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employees of the month

October 2017: Sheila Goggins was responsible for coordinating with the AV control system
designed to ensure the customer’s technical and usability
Sheila Goggins began her career at MIL requirements were met. Ed was responsible for complete
as the temporary Accounts Payable Staff integration and testing of the complete system before delivery.
Accountant for the Bowie Service Center On-site during final integration and testing of the AV system, Ed,
in April 2016. Sheila quickly became a as the lead engineer in charge, was responsible for demonstrating
permanent member on the Accounts to the customer for acceptance the full operational status of the
Payable team in October 2016, due to system.
her outstanding performance and proven
commitment to her role. She displays December 2017: Tyler Russell
initiative, willingness to learn, and
positivity. Tyler has gone above and beyond since
joining the Library of Congress (LOC)
Since starting at MIL, Sheila has assisted Service Desk team as the CONFIG
in reorganizing and maintaining the Account Payable files. Her Team Lead. But when several important
extensive efforts with the Accounts Payable team have proven her projects and deliverables were tasked to
exemplary organization and communication skills. him at the same time in the summer of
Sheila always has a smile on her face, and is consistently willing to 2017, he exceeded all expectations. The
go the extra mile for those around her. projects included, 1) The LOC Enterprise
Sheila’s commitment, outstanding performances in her role, Inventory, 2) The National Book Festival
(NBF) and 3) Enterprise Desktop
and Account Payable expertise continues to enhance MIL’s Deployments. The inventory project was
commitment to service!
completed one week ahead of schedule
November 2017: Edward Christian despite many obstacles in touching thousands of LOC IT Systems.
Tyler handled government Intern issues like a professional and
was able to train many members of the Tier 1 team to help with
Ed Christian has been a member of the MIL’s C4IS Sector since support. He met with government POCs from every team to
August 2010 serving as a Broadcast Analyst ensure they had all the information and timelines. Our COR
in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center was shocked that we finished early and was happy with all the
- Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Ship & Air documentation that we provided along with validation. This was
Integrated Warfare (SAIW) Division (Code a HUGE deliverable as our customer had briefed Congress on its
4.11.3). Under this contract, Ed supports schedule and completion.
numerous AV and VTC projects including
the Marine Corps Distance Learning The NBF support was completed with no issues. Tyler met with
Training room technology refresh and the team leads proactively and participated in all meetings. He
Space and Missile Command Headquarters provided suggestions to government leads which were responded
VTC room upgrades. to favorably and scheduled out staffing for the weekend event. All
Since joining the C4IS team, Ed has IT issues (very few) were resolved within minutes and the NBF
constantly shown the desire and ability to improve his expertise lead appreciated all our efforts.
in the Audio-Visual field. He has acquired the INFOCOMM CTS New desktop deployments continued during the inventory
certification, one of the marquee certification in the AV industry. and NBF projects. Equipment was deployed so quickly and
He has also attended the Crestron programming course and is successfully that new desktop purchasing couldn’t keep up. Tyler
working towards being a certified AV systems programmer. has proactively kept government management informed of all
completions with weekly updates and notified them when issues
Ed has grown from an entry level computer technician to being arose. We are now ahead of schedule with our deployments.
a vital and integral part of the C4IS AV team. Throughout his
career, Ed has progressed from being a team member to being an Despite leading these projects, there has been no negative effect
engineering lead responsible for projects from start to finish. He on his day to day duties. All contract SLA’s continue to be met
is always willing and able to travel to anywhere at any time the job along with mini projects such as office moves and support of the
requires. When on-site his expertise is invaluable to complete the new ServiceNow deployment.
projects on time and on budget. As his manager, it is refreshing to have someone able to provide
Ed is responsible for projects from conception to integration. status on anything at a moment’s notice and to provide all his
For example, for the Space and Missile Command project, Ed deliverables on time or early and to anticipate many questions
performed the site surveys gathering the customers’ requirements. that I may have. You know you have a great employee when he
From those requirements, he created the AV design package that can anticipate the questions you will ask and more importantly,
was presented to the customer for approval. Once approved, Ed have suggestions/options on how to proceed. Tyler is not only a
valuable asset to this contract, but also to MIL.

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