Mission Technologies’ Fleet Sustainment business group formally recognized 28 employees at an end-of-year awards ceremony on Dec. 6, 2023.
“This is always one of my favorite days at work,” Fleet Sustainment President Ryan Norris said at the ceremony. “It’s hard for me to put into words how very proud I am to be part of this team and how grateful I am for the passion and the dedication that each of you brings to our workplace and to our customers each day.”
The ceremony took place in Virginia Beach but was attended virtually by Fleet Sustainment employees in Bremerton, Washington; Hampton, Virginia; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and San Diego, California.
Arturo Aguiar Jr. and Camille Murray received the Dave E. LaMontagne Leadership Award, which recognizes excellence in deckplate leadership. Aguiar is a manager of production planning scheduling in Fleet Sustainment’s Platform Maintenance organization. Murray is a project management analyst in Fleet Sustainment’s Platform Maintenance organization. John Ring, a program manager at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, presented Murray’s award in San Diego.
Eighteen employees received Manager of the Year and Employee of the Year awards for their respective organizations. Managers of the year were Jean Adams, Andre Calvin, John “Woodie” Kitchen, Adam Landry, Joe Marro, Scott Moyer, John Rose, Oliver Santos and Christopher “Scott” Turner. Employees of the year were Harold Barnett, Noy Bouabay, Michael Garbarino, Rene Ghosn, Olivia Hosch, Lori Johnson, Antonio Pelham, Joseph Ries and Tyler Soles.
Rich Keeley and Amanda Buffington also received Manager of the Year and Employee of the Year awards, respectively, for their functional support.
The awards ceremony also included recognition for Geraldo Francia, Jeremias Gonzales and Hai Nguyen, who were on the team that won an Impact Award for its work on the destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001). For more information about the award, visit the 2023 Impact Awards page.
Lastly, the awards ceremony included recognition for Sabrina Bailey, vice president of Integrated Product Support, who received a Special Recognition award at the Women of Color STEM Conference in October, and for Scott Coombe and Bryce Mullinax, who were nominated for the Virginia Ship Repair Association’s Tradesperson of the Year Awards.
“Thank you all for what you do for our company and for the warfighters who are tasked with taking the platforms that you sustain into harm’s way,” Norris said at the end of the ceremony. “I am very proud of what we have accomplished together in 2023, and I look forward to another successful year in 2024.”
For more information about Fleet Sustainment, visit HII’s Platform Modernization page.
