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Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County

225 Church Street | Huntsville, AL 35801 | 256.535.2000 | fax 256.535.2015

www.HuntsvilleAlabamaUSA.com

FOR RELEASE

May 8, 2012

Best Places to Work; Most Valuable Employees in Huntsville/Madison County

Announced Tuesday

Twenty companies in Huntsville/Madison County were selected as the Best Places to Work, while 12employees were named the Most Valuable Employees in Huntsville/Madison County at the Fifth Annual

Best Places to Work awards luncheon Tuesday, May 8, at the Von Braun Center. The event was co-hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County and the North Alabama Society for

Human Resource Management. The presenting sponsor was First Commercial Bank.

More than 200 organizations were initially nominated for the award, and more than 60 completedsurveys in order to be qualified for the honor.

Winners were based solely on surveys completed by employees and were selected in four sizecategories.

Winners (in no particular order) for Best Places to Work were:

25-35 workers (micro)

- QuantiTech- QTEC-

Edward Jones- Nesin Therapy Services- Pinnacle Solutions

36-70 workers (small)

- Willbrook Solutions- Brockwell Technologies- Venturi- Manufacturing Technical Solutions (MTS)- Maynard Cooper & Gale

71-200 workers (medium)

- PeopleTec- Modern Technology Solutions- Integration Innovation Incorporated (i3)- Avion Solutions- Aegis Technologies

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Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County

225 Church Street | Huntsville, AL 35801 | 256.535.2000 | fax 256.535.2015

www.HuntsvilleAlabamaUSA.com

201 or more workers (large)

- Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation- URS Corporation- Torch Technologies- Camber Corporation-

Dynetics

Winners (in no particular order) for Best Employees were:

25-35 workers (micro)

- Kelly Foshee, QTEC- Tara Williams, QuantiTech- Mark Pepper, CANVAS

36-70 workers (small)- Kim Leach, Willbrook Solutions- Wendy Graves, Brockwell Technologies- Pam Cooper, Venturi

71-200 more workers (medium)

- Chris Hemphill, PeopleTec- Jennifer Franklin, Tec-Masters- Susie Vaughn, PeopleTec

201 or more workers (large)- Billy Cannon, URS-

Sonya Tolliver, Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation- Jill Curtis, URSDespite facing numerous challenges locally while dealing with a still-recovering economy, our

business community still continued to be recognized as one of the nations leading places to launch,

sustain and grow a business, said Danny Windham, the Chambers vice chair of workforce. Oncenominated, Quantum, a company that specializes in measuring workplace satisfaction around the

country, administered a survey to employees and tabulated the results. Winners were based exclusivelyon the outcome of the employee surveys.

Quantum Workplace measured and selected companies based on the following criteria: Team

Effectiveness, Retention Probability, Alignment with Goals, Trust with Co-workers, IndividualContribution, Manager Effectiveness, Trust in Senior Leaders, Feeling Valued, Work Engagement and

People Practices

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