AST, located at White Oaks, is an 8(a) SBA certified, small disadvantaged, woman-owned management and technology solutions company. They entered the 8(a) Business Development program in March 2009. Hines credits the SBA’s West Virginia District Office for helping get her foot in doors with agencies.

 

“Judy McCauley, Barbara Weaver, Melissa Loder and the entire West Virginia District Office have been instrumental in my networking success,” says Hines.

 

Some of that success includes Allegheny Science & Technology (AST) being ranked number 268 on Inc. Magazines top 500 fastest-growing private companies, number 17 as Top Government Services Companies, and number 1 top rated company in West Virginia. This announcement comes just a week after being listed number 7 on the Washington Technology 2014 Fast 50.

 

AST was awarded their first federal contract in July 2009, just five months after entering the 8(a) program, by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s NASA IV&V Facility – remains their key client. Their client roster now reads like a who’s who in Government contracting: the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Homeland Security and Defense Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

 

Editor’s Note: Pictured is the President and CEO of AST, Arria Hines.