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HPTi Announces New Chief Operating Officer
HPTi President Tim Keenan has announced that Scott F. Miller has been promoted to HPTi's Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Miller will be responsible for the overall line management of HPTi programs and leadership development. Previously, Miller was HPTi's Group Vice President of Advanced Systems. 
"I have known and respected Scott for many years both here at HPTi and at his previous firm," Keenan stated in making this announcement. "He has always represented growth energy for the firm and a shared vision for the future of HPTi. I look forward to working with Scott to take HPTi into the future." Miller has been with HPTi since August 2002. Since that time, HPTi has seen its overall yearly revenue grow from $35.1M (2002) to $59.6M (2007). This growth has included important new contract wins in Miller's Advanced Systems Group, including HPTi's largest award ever -- a contract with the Army High Performance Computing Resource Center, which is potentially worth $210 million over the next 10 years. Before joining HPTi, Miller was Vice President at Veritect Inc., where he managed marketing and business development activities for the information and network security firm. He has also served as Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of the Information Analysis Sector for MRJ Technology Solutions, Inc., Miller holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Jean. HPTi builds the people who build the systems that keep America safe and prosperous. It does this by focusing on the needs of a technical workforce, creating an environment that provides maximum innovation and efficiency to our clients. The company was recently recognized by the CIO Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Agile Companies in the U.S. -- the only federal contractor so named -- and it was also the only company in Virginia to earn, in 2007 and 2008, Plaques for Progress in Performance Excellence from the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award. In addition, the Private Company Index named HPTi a "Top-5 Growth Company" for Q4 and a "Top-10 Growth Company" for 2007. In 2007, the company made its debut on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing privately held firms.
"I have known and respected Scott for many years both here at HPTi and at his previous firm," Keenan stated in making this announcement. "He has always represented growth energy for the firm and a shared vision for the future of HPTi. I look forward to working with Scott to take HPTi into the future." Miller has been with HPTi since August 2002. Since that time, HPTi has seen its overall yearly revenue grow from $35.1M (2002) to $59.6M (2007). This growth has included important new contract wins in Miller's Advanced Systems Group, including HPTi's largest award ever -- a contract with the Army High Performance Computing Resource Center, which is potentially worth $210 million over the next 10 years. Before joining HPTi, Miller was Vice President at Veritect Inc., where he managed marketing and business development activities for the information and network security firm. He has also served as Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of the Information Analysis Sector for MRJ Technology Solutions, Inc., Miller holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Jean. HPTi builds the people who build the systems that keep America safe and prosperous. It does this by focusing on the needs of a technical workforce, creating an environment that provides maximum innovation and efficiency to our clients. The company was recently recognized by the CIO Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Agile Companies in the U.S. -- the only federal contractor so named -- and it was also the only company in Virginia to earn, in 2007 and 2008, Plaques for Progress in Performance Excellence from the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award. In addition, the Private Company Index named HPTi a "Top-5 Growth Company" for Q4 and a "Top-10 Growth Company" for 2007. In 2007, the company made its debut on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing privately held firms.