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AC4s Auquires Building for New Headquarters
Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc (AC4S) recently completed a transaction to acquire a 22,000 square foot office building to house its headquarters staff and to support its worldwide operations. The building is located at 4017 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in central Tampa. It is located in the Drew Park Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). The building has several large training rooms, conference rooms in addition to world class amenities for the staff including more than 80 parking spaces. The firm plans to move into the building in October of this year. SunTrust Bank financed the transaction and the Law Firm of Shutts and Bowen provided legal representation. Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc is a local telecommunications and Information Technology firm which provides a wide variety of technical services to the Defense Department, other Federal agencies and the commercial telecommunications sector. Its employees provide services around the world including Afghanistan, Qatar, The Philippines and many locations across the U.S. It has recently added employees in Texas and North Carolina. AC4S is a rapidly growing firm with customers in New York, San Diego, Washington DC, Atlanta, Charleston, SC, Johnstown, PA, Bethesda, MD and Tampa. If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Hugh Campbell, please contact Dwight Stephens, 813.282.3031 or e-mail Dwight at Dwight.stephens@ac4s.com.

AFA Salutes Air National Guard and Employers - August 2007
Arlington, Virginia – The Air National Guard and Employers of guardsmen will receive Air Force Association awards on September 24, 2007 at the Air & Space Conference 2007 Opening and Awards Ceremonies in Washington, D.C.

A traditional Air National Guards officer and enlisted member and their civilian employers will be honored for their patriotism with the Air National Guard George W. Bush Award.

"Captain Andrew F. Bennett, Liason Officer, Florida Air National Guard, and his civilian employer, Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc., Tampa, Fla., represented by the Vice President, Mr. Norman J. Abdallah, will be recognized. Captain Bennett served as Troop Commander for deployment of 18 Guardsmen to four forward deployed locations and one forward headquarters. Additionally, he directed trouble-shooting of critical systems at classified locations in Baghdad, Iraq, resulting in 100% communications and increased redundancy reliability. His employer directly aided Captain Bennett’s family in preparing for deployment by providing time and advice. This employer made it a corporate policy to ensure military members are supported above and beyond federal regulations.

Master Sergeant Alice Sischo, First Sergeant, 115th Mission Support Group, Wisconsin Air National Guard, and her civilian employer, Kwik Trip Inc., La Crosse, WI, will also receive the G.W. Bush Award. Kwik Trip store 313 covered shifts for Sergeant Sischo with part time co-workers, maintained her benefits, sent care packages to Kuwait containing home town goodies and sponsored events to benefit the Army Family.

Each G.W. Bush Award recipient will receive a $500 AFA check and plaque, made possible by contributions from William W. Spruance. The Air National Guard also provides a Minute Man statue to the guardsmen and framed painted pictures to the employers.

Additional Air National Guard awards scheduled for presentation include the Earl T. Ricks Award to The Crew of Jolly 92, 129th Rescue Squadron, 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, and the Airborne Battle Management Crew Award will go to the 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Combat Crew 3, Georgia Air National Guard. This crew is a blend of active duty, Air National Guard, and Army personnel. The 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota ANG will receive the Air National Guard Outstanding Unit Award.

The Dick Red Award will be presented to Chief Master Sergeant Terry M. Allen, Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Superintendent, 175th Fighter Wing, Maryland Air National Guard in August at a local ceremony on his base.

AC4S Awarded $3 Million Dollar Defense Contract
Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc. (AC4S) was awarded a one year, $3 million dollar procurement by the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center, Charleston located in Charleston, South Carolina. The work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina, Tampa, Florida, various locations in the continental United States and theater of operations in Europe, the Far East and Central Asia.

AC4S will provide a variety of technical services to the SPAWAR, Charleston to include, design, integration, testing, integration, installation, certification and operational support for Joint military programs and services related to IT and Intelligence systems, sub-systems and equipment.

AC4S expertise lies in project/program management, engineering and technical support services for Joint Warfighter Support. In addition, AC4S is quickly becoming a key player in regional and state level Homeland Security initiatives. AC4S provides subject matter experts in Communications Architecture, Voice over Internet Protocol, Everything over Internet Protocol, and tactical operations support.

Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc is a local telecommunications engineering firm founded to provide wide area networking and local area networking expertise to the Defense Department and the Federal sector. AC4S is a rapidly growing firm with customers in San Diego, CA; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, GA; Charleston, S.C.; Johnstown, PA; Taunton, MA and Tampa, FL. AC4S can be located on the web at www.ac4s.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Hugh Campbell, please contact Dwight Stephens, 813.282.3031 or e-mail Dwight at Dwight.stephens@ac4s.com.

AC4S Wins $10.5 Million Dollar Defense Contract
Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc. (AC4S) was awarded a five year, $10.5 million dollar Services contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency for Information Technology E-Commerce Commercial Contracting Center – West (ITEC4-West) located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The work will be performed at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, GA.

AC4S will provide a variety of technical services for the U.S. Army Forces Command which oversees all U.S. Army units in the Continental United States, both Active Duty and Reserves. U.S. Army Forces Command is responsible for training and equipping U.S. Army units and deploys those units overseas to Regional warfighting commands like U.S. Central Command.

AC4S will provide on-site technical experts in the G-6 in the areas of frequency spectrum management, satellite network planning, Department of Defense Transformation, and information technology management. 

Advanced C⁴ Solutions, Inc is a telecommunications engineering firm founded to provide wide area networking and local area networking expertise to the Defense Department and the Federal sector. AC4S is a rapidly growing firm with customers in San Diego, CA; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, GA; Charleston, S.C.; Johnstown, PA; and Tampa, FL. AC4S can be located on the web at www.ac4s.com.

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Hugh Campbell, please contact Dwight Stephens, 813.282.3031 or e-mail Dwight at Dwight.stephens@ac4s.com.

High Customer Satisfaction Rating
Advanced C⁴ Solutions is committed and proud of our history providing quality service to our customers. We recently engaged an outside company, Open Ratings, Inc. who specialize in customer satisfaction surveys to conduct a survey of our past and current customers. We are pleased to announce that Advanced C⁴ Solutions scored in the 93% to 99% satisfaction range in all survey areas with a predictive scorecard Summary Performance Rating of 96%.

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