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MIL received a letter recognizing Todd Farr for his outstanding MIL has received several kudos mentioning Brandy Wooten
performance for the Triton ITT. The government Team Lead and the support she is providing. Most recently, we received the
stated, “Todd has gone above and beyond for the program in following from the MIL prime contractor:
numerous ways in 2020…the program would not be where we are “Just a brief note of thanks and appreciation for your leadership
today without the performance of Todd Farr. He’s gone above and and support of our CTA task order, staff, and clients. You have
beyond his assigned duties…” Great job, Todd! done an extraordinary job of managing THE most dynamic
task order in our AD comptroller portfolio. Your knowledge of
the travel operations and processes, as well as your experience
with our clients has been a steadying influence throughout the
We would like to recognize Mike Nicholson for several kudos transition. Keep up the great work!”
received from all levels of management throughout the year. Mike
was recognized for his outstanding performance for the MQ-
25 System Test Integration Lab. Mike has been instrumental on
several high-level test events some of which would not have been
successful without his contribution. One of many kudos received
from the government Lab Manager reads:
“Need to express my appreciation for Mike Nicholson during
the recent End-to-End test with NIWC PAC. He performed
phenomenal work during this event and represented the STIL
well.” Mike continues to be the rock star and go to guy at the
MQ-25 STIL and is now leading the STIL network team. Great job
Mike!

John Roland, MIL VP, receives accolades for exemplary service at the AIT

The American Institute of Taiwan (AIT) is the de facto Embassy of the United States of America in
Taiwan and is dependent on a complex billing process for $60 million dollars annually, involving 16
U.S. Government departments and agencies. When the Washington branch of the AIT lost critical
accounting capabilities due to vacancies within weeks of one another, MIL FAS VP John Roland
quickly stepped up to support. He mastered their unique hybrid accounting procedures, performing
the duties usually assigned to two people!
AIT’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ambassador (ret) James F. Moriarty expressed his
gratitude for John’s dedication and many contributions from November 2018 to September 2020
stating, “His remarkable range of gifts and tireless professional effort underlines MIL’s own sacrifice
in allowing us to retain the services of one of your Vice-Presidents for nearly two years. His range of
accomplishments while with us was extraordinary.”
It is an understatement to say that John played a key role in MIL’s work at the AIT. In addition to preparing AIT for a successful audit,
he made several noteworthy accomplishments: instituted a greatly simplified method for calculating indirect administrative costs;
raised AIT' s budget executive by several million dollars; freed up a substantial sum of the Department of State's valuable security funds
for its use worldwide; implemented a more capable payroll system for the Washington office; and devised an investment strategy that
added hundreds of thousands of dollars to the AIT coffers.
John’s accomplishments did not end there. During his service to the AIT, he was a remarkable leader and mentor. John not only trained
other AIT accountants in technical and financial matters, he also offered extraordinary guidance to the AIT team in core management
skills and peaceful conflict resolution. “With this stellar record, the reputation of John Roland and MIL with the American Institute in
Taiwan stands very high,” said Ambassador Moriarty.
Please join us in congratulating John for his exemplary service at the AIT!

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