Fall 2010 - Northern Virginia Technology Council

Board Member Company Noblis to
Establish Center for Applied High
Performance Computing in Danville
NVTC Board member company Noblis, in
collaboration with Cray Inc., will establish the
Center for Applied High Performance Computing
(CAHPC) in Danville, Va. The CAHPC
will use high-performance computing (HPC)
to accelerate the development and commercialization
of applications requiring graph analytics
and will host the first next-generation
Cray XMT supercomputer in the U.S. outside
of a federal laboratory or academic facility.
One of the goals of the Center is to draw
other high-tech companies to the Danville
area and help revitalize the region’s economy.
The project will create 15 new jobs, paying
significantly above the average prevailing
wage in Danville. NVTC is committed to
encouraging the growth of technology jobs
throughout the Commonwealth.
Bobbie Kilberg, Dr. Alan Merten,
Dan Bannister and NVTC Member
Companies Honored at Fairfax
Chamber’s 2011 Outstanding
Corporate Citizenship Awards
The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
honored community leaders at the Annual
Chairman’s Luncheon & Outstanding Corporate
Citizenship Awards on June 29. Congratulations
to NVTC President and CEO
Bobbie Kilberg, who was named the inaugural
recipient of the NOVAForward Award, which
recognizes exceptional work to move Northern
Virginia businesses and the community
forward. NVTC Board member Dr. Alan G.
Merten, president of George Mason University,
and Former NVTC Chairman Dan Bannister
(posthumous) were honored with the James
M. Rees Award, which recognizes dedication
to the community and the Chamber.
Congratulations also go to NVTC member
company Capital One Bank, the winner
of the Outstanding Corporate Citizen of the
Year – Large Business award. Board member
companies CGI and Deloitte, as well as
NVTC member companies Holland & Knight
LLP and XO Communications were finalists
for the award.
Additionally, NVTC Board member company
LeapFrog Solutions was a finalist for the
Woman-Owned Business of the Year award,
and NVTC members Inova Health System
and United Way of the National Capital Region
were finalists for the Non-Profit of the
Year award.
Jeffrey Windland of NVTC Member
Company Orbital Reappointed to
Virginia Commercial Space Flight
Authority
On June 24, Gov. Bob McDonnell reappointed
Jeffrey Windland, vice president and assistant
treasurer for NVTC member company
Orbital Sciences Corporation, to the Virginia
Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA).
The VCSFA is a nonprofit organization
created in 1995 by the Virginia General
Assembly to promote industry and economic
development and to enhance scientific and
technology education, primarily through
the operations of the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Spaceport (MARS). VCSFA and MARS
offer low-cost, safe and reliable space access
to commercial, government, scientific and
academic users.
NVTC and TechPAC Board Members
Participate in White House Briefing
Call on American Jobs Act
On Friday, September 9, several NVTC and
TechPAC Board members participated in a
briefing call hosted by the White House Office
of Public Engagement on the American
Jobs Act introduced by President Barack
Obama during his joint Congressional speech
on Thursday, September 8. During the call,
National Economic Council Director and Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy
Gene Sperling and Deputy Administrator of
the U.S. Small Business Administration Marie
Johns described various elements of the plan
designed to help small businesses, including
payroll tax cuts on the first $5 million in all
businesses’ payrolls, temporarily eliminating
employer payroll taxes for new workers or
raises for existing workers, and extending the
president’s 100 percent expensing provision
through 2012.
The American Jobs Act also includes provisions
accelerating government payments to
small contractors, reducing the regulatory burdens
on small business capital formation, helping
small businesses compete for infrastructure
projects and reforming the outdated patent system
to help small businesses get their ideas to
market faster. In addition, the plan will invest
$30 billion in enhancing the condition of our nation’s
K–12 and higher education public schools,
to ensure that they are fully equipped to teach
21 st century skills in math, science, and other
technical fields and to serve as effective centers
for workforce training and development.
upcoming
2011
nvtc
events
October 14, 2011
Titans Series
Featuring Steve Case
Chairman, Startup America
Chairman and CEO, Revolution
Co-Founder, America Online
Chairman, The Case Foundation
November 14, 2011
TechCelebration:
NVTC’s Annual Banquet
Featuring NASA Administrator
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
December 16, 2011
Titans Series
Featuring Steve Appleton
Chairman and CEO, Micron
Technology Inc.
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