DirectViz Solutions, LLC (DVS), CEO, Mike McHugh, is proud to announce Robert “Mark” Hopkins as its new Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Capture for Defense and Intel markets.

With over 20 years of extensive experience in the Federal Government sector, Mark has a demonstrated track record of developing winning strategies and teams to address clients’ requirements. As part of established and emerging System Integrators/GovCon firms, Mark has diverse expertise and in-depth knowledge of defense capture. The amalgamation of his background gives him the extra edge in the market, formulating the cornerstone of his business and executive leadership success.

Before joining DVS, Mark built the Federal business unit from the ground up at ECCO Select, an early-stage startup in Kansas City. Over his career, he has worked for multinational corporations, like SAIC and AT&T, and many small and mid-level organizations to facilitate their federal presence.

DirectViz Solutions, LLC, a recognized government services Information Technology (IT) leader, announced today that it has been awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Mission Information Technology Services (NMITS) federal government Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract.

NMITS provides coverage for Information Technology (IT) systems modernization to support system design, development, fielding, and sustainment of global NOAA IT needs. The NMITS contract is a $2.1 Billion small business set-aside contract with a five (5)-year base period and a five (5)-year option period. Core management components include enterprise services, customer support, applications, enterprise and cloud computing, data and voice network services, cybersecurity, and information assurance for Line Offices, Staff Offices, and Corporate Services Offices. NMITS also includes cross-cutting services, to include program management, subcontracted technical support services, call out and per call support services, surge support services, and deployment support services.

DVS is honored to provide adaptive and timely solutions, services, and capabilities to support NOAA organizations and satisfy current and future IT requirements.

DirectViz Solutions, LLC, a recognized government services Information Technology (IT) leader, announced today that CEO Mike McHugh appointed Joseph Bergin as DVS' Vice President of Growth. In this role, Mr. Bergin, in collaboration with DVS business unit executives, will lead the company's overall growth. He will report directly to CEO Mike McHugh.

Mr. Bergin brings more than 20 years of diverse experience in Civilian and Defense IT. DVS will leverage his operations, organization development, and growth background, supporting a broad array of customers, technologies, and services to advance the company's new business and expansion objectives.

Throughout his career, Mr. Bergin has focused on the modernization and transformation of client organizations through emerging technologies, emphasizing how technology can enhance an organization's mission capabilities.

Before joining DVS, Mr. Bergin held senior positions at Digital Management, LLC, Microsoft, Harris Corporation, and Electronic Data Systems. He received a Bachelor's degree from Salisbury State University.

CEO Mike McHugh announced the appointment of Shawn Williams as General Counsel for DirectViz Solutions, LLC (DVS). Mr. Williams will oversee all legal and contracts related areas of the business, ensuring DVS follows federal acquisition regulations and developing industry best legal practices to ensure corporate compliance.

With comprehensive experience of over 20 years in the legal field, Mr. Williams is a seasoned professional business attorney. He specializes in integrating best legal practices seamlessly into the business model. Under his leadership umbrella, DVS will continue building strong legal values.

Before joining DVS, Mr. Williams was the General Counsel at Alliance and has served in legal and contractual leadership roles with Raytheon and Sprint. His leadership guidance has helped organizations maintain a high level of organizational ethics by solving complex legal and contracts issues.

Mr. Williams holds a Baccalaureate in Science, Master of Business Administration in Finance, and Juris Doctorate. He is a member of the Virginia and Maryland State Bar Associations, Association for Corporate Counsel, and National Contract Management Association. He started his career as an active-duty United States Marine.

CEO Mike McHugh appointed Hanh McLellen as the Chief Financial Officer of DirectViz Solutions, LLC. Ms. McLellen will oversee the Finance and Accounting Departments.

Carrying a rich experience of over 30 years in the financial sector, Ms. McLellen will lend her experience in managing day-to-day accounting operations, banking activities, and overall company finances. She will also supervise the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and other annual audits. Further, she will be instrumental in offering financial-related support and insights to different business verticals. She specializes in financial modelling for organizational growth and development, which will be a great value add to DVS.

Ms. McLellen started her career at DynCorp in McLean, VA, working in financial management. Before joining DVS, she worked for Universal Consulting Services in Fairfax as the Vice President of Finance. She holds expertise in DCAA compliance, the Deltek system, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. In addition, she has special knowledge of the government defense and technology sector. Ms. McLellen holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

Menbere Haile was invited to our corporate office and was surprised with a room full of co-workers who honored him for being DVS’ longest standing employee.

Menbere is a Systems Administrator and began work with us in April 2013. With 8 years of service, Menbere has weathered both the sunshine and the rain as DVS has grown over the years. When asked what he found most memorable after so many years, Menbere expressed his appreciation of DVS’ flexibility in accommodating both his personal and professional needs during his tenure.

We appreciate Menbere’s dedication to his work and are proud that he remains a DVS employee. Congratulations Menbere – here’s to keeping your record as our longest employed!

(In the pic: DVS President Vinnie Tran presents Menbere Haile with a commemorative plaque, and a $500 bonus check for being DVS’ longest standing employee.)

DVS has been awarded the Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Number (SIN) under the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 Information Technology (IT) contract.

GSA developed IT Schedule 70’s HACS SIN 132-45 in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to make it easier for agencies to procure quality cybersecurity services. HACS provide agencies quicker access to key support services from technically evaluated vendors that expand agencies’ capacity to test their high-priority IT systems, rapidly address potential vulnerabilities, and stop adversaries before they impact U.S. government networks.

DVS has been approved for all five (5) subcategories under the HACS SIN, including: High Value Asset Assessments, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, Cyber Hunt, Incident Response, and Penetration Testing.

DVS was awarded the DIA Site III IDIQ. The Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III) is DIA's third consecutive Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to address the evolving information technology (IT) requirements vital to the security of the United States.

The 10-year SITE III IDIQ provides a centralized and synchronized IT acquisition capability to meet worldwide security requirements and technical support services through system design, development, fielding, and sustainment of global intelligence and Command and Control assets.

SITE III facilitates worldwide coverage for integrated IT intelligence requirements and technical support services to the DIA and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). SITE III also supports business process reengineering and development, performance measures and metrics, feasibility studies, IT systems architecture development and planning, research, design, engineering and development of systems, and fielding and installation of systems with capabilities developed during the design and engineering phase.

DVS supports the mission of the Army Futures Command (AFC), The Research and Analysis Center (TRAC) at Fort Leavenworth to conduct studies supporting AFC and Department of Army decision makers. TRAC conducts literature searches, modeling and simulation, data development, database support, experimentation, scenario development, and force analysis using sophisticated computer applications and tools, both internally developed and/or commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications.

We are extremely pleased that DVS chose The Concourse building in Tysons (also known as Tysons Corner), Virginia for its new headquarters, underscoring our commitment to sustainability and a healthy work environment, as well as providing employees and our guests with the abundance of amenities within Tysons Corner.

Tysons Corner in Northern Virginia is the urban center of Fairfax County, has countless things to do, and is known as "America's Next Great City." We're excited to be able to deliver our employees the same capabilities that we deliver our clients. This new move will help the company all around – from reducing costs to better reaching our existing and potential customer base. We are excited to open our new doors.

Directviz Solutions (DVS) provides the information technology and services IRM needs to successfully carry out its foreign policy mission. DVS provides state of the art Information Technology End-user Support Services (ITESS) directly and indirectly to approximately 29,000 end-users for Department of State personnel, to include government and contractor personnel, to enable them to operate efficiently and effectively using a wide range of current computer/automation equipment, software and services.

Mr. Palhano has been announced as DVS’s Vice President of Solutions Architecture, effective immediately. As part of his support to DVS’s growth team, he will help grow our existing customers and realize new opportunities and capabilities. Mr. Palhano success will drive growth of our innovative solutions and make an impact on the broader strategic goals for DVS. His new role supports DVS’ transition from a small business into a large systems integrator.

Mr. Palhano will lead DVS’ Center of Excellence, technical strategy, and solutioning for strategic bids with his new team of solution architects and technical specialists. He will focus on building on DVS’ solid technical foundation by maturing their solutions strategy and discipline, identifying and leveraging emerging technologies, increasing technical corporate reach back capabilities, and fostering greater technical collaboration across programs to provide even greater value to our customers.

Coming from CACI, Mr. Palhano most recently served as a principal Systems and Solutions architect for the BITS solution group. He has significant experience in proposal development, overall solutions architecture, and technical thought leadership and strategy, having worked and lead solutioning for contract bids exceeding $750 million in total contract value and multiple internal research and development projects to expand CACI’s repeatable solution set. In prior roles he focused on technology implementation and architecture, leading teams on technology migration, modernization, and innovation projects. His experience with both larger, more structured and smaller, more agile businesses provides a unique skillset tailored to successfully transition DVS as it graduates from its small business status.

Mr. Vinnie Tran, president and chairman of the Board of Directors for DVS, made the announcement on Friday that Mr. Michael McHugh, formerly the company’s chief operating officer, has now been appointed DVS’ new CEO, effective immediately.

“I looked for the type of leadership we would need for our next phase of growth – bringing both experience and focus to the company,” said Tran. “So, today, I am very excited to announce that Mr. Michael McHugh will be filling this critical role as DVS’ new chief executive officer as we move to the next level,” he added.

Mr. McHugh has more than 25 years of experience in customer-centric technology companies. His record and influence over the company’s growth was demonstrated over his first year with DirectViz, as he led DVS to make major improvements in its customer satisfaction scores and he helped generate a growth rate of 100 percent during his first year.

Mr. McHugh’s extensive experience will now help DirectViz maintain a strong growth rate trajectory as the company transitions from the small business program into the challenging new landscape of larger business in the federal sector.

Prior to his tenure with DVS, Mr. McHugh served as president of Defense and the National Security Division for Digital Management, Inc. (DMI) for more than a decade. He also was the senior vice president of Butler Technology Solutions from Apr. 1998 to Feb. 2003 and became the vice president of BAE Systems’ Defense Group from Nov. 2004 through July 2007.

In addition, Mr. McHugh was senior vice president of Butler International between Jan. 2008 and Mar. 2009 as well as president of MercuryZ from Mar. 2009 until he joined DMI in Jan. 2010.

DVS now has over 500 full time employees, and continues to grow and improve its position itself as an industry leader. DVS has become one of the industry’s fastest growing companies, according to Inc. Magazine, ranking at 127 among 9,038 industry competitors (top 1.4%) across 2,876 Federal Buyers within NAICS 541512 code by June 2016.

Mr. Chuck Thompson, formerly Executive Vice President of Operations at DVS, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at the Chantilly, Va.-based information technology engineering and professional services company.

He succeeds Mr. Michael McHugh, who took the helm of DVS as its chief executive, and brings more than three decades of management experience to his new position.

Mr. Thompson previously spent more than 12 years at Digital Management Inc., where his most recent role was executive vice president of the mobile technology firm's defense and homeland security division, and served as a senior director at BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary.

DVS was awarded a three and a half year contract to provide high quality Information Assurance and Systems Administration services in support of the Commander Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) . We maintain the Certification & Accreditation, sustain the Authority to Operate (ATO) and provide ATO sustainment and maintenance plans for subordinate stations, activities and detachments located throughout the Southeast Region area of responsibility which includes Headquarters (HQ) Jacksonville, FL, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL, Naval Air Station Key West, FL, Naval Air Station Kingsville, TX and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX.

The U.S. Navy has awarded DVS Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific’s (NIWC Pacific’s) Information Technology Management (ITM) Division Multiple Award Contract for professional and technical services to support the physical and logical infrastructure of the Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) network and associated IT services.

DVS has been selected as one of the INC 5000 fastest-growing private firms in the D.C. Metro area, ranked #157 on the Inc. 5000 Series for 2020. With a two-year growth of 76%, DVS focuses on healthy business growth by employing top management strategists to cultivating a team passionate for excellence. We are delighted to have been named in this prestigious list and want to thank our DVS team who have made this possible. Fantastic work, everyone!

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DVS was awarded a three year contract to provide high quality information technology software engineering, development, integration, and deployment of data management services including data analytics, data ingest, and data warehousing services supporting the Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

This DHS HSI program provides data analytics support in furtherance of HSI Innovation Lab and the Repository for Analytics in a Virtualized Environment (RAVEn) platform, andassists the Government with introducing new capabilities related to data analytics, data ingest and data processing leveraging the Innovation Lab’s RAVEn platform.

DVS subcontractor to GDIT, was awarded a five-year contract to provide support Mission Training Complexes and exercises for units stationed in and supported by USARPAC. Provide all personnel, manage Government equipment, supplies, facilities, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the functional sustainment and operation of the MTCs and simulation training capabilities.

DVS was awarded a three year contract to provide database and technical services to four new and separate transaction/functional sites under 4X100 plan for Navy Pay and Personnel Support Center (NPPSC). The program provides complete network account management for system access, database support, training and help desk support for the entire Transaction Online Processing System (TOPS).

DVS is pleased to announce it has achieved the successful appraisal rating of Maturity Level 3 for the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) for both Development v1.3 and for Services v1.3.

“This appraisal is a testament to DVS’ commitment to quality and exceptional service delivery in all aspects of the work we perform for our customers. It reflects the hard work of our employees and DVS’ constant commitment to align our services with customer requirements to provide quality software engineering and products." said CEO, Vinnie Tran.

CMMI® is a world-class performance improvement framework for competitive organizations that want to achieve and maintain high-performance operations.

DVS has been awarded a prime contract on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 Services (ITES-3S) vehicle Small Business track. ITES-3S is anticipated to serve as the preferred source of Information Technology (IT) service support for the U.S. Army, other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, and all other Federal agencies globally.

ITES-3S is managed by the U.S. Army’s Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program. It is a Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MA - ID/IQ) hybrid contract (Cost Plus, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), and Time and Materials (T&M)) with a total ceiling value of $12.1 billion across the five-year base period and four one-year option periods. The ITES-3S contracting vehicle encompasses all areas of Enterprise IT, including cybersecurity, integration, consolidation, telecommunications, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Operations & Maintenance (O&M), Business Process Engineering (BPE), and education and training.

DVS received certifications for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO/IEC 20000 Information Technology Service Management (ITSM), and ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS).
IS0 9001:2015 QMS demonstrates our ability to consistently provide products that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
ISO/IEC 20000 ITSM provides ongoing control, greater effectiveness, efficiency and opportunities for Continual Service Improvement (CSI) of IT Service Management, which includes guidance on the use of a Service Management System (SMS) for the planning, design, transition, delivery and improvement of the SMS and services.
ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS provides standards for information security risk management and is applicable to organizations that manage risks to secure their information assets.

DVS was awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment (NITAAC) contract to provide a broad range of solutions and integrated technologies to federal departments/agencies.
Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) is a 10-year multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) contract with a total ceiling value of $20 billion.
The NITAAC CIO-SP3 contracting vehicle provides cutting-edge technology from a large and diverse pool of small business innovators.
This streamlined and fast acquisition provisioning process offers tangible and defined financial benefits to Government organizations.

DVS is proud to be awarded a five year contract to support the Information Technology and Communication Services (ITACS) Department at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) located in Monterey, California.
This award was the first Task Order released under our Naval Higher Education Information Technology Consortium (NHEITC) contract vehicle, and DVS was fortunate enough to win this technical Database Support Services effort, increasing our existing IT support portfolio of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) area.
The ITACS departments provides support and services for all IT and telecommunication issues for the NPS community. Our specific IT support on this effort involves Database Administration support and the implementation of Enterprise database platforms (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL).
DVS is excited for this effort and its emphasis on Naval Higher Education operations.

DVS was awarded a five year contract to provide high quality information technology engineering, development, integration, deployment, and system sustainment services supporting the Personnel Electronic Records Management System (iPERMS).
The iPERMS Army program supports the DoD strategy for the use of net-centric automated information systems by providing an automated method of maintaining the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) for Active Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers.
iPERMS is the system of record and storage for the OMPF during the Soldier’s active service and is the Records Management Application (RMA) for future systems, supporting over 200 million OMPF documents currently and over 7.1M Army soldier records.

DVS was awarded a prime contract to support the Naval Personnel Command/Navy Pay and Personnel Support Center (NPPSC) in San Diego, CA with support of the Transaction Online Processing System (TOPS).
This five year effort provides on-site program management and database management support of the critical TOPS Naval application.
Since original implementation, the TOPS application has reduced the personal and pay information theft of Navy personnel transaction data by 75%.
DVS is very excited to increase our DoD financial application and database support efforts, with a special emphasis on Naval operations.

DVS was awarded a five year prime contract in support of the JSP, to provide Identify Protection Management (IPM) support services.
The JSP provides a full range of information technology products, services, solutions and customer support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff (JS), the Director of Administration (DA), the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) and other various OSD offices to meet mission and business requirements.
DVS will provide responsive and high quality IPM services to support the identity verification and issuance of strong credentials (e.g. name, DoD ID number) to JSP, OSD, CJCS, JS, DA, PFPA, WHS, and other external customers for access to DoD protected online resources leveraging the DoD Public Key Certificates.

DVS is proud to have been awarded a prime contract at the U.S. ARMY Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) located at Fort Belvoir, VA.
DVS will provide Project Management and Information Assurance/Cybersecurity (PMIA) services to the INSCOM community on this two and half year effort.
With this program award, DVS welcomes a new teammate to our expanding corporate network and subcontractor on the INSCOM PMIA effort, Phacil Inc.

DVS was awarded a prime contract to support the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, Rhode Island with Information Technology Client Services (ITCS).
This five year effort provides on-site support and maintenance of Tier 1 & Tier 2 operations to ensure functionality of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Information Technology Service Division (ITSD) for the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS).
Our IT support on this effort will support over 400 local NAPS clients with the full range of IT Client Services, to include IT hardware/software installation, maintenance, repair, documentation, recordkeeping, and inventory tasks.
DVS is proud to increase our United States Naval Academy support footprint, to include users within the USNA ITSD support pool of approximately 7,000 midshipmen, faculty and staff in an integrated network-centric environment.

DVS has been awarded the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) Configuration Management (CM) contract supporting the Air Force’s 844TH Communications Group out of Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), MD.
This two and a half year effort has a current value of over $1M and is constructed to advise and assist the customer in the development of a comprehensive Configuration Management program.
DVS’ Configuration Management (CM) team will oversee the Enterprise Architecture and Lifecycle Management of Information Technology (IT) assets.
Our responsibilities include the definition and execution of IT policies and standards, IT project management and supporting tools, defining and maintaining the organization’s Enterprise Architecture, Configuration Management Plan/Processes and implementation of common IT services which fit into DOD’s long term goals as we move toward a Joint Infrastructure Environment (JIE).
DVS is thrilled for this opportunity to expand our existing Air Force portfolio, which currently includes support efforts at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, CO and the Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in California.

DVS was awarded with a prime contract to support the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) in Monterey, CA.
This five year effort provides Information Technology Support Service (ITSS) requirements to our customer base, specifically supporting Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) Systems, mobile computing systems, software, hardware, passwords, and communications systems.
DVS is extremely pleased and excited to grow our Monterey-based operations with the inclusion of this Naval effort, along with our ongoing ITSS contract support of the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).