[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 144 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SA-TECH'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I wish to congratulate Mr. Timothy 
J. Adams, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Systems 
Application & Technologies, Inc., SA-TECH, and all SA-TECH employees on 
the firm's 25th anniversary. Since 1994, SA-TECH has been based in 
Maryland and has grown to be one of the largest privately held, 
minority-owned businesses in the Nation. Mr. Adams and each of the more 
than 400 full-time employees at SA-TECH deserve recognition for their 
valuable contributions supporting Department of Defense missions and 
the Maryland community.
  Twenty-five years ago, Mr. Adams founded SA-TECH in Oxnard, CA and 
then moved the headquarters to Largo, MD in 1994. SA-TECH's services 
originally focused on the high technology and technical support domain 
for the Department of Defense, but have since evolved into other areas 
including program management, operations & maintenance, security, and 
logistics support services. The company has grown from two employees at 
one California location to more than 400 full time employees in more 
than 20 domestic and international locations. SA-TECH is an example of 
a successful minority-owned business and has been rightfully recognized 
as one of Maryland's Top 50 Diversity Owned Businesses and a Top 100 
Black Enterprise Industrial/Services Black Businesses in the Nation, 
and has received many other recognitions including the Prince George's 
Black Chamber of Commerce Exemplary Business Recognition Award.
  Over the past few years, I have toured my home State on a ``Made in 
Maryland Tour'' to visit Maryland businesses and highlight the diverse 
products and services being produced in our great State. The tour is 
also designed to celebrate the hardworking Marylanders who make these 
products and provide the services, and the companies who provide those 
jobs in our local communities. One common thread running throughout all 
of these successful businesses has been the business and business 
leaders' willingness to give back to their local community. SA-TECH is 
no exception. Under Mr. Adam's leadership, SA-TECH has grown to be a 
true community partner, supporting Department of Defense facilities and 
the Maryland community at large. SA-TECH has worked with other partners 
to renovate the Maryland Room at Joint Base Andrews Malcolm Grow 
Medical Center for wounded servicemembers returning from deployment, 
build a Family Room at Joint Base Andrews' passenger terminal, and 
provide academic scholarships to the top graduates of the United States 
Air Force's Airman Leadership School for enlisted personnel. In Mr. 
Adams' personal life as the former Chairman of the Board of the Bowie 
State University Foundation, he worked with the board to increase the 
endowment of the student scholarship fund to surpass $5,000,000. These 
scholarships play a key role in retaining economically disadvantaged 
Bowie State students and ensuring that Bowie State maintains the 
highest retention rate among Maryland's Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities.
  In closing, I am proud of this Maryland company, which provides good 
paying, full time work in service of our Nation's military mission and 
the Maryland community. I offer my best wishes for the continued 
success of SA-TECH, Mr. Adams, and all of SA-TECH's employees.

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