NASA Honors Pakistani-Owned
Company’s Role in ‘Return to Flight Program’
Jasmine Ali |
Oakland, CA: Less than
three weeks before predicting US astronauts would soon be
launching aboard the space shuttle Discovery, NASA honored
small IT consulting firm Bay Systems Consulting, Inc. (http://www.baysystemsinc.com)
for its role in aerospace testing, operations and maintenance
at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
The organization also highlighted Bay Systems in a special
publication featuring small businesses involved in NASA’s
Return to Flight (RTF) program, for which Bay Systems Consulting
provided thermal testing.
“We are delighted to have been recognized for our performance
and hard work on critical NASA programs,” stated Bay
Systems Consulting CEO I. Jasmine Ali. That recognition included
a total of eight NASA Honor Awards for year 2005 on three
projects. The company received five awards in recognition
of outstanding contributions to NASA’s critical space
shuttle RTF project, one award for excelling in developing
the life sciences payloads for STS-107 Columbia and exhibiting
great courage after the Columbia tragedy, and two awards for
outstanding accomplishments in the development of a unique
thermal protection system for the wing leading edge of the
X-37 orbital vehicle.
It is not the first time NASA has recognized Bay Systems Consulting.
Last year, the company received two NASA ACC 2004 Excellence
Awards, a Jacob’s Safety Award and team recognition
from the director of Ames Research Center.
In discussing Bay Systems Consulting’s work with NASA,
Jasmine Ali attributed her company’s success to its
people. “Our greatest strength is our staff,”
she stated. “Bay Systems Consulting, Inc. has a team
of accessible, qualified consultants who each have ten to
fifteen years of experience and are leaders in their field.
We could not have delivered this caliber of work without them.”
Jasmine Ali was born in Lahore, Pakistan. She received her
bachelors in Psychology from Lahore College of Women, Pakistan.
Founded in 1997, Bay Systems Consulting is a small, woman-
and minority-owned and operated business. The company excels
in providing world-class consulting services for applied sciences
and information technology. Bay Systems Consulting has successfully
teamed with several top companies and is a preferred vendor
of leading government and defense contractors for Fortune
500 companies and government agencies.
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