HPTi Receives Virginia’s Top Quality Award

RESTON, Va., June 8 /PRNewswire/ — High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), a Reston-based technology services firm, has been named the recipient of the prestigious United States Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA) for Virginia. HPTi has attained the Medallion of Performance Excellence, the program’s highest honor. No organization has achieved this level of quality maturity since 2006.

“SPQA has been a wonderful experience for HPTi,” commented Tim Keenan, HPTi’s president. We have been able to grow the company using feedback from some of the best quality experts in Virginia. It is so rewarding to see our dedication to constant improvement and growth recognized by independent evaluators.”

The SPQA encourages and rewards companies throughout the Commonwealth for practicing high-quality knowledge sharing and process improvement. The awards program fosters quality services and products in every sector of the Virginia economy. Virginia SPQA Board Chairman Mark Smith offered that “although these organizations do different things, they share one important attribute, which is a commitment to performance excellence.”

The SPQA Board of Directors, judges, and examiners evaluate and select award recipients. Selection criteria are based on written application submissions and on-site visits which demonstrate measurable quality and productivity results. The SPQA for Virginia was started in 1983 and is one of the longest continuously running award programs for performance excellence in the country. The criteria for the award are closely related to those of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

About HPTi

Founded in 1991, HPTi provides professional technology services to the federal government. Our core capabilities are computational science, enterprise technology and planning, systems architecture and engineering, secure mission software development, and knowledge discovery and visualization. The company employs over 300 people and enjoys revenues approaching $75 million. Learn more at www.hpti.com.

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    Jake Weyant
    703.707.2720
    jweyant@hpti.com

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