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IS&GS-Security
Second Quarter
Giving Back
Community Involvement
Supports Customers’ Missions
Customer intimacy goes beyond the work day for
Deon Viergutz, director, IS&GS-Security Analytics
and Data Acquisition. Viergutz is the Lockheed
Martin representative for the Fort Meade Alliance
(FMA), a community organization created to support
Fort Meade, home to all five military services
and the National Security Agency.
“When I took over as director of our Hanover
business in 2009, I wanted to get involved in the
community, especially around the Fort Meade
area where our customers and employees are
located,” said Viergutz. “It’s important because it
brings together businesses and schools, as well as
our customers, state and local government agencies,
to focus on the growing, changing needs of
the community within the Fort Meade region.”
One initiative the FMA team is taking on this
year will be a partnership with the USO to support
the Warrior Transition Unit at the Kimbrough
Ambulatory Care Center.
“The FMA formed the Wounded Warriors
Initiative committee to support the Soldier and
Family Assistance Center (SFAC),” said Viergutz.
“It’s important because it brings
together businesses and schools, as
well as our customers, state and local
government agencies, to focus on
the growing, changing needs of the
community within the Fort Meade
region.”
“The mission of the SFAC is to provide primary
care and case management to establish conditions
for healing and to promote a timely return to the
force or transition to civilian life.”
The SFAC is currently supporting 200
wounded soldiers, but that could grow to 300,
according to Viergutz, who also
represents Lockheed Martin on the
Armed Forces Communications and
Electronics Association (AFCEA).
Additionally, Viergutz
supports the National Security
Scholars Program (NSSP), a
scholarship program that partners
with Maryland-area colleges and
companies from the global security
industry to give students hands-on
experience, a scholarship and a Top
Secret clearance from the National
Security Agency. Last year, two
interns joined Viergutz’s team, and
Lockheed Martin was recognized
with the Independent College Fund
Impact Award in October 2009.
“Lockheed Martin’s involvement in the
Fort Meade community has always been a core
characteristic of the organization and culture,”
said Viergutz who has been a part of Lockheed
Martin since 1992. “AFCEA-Maryland, NSSP
and the Fort Meade Alliance are all terrific organizations
that further bring together Lockheed
Martin, its employees and families, our customers
and the community.”★
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Deon Viergutz
For more information,
contact Matt Kramer
at 703-466-2794,
matthew.s.kramer@lmco.com.
Deon Viergutz
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