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Ed Greer Receives ITEA’s Prestigious “Allen R. Matthews Award”

The International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) “It should come as no surprise that Ed is honored with such
honored Ed Greer, MIL’s Defense Business Unit COO, with the a prestigious award,” stated MIL President and CEO Maurice
“Allen R. Matthews Award” on December 12th during the 35th I. Long, Jr. “His long-standing professional career has always
ITEA Symposium at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel & supported DT&E and DoD efforts, notably shaping DT&E policy
Resort in Oxnard, CA. Ed and several other highly distinguished and guiding the acquisition of major DoD weapon systems. His
award recipients were recognized at the 2018 Awards Luncheon commitment to this industry makes him an excellent choice for
ceremony which was held in their honor. According to ITEA, this award.”
the Allen R. Matthews Award, established in 1990 to as a tribute Ed previously served as President of the Southern Maryland
to ITEA’s founder, has been presented annually to recognize Chapter of ITEA and is now an active member of the ITEA
individuals who have made a “lasting, significant contribution to National Board of Directors. Ed’s 34-year government career,
the field of T&E, such as the cumulative effect of a distinguished which culminated with his service as DoD’s Deputy Assistant
career. It is the highest award bestowed by ITEA.” Secretary for DT&E, made him an exceptional nominee and
ITEA’s official award announcement of the Allen R. Matthews worthy recipient of the Allen R. Matthews Award.
Award is presented below and can also be found on ITEA’s 2018 Join us in congratulating Ed on this extremely illustrious honor!
award announcement page.

ALLEN R. MATTHEWS AWARD

Edward Greer – For the Allen R. Matthews Award,
ITEA is pleased to present this honor to Mr. Edward
Greer in recognition of his exceptional, long-time
dedication to the test and evaluation community. Mr. Greer,
a native of Hollywood, Maryland, began his career as an
electronics engineer at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent
River, Maryland. His illustrious government service spanned
various positions of increasing authority and influence,
culminating in the politically appointed, dual-hatted position
of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental
Test and Evaluation and Director, Test Resource Management
Center. For over 40+ years he has been a staunch advocate
for the development of test processes and instrumentation
modernization to ensure the viability of the nation’s Major
Range and Test Facility Base. All his efforts have been in pursuit
of excellence in support of Department of Defense and industry
acquisition efforts. Mr. Greer was the recipient of the 2017 ITEA
President’s Award in recognition of his tireless devotion to test
and evaluation, and he continues to serve ITEA as the current
and past president of the ITEA Southern Maryland chapter.
ITEA is pleased to announce Mr. Greer as the well-deserved
2018 recipient of the prestigious Allen R. Matthews Award.

6 for 6!

Our Department of State team in Charleston, SC is batting a the team. “We are extremely pleased with the caliber of candidates
thousand these days! With six openings to fill in very short order we hired – excellent match for our MIL core values/expectations.”
to staff a new contract mod, the combined efforts of both project She also praised the exemplary contributions of several team
and corporate team members resulted in the successful and hugely members in particular: “Outstanding effort between Kenya
expedited hiring of six new MIL staff members. VP Peg Kendra Pettis and Katie McCurry in addition to others who assisted
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“I think we may have a recruiting record in identifying dozens of communications, background checks, initiation of clearances,
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and making the six candidate selections – all in less than 10 Tesfaye Swanson! Our client is THRILLED!”
days!!!”
Kudos to all members of this highly motivated team that made
Peg went on to note that the new hires weren’t just acceptably this latest Department of State staffing surge a smashing success!
qualified, but top-notch candidates who will be great fits for

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