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Employee of the Quarter – JS J7 Technical Support Team Names O’Relius Powell

Each quarter, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award for J7 Technical Support Team recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization.

For exceptional efforts from October through December 2020, O’Relius Powell has been recognized as the Employee of the Quarter. As the lead for the JTIMS/JLLIS Help Desk, O’Relius addresses issues from a world-wide user community. Overall, he is responsible for the administration, troubleshooting of JTIMS and JLLIS enterprise operations objective analysis and recommendations to improve performance through strategy process modifications, dissemination of technology improvements, better management practices, and cost drivers.

During this reporting period, our team has had to adapt to the challenges associated with pandemic precautions. Within the Help Desk Section, O’Relius has been the noticeable star due to his willingness and ability to work on-site every day without Help Desk Administrator relief. He has addressed the great majority of the 1000-plus JTIM and JLLIS Help Desk issues received from the user community, and it should be noted that he has completed each issue in a successful and timely fashion. Additionally, O’Relius has supported improvements to the Defense readiness Reporting System, Enterprise Management system and JTIMS by providing input to the developers. He also created a training module for the JTIMS user community.

O’Relius is the “Shell answer man” for all things JTIMS and JLLIS software. He is an exceptional individual who has served the JTIMS and JLLIS team extremely well and epitomizes the best qualities of a Knight Federal Solutions Team Member

The Employee of the Quarter will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOQ Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time. Nominations are due the week before the end of the quarter.

The Process

The EOQ Committee will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Employee of the Quarter – KFS Navy Technical Support Team Names Matt Driscoll

Awards

Matt Driscoll has been named the Employee of the Quarter for his exceptional efforts during the period October through December 2020. During this time, Matt has distinguished himself through a very difficult period in the support of Navy efforts. His knowledge of the network allows him to stand out among his peers and he is often escalated to support the NOC to troubleshoot the more complex issues. He continues to be a team player by volunteering to support off-hour events and has assisted with engineering efforts outside of his normal area of responsibility. His exceptional performance during this period is a credit to Knight Federal Solutions and the Navy Tech Support Team.

EOQ 2020 Winner:

October – December – Matt Driscoll

The Employee of the Quarter will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOQ Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time. Nominations are due the week before the end of the quarter.

The Process

The EOQ Committee will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Employee of the Year – J7 Technical Support Team Names Jerry Henderson

Awards

Each year, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Year (EOY) award recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization. This annual award recipient for 2020 is Jerry Henderson for his exceptional efforts over the past year, first and foremost, for the backbone of Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) support at JSJ7.

Jerry was responsible for being the primary trainer and mentor to three new KFS JTLS techs throughout the year. Despite having to work a COVID 19 restricted training schedule Jerry ensured that new techs learned their primary support role and continued to grow and refine their skills throughout the year. Even when exercises were cancelled because of COVID restrictions Jerry maintained a positive attitude and found ways to keep training the JTLS team.

Jerry was the primary technical support lead for Pacific Fury 21-1, a TS level JTLS exercise taking place in the SCIF at JSJ7. This exercise taking place on the JWICS exercise network had challenges beyond running a normal JTLS exercise. New servers had to be put into operation on the JWICS network. Jerry also assisted in supporting message testing between JTLS and TCSP despite this not being a direct support requirement for JTLS and PF21-1. Despite being in COVID 19 isolation protocols, Jerry supported execution of PF 21-1 with over the phone support and troubleshooting. His troubleshooting skills during the Internal Look 21 (IL21) event testing phases contributed to the success of LOTS integrating to the rest of the JLVC federation contributing to savings in budget and manpower.

Self-taught on JLVC federation tools, JSPA and JAWS, he was able to be the lead troubleshooter for the event. Recipient of numerous kudos from the government, his performance is in keeping with the highest standards and is a credit to KFS and the Joint Staff J7 Tech Support Team.

The Employee of the Year will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOY Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time.

Nominations are due December 1.

The Process

The EOY Committee will meet on a annual basis. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Employee of the Quarter – JS J7 Technical Support Team Names Kolette Fuller

Awards

Each quarter, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award for J7 Technical Support Team recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization.

For exceptional efforts from July through September 2020, Kolette Fuller has been recognized as the Employee of the Quarter. Since July 2020, she had to assume sole responsibilities for all JTIMS and JLLIS testing due to the unexpected departure of the second program tester. Losing one half of a program’s Quality Assurance / Test Analyst Team during normal operations is significant, but losing a Quality Assurance/Testing Analyst in a period leading up to three critically important software releases caused great concern to our leadership. Kolette demonstrated superb organizational skills and dedication by ensuring critical testing was completed accurately and on-time.

Some of the key accomplishments she accomplished during this three month period included: the creation of a User Acceptance Training (UAT) test plan for JLLIS v4.4 in approximately half the time normally required, identifying nearly a dozen discrepancies which had to be individually corrected or coordinated with other team mates prior to the UAT start, test all Help-Desk tickets for JLLIS Software Release v4.3.1 and 4.4 simultaneously, work with the JTIMS team to complete early testing of JTIMS v9.0 Help Desk tickets, create JTIMS Use Case Documents, and consistently participate in all sprint JLLIS and JTIMS planning meetings and provide feedback to all release plans submitted to the team for review.

In August 2020, the program hired a new tester. Kolette unselfishly took complete responsibility for training the new Quality Assurance / Test Analyst team member while balancing her responsibilities associated with software test evaluations. Kolette is an exceptional individual who has served the JTIMS and JLLIS team extremely well and epitomizes the best qualities of a Knight Federal Solutions Team Member.

The Employee of the Quarter will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOQ Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time. Nominations are due the week before the end of the quarter.

The Process

The EOQ Committee will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Inc. Magazine Unveils Its First-Ever List of Florida’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—The Inc. 5000 Series: Florida

Awards, News

Knight Federal Earns Spot on the Inaugural List

Inc. magazine revealed that KNIGHT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS is No. 234 on its inaugural Inc. 5000 Series: Florida list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing Florida-based private companies. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the Florida economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.

“We are thrilled to have earned a spot on first 2020 Inc. 5000 Series: Florida list,” says Chris Baeten, CEO of Knight Federal Solutions. “This recognition continues to solidify our efforts as a determined team with fantastic partners to achieve impressive growth and profitability. We credit our entire team for this award!”

The companies on this list show stunning rates of growth across all industries in Florida. Between 2016 and 2018, these 250 private companies had an average growth rate of 302 percent and, in 2018 alone, they employed more than 56,000 people and added $12.6 billion to the Florida economy. Companies based in the Tampa, Miami, and Naples metro areas brought in the highest revenue overall.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000 Series: Florida, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, metro area, and other criteria, can be found at inc.com/inc5000-series-florida-2020 starting March 18, 2020.

“The companies on this list demonstrate just how much the small-business sector impacts Florida’s economy,” says Inc. editor in chief Scott Omelianuk. “Across every single industry, these businesses have posted revenue and growth rates that are beyond impressive, further proving the tenacity of their founders and CEOs.”

About Inc. Media

The prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

About Inc. 5000 Regional Series Methodology

The 2020 Inc. 5000 Regional Series is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 and 2018. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2016. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2018. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2016 is $100,000; the minimum for 2018 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.

Intern Spotlight

Awards

Congratulations to Dave Williams for graduating from the Purple Knight Initiative. During his time as an intern at the Knowledge Online (JKO) as well as the J7 Instructor Controllers, Dave has ensured to make good use of his time and learn as much as possible from the team. David has distinguished himself as an Instructor Controller supporting several exercises and gaining the respect of the J7 Ops team.

He has proven to be an avid learner and is easily trainable. It is for this reason that Dave has been offered, and accepted, a new role on the program. David has set the standard for those going forward. Fair Winds and Following Seas.

For more information about the Purple Knight Initiative program, please view our page.

Employee of the Quarter – KFS Navy Technical Support Team Names Shripal Fernando

Awards

Each quarter, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award for the Suffolk, VA location recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization. The third quarter award recipient covering July – September 2019 is Shripal Fernando.

Shripal is one of four individuals that will receive the award each year. The honor is awarded the beginning of April, July, October and December during the Christmas party for an outstanding employee from the three preceding months.

EOQ 2019 Navy Technical Team Winner:

July – September – Shripal Fernando

Shripal Fernando has been named the Knight Federal Solutions Navy Technical Support Team’s Employee of the Quarter for July – September 2019. Shripal has been a consistent advocate for Knight Federal Solutions at the CI43 Mechanical Branch. His leadership, professionalism and expertise was recognized when he was asked to attend several Kick-off meetings at another location. Shripal is known for always making himself available to help others while still completing his tasks. We appreciate Shripal’s professionalism and dedication to the Knight Federal Solutions Team!

The Employee of the Quarter will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOQ Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time. Nominations are due the week before the end of the quarter.

The Process

The EOQ Committee will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Previous EOQ winners

2019

January – March – Carrie Powers
April – June – James Malony

Employee of the Year Winner

Toby Washington (2018)

2018

October – December – Dave Drake
July – September – Al Williams, Jr.
April – June – Glenn James – J7
January – March – Louis E. Williams

Employee of the Quarter – KFS Joint Staff J7 Technical Support Team Names Khalil Claude

Awards

Each quarter, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award for the Suffolk, VA location recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization. The quarter award recipient covering July – September 2019 is Kahlil Claude.

Khalil is one of four individuals that will receive the award each year. The honor is awarded the beginning of April, July, October and December during the Christmas party for an outstanding employee from the three preceding months.

EOQ 2019 JS J7 Technical Team Winner:

July – September – Kahlil Claude

Kahlil Claude has been named the Knight Federal Solutions Joint Staff J7 Technical Support Team’s Employee of the Quarter for July – September 2019. From day one, Kahlil has always come in excited and ready to work despite never know what kinds of tickets and situations he would encounter throughout the day. Kahlil meets every challenge with a smile and with true determination. Often times he completes 75 to 100 tickets per day! He is a team player that handles help desk tickets with ease and pure professionalism. His exceptional performance during this period is in keeping with the highest standards of the Joint Staff as a whole and is an asset to the KFS Team.

The Employee of the Quarter will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOQ Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time. Nominations are due the week before the end of the quarter.

The Process

The EOQ Committee will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Previous EOQ winners

2019

January – March – Carrie Powers
April – June – Christa Hill

Employee of the Year Winner

Toby Washington (2018)

2018

October – December – Dave Drake
July – September – Al Williams, Jr.
April – June – Glenn James – J7
January – March – Louis E. Williams

Employee of the Year – JS J7 Technical Support Team Names Chad Barnes

Awards

Each year, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Year (EOY) award for the Suffolk, VA location recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization. This annual award recipient for 2019 is Chad Barnes.

Chad is the only one that will receive this award this year. The honor is awarded in December during the Christmas party for an outstanding employee covering the entire year of performance for 2019.

EOY 2019 Winner: Chad Barnes

Chad Barnes has been selected as the EOY JS J7 Tech Support Team for exceptional efforts over the past year. As a member of the Joint Training Synthetic Environment infrastructure team, Chad has been an integral part of the success of the Environment Architecture Division. His work in completing the upgrade of Test Bay 7 was noted by the government, recognizing the quality of his work and the complexity of the project. He is largely responsible for maintaining a CSB posture that is keeping the test bed out of quarantine. This is a massive amount of work on a daily basis and it is a thankless task.

Chad has taken it upon himself to learn the esoteric systems in place in TB7 and has demonstrated a willingness to lean in wherever help is needed. He also brings to the team a knowledge base that is expected to be invaluable for an upcoming tasker, i.e., migration to Solarwinds. One of the “unsung heroes” according to his team lead, Chad is a consistent professional. He has received numerous kudos from the government and his performance is in keeping with the highest standards. Chad is a credit to KFS and the Joint Staff J7 Tech Support Team.

The Employee of the Year will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOY Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time.

Nominations are due December 1.

The Process

The EOY Committee will meet on a annual basis. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Previous Employee of the Year (EOY) Winner

Toby Washington (2018)

2019

January – March – Carrie Powers
April – June – James Malony

2018

October – December – Dave Drake
July – September – Al Williams, Jr.
April – June – Glenn James – J7
January – March – Louis E. Williams

Employee of the Quarter – KFS Navy Technical Support Team Names Kenneth Rodgers

Awards

Each quarter, Knight Federal’s Employee of the Quarter (EOQ) award for the Suffolk, VA location recognizes the outstanding qualities and contributions of employees towards Knight Federal’s goals and mission. Knight Federal recognizes that driven and loyal employees empower an organization. This fourth quarter the award recipient covers October-December 2019 is Kenneth Rodgers.

Kenneth is one of four individuals that will receive the award each year. The honor is awarded the beginning of April, July, October and December during the Christmas party for an outstanding employee from the three preceding months.

EOQ 2019 Winner:

October – December – Kenneth Rodgers

Kenneth Rodgers has been awarded this recognition for exceptional efforts during the quarter of October through December 2019. Ever since he has started work with Knight Federal Solutions he has been fighting adversity. In his first few months, he and his family suffered the loss of two family members. Through all of this he continues to work and has missed a minimal amount of work.

In this past year, he was a keynote speaker for a college, received his doctorate in mechanical engineering and promotes a national education program called S.T.E.M (Science Technical Engineering Mathematics) for the inner city youth in Norfolk. During all this, Kenneth continues to provide support to NAVFAC Mid Altantic CI43 Mechanical Engineering Group on such projects as P-777 Marine Corps Reserve Center, P-102 Building 370 Renovation and P-3001 ATFP Perimeter Security. Kenneth is dedicated to his work and believes in doing a good job no matter what the world puts in front of you. His exceptional performance during this period is a credit to Knight Federal Solutions and the Navy Tech Support Team.

The Employee of the Quarter will receive:

A gift card for $50
A framed certificate recognizing their accomplishments
A Knight Federal imprinted leather notebook

Nominate an Employee

Complete the EOQ Nomination Form and submit it to the program manager Murray Hess. Anyone may nominate an employee. Nomination forms may be submitted at any time. Nominations are due the week before the end of the quarter.

The Process

The EOQ Committee will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year. The committee will assure that the nominee meets all of the basic requirements. The committee will consider the following contributing qualities when making the award selection:

Longevity and performance
Contributions to the Knight Federal community
Contributions to his or her office
Contributions to the outside community
Awards or recognition received

Previous EOQ winners

2019

January – March – Carrie Powers
April – June – James Malony
July – September – Shripal Fernando
October – December – Shameca Williams

Employee of the Year Winner

Toby Washington (2018)

2018

October – December – Dave Drake
July – September – Al Williams, Jr.
April – June – Glenn James – J7
January – March – Louis E. Williams