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January 15, 2010 - 15 Minutes of Magical Moment
Friday morning, we received the following email. On meeting at the appointed time, we were treated to a chance to witness Gurpreet Brar as he wrapped a turban and explained to us what it means to the Sikh religion. It was a fascinating and fun break for a Friday afternoon, so thanks a bunch, Gupie!
Subject: 15 Minutes of Magical Moment
It’s Friday, a beautiful day and a long weekend ahead. Last night I heard in the news that we will have the opportunity to witness solar eclipse in 2010 for an extended period of time such that we will not experience again for another 1000 years.
While my shaving is not as dramatic as the solar eclipse, I shall be shaving this weekend, and I know some of you have gotten accustomed to my warm looks J. Before I shave, I want to share with you a magical moment that may shock you or leave you enlightened, so do not miss the short event being hosted today…
What: Oh no, is that you Gurpreet?
Where: Conference Room
When: 2-2:15pm, Friday 01/15/2010
Pre-requisites: Come with an open mind and warm heart
Deliverable: You will leave more shocked or enlightened than when you entered
Hope to see you later today.
Regards,
Papa Bear (Gurpreet)
    
January 12, 2010 - Leader in the Office Shows Why He is Also the Leader of the Pack
"I feel the need for speed"
…but if you ask me, what some of these guys needed was a lesson in drifting
Inverness Technologies' Rosslyn office held an outing and went to Dulles to visit the All Sports Grand Prix indoor go-kart facility. What should have been great racing quickly became rush hour on the inner loop of the Beltway… accidents everywhere.
It became obvious during the qualifying time trials who were the players and the pretenders. Out of the gate, Jon and Pete Peters were definitely the players as they took off, looking like the Andretti twins as they zipped in and out of the turns. Travis "Black-Flag" Elton, on the other hand, was quickly penalized for hitting too many inanimate objects and barriers.
Once the qualifying was complete, the real race began. Jon and Pete were at the front of the grid (1 and 2 respectively), but as soon as the flag dropped, Pete's speedy reaction quickly gave him the lead, which he never surrendered. In the end, Pete took the checkered flag followed closely by Jon with Darius Carreon trailing a little behind. Travis made a great comeback finishing 4th after his qualifying debacle. Cyrus Leghvan, Walter Watanabe, and Mathurin Jaze rounded out the field.
All in all, everyone had a really great time and enjoyed the morale and team building. And as we all know, Pete leads by example both on and off the track, so thanks to Pete for bringing us there and spending time with us.
December 17, 2009 - Jaclyn Winkelman Obtains Her CompTIA Security+ Certification
Please join us in extending our Jaclyn our warmest congratulations on achieving her CompTIA Security+ Certification! Way to go, Jac!
August 10, 2009 - Colonel Fred V. Cherry - Pictures from the Keynote
These pictures are from Col. Cherry's appearance as Guest Keynote Speaker for the Department of Veterans Affairs 2009 Black History Month Celebration, "The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas" - Celebrating Our Nations' Veterans in February of this year
July 6, 2009 - Yolanda Rayford quoted by Washington Post
The Inverness Team want to send our congratulations to Yolanda Rayford, who was quoted in a recent Washington Post Article about how volunteering can lead to jobs and her experiences teaching career transition workshops for Inverness Technologies. Great job! Click a link to read the article online or in PDF format.
May 20, 2009 - Some Exciting Inverness Events this Past Weekend
The Inverness Team had some very special events occur this weekend and we want to send our congratulations to the following people:
Ronica Marable: Ronica recently joined our team over here in the McLean, VA office as a Rehabilitation Counselor Coordinator on our VA contract. She just completed her Master’s degree program in Rehabilitation Counseling at George Washington University and graduated this weekend. Congratulations Ronica on this outstanding accomplishment!
Crystal Tan: Crystal is the newest member of our accounting team! You all know Crystal because she processes our paychecks! (Thanks Crystal!) Crystal was married over the weekend in NY and will actually have two marriage ceremonies; one in NY and one in VA! Our congratulations to Crystal and her husband on this momentous occasion! We wish you a lifetime of happiness!
Andrea Bickert: Andrea is one of our MOS Help Desk Specialists and also helps answer the main phone line at Inverness HDQ office so you have probably talked to her at one time or another. Congratulations to Andrea who was engaged over the weekend! We wish you and your fiancè the very best!
Congratulations to all of you!
Diane Miller
Executive Vice President
May 4, 2009 - Announcement from Human Resources
Inverness Team,
I hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for the warmer weather! I have several exciting updates to share with everyone, including new employee announcements, and general announcements. If you have any questions about any of these, please feel free to email Human Resources at hr@invernesstechnologies.com.
Welcome New EmployeesWe are continually growing! As you may know, we have recently taken on some new and interesting projects with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense. As a result of our new projects, we have hired a number of outstanding new employees who will be a great asset to our team! Please join me in welcoming them to our team.
I’d like to introduce and welcome the following employees:
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Interesting Tid Bit... |
Justin Sowa
Sr. Web Analyst
Started December 22nd |
Justin is getting married August 8th! He and his fiancé are planning a honeymoon to Northern Europe. |
Andrea Bickert
Help Desk Technician
Started February 4th |
Andrea can clap with one hand. |
Dana Murguia
Assistant Project Manager – European Region
Started February 5th |
Dana has a communal garden plot in Germany where she grows rare vegetables. |
Neil Franklin
Help Desk, Tier II Analyst
Started February 24th |
Neil will be skydiving for the first time in August! |
Walter Watanabe
Sr. Web Developer
Started February 25th |
Walter enjoys traveling but does not like flying. |
Darius Carreon
Systems Engineer
Started February 26th |
Darius loves planes and he has a bad (and expensive) habit of collecting them. He collects die-cast, balsa wood, models, etc. His favorite is the F-14 Tomcat (go Navy!) |
Juan Lopez
Security Engineer
Started February 26th |
Juan loves fishing, the river, and being awesome! |
Crystal Tan
Sr. Accountant
Started March 1st |
Crystal is starting the countdown to her wedding celebrations! She will be in New York on May 16th and in Virginia on May 22nd! |
Mike Green
Customer Support Analyst
Started March 9th |
Mike and his family teach English as a Second Language. He has done this for 4 years and has taught folks from Korea, China, Nepal and El Salvador. |
Jennifer Farrell
Assistant Project Manager – Pacific Region
Started March 12th |
Jen was once a "cover girl" when she and her husband were featured on the cover of a Central Iowa Wedding magazine. |
Jason Jones
Sr. Program Analyst
Started March 16th |
Jason lives in Richmond, VA and commutes 216 miles every day! |
Paul Yu
Project Manager
Started March 24th |
Paul coaches a U-16 girls volleyball team, three nights a week. |
Michael Cho
Sr. Program Analyst
Started March 30th |
Mike is a former Captain for the US Army (active duty). |
Scott Newins
Network Engineer
Started April 6th |
Scott loves to sail. |
Mathurin Jaze
Jr. Security Engineer
Started April 16th |
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David Wadden
Web Developer
Started April 20th |
David can solve a Rubix cube in less than 60 seconds. |
Ronica Marable
Rehabilitation Project Coordinator
Started April 27th |
Ronica loves shoes! She has a collection of over 100 pairs and even has a “shoe planner” with a random quote about shoes every week. |
Farewell Monica and Welcome SarahOver the next week, Monica Gupta will be transitioning out of her position as Sr. Contracts and Personnel Administrator and will be moving to a Client Site Project with a partner company. As some of you know, Monica has worked with Inverness and the G&A team for over 3 years and she contributed tremendously to our Contracts and Human Resources team. She will be greatly missed. Please join me in congratulating Monica!
In her place, Sarah Schauerte will be joining our team on May 5th. We are excited to get Sarah acclimated to the team and her new responsibilities as Contracts and Personnel Administrator. Sarah graduated from law school last year and is a member of the Illinois Bar. Sarah comes to us from Xicon where she was an Acquisition Analyst. Please join me in welcoming Sarah!
New Space!!!We officially moved out of our Falls Church, Sky 6 office to enjoy additional (and much needed) space in Arlington. Our new office location on Wilson Boulevard is starting to look well lived in! A lot of hard work from a number of individuals was involved in this effort to make it a successful move. Thanks to the team involved for coordinating the logistics. Inverness now has office space in Arlington, McLean and Falls Church. It's clear that we're growing!
Featured Inverness Project in Quarterly UpdateInverness employees are involved in many areas of work and provide a wide range of support to the government. Our hard work and dedication should not go unnoticed and that's why we decided to include a project overview section in the Quarterly Update. The project overview section will highlight one particular project, providing everyone a glimpse into all the great work we do here at Inverness. This quarter's featured project is the "Career Coordinator Task" with the Department of Defense.
Make sure you check it out when the next Quarterly Update is sent.
Project SummaryThe Office of the Deputy under Secretary of Defense Military Community and Family Policy (ODUSD MC&FP) is directly responsible for the development of policies and programs that ensure the best quality of life for military members and their families. This responsibility includes the management and oversight for planning, programming, acquisition, and implementation cycles of various quality of life programs. These programs are instrumental in helping individuals cope with the stressors of the military lifestyle and play a key role in the retention of military members.
Inverness Technologies was selected to provide the services of two Senior Level Analysts (Career Coordinators) to support two pilot projects: the Career Advancement Account (CAA) and Child and Youth Program (CYP) Recruitment Programs. The goal of these programs are to help the Government staff promote the employment and training needs of spouses of military service members who are designated for reassignment or deployment industry and to help them obtain additional education and skills in high growth, high demand industry sectors to develop portable careers in such areas as health care, education, financial services, information technology, construction trades, medical transcription, etc. In support of the Child & Youth Recruitment Program (CYP), Inverness is helping ODUSD MC&FP to recruit and staff vacancies and provide staff in-training for three new Child Development centers opening in FY'09, with an emphasis on placing military spouses.
Inverness supports all military family services to include the Guard and Reserve Family Programs. In addition, services cover developing/designing, researching "Best Practices", implementing, evaluating, and providing feedback or lessons learned on policies and strategies supporting ODUSD MCFP.
Friendly ReminderPlease continue to use the distribution email list for ALL Accounting, Human Resources or Contract related emails. The email addresses are as follows:
Have a great week!
Jessica Civali
Corporate Secretary
Inverness Technologies, Inc.
 March 27, 2009 - Announcement
Inverness Technologies is pleased to announce that the (ISC)2® Board of Directors has awarded Gurpreet Brar the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation. Per (ISC)2®,
The CISSP was the first credential in the field of information security, accredited by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) to ISO (International Standards Organization) Standard 17024:2003. CISSP certification is not only an objective measure of excellence, but a globally recognized standard of achievement.  The CISSP certification establishes a common framework of information security terms and principles, allowing information security professionals worldwide to discuss, debate and resolve matters pertaining to the profession with a common understanding. Gurpreet Brar meets Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level III and Information Assurance Manager (IAM) Level III compliance requirements of the DoD 8570. DoD 8570 requires 100% of the IA professionals in DoD and DoD contractors be categorized as Technical or Management Level I, II or III, and have one or more relevant security certifications, such as  CISSP. Gurpreet Brar currently holds a Master of Science in Information Systems Security from the London School of Economics and Political Science as well as CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Network+ certifications.
CISSP is a registered mark of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium in the United States
and other countries. CISSP.HU is a non-profit organization for providing access to Information Security material, forum to discuss Information
Security topics and other community services. CISSP.HU is not affiliated, sponsored, endorsed by (ISC)2®, and is not an authority by any terms.
 February 12, 2009 - Announcement
Colonel Fred V. Cherry is Guest Keynote Speaker for the Department of Veterans Affairs 2009 Black History Month Celebration, "The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas" - Celebrating Our Nations' Veterans
Awarded the Air Force Cross for his actions while a prisoner of war from October 1965 to March 1973, Colonel Cherry was awarded the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, and the Purple Heart upon his release from Hanoi. Click here to view a program of the event.
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