Project Experience

InnoVest combined body of experts includes highly experienced engineers, project managers, and relationship managers among its managing staff and associates. Below is a sample of the projects our members have worked on and successfully completed.

Northrop Grumman Information Technology - Department of Treasury (DOT) – Internal Revenue Services (IRS) The Total Information Processing Support Services-3 (TIPSS-3) – TIPSS-3 contract is a Multiple Agency Contract (MAC). It provides sources of information processing support services for the (DOT), IRS, Treasury Bureaus, and other federal agencies. The IRS will be the primary user of the contracts to support its ongoing tax systems, interim support, and to provide the full range of information processing support services for project level support. This solicitation will result in a multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ).

Verizon - Treasury Department - The Treasury Communications System (TCS) - TCS is one of the largest secure, private wide area networks in the US civilian government. TCS is the framework for the Treasury information infrastructure that enables a wide selection of 21st Century applications, such as simplified tax and wage reporting, linking law enforcement agencies for public safety, and developing an international trade data base. TCS supports a wide range of services for its customers, including video conferencing, multimedia applications, and Internet/Intranet access.

In addition to the offices in Treasury itself, the TCS serves the missions of the customers within the Treasury agencies: the Secret Service, the Customs Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, the Mint, the Financial Management Service, the Financial Crimes Center, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Bureau of Public Debt, the Office of the Inspector General, and the Office of Thrift Supervision. InnoVest members performed different tasks in the TCS program as follows:

SAIC - Department of Defense (DoD) - Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System – Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH) - Army Industrial Hygienists (IH) was tasked to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control occupational health hazards at Medical Treatment Facilities and Installation world-wide. In order to accomplish these tasks, an IH was to conduct evaluations, or surveys, at the workplace operations to determine the employees’ (both military and civilian) potential exposures to chemical, physical, biological and ergonomics hazards. The information that was gathered during these evaluations, including worker exposure monitoring results, was then entered into the DOEHRS-IH. The collected data was then to be used throughout the Department of Defense. InnoVest members reviewed RFP for the DOEHRS-IH and evaluated 3 potential vendors’ proposals (TRW, Integic, and Oracle) and recommendations to the client were provided. Our Systems Engineers developed the DOEHRS-IH Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Support Plan (C4ISP) documents.

SAIC - Department of Defense (DoD) - Composite Health Care System II (CHCS II) - The CHCS II is a Health IT and medical and dental clinical information system that was created to generate and maintain a comprehensive, life-long, Computer-based Patient Record (CPR) for each Military Health System (MHS) beneficiary. Enterprise-wide implementation of this system was to support the commitment of the DoD to conduct population health management throughout the MHS.

CHCS II supports Force Health Protection, Population Health, and MHS Optimization by enabling the MHS to determine the deployment status of units, demand management effectiveness, and disease prevalence, management and outcomes.
Our team members were the Point of Contact (POC) to receive, review and comment on different DoD documentations such as Continuity of Operations Plan (COP), C4ISP, and capability report for CHCS II for CITPO, Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) communications infrastructure requirements specification for the MHS. We performed CHCS II application development, performance monitoring, network interfaces, reporting, DoD IT Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP). As a member of the CHCS II Technical Implementation Working Group (TIWG), our systems engineers participated in the evaluation of the communications infrastructure requirements.

Technology, Automation, and Management - Department of Defense (DoD) - Clinical Information System (CIS) – Patient care has become increasingly complex with the widespread use of advanced technologies in routine care. Healthcare providers must keep track of a staggering amount of information and their failure to do so can have a detrimental effect on patient care. CIS was designed to bring the management of patient data into the information age. It was intended to replace the Medical Records Department of a medical institution, supporting the acquisition, storage, manipulation, and distribution of clinical information throughout the organization.

InnoVest members provided technical and engineering support, and systems analysis. We participated in Review New Results (RNR) software development and specifications document production, which required understanding the requirements (business and technical), working with the IM team to ensure the requirements were testable, and identifying the communication interface requirements for the enhanced functionality. Also outpatient itemized billing document for the IM Group was developed. Part of our technical responsibility includes communications, hardware and software, security, and networking requirements.

Litton - Planning Research Corporation (PRC) – US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) - PRC has been PTO’s prime systems integrator for the APS since 1984. Working together, PTO and PRC have automated major portions of the patent examination process. APS is crucial to PTO’s business of examining and disseminating patents. It allows examiners, attorneys, and the public to electronically search patent databases and enables PTO to service orders for patent and trademark documents. PTO has relied on PRC for almost every aspect of planning, development, deployment, and maintenance of APS. Members of InnoVest have participated in different aspects of the USPTO projects. We have been involved in communication integration and software development as well as legacy system migration.

Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) - The US Air Force (USAF) Local On Line System (LONS) – LONS was the advanced integrated systems to address the USAF Information Technology (IT) requirements. Members of the InnoVest was involved in LONS project management, LAN/WAN Integration, software development, software testing and custom software integration with COTS components. LONS project included providing LAN and Office Automation (OA) capabilities to Air Force bases across the country using IEEE 802.3 and TCP/IP protocols. LONS was integrated with DOD systems world-wide. Members of our firm provided end-to-end interoperability, communication utilization evaluation, capacity planning, performance modeling, and sensitivity analysis. LONS used IBM mid-range hardware platform.

Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) - Treasury Department – Consolidated Data Network (CDN) - CDN is a nationwide data network to support treasury department users worldwide. It is comprised of more than 175 network nodes and 2,000 network access devices, in addition to other data communications equipment. CDN is the largest secure, private Wide Area Network (WAN) in the U.S. civilian government. CDN offers robust telecommunications infrastructure and a hierarchical topology that makes available a range of technology that reflects the diverse business needs of users. InnoVest members have participated in its topology design, implementation and capacity planning, bill of material (BOM), and circuit specification and configuration for CDN architectural design group. We participated in designing the IRS, P&P and Customs network. This included optimization of the network topology for higher utilization and performance and lower cost.

CENTEL - US General Services Administration - Federal Technology Service (FTS) 2000 -
The mission of GSA’s FTS is to deliver best value and innovative acquisition solutions for Information Technology (IT), Network Services (telecommunications), and Professional Services to support government agency requirements worldwide. GSA FTS works with agency customers to understand their requirements and to help them develop acquisition strategies, conduct the acquisition, implementation assistance, and manage the funding. GSA FTS services help agencies achieve best value solutions and avoid doing costly, time-consuming acquisitions, save taxpayer dollars, and enable them to devote more of their own staffs directly to their agency missions and programs. FTS services include:

• Statement of Work (SOW) development
• Request for Proposal (RFP) package development
• Acquisition Strategy and Options
• Conduct the Acquisition
• Sign Contracting Documents
• Provide legal support, if necessary
• Act as Contracting Officer (COTR) on each task order
• Manage Milestones, Schedules and Costs
• Provide small business and socioeconomic credits
• Ensure Problem Resolution
• Provide Project and Financial Management
• Develop and track Task Orders
  

InnoVest members provided Support on Technical Assistance and Management Services (TAMS) project at Service Oversight Center (SOC) for FTS2000 transition. This included network planning, design & verification, training, and technical support. We performed extensive analysis on THIS, WITS, and ASP. Our members also participated in negotiating with the FTS2000 contractors (AT&T and US Sprint) to identify technical, operational problems, and incompatibilities, recommended modifications, and reviewed and modified the FTS2000 network design and interface specifications.

Raytheon – Department of Defense – Air Force program Executive Officer for Space (AFPEO/SP) - Military Communications Systems Wing (MCSW) - Global Broadcast Services (GBS) - The GBS is an extension of the Global Information Grid (GIG) that provides worldwide, high capacity, one-way transmission of video, imagery, and other high-bandwidth information, via Transmit Suites (including Theater Injection Points (TIP’s)) to receive suites, supporting the nation's command centers and joint combat forces in garrison, in transit, and deployed within global combat zones. It employs readily available satellite-based broadcast commercial technologies, which are relatively inexpensive and easily integrated into existing systems and processes.

InnoVest members worked on the STOW 97 project and GBS contract. This was an extension of the DISN and a part of the overall DoD Military Satellite Communications Systems (MILSATCOM) Architecture. We participated in the engineering of the SIPRNET/NIPRNET/DISN-LES and GBS. Interfaced with JPO, DARPA, DISA, MITRE, NAVY, to provide Information Dissemination Manager (IDM) and GBS interfaces to develop and document the protocols and interfaces for the GBS requirements. Also as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) for GBS program, provided the links between the tasks, schedules, and staffing.