Pakistani American Receives
NASA Award
Ms. Jasmine Ali receives the award from NASA's chief
Mike Griffin. |
Washington, DC: NASA announced
its minority contractor, subcontractor and women-owned business
of the year in a ceremony September 14 in Washington. The
honors cap an exceptional year of small business achievements
in support of space exploration.
NASA named Tessada & Associates,
Inc., Springfield, Va., as NASA's Minority Contractor of the
Year. Bastion Technologies, Inc., Houston, was named Minority
Subcontractor of the Year, and Barrios Technology, Ltd., Houston,
was named NASA's Woman-Owned Business of the Year.
NASA also recognized outstanding
advocates within the agency for their contributions and innovative
approaches with minority and women-owned business. These exceptional
achievement medals were given in three categories: Technical,
Procurement and Small Business.
The winner in the Technical
category was Eric B. Clark, NASA's Glenn Research Center,
Cleveland. In Procurement, the winner was Jeffrey Jackson,
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. The
winner in the Small Business category was Robert Medina, NASA's
Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.
Winners of NASA's Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization's Special Recognition
Awards for lifetime achievement or a single outstanding act
were: Bay Systems of Oakland, Calif.; Futron Corp., Bethesda,
Md.; and T/J Technologies, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.
NASA's Langley Research
Center, Hampton, Va.; Stennis Space Center, Miss.; Marshall
and Dryden were recognized for meeting or exceeding all negotiated
socio-economic small business goals.
Ms. Jasmine Ali, a Pakistani American, received the award
from NASA's chief Mike Griffin on behalf of Bay Systems Consulting,
Inc.
For information about NASA's small business programs, visit:
www.osdbu.nasa.gov
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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