The Huntsville Association of Small Businesses in Advanced Technology (HASBAT) is a nonprofit organization founded to increase business opportunities for high-technology small businesses in the Huntsville area.  We serve as a beacon on the latest business opportunities, developments, and legislation within the federal government, which affect small contracting firms.

HATS Professional of the Year Award: Accepting Nominations through May 18, 2012

Presented by the Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS), the Professional of the Year (POY) banquet provides HATS member organizations the opportunity to publicly recognize one of their own for exceptional professionalism. Each member organization selects its own POY and a HATS committee selects one of the POYs as the recipient of the Joseph P. Moquin Award.

The criteria for the awards are as follows.

28th Annual Professional of the Year

To be eligible for this award, the nominated individual must:

1. Be a participating member of HASBAT (examples: attending monthly luncheons on a regular basis, serving on a HASBAT committee, other service on behalf of HASBAT).

2. Be employed by a company that is a current member of HASBAT with an account in good standing.

3. Have demonstrated excellence in some professional (technical or managerial) work or activity that is concerned with broad and beneficial technical, scientific, social or economic consequences that has been exemplified in his or her workplace, in the professional organization in which they are participant members of, and/or in volunteer efforts.

4. Have exhibited an extraordinary dedication, creativity or leadership in that work or activity that results in excellent contributions to the technical and economic development of the City of Huntsville and the surrounding areas.

Criteria for the Moquin Award:

The Moquin Awardee will be chosen from among the current year's POY group (nominated by ther respective member organizations) who will stand out as one who has stood above their peers by providing exemplary leadership to the North Alabama technical community. This involvement and leadership shall have been long-standing with commitment and consistency.

Submit a Nomination for HATS Professional of the Year

To submit a nomination for the HATS Professional of the Year Award, please fill out the 2012 HATS POY Nomination Form and email it to Amy Shelton by COB on Friday, May 18, 2012.

2012 HASBAT Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to John Montero from Athens State University and to Tuan Van Ha and Laura Ashley Atencio from UAHuntsville. Each student will receive a $1,500 scholarship for the fall 2012 semester from HASBAT.

2012 HASBAT Board of Directors

PHIL CAREY, President

BILL WHIPPLE, 1st Vice President, Co-Chair, Programs

TRACY SWAYNE, 2nd Vice President, Co-Chair, Public Relations

TERI HEUSEL, Secretary, Co-Chair, Membership

DAVID PHILLIPS, Treasurer,Co-Chair, Ways & Means/Finance

BILL ALLEN, Co-Chair, Ways & Means/Finance

STEVE BOLTON, Co-Chair, Programs

KATHY CAGLE, Co-Chair, Membership

ROBERT DUNN, Co-Chair, Industrial Affairs

REBECCA FALCON, Co-Chair, Industrial Affairs

JONI GROUNDS, Co-Chair, Awards/Scholarships

MARY KATE GYGAX, Co-Chair, Govt. Affairs

DONNA HAMBY, Co-Chair, Awards/Scholarships

CHRIS JACKSON, Co-Chair, Government Affairs

GABRIEL MENA, Co-Chair, Public Relations

First Small Business Information Series (SBIS) of 2012

CMMI Workshop

Sponsored by HASBAT &

Huntsville SPIN

"Model-Driven Organizational Improvement"

March 28, 2012

8:30 AM -- 4:30 PM

Presented by:

Huntsville SPIN

Lead Instructor: Barry Schrimsher, GlenTalon Consulting

Location:

Tec-Masters Conference Room

Executive Plaza

555 Sparkman Drive, Suite 600

Huntsville, AL 35816

Click here
for details and registration information.

Now Accepting Applications for Annual Scholarships for Local College Students

The HASBAT Advanced Technology Scholarship Fund awards $1,500 academic scholarships each year to students from local universities.

Eligibility Criteria:

Must be a full-time upcoming junior or senior college student

Must major in an advanced technology degree: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or any other technology-related degree

Must maintain a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

Must be a United States citizen

Must be interested in pursuing a career in an advanced technology field in the north Alabama area upon graduation

Scholarship Application:

Click here to download our scholarship application (Word 2007 document).

Applications must be returned on or before February 16, 2012.

Updating Technical Capabilities Profile Booklet

It is time for another update to our Technical Capabilities Profile directory. Please download the latest copy of our directory below and check to see if your company profile needs to be updated.

You may send updates via a text email to Amy. You may also download the appropriate template, fill it out, and email it back to Amy.

If your company does not have a listing in the directory, please download and complete the appropriate template, and email it to Amy.

Downloadable Files

Technical Member Profile Template

Associate Member Profile Template

Download the April 2011 directory.

Small Business Information Series:

Earned Value Management

System Workshop

September 27, 2011

Presented by:

George Stubbs, The CBT Workshop

Location:

Tec-Masters Conference Room

Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL

Click here for full details.

HASBAT Article in "42: answers to your technology questions" Section of AL.com Website

HASBAT announces new meeting location, speakers roster

By Mike Kelley, 42 staff  

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – HASBAT, the Huntsville Association of Small Businesses in Advanced Technology, has chosen a new venue for its monthly meetings and announced its planned speaker roster for the next year.

Responding to the location needs of its membership, HASBAT is now meeting at the Heritage Club at Bridge Street, which HASBAT President Phil Carey says is much more convenient to the majority of its small business members. "Our move to the Heritage Club will provide a more convenient, high-quality experience for our members, along with a shorter commute," he says, adding that the first meeting at the new location, in early April, was well-attended.

Please click here to read the rest of the article on the al.com website.

HASBAT 2011 Scholarship Recipients

Each year HASBAT awards three $1,500 scholarships to students from Alabama A&M University, Oakwood College, and UAHuntsville. Please join us in congratulating this year's recipients:

Taliah Buford, Alabama A&M University

Ginelle Nedd, Oakwood University

Gina Hammon, UAHuntsville

Special HASBAT Issue of Who's Who in Huntsville Technology Magazine

The Spring 2011 (Issue 21) edition of Who's Who in Huntsville Technology magazine features a story on HASBAT on page 30 and half-page stories throughout the issue on the following HASBAT member companies:

Qualis Corporation, page 10

WaveLink, Inc., page 10

Magnolia River Solutions, page 12

Applied Technologies Group, page 12

PPT Solutions, page 13

Bevilacqua Research Corporation, page 13

TREQ Corporation, page 14

Tec-Masters, Inc., page 14

Knowledge Vortex, page 16

Logistics Plus Associates, LLC, page 16

APT Research, page 24

Rocky Research, page 24

DESE Research, page 32

nLogic, page 32

CohesionForce, page 38

PROJECTXYZ, page 38

Interweave Technologies, page 42

Action Technologies Defense Group, page 42

Avion Solutions, Inc., page 44

BD Solved, page 44

Practical Employment Solutions, Inc., page 56

Heritage Club Membership at Discounted Rates

While the introductory rates are no longer available, the Heritage Club is continuing to offer discounted membership rates to the employees of HASBAT member companies.This special offer is open to ALL employees of all HASBAT member companies.

For more information on the current discounted rates, please email Amy Shelton.

HASBAT Member Companies Win BBB Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics

HASBAT is proud to report that our member firms were recent winners in all four categories of the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics!

The winners were:

Small Companies

WaveLink, Inc. 

Mid Size Companies

LogiCore Corporation

Large Companies

Sigmatech, Inc.

Non-Profits

Women’s Business Center of North Alabama (WBCNA)

We are exceptionally glad for all of these quality organizations and proud to call them HASBAT members.  Their good standing in the community reflects well on Huntsville and, with three of the four providing high quality support to the Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), it signifies that Redstone Arsenal, our Army, and its Soldiers are being very well-served!

Dave Knowles of Who's Who in Huntsville Technology is HASBAT's 2010 Small Business Advocate of the Year!

  Phil Carey, HASBAT President and Dave Knowles, Who's Who in Huntsville Technology

Phil Carey, HASBAT President, presented the 4th annual award to Dave Knowles on August 31 at the Small Business Awards celebration dinner sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

Dave will also be recognized at HASBAT's October 14 luncheon.

Phil Carey, HASBAT President; Amy Shelton, HASBAT Executive Assistant; Dave Knowles, Who's Who; Bill Whipple, HASBAT First Vice President; Tracy Swayne, HASBAT Secretary

Updating Technical Capabilities Profile Booklet

It is time for a major update to our Technical Capabilities Profile directory. Please download the latest copy of our directory below and check to see if your company profile needs to be updated.

You may send updates via a text email to Amy. You may also download the appropriate template, fill it out, and email it back to Amy.

If your company does not have a listing in the directory, please download and complete the appropriate template, and email it to Amy.

*Note: The templates have a date of 2008 at the top, but we are still using the same format for 2011 updates. So please go ahead and use them.

Downloadable Files

Technical Member Profile Template

Associate Member Profile Template

Download the April 2011 directory.

Join HASBAT or Renew Your Membership Online!

You may now join HASBAT or renew your membership by paying your dues online through Paypal (no Paypal account required). Click here for more information.