Month: October 2024

Fortune Media and Great Place To Work Name Highlight to 2024 Best Workplaces for Women List, Ranking No 1

Posted on by Victoria Robinson

Fairfax, Virginia — Great Place To Work® and Fortune magazine have selected Highlight as one of the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™. This is Highlight’s 2nd time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at No 1. Earning a spot means that Highlight is one of the best companies to work for in the country.

To determine the Best Workplaces for Women, Great Place To Work analyzed the survey responses of nearly 600,000 women who work for Great Place To Work Certified™ companies that were eligible for the list. To be considered, a company must employ at least 50 women, have at least 20% of non-executive managers who are women, and at least one female C-suite executive.

Highlight Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development Ashley Nichols said, “As an employee-owned company that is 60% women – from the top down – this acknowledgment really validates everything we’ve been doing to support our Highlight workforce. Beyond the ranking itself, the valuable feedback we get from the surveys is a critical tool to ensuring we are meeting the needs of our employee-owners and has driven benefits and cultural changes that better serve our evolving workforce. We are so pleased to be recognized for these efforts, but more importantly thrilled that our efforts have resulted in a healthy, satisfied team.”

The Best Workplaces for Women list is highly competitive. Survey responses reflect a comprehensive picture of the workplace experience. Honorees were selected based on their ability to offer positive outcomes for women regardless of job role, race, sexual orientation, work status, or other demographic identifier.

Great Place To Work analyzed the gender balance of each workplace compared with Bureau of Labor Statistics industry data. Companies were also assessed on how representation changes as women rise from front-line positions to the board of directors.

“The things that create a great workplace for women are the same basic needs that every employee has,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “The best workplaces have closed the experience gap, providing access and opportunity to all regardless of an employee’s gender or background.”

“Fortune congratulates the companies that made the cut for the Best Workplaces for Women,” says Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell. “Based on survey responses of so many women nationwide, these companies clearly demonstrate they have created workplaces where many feel valued, supported, and encouraged to do their best work.”


HIGHLIGHT’S PREVIOUS GREAT PLACE TO WORK LIST ACHIEVEMENTS

Highlight has been recognized as

  • #10 on Best Workplaces for Technology 2024 (Small And Medium)
  • #51 on PEOPLE®’s Companies that Care List 2024
  • #79 on Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2024 (Small And Medium)
  • #35 on PEOPLE®’s Companies that Care List 2023
  • #28 on Best Medium Workplaces List 2023
  • #15 on Best Workplaces for Technology 2023
  • #25 in Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2023 (Small And Medium)
  • #2 in Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™ 2022 (Small And Medium)
  • #10 in Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology™ 2022 (Small And Medium)
  • #16 in Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ 2022
  • #33 in Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2022 (Small And Medium)

About Highlight

Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is an award-winning, 100% employee-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001 certified, ISO 56000 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3, and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised federal contractor that provides Application Development, Business & Mission Operations, Data and Analytics, Hybrid Cloud and Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. Our customers include National Security (DHS, Army, Air Force, Intel), Health (USAID, NIH, HHS) and Citizen Services (FCC, GSA, SBA). For more information, please visit www.highlighttech.com.

About the Fortune Best Workplaces for Women
Great Place To Work selected the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women List by analyzing the survey responses of nearly 600,000 employees who work for Great Place To Work Certified™ companies that also meet the criteria for this list. To be eligible, a company must employ at least 50 women, have least 20% of non-executive managers who are women, and have at least one female C-suite executive. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey. Read the full methodology.

To get on this list next year, start here.

About Great Place To Work

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and Great Place To Work Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified and receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.

Follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram or visit greatplacetowork.com and sign up for the newsletter to learn more.

About Fortune

Fortune upholds a legacy of award-winning writing and trusted reporting for executives who want to make business better. Independently owned, with a global perspective and digital agility, Fortune tells the stories of a new generation of innovators, builders, and risk takers. Online and in print, Fortune measures corporate performance through rigorous benchmarks and holds companies accountable. Fortune creates communities by convening true thought leaders and iconoclasts — those who shape industry, commerce, and society – through powerful and prestigious lists, events, and conferences, such as the iconic Fortune 500, the CEO Initiative, and Most Powerful Women. For more information, visit fortune.com.

Highlight Appoints New Board Member, Wayne Rehberger

Posted on by Victoria Robinson

Highlight appointed Wayne Rehberger as the fifth member of the Board of Directors. The Board guides and oversees Highlight’s growth and maturity as a 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)-owned company.

“I am thrilled to join the Highlight Board at an exciting time in the company’s growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a financial and operational professional to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas for growth,” said Wayne Rehberger, Highlight Board Member.

Wayne brings decades of experience and leadership in the public sector across technology and professional services industries. Most recently, he served as the CFO of Engility and TASC before its merger with Engility (2010-2019). He supported the organic growth and the merger and acquisition activities for TASC/Engility up to its acquisition by SAIC in 2019. While the industry cycled through a severe downturn, Wayne helped guide both companies through material events and subsequent organic growth, creating significant shareholder value for investors and employees. Mr. Rehberger has since served as a Director on several public and private Boards, including QTS Realty Trust, Fusion Telecom, and Pixelligent and continues to serve as a Director of Abt Global, and GTT Telecom. Additionally, he served on the Advisory Board of SAP National Security Services.

“I am excited to welcome Wayne to our Board of Directors,” said Highlight CEO Aarish Gokaldas.  “His financial acumen and M&A experience add to a stacked set of expertise that our existing Board to grow and mature Highlight.”

Wayne joins the board of directors alongside Highlight Founder and Chair of the Board, Rebecca Andino, and members Elma Levy, Paul Peou, and Nancy Peters.

To Read more about our board of directors, visit: https://highlighttech.com/about-us/#leadership

About Highlight
Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is an award-winning, 100% employee-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001 certified, ISO 56000 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3, and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised federal contractor that provides Application Development, Business & Mission Operations, Data and Analytics, Hybrid Cloud and Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. Our customers include National Security (DHS, Army, Air Force, Intel), Health (USAID, NIH, HHS) and Citizen Services (FCC, GSA, SBA). For more information, please visit www.highlighttech.com.

Highlight has been recognized as an OrangeSlices’ 2025 Elev8 GovCon honoree

Posted on by Victoria Robinson

The Federal GovCon sector continues to be one of the most complex and competitive marketplaces in the world and the consistent and long-term winners of today and tomorrow are those companies which understand they must not only bring to the table efficient and effective solutions, but also a corporate culture that demonstrates their own excellence, making them a beacon for talent, for partners, and for clients.

The list represents a select list of federal government contractors which have been identified as #doingittherightway based on outstanding results in several key areas:

  • Good Partner – in ways that go above and beyond to provide support, mentorship, engagement, to collaborate, and to bridge the divide, building one successful team to deliver for their client.
  • Growing Your Talent – with a focus is on what is best for the individual.
  • Philanthropy – that is driven by its team, by its focus, and by what is happening the world and communities it works in.
  • Exemplify Innovation – and are guided by principles that understand the status quo is not enough and they must demonstrate they are doing more and doing better.
  • Industry Engagement – that includes multiple aspects including mentorship, giving of time or services, sharing of intel, will involve people from across the company and will be driven by a desire to give back.
  • Inclusive and Diverse – finding ways to have those voices heard, for combining those personalities on shared efforts for the betterment of all involved.
  • Sustainability Practices – demonstrating that everyone must do their part and they have identified and defined ways they can #dobetter for themselves and their government clients.
  • Investment for the Sake of Betterment – putting money behind their commitment to improving the work environment and experience for both internal teams and as it relates to customer delivery.

These characteristics were defined as being drivers to Elev8 GovCon and provide a major competitive edge, to include in higher levels of employee and customer engagement and loyalty which translate into higher growth and profits. The companies recognized above,

and the leaders guiding these teams forward, understand what it takes and are models of #doingittherightway.

The official announcement is available here.

About OrangeSlices AI

OrangeSlices AI. Playful Name. Serious about Democratizing Data and Disrupting the GovCon Competitive Intelligence Market. The core mission for OS AI is to identify, share and create timely, actionable and responsible information and data products, tools and resources that 1) are accessible to all organizations and their teams, small to large; 2) will assist Federal government and Industry IT and consulting leaders to more effectively identify and engage with each other; and 3) shine a spotlight on those leaders and companies that are #doingitright.

#Elev8GovCon