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MTSI Named to SmartCEO magazine Future 50 Winner for Seventh Time!26th January 2012; Alexandria, VA
SmartCEO magazine has named MTSI as a winner of the 2012 Washington SmartCEO/Clifton Gunderson Future 50 award, which recognizes the area’s 50 fastest-growing companies based on employee and revenue growth over the past three years. MTSI is unique among the companies honored since this will be the seventh year in a row that MTSI received this award.SmartCEO magazine will profile MTSI, Phil Soucy and all the local award winners in the January 2012 issue of the publication in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington. MTSI will receive this honor at a black-tie awards gala to be held January 26th at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. |
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MTSI-Dayton Gives Back During the Holiday Season23rd January 2012; Dayton, OH
For a fourth consecutive year, the MTSI-Dayton office provided some holiday cheer to needy children in the Dayton community. Working with the Building Bridges Program of Dayton, MTSI employees and family members "adopted" 54 needy children from downtown Dayton and provided them with presents at the Building Bridges Christmas Party. The MTSI-Dayton office collected donations, shopped for each of the adopted children, held a gift wrapping party, and participated in the Building Bridges Christmas Party. The 2011 campaign was a big success thanks to the generosity of Dayton-based employees as well as matching MTSI corporate funds. Building Bridges is an organization that works with at-risk children between 9-18 years of age and their families. They specialize in working with children who have not responded to traditional forms of probation and supervision to retain them as productive members of society. To learn more, visit: www.buildingbridgesonline.net |
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MTSI-Huntsville Employees Run to Support Local Charity6th January 2012; Huntsville, AL
MTSI sponsored a team of runners for the Blount Hospitality House Rudolph Run 5K in Huntsville December 17th. The Blount Hospitality House provides lodging and support for out-of-town relatives of patients in Huntsville area hospitals. MTSI employees participated in six charity based races in 2011. These events provide the opportunity to support Core Value 9., Social Responsibility, by giving back to charities in the local community as well as Core Value 1. Employees First, by encouraging employee health and fitness. |
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MTSI-Dayton and the Hope Foundation12th December 2011; Dayton, OH
The MTSI-Dayton office continues its partnership with the Hope Foundation in 2011. The Hope Foundation collects and distributes food for needy families in the Dayton area. MTSI provides a monthly monetary donation to help purchase food, and MTSI employees provide volunteer hours to bag the food for distribution.MTSI volunteers met after work on 26 October at the food pantry to bag groceries for the foundation’s largest monthly distribution. This event supported the Hope Foundation’s mobile pantry serving over 250 households in downtown Dayton. Volunteer hours and financial contributions allow the Hope Foundation to reach about 750 families in Greene and Montgomery Counties each month. For more information on the Hope Foundation, please visit http://www.hopeofdayton.com/ |
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MTSI-Dayton Renews Commitment to WPAFB Fisher Houses28th November 2011; Dayton, OH
MTSI-Dayton made its third annual charitable contribution to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Fisher Houses, renewing its commitment to the houses’ mission to assist military service men and women and their families. Fisher and Nightingale Houses, a worldwide network of compassionate care facilities, provide support and lodging for patients and their families receiving treatment at military medical centers. In 2010, the Wright-Patterson Fisher Houses served over 600 families, while Fisher Houses across the globe served thousands of families from all branches of the military.Earlier this year, a second Fisher House opened its doors to those receiving treatment at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. The new house replaced an eight bedroom Nightingale House, demolished in February of this year. The design of the new single-story, 10,000 square-foot, 12 bedroom, 13.5 bath facility carefully considered the needs and comfort of its guests – for instance, taking into account an increasing number of guests with wheelchairs and prosthetics, the new house was constructed with wider hallways and more spacious rooms (all bathrooms are wheelchair-accessible). Furthermore, each guest has a private bath, whereas in the Nightingale House, six families had to share two small, second story full baths. With an average stay of 11 days, guests in the new Fisher House can feel at home while their family members receive medical treatment. Last year, following a second annual donation to the local Fisher and Nightingale Houses, MTSI became a Wright-Patterson AFB Fisher House patron member. Charitable contributions support the operating budgets for these important facilities! For more information about the Fisher-Nightingale Houses, please visit http://www.fnhi.org/ Pictured from left to right: Scott Coale, Mike Pineau, Chris Stanley (WPAFB Fisher House Executive Director), and Christine Rini |
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MTSI Named Finalist for 1st Annual Lee Anderson Hiring Our Heroes Awards14th November 2011; Alexandria, VA
MTSI was named a finalist in the 1st Annual Lee Anderson Hiring Our Heroes Awards sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce. MTSI was nominated in the Small Business Veteran and Military Spouse Employment Award category. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a nationwide effort to help veterans and their spouses find meaningful employment by sponsoring hiring fairs and recognizing businesses that have gone above and beyond to honor the sacrifices our military members and their families make in their service to our nation. At MTSI, approximately 50.1% of our employees are retired military personnel, National Guardsman and Reservists, veterans, or current or former, military spouses. MTSI supports organizations that help veterans including Wounded Warrior, Azaleas Charities and the Army Scholarship fund. MTSI is proud of to support our veterans with opportunities for employment and through support for organizations that help veterans. |
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CHIRP is ready to perform!9th November 2011; Colorado Springs, COLaunched onboard a commercial satellite in September 2011, the U.S. Air Force announced on 3 Nov that the advanced infrared missile detection sensor known as CHIRP (Commercially-Hosted IR Payload) is functioning as designed. Following calibration, the sensor will begin a series of on-orbit experiments to demonstrate the utility of wide field-of-view infrared staring sensor technologies. After two years of pre-mission planning, MTSI is now shifting gears to support the on-orbit test phase of the Defense Department’s first commercially-hosted military payload. Colorado Springs-based Project Manager, Dave “Mick” Micheletti is directly involved in the mission operations and planning activities with prime contractor, SPARTA. Through our collaborative efforts with co-workers located in Arizona, Colorado and Nevada, we are engaged with a multitude of government organizations to enable collection of priority data and sharing of lessons learned. Over the next 9 to 10 months, MTSI’s efforts are aimed at facilitating planned experiments. Further information can be found at http://www.airforce-magazine.com/DRArchive/Pages/default.aspx |
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2011 RADM Robert H. Gormley Combat Survivability Award for Leadership7th November 2011; Las Vegas, NV
John Blanken, Group Lead of the Flight Test Group, has been selected to receive the 2011 RADM Robert H. Gormley Combat Survivability Award for Leadership for his superior achievement in the combat survivability field and particularly for demonstrating outstanding leadership in furthering combat survivability. John received this award during the NDIA Aircraft Combat Survivability Division I annual symposium, held at the Naval Base at Pt. Loma in San Diego, California. Congratulations John!
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MTSI Winner of 2011 National Capital Business Ethics Award14th October 2011; Alexandria, VA
MTSI was named the 2011 winner of the National Capital Business Ethics Award in the large business category presented by the National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals in partnership with George Mason University, at the 11th Annual Gala Award Dinner on October 13, 2011. The award recognizes businesses that "exemplify a strong commitment to business excellence and to the highest standards of civic and social responsibility, integrity and ethical conduct.”The National Capital Area Business Award is presented to companies that demonstrate that ethics are a living part of the company’s philosophy, culture and everyday business operations. George Mason University students from the New Century College review submission packages and interview senior company managers competing for the award. Independent judges, evaluate the Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, how business ethics was communicated throughout the company, how ethical challenges were handled and interviewed current and former employees, customers and vendors. When presenting the award Judge Michelle Westermann-Behylo said “MTSI is exceptional in their level of commitment to their core values and in their considerable efforts to communicate and reinforce the core values throughout the organization.” |
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MTSI's Phil Soucy is Part of 3% Withholding Tax Repeal Press Conference20th September 2011; Alexandria, VA
Phil Soucy, MTSI CEO participates in congressional press conference seeking repeal of onerous law aimed at government contractors. If not repealed, all government contractors (federal, state and local) will have 3% of all payments withheld until they can prove that all taxes have been paid. Phil says, "that for an ongoing growing company like MTSI doing approximately $90M in sales this essentially amounts to a 3 million dollar permanent loan to the US government. We fully pay our taxes on time and there are plenty of other means to insure that taxes are paid by those that don't. This will hurt the creation of jobs and ultimately increase the cost that government agencies pay for the goods and services they buy."
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MTSI Named Semi Finalist for 2011 National Capital Business Ethics Awards16th September 2011; Alexandria, VA MTSI was named a semi finalist for the 2011 National Capital Business Ethics Awards presented by the National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professions, in partnership with George Mason University. The award is given to Washington area businesses that demonstrate the highest level of ethical business practices. MTSI is competing in the Large Business (250+ employees) category. To be considered for the award, companies must illustrate a commitment to business ethics through communications from the CEO and senior management, provide high quality services and business practices, articulate the means by which ethical questions and conflicts are brought to management and the process on resolving issues and a fair and consistent manner, demonstrate a corporate commitment to maintaining a safe and harassment and discrimination free environment and exhibit a corporate commitment to community involvement in corporate philanthropy and support of civic or charitable endeavors. The awards will be announced at the Eleventh Annual Gala Awards Dinner on October 13, 2011 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner. |
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MTSI on Inc Magazine’s 2011 Top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List for 5th Time23rd August 2011; Alexandria, VA MTSI was named on INC magazines 2011 Top 5000 Fastest Growing private companies in America. MTSI achieved the position of 2172 on the list of 5000 with a 115% three year revenue growth rate and ranked #193 in the Government Services industry category. This is the fifth year MTSI has made the INC 5000 list. The rank is determined by the increase of revenue from 2007 to 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Company’s must U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2010. The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. A letter from the Inc. Editor in Chief congratulated the MTSI team and recognized “the creativity, dedication, and hard work that has gone into building Modern Technology Solutions Inc., into what it is today. |
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Over the Edge for Special Olympics Ohio15th August 2011; Dayton, OH
From the roof of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Patrick King, MTSI-Dayton’s IT Specialist, went Over the Edge for Special Olympics Ohio! Patrick was one of 115 participants to dedicate his time and effort to raising funds and increasing awareness for Special Olympics. Those who stepped up to the challenge were asked to raise $1,000 each, and attend training before going Over the Edge.Through Patrick’s hard work and the generous donations of his family, friends, and many MTSI co-workers, he raised $1,050 for Special Olympics Ohio and afforded the right to rappel from the roof of the Hyatt Hotel, 23 stories above downtown Cincinnati. This was the first year for the extreme fundraiser, and together, participants raised over $80,000 for Special Olympics. Special Olympics strives to provide continuing opportunities for children and adults with intellectual disabilities to train and compete in sports. These opportunities contribute to the physical, social, and psychological development of each athlete, which in turn builds confidence and a positive self-image. With 200 local member organizations and 23,000 athletes in training and competition, Special Olympics relies on the generosity of volunteers like Patrick. Thanks to Patrick for donating his time and effort to the success of this event! |
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MTSI Supports the Air Force Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC)1st August 2011; Alexandria, VA
In the fall 2010, MSTI won the Air Force 705th Combat Training Squadron (705 CTS) Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC) Technical Support Contract (TSC) at Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico. The contract began in November 2010 and runs through September 2012 with three one-year options. This contract is aligned under the MTSI Flight Test Group.The 705 CTS reports to the newly activated 505th Test and Evaluation Group (505 TEG) at Nellis AFB, Nevada that falls under the 505th Command and Control Wing (505 CCW) headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida and the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC) at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The squadron began in the early 1980s as an Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) to address air defense issues in Central Europe. The 1990s focused on Joint Theater Missile Defense leading up to today’s establishment of full spectrum Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) capability. It was renamed the 705th Combat Training Squadron in 2006. The mission of the 705 CTS is to develop, integrate and deliver a virtual Air, Space and Cyber warfare environment for Air Force, Joint and Coalition combat training, test, and experimentation. The 705 CTS performs its mission by executing Numbered Air Force-scale events focused on exercising the Theater Air Control System (TACS) while integrating theater operation plans – supporting multiple applications, such as Air Expeditionary Forces (AEF) spin-up, preparation for major combat operations; data interchange; test and evaluation, tactics, techniques and procedures(TTP) validation; Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) range integration; experimentation; and decision support analysis. The 705 CTS/DMOC plays host to several training, research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) events each year. The most notable event is VIRTUAL FLAG – a large scale exercise conducted 4 times per year that involves 10-20 distributed sites and 150-400 participants for each exercise. All VIRTUAL FLAG exercises involve Joint systems and warfighters and one exercise each year integrates Coalition systems and warfighters. The squadron anticipates an increasing role in RDT&E activities as a result of the squadron being aligned under the 505 TEG. 705 CTS consists of 215 Air Force military, government civilian and contractor personnel with diverse backgrounds ranging from air battle managers, pilots, weapons system operators, intelligence, program managers and engineers. The team possesses a wide range of operational, tactical, technical knowledge and experience in systems engineering, computer science, software and hardware development, data analysis, requirements, operations, acquisition and maintenance. The squadron has received numerous awards over the past ten years, most recently winning Air Force Best Modeling and Simulation Training Program award for 2010. The 505th CCW’s mission is to "Improve Warfighter Capability through C2 Testing, Tactics Development and Training." The wing annually trains more than 85,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and coalition forces. The wing Airmen, through a multi-disciplinary approach, provide training and development of tactics, techniques and procedures for CNAF headquarters; testing and training of key C2 and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; and comprehensive, realistic, cutting-edge operational and tactical-level live, virtual and constructive exercises for joint and coalition forces. |
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MTSI’s Huntsville Office Supports NASA MSFC6th July 2011; Huntsville, AL
MTSI, a three time winner of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce’s Best Place to Work Award, is forming the winning team to support Marshall Space Flight Center HOSC. We are seeking qualified candidates. Please explore our Employment Section to join the MTSI Team and support NASA HOSC or learn about other great employment opportunities. (click image for full view) |
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MTSI’s Dayton Office Supports Special Olympics29th June 2011; Dayton, OH
For the fourth straight year, MTSI’s Dayton Office supported the Clark County Ohio Special Olympics Golf Tournament. The tournament was held May 21, 2011 at the Locust Hills Golf Course. (http://www.locusthillsgc.com/)MTSI put together three teams of MTSI employees with their family members and friends. MTSI Dayton also sponsored a hole for the event, raising over $1000 for Special Olympics. The funding helps defray costs for equipment and facilities and also helps Special Olympians from Clark County Ohio with expenses associated with travel and participation in regional, state, and national level Special Olympic events. MTSI participants included Jim McKinney, Ben Downing, Joe Beeker, Patrick King, Alex Rowe, Austin Smith, and Dave Wirth. Family members and friends included Special Olympian Ben McKinney as well as Karena Downing, Henk Ruck, and Jeremy Oliver. The team of Ben Downing, Karena Downing and Austin Smith placed third in the Tournament with a score of 65. |
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MTSI in the News17th June 2011; Dayton, OHMTSI was recently featured in a news clip on WDTN, Channel 2 in Dayton, OH. Video posted with permission of WDTN, Channel 2 From the WDTN News Article: "BEAVERCREEK, OHIO (WDTN) - Modern Technology Solution, Inc. will be one of the employers at a job fair on June 22. "We are looking to fill about six positions," Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. Senior Engineer John Teter said. Teter told 2 News most of the positions require an engineering degree. The job fair will be at the Hope Hotel near Wright Patterson Air Force Base from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m." |
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MTSI - Dayton and the Hope Foundation31st May 2011; Dayton, OH
In line with the MTSI Core Value of Social Responsibility, the MTSI-Dayton office has continued its partnership with the Hope Foundation. The Hope Foundation collects and distributes food for needy families in the Dayton area. MTSI provides a monthly monetary donation to help purchase food and also provides labor to bag the food for distribution. MTSI volunteers met after work on 27 April at the food pantry to bag groceries for the foundation’s largest monthly distribution. This event supported the Hope Foundation’s mobile pantry serving 264 households in downtown Dayton. Each family receives two bags of food and five pounds of meat. Volunteer hours and financial contributions allow the Hope Foundation to reach roughly 750 households in Greene and Montgomery County each month. Since October, the Dayton office has sorted and repacked thousands of pounds of food, as well as helped feed over 1200 households with the office’s monthly donation. For more information on the Hope Foundation, please visit http://www.hopeofdayton.com/ |
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MTSI - Take Your Child to Work Day10th May 2011; Alexandria, VA
On Thursday, April 28th MTSI Virginia joined the national “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” by hosting several children of MTSI employees. We had a total of 16 children between the ages of 6 and 16 participate in the day’s events which included mock interviews, paper plane designing, an office tour, a scavenger hunt, a tour of the secure area, and a graphics presentation. The kids enjoyed learning about MTSI and the activities we planned throughout the day. One of the kids even asked “Can we do this every day?” |
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MTSI's Paul Jacobs is a Guest Speaker at the National Museum of the US Air Force6th May 2011; Alexandria, VA
MTSI employee Paul Jacobs has been invited as a guest speaker by the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The museum's speaker series features active duty or retired military members, specialists in research, development and technology, and historians and authors. His lecture is titled, “The Battle of Britain: Three Perspectives”. His presentation is based on research he conducted to support his book on the Battle of Britain, which took place during the summer of 1940. The presentation will examine the Battle from three perspectives -- historical, aviation technology development and air tactics evolution -- and show their interrelationship. It is the linking of these different perspectives that makes the topic so compelling.All lectures are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Sign interpretation for the hearing impaired is provided during the lecture series. For more information, please call (937) 255-1743. Audio from past lectures is included in the Museum Lecture Series Podcast. Videos of past lectures are available on loan through the museum's Education Division. Please call (937) 255-4666, or view the online catalog. Paul Jacobs’ Bio can be located at the National Museum of the US Air Force website: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=18071 Special speakers offer stimulating presentations at the National Museum of the United States Air Force throughout the year. For information on additional, upcoming lectures, please visit http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news&events/lectures/ |
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MTSI Huntsville Office is a Best Place to Work for the 3rd Year22nd April 2011; Huntsville, AL
The MTSI Huntsville office was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison in 2011 for the third year in a row! This is an annual award presented by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County and the Northern Alabama Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The Huntsville office has previously won in the Small Business category (less than 75 employees in Huntsville) and the Medium Business category (75 to 249 employees in Huntsville). Once again this year, the Huntsville office has received an award in the Medium Business category. Five companies are selected each year for the categories of Small, Medium, and Large (over 250 employees in Huntsville). Congratulations to MTSI Huntsville! |
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