CEO BIT. Upcoming Events: Widewater Beachfest! Supporting Final Salute Inc. Annual BITS 5 th Golf Tournament. Corporate Announcements

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1 BITS NEWSLETTER August 2014 CEO BIT It is with pleasure that I introduce the BITS first corporate newsletter, BITS BYTES. We have had tremendous success over the last couple of years in growing and shaping the company. This is largely due to the hard work, dedication, loyalty, and technical acumen of the BITS employees. With a distributed workforce in over 12 States to include the State of Hawaii it is very hard to bring the teams together to communicate and get to know each other better. The Newsletter is one way outside of that will allow us to communicate. The newsletter belongs to you the employees, so please use it to communicate about yourselves and our team successes, no matter how small they may seem. BITS Mission Statement Assist our clients in the achievement of their business objectives through the appropriate use of business processes and the implementation of system technology products to support the business. Use a disciplined system engineering approach with certified project management and seasoned technical professionals managing the project to achieve an on-time, under budget, quality product or service. Our corporate mission statement is achieved through our employee competencies, skills, technical savvy, and the overall understanding of the client and their business needs. We have been recognized from our customers and partners as a company that has technical and functional competencies, produces quality products, and has integrity. This is a direct reflection of the employees. Thank You! I would ask that all employees take advantage of our tuition/higher education reimbursement policy to maintain their skills, credentials, and certifications necessary to grow with the corporation, customer needs, and the evolution of technology. It will be very important in the IT world to stay current. I have an open door policy, may need to get on my schedule, but if you ever want to chat or discuss anything please do so. If you are not in the DC area and are ever in the area for any reason please stop by the corporate office. Semper Fidelis, Dan McQuay CEO BITS Inc. Upcoming Employee Birthdays Will Rogers 08/02 Amanda Darnell 08/06 Steven Winders 08/15 Mike Morgan 08/15 Donna Nguetchang 8/16 Julie Lorfano 08/22 Negest Rucker 08/27 Michael Box 08/29 Upcoming Events: Widewater Beachfest! Supporting Final Salute Inc BITS 5 th Golf Tournament Annual Supporting Final Salute Inc. Corporate Announcements Recent Awards: ABS TO 6 July 2014 VHA Connected Health Program and Acquisition Support Services, June 2014 Navy COTF - Oracle Financials May 2014

2 Employee of the Quarter Employee Awards/Recognitions Congratulations to MIKE ABEL on being named the Employee of the Quarter for Q2! Mike works on the DCAA Help Desk as IT Support and is located in Kansas. Michael Abel's attention to detail, unfailing politeness and patience makes him an ideal help desk agent. His willingness to volunteer to take on extra responsibilities such as testing new procedures and writing documentation for other help desk agents and field technicians to use makes him a great asset to management as well as other help desk analysts. Michael Able is a face to the customer that BITS can be proud to have. TMIP-J Awards July 1,2014 TMIP J held an All Hands meeting to acknowledge employee contributions to the project. In addition to the recognition of everyone s hard work, Salma Kaul was awarded as the Employee of the Quarter. Employee recognition on project TMIP-J: Kristen Hill, Karen Chavarria, Salma Kaul, Stuart Gilmore, Sarita Bhure, Curt Adams, Daniel Yun. Salma Kaul Curt Adams THANK YOU TMIP J Team, keep up the hard work! BITS would like to congratulate the Mai and Abel families on the arrival of their newborns!

3 Employee Spotlight Dan McQuay Title: CEO/Founder Hometown: St. Louis, MO Current Residence: Stafford, VA Abby (daughter), Dan, Josh (son) How long have you worked for BITS? Founded the company in 2003 Hobbies/Interests: Boating, Fishing, Hunting, Time with my kids and grandkids Tell us something interesting about yourself: Baseball fan since I was 4. Caught my older brothers batting practice at age of 7, he was 15. Played High School ball for 5 years. Had a dream to play professional baseball. Had two tryouts with the Cincinnati Reds in High School. Told both times I was too slow. Joined the Marine Corps at 17 when I accepted reality on the dream. Corey, Dan, Zach (son s) Ethan (grandson) and Dan Josh, Dan, Amy, Abby

4 ES NEWS (Re)Focusing On Our Founding Capabilities: Many of you are aware, and some were around to see, that BITS was started as an Oracle application and technology services company. At the core of BITS capabilities is a focus on enterprise technologies and functional business processes. BITS got its start in 2003 supporting the Military Health Systems (MHS) with the implementation of the Defense Medical Human Resource Management Systems Internet (DMHRSi). Many Oracle technologies were supported for this program. From there BITS expanded into other technology and functional areas, with a deep focus in the Health IT technical and functional areas. This year we have reinvigorated our broader focus on enterprise technologies outside of health. That is what the Enterprise Solutions (ES) business area is all about. Our ES group will broaden the BITS focus into technology services and business process services to more government customers for existing and new functional areas and product families. This section will keep you apprised of our progress and he developments in the marketplace. This is a robust market. There are lots of opportunities. Our discipline will be to walk before we run in order to be successful. The BITS Health IT business remains our largest business focus, and will continue to be important to our business. It s our vision to develop a robust set of competencies cross the broad spectrum of government customer requirements, over time. HIT News The Health Information Technology line of business has endured a strong performance within the first two quarters of This growth was the result of an All BITS effort that touched on every aspect of a successful campaign; for instance, these efforts ranged from identification of opportunities, to proposal development, contracting, accounts payable/receivable, recruiting, and finally the subsequent hiring of extremely qualified individuals to work at client sites and the BITS Office. Our services are tailormade on a case-by-case basis and leverage our unique combination of market expertise, presence, and relationships with key players in and outside of government. We continue to integrate on all levels. We leverage the on-site intimate relationships with the customer to identify opportunities for the wider BITS audience. The entire BITS Team is responsible for some great wins: ABS task order 6, Connected Health, FHCC IT Support, HS Portfolio Support, HS Prioritization, MHV Sustainment, MPN, VA Best and VSE. It has been a great six months, looking forward to the next six and to close out strong! Please join us for the BITS 5th Annual Charity Golf Tournament! Proceeds will be donated to Final Salute Inc. Your attendance and participation at this event will support a worthy cause and be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to another great event!

5 BITS Open house BITS open house was a huge success and we would like to thank all of those that came out and made it the successful event that it was! BITS RECENT NEW HIRES Natalie Spencer Eric Hanson Negest Rucker Gregg Bender Carmen Long Linda Wooding Shawn Brewster Jennifer Lindsey Jenelle Chase Amanda Darnell Sue Kang Medha Bhargaw WELCOME ABOARD! BITS Night Out at The Park BITS Night Out at The Park had a huge amount of participation from our employees! For more picture please visit our Facebook page,