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April 13, 2009 -- the Pechan-Astegic team has been Awarded the $37 million EPA Clean Air Markets Division Support Contract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the E.H. Pechan & Associates and Astegic, Inc. team a new contract to provide technical, analytical, IT, and communications support primarily to the Clean Air Markets Division within the Office of Atmospheric Programs.  The five-year contract, entitled “Mission Support for Clean Air Markets and Related Environmental Programs” has a potential value of nearly $37 million.

“Pechan places enormous value in this opportunity to support EPA in the development of creative approaches to solve environmental and climate change issues,” said Dr. Frank Divita, a Pechan vice president and environmental expert.  "We look forward to working with EPA’s Clean Air Markets Division to develop and evaluate innovative solutions to important environmental and climate change challenges.” 

This contract award marks the efforts of a strategic mentor-protege program put in place last fall.  Astegic's CEO, Ria Ramnani commented, "Our entrance into this vertical was a key strategic move within the firm.  The benefits of our mentor-protege program with Pechan has only begun and we are aggressively achieving our growth initiatives."  Ria also added, "We are excited about this award as it provides an essential opportunity to exemplify how our quality staff exceeds expectations by leveraging our experience with other agencies and effectively meeting the quality requirements our client demands to protect the environment.”

Information has also been published through Business Wire at
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/eh-pechan--associates-inc/story.aspx?guid=%7BB0DBD485-47A5-43EC-A979-3BED8931E203%7D&dist=msr_1

About E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.
E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc. is an environmental consulting firm that specializes in providing air pollution and climate change services to public sector clients.  Pechan has a 27-year history working with EPA, including a successful working relationship with the Clean Air Markets Division since the late 1980s that continues to this day.  Pechan is an employee-owned environmental consulting firm that qualifies as a small business under NAICS code 541620 – Environmental Consulting Services.  Pechan headquarters is located in Springfield, VA, with a regional office in Durham, NC.
 
About Astegic, Inc.
Astegic, Inc. provides technology solutions to both the government and commercial sectors worldwide and is principally engaged in mobile software development, SDLC systems engineering, enterprise architecture planning, ERP, program management, application development, and network engineering.  A woman owned SBA certified 8(a) firm, Astegic, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.  For more information, please visit www.astegic.com.
 
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January 2009: Jay Kalath joins Astegic as an Executive Vice President

FAIRFAX, Va., January 19, 2009 -- Astegic, Inc. today announced that Jay Kalath has joined the firm as an Executive Vice President.  In this role, Mr. Kalath will be the overall lead for all aspects of Astegic’s consulting services division.  His primary focus will be directed towards building and developing the public sector business area for the company through strategic partnerships, federal contract vehicles, small business opportunities and improvements in the existing infrastructure.  Based on his past management and hands on experience, he will also focus on building upon the ERP (SAP and Oracle) and Enterprise Architecture capabilities of the organization.

With over 15 years of professional experience, at his last position, Mr. Kalath was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for an IT consulting firm with revenues exceeding 120 million and a consulting staff base in the mid 600’s.  In this role, he was responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision, building BD opportunity and pipeline, strategic partnering and leading all aspects of the company’s technology development and delivery services.  Jay played an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth.  Specifically, he was the executive lead in charge of the ERP line of business, the healthcare product development team, as well as the corporate process improvement group within B&A.  He also had two consulting roles at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection as an Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) development team manager and an Enterprise Architect (EA) for cross agency integration and data sharing within and outside DHS.

Prior to joining B&A in 2002, Mr. Kalath held management, architecture and technical consulting roles for large integrators such as the Boeing Company and Booz Allen & Hamilton as well as few smaller consulting firms supporting a wide range of public and private sector clients.

 

July 2008: Has been awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA)

Astegic Inc., which teamed with Rigil Corp, announces that it has been awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Technical Assistance and Program Support (TAPS) Contract, a Firm Fixed Price – Level of Effort contract under which the FAA may order contracts support services over a 18 months period. Under the TAPS contract, the team of Astegic Inc and Rigil Corporation jointly will provide budget planning, financial analysis, program management and requirements analysis services in the areas of contracts and program management.

 

June 2008: Astegic moves their offices to new location:


We are pleased to announce that we will be moving into new office premises during the week June 7th. The new office premises are located in the Tysons Corner Corridor at 8230 Boone Blvd Suite 330, Vienna, VA. It is to meet the needs of the fast growth of the firm as well as to improve our working conditions that we decided to acquire the new office. We are very glad to welcome all of our friends, old and new, to visit us in the new office after June 11th, 2008.

 
April 2008: Astegic engages MQAS to begin CMMI II process:


Astegic engages with Maverick Quality Assurance Services (MQAS) to assist with CMMI level II certification process.

CMMI certification will provide Astegic with a process improvement and standardization for its delivery of projects to the clients. It will be used to guide process improvement across all
projects and products within the organization. CMMI helps integrate traditionally separate organizational functions, set process

improvement goals and priorities, provide guidance for quality processes, and provide a point of reference for appraising current processes. "The beginning of CMMI II process reinforces Astegic's commitment to the standardization of processes and quality" Says Mr Maheshwari from MQAS.Ria Ramnani, CEO of Astegic says, "Our team is excited and we look forward to getting CMMI Level II and III by Q2 of 2009"

 

May 2007: Astegic is now a registered as an 8A company

 

Astegic is now a registered as an 8A company. The 8a certification is for small and disadvantaged business to gain exposure when working with the federal government Astegic is proud to offer its services and looks forward to opportunities provided by being certified.

 

March 2007: GSA Schedule IT Services - 70

 

Astegic is now registered with the GSA under section 70: general purpose commercial information technology equipment, software and services. As a schedule 70 company, Astegic will be able to provide assistance to federal government agencies with their procurement of IT products, services, and solutions as needed to meet their agency IT missions.

 
January 2006:
m-inspector becomes the 1st PDA-based survey application to support Windows Mobile 2005 devices.
 
December 2005:
Astegic partners with VMD Systems to support the Tata Sons U.S. operation.
 
March 2004:
Astegic announces the implementation of m-Inspector for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority in Washington, DC.
 
February 2004:
Astegic announces the release of their flagship product m-Inspector.
 
January 2004:

Astegic forms partnership with BAE Information Technology to manage all software support for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority