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MILTON Awards Log-on to the MILtranet to view course
catalogs under the MILTON tab!
Three members of MIL’s C4IS Sector, Megan Tate, Mike Lopez,
and Laura Friess, recently received MILTON awards and gifts for
completing MILTON professional development courses.

employees of the month

October 2015: Joan Cugell Joan remains as the key individual supporting the move. While
not only tasked with leading the transition in Washington, D.C.,
Since joining MIL in 2014, Joan Cugell has provided outstanding Joan was called upon to fill operational gaps to ensure daily tasks
project management and business process improvement support and customer needs were being met. Despite these challenges,
to the Department of State’s (DoS) Global Financial Operations Joan has the program on track for a successful transition in the
Travel Card Program (TCP). The TCP team is tasked with coming months.
managing over 8,000 DoS employee travel cards and 600 centrally Thank you Joan for your hard work and dedication to MIL and
billed travel cards held throughout the world. This expansive congratulations on being awarded MIL employee of the month!
program includes: regulation compliance; customer support
help desk operations; marketing; delinquent card management; Check out our Employee Profiles web
tracking of misuse and abuse; and cardholder training programs. page under the Careers tab on
www.milcorp.com to learn more about
When Joan joined the team in 2014, the TCP was struggling to each of the Employees of the Month!
keep track of numerous projects and new regulations that were
affecting the operation. Joan was able to utilize her expertise in
project management and business analytics to offer immediate
support and began working through the project backlog. Due to
her incredible work ethic and initiative, Joan quickly became TCP
managements’ most trusted resource.

Over the past few months, the TCP has begun a transition from
Washington, D.C. to the Global Financial Service Center in
Charleston, SC. With a majority of the staff leaving the project,

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