Reflecting on 2022
As I reflect on the past 12 months, I am filled with immense gratitude for each member of STI-TEC and SENTIR Research Labs who support our customers, new ventures and partnerships. Our staff continues to demonstrate the innovative spirit and drive that allows us to make a very successful impact with our customers and within our communities.
Here are a few of the highlights:
STI-TEC: Success Story
Winning J8 JROC JCIDS Analysis Support – The J8 contract is one effort the BD Team spent over two years working with the customer to ensure we were the contractor of choice when they ultimately released the RFP. During our capture efforts, J8 Contracting was forced to use a one-year Direct Award because of timing and funding issues with the acquisition. But we continued to maintain a relationship with the customer, enhancing our exceptional working relationship supporting them on other contracts. As a result, when they released the five-year follow-on contract, STI-TEC was in the best position to bid, win, and transition onto the contract. Through close coordination between BD, Project Ops and Corporate Ops counterparts, we developed a strategy to take over a floundering contract with many vacancies, get it completely staffed with a hybrid PM approach, and receive continuous positive feedback on our ability to “get this contract back on track” so quickly upon award. This is a testament to the collaboration of all three STI-TEC departments from bid, to win and transition.
STI-TEC Business Development:
• Secured over $137M in contract awards
• Successfully retained 100% of our key, strategic recompetes
• Submitted 64 proposals with a 30%-win rate
• Implemented a market research/opportunity analysis tool
• Implemented a SME/Consultant System
• Implemented a targeted collaboration between BD, Project Ops and Corp Ops
STI-TEC Project Operations:
• Successfully operates 56 contracts – some being extremely complicated
• Achieved an average Past Performance Rating of 3.6 on all contracts with 6 being a 4.0-4.8
STI-TEC Corporate Operations:
• Supported an average of 425 employees during 2022
• Secured a .5% decrease in health care benefits cost without reducing coverages
• Implemented an Employee Portal
• Finalized a recommendation to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution in the near future
SENTIR Research Labs: Success Story
Awarded Air Crew Accommodation Lab IDIQ Contract ($14M) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management
Center (AFLCMC) Human Systems Division (AFLCMC/WNU) awarded STI-TEC an IDIQ contract, with a ceiling of $14 million over five years. STI-TEC’s Airmen Accommodation Laboratory (AAL) will measure and represent USAF airmen body size data as it relates to fit, function and safety to improve protection for our Warfighter. STI-TEC will provide support
for equipment and aircraft acquisition programs, collecting traditional anthropometric measurements, demographic information and three-dimensional (3D) data for body shape information on current USAF personnel. • Submitted multiple SBIRs
• Finalized the coordination of a potential Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Human Systems (WNU) and SENTIR Research Labs
• SAFE Papers / Presentations
o C-17 Replacement HUD: Accommodation Comparison to Legacy AFLCMC… Providing the Warfighter’s Edge
o Anthropometric Evaluation an Oxygen Mask system: Methodology
o Evaluation of Body Size Requirements for Positions of Career Enlisted Aviators
• Implemented initial Digital Engineering Training and Lines of Effort for SENTIR Research Labs
• Provided support to numerous high-level customers at our campus Collaboration Building 3
Community Outreach – Giving Back:
• Adopted families during Christmas 2022
o Tulsa (single mom and 4 kids): $2.8K in purchased gifts
o Dayton/Fairborn (3 families including 17 people – adults and children): 83 donated gifts
o TWO Soldiers’ Angels families (both Army veterans & both have 6 children): Over $13K through payroll deductions and Venmo donations to purchase gifts
• Continued sponsorship of a men’s and a women’s cycling team based in Tulsa OK called SENTIR Racing Team. The teams raised $10K for Special Olympics of Oklahoma
Mentor/Protégé Collaborations:
• Established three (3) Joint Ventures to mentor small businesses via the SBA’s All Small Mentor Protege Program (ASMPP)
• Currently incubating multiple entities as start-up companies that drive technology transfer to both government and commercial customers
This list continues to amaze me as it illustrates all the hard work, creativity, innovation and our willingness to “dream no little dreams”. I am energized and excited for what’s ahead in 2023!
As part of our renewed efforts to better communicate and highlight the people, projects, partners and processes within Solutions Through Innovative Technologies, Inc., we will expand on stories behind the individual successes through our Employee Portal and social media platforms – so stay tuned!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and CHEERS to an even bigger 2023!
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Charles A Colon III, CEO