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LSINC CTO James Bullington was recently interviewed by Engineering.com  to discuss how LSINC uses the Siemens Solid Edge tool to help bring customer ideas to reality. The story profiles how the LSINC team worked with iCubate to develop a disease diagnostic system.

HUNTSVILLE, AL, October 29, 2018 – LSINC Corporation announced today that it has named Laken Laird as the company’s Director of Operations. In her new role supporting the Chief Operations Officer, she will monitor day-to-day operational systems and processes; plan, monitor, and analyze key metrics to ensure efficient and timely completion of tasks; lead the team with integrity to maintain a trusting, inclusive and productive environment; and collaborate with executive leadership on budget and planning, as well as developing long term operational strategies. Laird has served as a Strategic Business Analyst for LSINC over the past three and a half years. “Laken is a brilliant business analyst who has been instrumental in building LSINC over the last three years,” said Alicia Ryan, CEO. Prior to joining LSINC in 2015, Laird was Deputy Director of Research and Publications for Intergroup Services (IGS), a healthcare consulting firm based in Baltimore, MD. Her background also includes time working in legislative affairs in Washington, D.C. She has extensive knowledge in policy development and operational process management for the defense, health, and international business sectors. Laird is a native of Opp, AL. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The University of Alabama and her Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Following a competitive solicitation, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Huntsville-based Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) LSINC Corporation its Technical, Engineering, Advisory, and Management Support (TEAMS) Human Resources (HR) contract. Work under this contract will support MDA with HR activities in the areas of execution of human resources operations; human capital data; military personnel planning and support; recruitment and staffing; training and curriculum development; science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) outreach; equal opportunity; and total force management. The cost-plus fixed-fee TEAMS HR contract has a five-year period of performance including options, at a value of $38.9M. LSINC will provide personnel support for this contract in Huntsville, AL; Fort Belvoir, VA; and Colorado Springs, CO. LSINC is joined in this effort by subcontractors Deloitte Consulting, LLP and Canvas, Inc. “We are pleased to continue to serve our MDA customer under the HR contract,” said Alicia Ryan, LSINC CEO. “We have been providing MDA with counterintelligence and security and program protection support and are excited to help the Agency identify and hire expertise in support of the warfighter and our nation’s critical defense programs.” About LSINC Corporation LSINC Corporation is a Woman-Owned Small Business that supports government and commercial clients with a diverse service offering. The company’s core competencies include engineering and product development, human resources, competitive market intelligence and business analytics, counterintelligence, strategic planning, and communications. To support customers in the most effective manner, LSINC’s culture centers on providing agile processes with a structured approach. LSINC is an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified business.

LSINC President, Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr. of Huntsville Awarded Prestigious National Honor HUNTSVILLE, AL — LSINC Corporation, an innovator in engineering design, product development, manufacturing services, and business strategies, is proud to announce that LSINC President, Robert Lightfoot, Jr., has won the prestigious Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy in recognition of his exceptional service to this country and its space program. Named after the father of modern rocketry, this trophy is awarded annually by the National Space Club and Foundation to an individual or group determined to have made significant impact on space activities over the past year. The award will be presented to Mr. Lightfoot at the 62nd Annual Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C. this spring. Hosted annually since 1958, this major event brings together nearly 2,000 members of the government, space industry, and educational space community. Mr. Lightfoot’s NASA career spans 30 years, including serving as a test engineer, program manager, Marshall Space Flight Center Director,Associate Administrator – the top civil servant in the Agency – and NASA’sActing Administrator under two presidential administrations. Upon retirement,Mr. Lightfoot continued his career in innovation by joining LSINC Corporation as its President. Applying his 30-year NASA career experience, Mr. Lightfoot contributes his expertise to the LSINC team and our clients’ objectives. His extensive knowledge in managing federal agencies through times of significant change allows him to implement strategies and eliminate barriers to positively impact the innovative growth of our clients. In a speech at a recent Challenger Center Annual Conference, Lightfoot said, “Just as we stand on the shoulders of greatness to look toward the next horizon, we’re also building a foundation today for the next generation to achieve its milestones.” The LSINC team benefits from Lightfoot’s leadership and his drive for excellence as a part of his contribution to the company’s culture. “We congratulate him on this well-deserved honor and applaud his service to our country, our space program, our company, and our community,” said Alicia Ryan, CEO, LSINC Corporation.

LSINC Corporation Employee Engagement Series Features Veteran Astronaut and Former Johnson Space Center Director. To enhance LSINC Corporation’s mission to provide customers with innovative solutions derived through collaboration and multiple perspectives, LSINC created an employee engagement series to bring together bright, innovative minds to share their stories with LSINC employees. Most recently, LSINC Corporation invited Dr. Ellen Ochoa, a 4-time shuttle astronaut and 2017 inductee into the Astronaut Hall of Fame, to share her experiences working at NASA and lessons learned about successfully leading a set complex and diverse projects.  Dr. Ochoa served as the 11th director of  Johnson SpaceCenter with the distinction of being its second female director and first Hispanic director. Her impressive career also includes previous management roles as Deputy Center Director and Director of Flight Crew Operations. Born in California, Ochoa earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from San Diego State University and a master’s degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Ochoa joined NASA in 1988 as a research engineer at Ames Research Center and moved to Johnson Space Center in 1990, when she was selected as an astronaut. She became the first Hispanic woman to go to space, serving on the nine-day STS-56 mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1993. She has flown in space a total of four times, including STS-66, STS-96and STS-110, logging nearly 1,000 hours in orbit.  As a research engineer at Sandia National Laboratories and NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing. She is a co-inventor on three patents and author of several technical papers. Ochoa has been recognized by NASA and earned its highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award for senior executives in the federal government. Along with numerous other awards, she is especially honored to have six schools named for her. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA), serves on several boards, and chairs the Nomination EvaluationCommittee for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. LSINC President Robert Lightfoot shares his thoughts on Dr. Ochoa’s participation in the LSINC employee engagement series, saying, “Ellen proves the sky is not the limit. When we talk about bringing a different perspective to an issue, or thinking of the big picture, she is among the few who have seen planet Earth from space, and she took that experience with her to every organization she led. We are privileged that she was able to share those experiences with us and inspire our employees to approach every challenge with a pioneering spirit.”

In February, at the 83rd Annual Membership Meeting, LSINC CEO Alicia Ryan was presented the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Service Award by outgoing Board Chair Gary Bolton. The Distinguished ServiceAward is the highest honor the Chamber presents to an individual. It has been awarded since 1957, with the first recipient being Dr. Wernher von Braun.   “The LSINC team is proud of Alicia and her community service. Alicia always emphasizes being a good steward in our community as a key LSINC company tenet. She sets the example for all of us when it comes to community service,” said Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., LSINC’s President. Alicia Ryan is the founder and CEO of LSINC, a diversified company providing engineering design, product development and manufacturing and assembly of complex industrial systems for commercial and defense and aerospace companies. Among her many volunteer and leadership positions, Alicia serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering, a statewide magnet school created by the Alabama Legislature in 2018. She also serves as the Chair of the Board of the Foundation supporting the school. This school will be the first of its kind in the nation and will address the growing demand for cyber and engineering professionals in the workforce. The school, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020, is currently involved in a national search to hire its first President. The school will accept students from the local area, as well as from around the state. Planned enrollment will be 350, with approximately half of the 7th – 12th grade students living on campus. In addition to awarding Ryan for her distinguished service, Bolton also presented a $10,000 donation to the school on behalf of his company, ADTRAN.Ryan accepted the donation on behalf of the Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering. ### AboutLSINC: LSINC Corporation is a Woman-OwnedSmall Business that supports government and commercial clients with a diverse service offering. The company’s core competencies include engineering and product development, human resources, competitive market intelligence and business analytics, counterintelligence, strategic planning, and communications. To support customers in the most effective manner, LSINC’s culture centers on providing agile processes with a structured approach. LSINC is anInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified business. For more information about LSINC, visit www.LSINC.com. AboutAlabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering: The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE) is an independent residential magnet school, that will provide academically motivated and gifted 7th– 12 th grade students with educational opportunities and experiences in the rapidly growing fields of cyber technology and engineering beginning inAugust 2020.

LSINC Corporation CEO, Alicia Ryan, was awarded the 2018 Distinguished Service Award at the 83rd Annual Membership Meeting on February 6, 2019. The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber presented this honor to “the community’s most dedicated and deserving volunteer.” Ryan’s innovative leadership strategies at LSINC are perpetuated beyond the company as she applies LSINC’s core values to the community. Ryan’s recognition comes largely from her involvement with Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering, a statewide magnet school approved by the Legislature in 2018. She is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the school as well as the Chair of the Board of the Foundation supporting the school. Along with the recognition for her own work, Ryan accepted a $10,000 donation from the Chamber’s outgoing Board Chair Gary Bolton, on behalf of ADTRAN. The funds will allow the school to train local and statewide next-generation cyber and engineering professionals and prepare them to enter the workforce. Scheduled to open in fall 2020, the enrollment for the magnet school with a cyber technology focus is targeted at 350 7-12th grade students, approximately half of which will live on campus. This school shares LSINC’s goal to bring cutting edge ideas to reality and combine’s Ryan’s personal mission to enrich the lives of those around her. LSINC’s leadership team, led by Ryan, is a dedicated team of innovators that lead by serving, both professionally and personally. Pictured below: Ryan receiving the award from Mr. Bolton and celebrating with her family at the 83rd Annual Membership Meeting of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber. View the Chamber’sDistinguished Service Award announcement.

Huntsville, AL (April 29, 2019) – LSINC Corporation announced today that Robert Lightfoot will transition from his position as President of LSINC to the company’s Advisory Board where his expertise will be applied to the company’s innovations in engineering design, product development, manufacturing services, and business strategies. Lightfoot joined LSINC as President after retiring from his 30-year career at NASA which boasted a fifteen-month tenure as the Acting Administrator, which he served as while maintaining his position as Chief Operating Officer as the Associate Administrator of NASA. During his tenure at LSINC, Lightfoot was awarded awarded the prestigious Dr. Robert H.Goddard Memorial Trophy in recognition of his exceptional service to the space and aeronautics industry for the United States of America. “Robert’s contributions to our mission during his time at LSINC have been fantastic.” remarks CEO, Alicia Ryan. “His leadership enhanced our culture of continuous innovation and drove initiatives across industries. We look forward to his continued leadership as part of the Advisory Board.” “I want to thank my fellow innovators and collaborators for an exceptional experience. LSINC team members have a passion for making ideas a reality, and a commitment to the success of clients that made me proud to participate in these unique endeavors. ” Lightfoot comments. ### About LSINC Corporation LSINC Corporation is a Woman-Owned Small Business that supports government and commercial clients with a diverse service offering. The company’s core competencies include engineering and product development, human resources, competitive market intelligence and business analytics, counterintelligence, strategic planning, and communications. To support customers in the most effective manner, LSINC’s culture centers on providing agile processes with a structured approach. LSINC is an InternationalOrganization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified business. For more information about LSINC, visit www.LSINC.com.

LSINC attended the annual awards luncheon on April 30, 2019 as a contender for the Medium division 2019 Best Places to Work Award. This award is presented in the North Hall of the Von Braun Center by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber to the “best of the best” contenders. The nominees for the Best Places to Work are member businesses from the Tennessee Valley that create an excellent workplace culture through employee engagement, strong leadership, and excellent communication. This award also offers essential business-building tools for cultivating employee relationships in the workplace. “LSINC would like to thank the Huntsville/Madison CountyChamber for its consideration and congratulate all of our fellow contenders for the award. It’s an honor to be a part of such a thriving business community that cherish their employees,” said Alicia Ryan, LSINC CEO. At LSINC, we will continue to optimize our innovation, engagement, collaboration, and communication skills in preparation for the 2020 Best Places to Work Award.

…collaborative agility. We make a difference together. Alicia Ryan, LSINC CEO This video was made originally to showcase LSINC’s best attributes for the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber’s 2019 Best Places to Work award, but it reaches much farther than that. “LSINC’s Best” showcases the LSINC family and what each of them loves about collaborating in an environment with the best innovators, ideas, quality, value, and opportunities. Come be a part of the LSINC difference!

LSINC’s CEO Alicia Ryan, Director of Operations Laken Laird, and Director of New Business Development Judith Shaver traveled to Washington D.C. this week to represent LSINC as a gold sponsor of the annual Huntsville/Madison Chamber delegation trip from May 5-7, 2019. Pictured below: Alicia Ryan, CEO with Congressman Mo Brooks greeting the delegation from North Alabama including business leaders and elected officials. (left) Laken Laird, LSINC Director of Operations and Alicia Ryan, LSINC  CEO (right)

LSINC’s trip to the capitol continues into its final day! Today, the Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce Delegation was hosted for a Breakfast Briefing with Senator Richard Shelby and Senator Doug Jones. Other guest speakers included Senator Mitch McConnell and several others. Pictured: LSINC CEO, Alicia Ryan addressing the delegation with Senator Richard Shelby (left). Senator Shelby addressing the delegation (center). Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell addressing the delegation (right).