appreciation for his support of Lockheed Martin and the Defense Message System Program.



HAL WILKINS AND ROB FRITZ

Naval Research Laboratory
Letter of Appreciation for the critical support provided to NRL during the SHAred Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) program flight demonstrations. This was a major milestone for the program.



TONY KENNY

49th. Communications Squadron, Holloman AFB
Recognized for the outstanding support he provided to the squadron during the installation of the Defense Message System.



CARMELO J. BIANCA JR.

Recognized for his outstanding performance, technical expertise, and noteworthy leadership during an important investigation in in support of Space Shuttle flight STS-104.



LOUANN MIKELL

Recognized by Naval Sea Systems Command for her productive support of Code 32 SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston.



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Hispanic Business
2001 Hispanic Business 500 Award, Ranked 221st. in the Nation



MICHAEL BARTON, LOUIS ABNEY, TERRANCE CATES & JEANNETTE DEAN

Cited for outstanding performance as members of the ISS Part Task Trainer (PTT) Project, who received the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement's Stellar Team Award on March 2, 2001. The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation was established in 1985 by the Space Center Rotary Club to recognize individuals and teams who have made outstanding achievements in space, creating a greater public awareness of the benefits of space. The PTT Project was one of 4 teams awarded out of 17 nominated from industry, NASA and the Department of Defense.
"These winners represent the very best of those people working to assure the future of our nation's space program." Dr. Franklin Chang—Diaz (astronaut)



DEBORAH CONLEY

Achievement Award for Outstanding Performance
For her support of Raytheon's Product Assurance Department ISO 9001 Surveillance Audit in July 2000



RANDY REYNOLDS

Team Achievement Award
For his outstanding job supporting the development of an interim solution to communications problems with the Russian laptops



HENRY DUKE

Team Achievement Award
For his outstanding job resolving numerous SDIL and CRs



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Hispanic Business
2000 Hi-Tech 50 Award, Ranked 34th. in the Nation



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Hispanic Business
2000 Hispanic Business 500 Award, Ranked 221st. in the Nation



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Hispanic Business
2001 Hi-Tech 50 Award, Ranked 26th. in the Nation



COLIN SPICER

Achievement Award for Outstanding Performance
For his outstanding job supporting the RST Integration



DEBBIE SLICER

Letter of Commendation, Code 34
For her outstanding job supporting the Navigation code branches



RICHARD TURNER

U.S. Department of Labor
Letter of Commendation for his superior work at the DOL Mine Safety and Health Administration



SUSANNA WALLACE, DEBORAH DURBIN, AND SHAUNA WILLE

Bravo Zulu Letter from OPS Branch, Code 34
For their outstanding job supporting the ops meetings for the USNS ZEUS at the IUSS Operations Support Center in Norfolk



ROBERT (BRENT) B. LEE

Raytheon Group Achievement Award
For his outstanding performance in the development of the Interim Control Module for the International Space Station



GREG LINDEMAN

Raytheon Group Achievement Award
For his outstanding performance in the development of the Interim Control Module for the International Space Station



DAVE COOPER

NAWC-AD Avionics Software Engineering Division
Certificate of Merit for distinguished service to the Software Engineering Leadership Team



JEFF RAGSDALE

Boeing Command and Data Handling Program Team
Commendation Letter for helping achieve highest NASA rating award



DARRELL CORMIER

Boeing Group Achievement Award
Member of the International Space Station Node Control Software (NCS) Development Team



BRIAN FRITCH

Boeing — McDonnell Douglas Certificate of Achievement
For Outstanding Performance in the International Space Station Development Team



BRIAN FRITCH

NASA/JSC - Communications and Information Management
Letter of Commendation for Outstanding Support During Security Incident Investigation



BRIAN FRITCH

Boeing - McDonnel Douglas Certificate of Achievement
For International Space Station Program Audit



MARK EATON

NASA/JSC Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Honoree
Space Station Training Facility Integrated Product Leader



HENRY DUKE

Raytheon ISS Flight Program
Certificate of Participation



HAL WILKINS

Naval Research Laboratory
Letter of Appreciation for the critical support provided to NRL during the TARPS-CD flight demonstrations



KEN ALONGE & KATHY BRADY

Commonwealth of Virginia
1999 Outstanding Achievement Award for Success in DoD USN SBIR Phase II Effort entitled
"The Use of Virtual LANs for Multiple Level Security"



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Hispanic Business
1999 Hispanic Business 500 Award, Ranked 260th. in the Nation



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Hispanic Business
1999 Hi-Tech 50 Award, Ranked 43rd. in the Nation



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Celebrating our first Ten Years in Business, 1989-1999



CLINT HARREL AND JOHN TAVES

Winners, U.S. Army Battle of the Bands
The Mighty Turtle Heads won the US Army Kaisersalutern area Battle of the Bands contest, and placed 2nd in the USAREUR competition.  The Mighty Turtle Heads band was formed by two US Army troops from Landstuhl, Germany, Alfredo Bernal and Steve Stout, and two GeoLogics satellite communications professionals, Clint Harrell and John Taves.



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Washington Technology Magazine
1998 Fast-50 Award for 39th. Fastest Growing High-Technology Company in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area



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Inc. Magazine
1998 Inc. 500 Award, Ranked 232nd. in the Nation



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Arthur Anderson
1998 Fast Track Award



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1997 Fast-50 Award for 19th. Fastest Growing High-Technology Company in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area by Washington Technology Magazine.



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Northern Virginia Technology Council & DeLoitte and Touche
2nd place 1996 Northern Virginia Fast 50.



MIKE LEDBETTER

NASA Group Achievement Award for "exceptional and dedicated technical excellence in support of the Space Launch System (SLS) Stages PDR". Signed by Charles Bolden, the NASA Administrator.




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Washington Technology Magazine 1996 Fast-50 Award for 2nd. Fastest Growing High-Technology Company in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area.



  
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Washington Technology Magazine 1995 Fast-50 Award for 24th. Fastest Growing High-Technology Company in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area.



 
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