HIGHLIGHT RECEIVES 2019 “COMPANIES AS RESPONSIVE EMPLOYERS” (CARE) AWARD

Fairfax, VA – October 2019, Highlight was announced as a 2019 CARE Awards winner. Highlight is recognized for being an outstanding company by engaging with the community and encouraging outstanding employee engagement culture and strategies to create the best place to work across our region.

CARE Awards winners are selected based on their performance in the categories of community involvement and impact, health and wellness benefits, work-life programs and policies, and development and education programs. This year, 32 companies are honored as responsive employers for their deep community impact, outstanding employee engagement and culture, and progressive family-friendly policies.

“It’s an honor to be part of the selected group of CARE Awards winners. This award is a testament to our company values and corporate commitment to our employees, and our community,” said Rebecca Andino, CEO of Highlight.

“The 2019 CARE Awards winners put people first. The leaders of these organizations understand that employee engagement happens when individuals and the causes they care about are valued and supported,” said Misti Mukherjee, CARE Awards committee chair and attorney, Extensio Law, PLLC. “The Awards program provides a unique opportunity to learn best practices from the most innovative and engaged workforces in our community.”

Awards will be presented at the 27th Annual CARE Awards Breakfast, held Friday, November 15, 2019, at the Sheraton Premiere Tysons Corner.

Information on attending or sponsoring is available at nvfs.org/careawards.

About Highlight

For over ten years, Highlight has provided development and modernization, secure IT, and mission solutions for our U.S. federal government customers. Using our HI-WAY™ best practices framework, we design and deliver solutions that integrate current systems and procedures, address all stakeholders, and seamlessly advance the mission. Highlight is an award-winning woman-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001, ISO 56002 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3 and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised small business that provides critical services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. For more information please visit www.highlighttech.com.

About Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS)

About Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS): Northern Virginia Family Service’s (nvfs.org) breadth, depth, and scope of services ensure that everyone in need, at every stage of life, maximizes their potential and fully contributes to a thriving community. We provide the essential building blocks for financial, emotional and physical well-being, serving as leaders and innovators for the Northern Virginia community. Every year, we empower 34,000 individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency.

HIGHLIGHT IS FIRST COMPANY IN THE WORLD TO ACHIEVE ISO/IEC 56002:2019 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION

Fairfax, VA – Highlight is the first company in the World to achieve the ISO/IEC 56002:2019 certification for Innovation Management.

ISO/IEC 56002:2019 is a brand-new standard for introducing innovation directly focused on business value tied to client goals and objectives. The standard also provides principles that may be considered when developing processes to implement, maintain, and continuously improve an organization’s innovation management system, and identifying and mitigating risks associated with innovation-related issues. Highlight invested time and resources to architect processes and enhance our service delivery practices, leading to our successful certification. As a new part of our HI-WAY™™ delivery model, our ISO 56002 certified techniques promise our clients a better focused innovation tied to their business goals and objectives.

To achieve this certification, an external audit was conducted by a third-party ISO registrar SRI, an internationally accredited registrar for ISO standards.

“Our motivation to deliver the right innovations for our clients drove us to be the first in the world to hold the ISO 56002 certification. This uniquely positions Highlight as your only certified innovation partner.” said COO Adam McNair.

About Highlight

For over ten years, Highlight has provided development and modernization, secure IT, and mission solutions for our U.S. federal government customers. Using our HI-WAY™ best practices framework, we design and deliver solutions that integrate current systems and procedures, address all stakeholders, and seamlessly advance the mission. Highlight is an award-winning woman-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001, ISO 56002 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3 and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised small business that provides critical services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. For more information please visit www.highlighttech.com.