Last month my company Numerica Corporation was selected from more than 10,000 active suppliers to receive the Supplier Excellence Award from Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector. Shortly after that big win, we received a call from the Small Business Administration with the news Numerica won the 2011 Tibbetts Award.
The Tibbetts Award honors companies from across the country that exemplify the very best in the SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Numerica is one of only 44 Tibbetts Award winners nationwide. Winning companies were selected based on exceptional innovation, national R&D advancement, job and revenue growth, and broader benefits to their economic region. Father and son Aubrey and Jeff Poore, Numerica CEO and President respectively, flew to D.C. to accept the award, weigh-in on the future of the SBIR program, and attend a reception at the White House.
Numerica has been awarded four STTR and 63 SBIR Phase I and II government contracts since 2002, directly supporting a rich collaboration between industry and academic partners and speeding the transition from research to application. Applying for SBIR and STTR proposals is no small undertaking and the competition is fierce, so hats off to my brilliant co-workers at Numerica who make it appear effortless.
Advancing the Science of Information
