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August 12, 2009
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Who’s #1?
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| The Inc 500 list is released today, and we’re sure locals fill 499 of the slots. (We’ll allow Silicon Valley to have something.) But who's No. 1, at least when it comes to government services? Glad you asked. |
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Answer: Criterion Systems! We caught CEO Promod Sharma smiling in his Vienna office yesterday after receiving news that his four-year-old, 110-employee, $20 million cyber security and data-search company is the gov't services industry leader, ranked No. 10 overall, with an astounding 8,433.7% growth over the past three years. “I give the credit to everyone around me,” Promod says.
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Another reason for success: The Cube! Co-founder and SVP David Coxe tells us the 20×20×20 inch super computer, originally designed for DoD, is expanding to become more of a solutions provider thanks to partnerships with the big integrators and software companies to better harness the machine’s power. “In 12 to 18 months, this type of computing power will be more commonplace and our partners are quickly realizing that if they don’t start taking advantage of this, their competitors will eat their lunch.”
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The management team features 3 ex-government CXOs, 5 former CEOs, and three computer science PhDs. The latest addition: EVP Roger Hockenberry, who joined in April after three and a half years at Gartner. He’ll be handling civilian and intelligence operations. Oh, and if you can’t tell by the posters, he's a big theater fan. Roger also recently hung up his lacrosse stick for a set of golf clubs to make life easier on his knees.
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What’ll Ya’ Have?
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Last night, GSA’s Kendra Turner served as the celebrity bartender at the ASBC’s RedZone Government Mixer at Velocity Five in Falls Church. Along with networking for 50 people, Kendra, whose job is to strengthen relationships with existing and potential GSA vendors, donated her tips to the ASBC’s Lt. Gen. Henry "Hank" Doctor Leadership Award; it's presented annually to the top male and female cadets of the South Carolina State University ROTC (Hank’s alma mater).
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Scientific Entrepreneurs!
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Post-doctoral fellows at NIH and other local labs can receive training on starting their own tech companies, thanks to a National Science Foundation award to UMd-Baltimore County, announced yesterday. Called ACTiVATE at NIH, it addresses the concern over Maryland’s workforce losing many of the highly skilled NIH fellows as they seek employment outside of the state. Rockville Economic Development Executive Director Sally Sternbach says it’s an “opportunity to leverage cutting-edge technologies and keep Maryland at the forefront of the life sciences industry.”
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