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CDCA Small Business Symposium

July 23rd, 2009

Genesis of Geocent

Parent Company Subsidiaries Capabilities Market Focus

Information Technology

Decision Support

Engineering & Technical Support

Federal, State & Local IT

Commercial IT

Aerospace & Defense

Nuclear Energy

WOSB – Since 1992

Geocent Key Information

What we do: Deliver high-quality Information Technology (IT) services and solutions

History: Incorporated in 1992

Number of Employees: 135

Status: Woman Owned Small Business

Facility Classification:

Top Secret Clearance

Contract Vehicles: ♦ Seaport Enhanced (Seaport-e) Prime Contract: N00178-05-D-4290

♦ GSA Schedule: GS-35F-0027M

♦ SRC Contract(IWTDDA) support services N65236-08-D-6805

♦ DHS Eagle Contract (sub to Booz Allen Hamilton)

♦ DHS Eagle Small Business Contract (sub to Access Systems)

♦ ITES-2 Contract (sub to Booz Allen Hamilton)

Project Locations

Information Technology

Engineering & Technical Support

Decision Support

Core Capabilities

Engineering & Technical Support

Decision SupportInformation Technology

Elements of Information Technology

Software Engineering

Network Engineering

IT Consulting & Staffing

Software Engineering

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)• Custom Software Solutions• Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Software Selection,

Implementation and Customization• Data Modeling, Database Development, Integration and

Reporting• Data Visualization and Geographic Information System (GIS)• Business and Scientific Software Solutions

Engineering & Technical Support

Decision SupportInformation Technology

Network Engineering

• Telecommunications Design & Implementation• Server and Core Infrastructure Design & Implementation• Help Desk and Desktop Support• Shared Services and Data Center Support• Network and Information Security Audits and Remediation• Email, Collaboration and Communications Infrastructure• Operations and Maintenance of Networks• Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)• Systems administration in various Operating Systems• Virtualization and Storage Solutions

Engineering & Technical Support

Decision SupportInformation Technology

IT Consulting & Staffing

IT Consulting• IT Strategic Planning• Program & Project Management• Business Intelligence

Staffing• Staff Augmentation• Talent Filtering• Subject Matter Experts• Recruiting & Retention Engine - RARE™

Engineering & Technical Support

Decision SupportInformation Technology

Geocent Federal IT Clients

Support on programs managed by SSCLANT including EDE, VA Data Integration, ASSOC NOP, NSIPS, DIMHRS, and others.

Competency areas both leading and supporting are:

Since 1997, Geocent has been supporting programs for SSCLANT

♦ Service Oriented Architecture(SOA)

♦ Software Engineering

♦ Test & Evaluation ♦ PeopleSoft Development

♦ Data Management and Admin ♦ Enterprise IA

♦ Program Management ♦ Network Engineering and Administration

♦ Requirements Management ♦ Cost Engineering

♦ Configuration Management ♦ Infrastructure rebuild due to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina

Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command (CNMOC)

♦ Content Management Systems (Naval Oceanographic Portal - Oceanography (NEP - O))

♦ Service Oriented Architecture(SOA)

♦ Web Services Integration

♦ Portals

♦ Single Point of Access (METOC Service Bus)

Geocent Federal IT Clients (cont.)

Naval Oceanographic Office - As Prime Contractor since 1999, Geocent provides Application Development, Data Integration, Web-enabling, Data Visualization, and Content Management solutions for NAVO. Additionally, Geocent assisted NAVO in creating processes and documentation necessary to achieve CMM Level III.

Naval Reserve Force - Since 2002, Geocent has provided full life cycle applications & deployment support for the Base Level Item Tracking System (BLITS), a logistical & supply chain tracking application that uses mobile devices & is adding RFID.

USDA National Finance Center – EmpowHR; Geocent is also currently working with the USDA NFC to develop an overall project plan for the conversion of their enterprise from Novell to Microsoft Active Directory for over 1500 users worldwide.

NASA – Under an SBIR Phase II Award, Geocent is developing algorithms and software with the University of New Orleans to improve, standardize, and automate the entire process of LIDAR Data processing.

Army Space and Missile Defense Command – Since 2004, Geocent has been leading the data integration, design, and web-services enablement for a prototype of a key tactical decision support system.

Decision SupportInformation Technology Engineering & Technical Support

Engineering & Technical Support

Aerospace & Defense

Nuclear Energy

Manufacturing

Decision SupportInformation Technology Engineering & Technical Support

Projects• International Space Station (ISS) Software Systems Engineering• ARES I Special (Test) Equipment Design and

Upper Stage Structural Testing Support with Pro-E• ARES I-x Verification Support including Roll Control System

Verification, Testing & Preparation

Capabilities• Requirements development• Design coordination• Document development• Design verification• Inspections• Testing• Demonstration

Aerospace & Defense

Decision SupportInformation Technology Engineering & Technical Support

• Regulatory Compliance• Quality Assurance• Program Management Support• Information Systems• Decision Support• Business Processes• Strategic Planning

Nuclear

Decision Support

Decision Support

Engineering & Technical Support

Information Technology

Sample Decision Support Clients

NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (MSAAP) Transition

NASA Test Operations Contracts Review

Decision Support

Engineering & Technical Support

Information Technology

Geographic Information Systems Integration - CNMOC Business Problem

♦ Difficulty exposing 4-D data within 2-D GIS environment

♦ Specialized visualization needs

♦ Specialized processing needs

Approach♦ Vendor Agnostic GIS approach

♦ Open Standards Integration (OGC)

♦ Leveraging Open Source & COTS

♦ Net Centric Capabilities

Results♦ Rapid data integration

♦Volumetric Data

♦Scientific formats (NetCDF, HDF, etc)

♦ Integrated Specialized Processing

♦Geo-processing

♦Web 2.0 Integration

♦All-Source Data Fusion SOA Framework

GISData

ScientificData

METOCData

NonspatialData

ESRI Geoserver ncWMS CMS

Open Web Standards

Chapter 33 Department of Veterans AffairsBusiness Problem

♦ Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill begins August 2009 and the VA needs a system to process the claims

♦ Current “short term” solution is mostly manual processes to deliver education benefits

♦ Automated long term solution within 24 months♦ Requires extensive integration with many systems

Approach

♦ A distributed application architecture framework Leveraging Open Source & COTS

♦ An incremental delivery of capabilities using the Scrum methodology

♦ Leveraging a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach

♦ Rules-basedResults

♦ A coherent yet distributed system ♦ A flexibile system able to handle change♦ A system that provides for ease of integration♦ Reusable services for future systems

Data Exchange and

Reports

Manage ClaimsAdjudicateClaim

Claimant Self-Service

Process Payments

RulesEngine SOAData

Repository Presentation

SPAWAR

VA

Out of Scope

Data Services

InstitutionSelf-Service

FinancialTransactions

OtherServices

FinancialService

Chapter 33Specific

WorkflowEngine

RulesEngine

Attribute-basedSecurity/Access

InternalVA UI

ClaimantSelf-Service

InstitutionsData Source(s)

DoDData Source(s)

EducationData Source(s)

EnterpriseData Source(s)

Enterprise Data Environnent – SSC LANT

Business Problem ♦ Duplicate Data across systems

♦ Authoritative Data Sources Unclear

♦ Integration Challenge

Approach♦ Data Standardization

♦Processes

♦Tools

♦ Infrastructure

♦Servers, Databases, Integration Points

♦ SOA Enablement

♦Data-as-a-service

Results♦ Standardized Data Definitions

♦ Data Element Re-use Across Systems

♦ Process Level Data Integration

♦ Clear Authoritative Data

Governance

EDE Spiral Kickoff

Build Data Model

Develop Data

Migration Plan

Develop Service

Interfaces

Testing

Config. Mang.

Production Delivery

Postmortem

Stakeholders

DODAF Compliant

ModelPhysical

EAVModel

DataMigration

Plan

WSDLsGuidesCodeSLAs

TestPlan

TestPlan

Lessons LearnedReusable Code

Reusable Services

TestReport

Baseline(PVCS)

Install PkgsConfigGuides

ETL report

Project Plan

POA&M

Foundational Data Elements

Business Processes

Business Systems

Business Domains

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