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On Monday, June 19, ActioNeters from the Science & Research Business Unit (SRBU) helped at Washington, DC Food & Friends. Food & Friends is a community-based organization dedicated to improving the lives and health of people with limited ability to nourish themselves by preparing and delivering specialized meals and groceries, providing nutritional counseling, and cultivating a strong sense of community. 

ActioNeters and their families prepared and delivered specially tailored meals to satisfy the nutritional needs of community members suffering from HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening diseases. We sorted, prepared, and packaged meals and goods in the facility kitchen. Each day, around 3,800 meals are served to customers. It was a great moment for the ActioNet Family to unite and undertake community service.

Ashley Chen, ActioNet CEO, was invited as a guest speaker at the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) Entrepreneurship 101 workshop, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD), the Community Business Partnership (CBP) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the workshop provides an overview of business start-up fundamentals. The workshop features an “Entrepreneur Spotlight,” where Ashley discussed her entrepreneurial journey and shared valuable tips for business success. All participants who attended the entire webinar will receive a virtual “notebook” of business resource information. Networking opportunities are provided during the event.

DecisiveInstincts exhibited at the TechNet Cyber 2023 at the Baltimore Convention Center. This year’s theme is Aloha IT. We proudly displayed beautiful Hawaiian flair to promote our Joint Venture with Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO)-Owned, Akamai Intelligence. In the picture, Kenny H, US Navy Capt. (Ret) Mel Y, Ashley C, and Laura M. AFCEA’s TechNet Cyber is a governmentwide effort to bring together the policy, strategic architecture, operations and C2— along with the joint capabilities—needed to meet the global security challenges and successfully operate in a digital environment.

ActioNet was invited as a guest speaker at the FBI Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month on May 19, 2023. The topic of the discussion was Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity. Ms. Chen answered questions from the audience and shared her experience as an entrepreneur and her journey along the way with a trip down memory lane including pictures of ActioNet’s 25-year HerStory and the 2023 ActioNet Team Video titled “Be Kind”. Ms. Chen stated, “Work Hard, Play Hard, Never Give Up and help others along the way in fulfilling their dreams.”

DecisiveInstincts, ActioNet NHO-Owned 8(a) JV, exhibited at Navy Gold Coast 2023, demonstrating our Innovation with cutting edge tools for Cyber Defense and Rapid High-Resolution imagery mapping technologies with broad use cases across all major business sectors.

As a recent awardee of the Military Health System Geographical Service Provider (MHS GSP) contract and long-time industry partner with the Defense Heath Agency (DHA), DecisiveInstincts traveled to the vibrant city of New Orleans, LA to exhibit at the 2023 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium (DHITS). We proudly displayed beautiful Hawaiian flair with DecisiveInstincts, our Joint Venture with our Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO)-owned 8(a) protégé company, Akamai Intelligence.

Laura M. participated in a Veteran’s Virtual Job Fair hosted by Intellectual Point. There were 84 Veterans with relevant Networking, Cyber, and Project Management skills in attendance. We were able to connect and receive resumes from the participants. We are committed to hiring Veterans! A video recording of this event, which included a panel featuring representatives from ActioNet, GDIT, CACI and Wells Fargo, has been posted.

October is recognized as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a time annually devoted to educating everyone about breast cancer and the importance of early detection and access to timely, high-quality care. ActioNet combined our All Hands with a Wear Pink! awareness initiative. One of the announcements during the All Hands was that ActioNet was named one of the 2023 Top Workplace in Culture Excellence for Woman-Led Companies. We thanked all ActioNeters for raising the bar every year! We all wore Pink, Ate Pink, Drank Pink and celebrated ActioNet in Pink Style.

The Eastern Defense Summit, formerly known as the Annual CDCA Defense Summit, is one of the largest defense-focused events on the East Coast, bringing more than 1,800 government, military, academia, and industry leaders together to better understand and address today’s challenges and threats within our defense industry. The Summit’s theme, “Collaborating on actionable solutions for our nation’s pacing threats,” highlights the growing strategic threats to the United States and represents the necessity to envision near-term solutions to such challenges. 

TechNet Indo-Pacific is co-sponsored by AFCEA International and AFCEA Hawaii. It is the largest event in the Pacific Rim focusing on regional defense issues. Keynote speakers, panel moderators and panelists will discuss defense policies and challenges in the Asia- Pacific region and their relevance to both industry and government. Industry exhibitors will demonstrate products and solutions to meet the services’ requirements and needs.

A company and workplace are the result of the quality and commitment of our employees and ActioNet was pleased to recognize 44 Team Members with 10+ years of service to the company, our customers and each other. Together, Everyone Achieves More!