Aviation group

The Dayton Team celebrated Glen Saxon’s retirement effective 14 February 2023. Glen spent 6 1/2 years managing cybersecurity for the Special Operations contract and was a Task Lead for overall contract support. Glen had an illustrious career spanning 28 years of honorable service in the Air Force and 12 years as a contractor supporting numerous Air Force programs. We wish Glen and his wife Myra much happiness as they spend valuable time with their children and grandchildren. Congratulations on your retirement Glen!

Congratulations to George Coppock for his promotion to WIS-SOF Task Lead. Also within WIS-SOF, Bob Simmons was promoted to Senior Engineer, and Bruce Mason, John Altick, and Robert Howard all received Customer Feedback Records (CFR) for exceptional support to the Government. Mr. Mason was recognized for his excellent management of the GPS-H IPT, Mr. Altick received his CFR for exceptional performance providing training and guidance, responding to leadership queries, and supporting an RFP release, and Mr. Howard was recognized for work quality deemed “second to none” while pushing his programs forward.

From our Mobility team, Andrew Wilchynsky and Chris Kowalchuk were part of the Airworthiness Limitation—Refueling On / Off Load Capability Increase Project Team that was named the Mobility Program Office 2022 Small Team of the Year.

Michael Back, Senior Logistician Manager supporting Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program office to deliver VC-25B aircraft, is PAR’s resident expert for sustainment, primarily focused on Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages. Michael reviewed and provided analysis on findings from the Boeing-delivered supply chain risk report. He also worked closely with Air Mobility Command and Presidential Airlift Group to purchase auxiliary power unit inlet actuators and helped construct a briefing to senior leadership for the impacts of discontinuing the 747-8 Production Line. Due to Michael’s outstanding support to PAR, he was included as part of the team that won the 2022 VC-25B Large Team Award. Congratulations, Michael!

Within our EB Armament team, Michelle Vanden was awarded the 4th Qtr Top Gun Award for her work on JASSM cybersecurity. Willie Mothersell was recognized by the ARRW Chief Engineer for outstanding and sustained accomplishments as ARRW Chief Test Logistician, and Armando Cordero was recognized by the EBV Security Specialist for “diligence and hard work” and for the overall effort put forward to ensure EBR’s IT is working well.

C5ISR Group

Congratulations to Geoff Bueschel, Carl Farber, and Jefferson Cleghorn, from our C5ISR group who were members of the Next-Gen Analytics & Non-Kinetics (NGANK) Integrated Product Team that won the General Edwin W. Rawlings Team of the Year Award for 2022. The General Rawlings award recognizes the USAF team that provided significant improvement in communications and information support to the Air Force and DoD missions and operations.

Medical Group

Odyssey employees Mike Pollnow, Gaye Jordan, Jenny Eidman, Dan Bickford, Luly Clarkson, and Lori Houston were recognized in January 2023  for their outstanding contributions and performance supporting acquisition and compliance services at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego, CA. Thank you all for your dedication to the NHRC mission!

Becca Spooner, Clinical Research Coordinator, is recognized for receiving a Protocol Compliance Award by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) for exceeding ethical research standards while contributing noteworthy advancements in Naval medical knowledge. Odyssey is extremely grateful for Becca’s support, and we look forward to her continued success!

Odyssey Scientist, Dr. Ting Wong, in the Human Monoclonal Antibody Platform (HMAP) group, was recently selected to give an oral presentation at the Keystone Symposium Conference: Next Generation Antibody Therapeutics: From Discovery to Patient in Banff, Canada.

Space & Missile Defense Group

Lowell Knight, a long-term Odyssey and the Space Domain Awareness team member, was recognized by the 19th Space Defense Squadron Commander for his support during the January and March Cyber Readiness Assessment on the Common Framework Environment and its tenant applications.

Col. Smith stated about Lowell’s work: “Your assistance, technical expertise, and ability to go above and beyond to ensure success is very much appreciated. Your efforts earned our system a very favorable rating, built the framework for future inspections, and most importantly, provided my team with the tools the U.S. needs for pace superiority.”

Congratulations, Lowell, for your continued excellent work!

Solutions Group

A huge thank you to Andrew Kennedy, Tim Ungacta, Alessandro Agenello, and Jeff Yaeger for going above and beyond in their support to Robert Cognetti‘s meeting and demonstration for the US Marine Corps.

Robert identified an opportunity to address a number of both near and long-term challenges USMC was having. The team was able to pull together a comprehensive demonstration of the recently approved FXD Tactical CDS capability that may result in USMC participation on the FXD program and our involvement in an upcoming JADC2 exercise. Thanks to all of you for your smart and hard work!

Congratulations to everyone who has celebrated an important work milestone between September 16, 2022 and March 15, 2023. Thank you for your dedication!