August 25, 2011 – NOVA Corporation, a leading information technology company with offices in Window Rock, Ariz., Albuquerque, N.M., Chambersburg, Pa, and owned by the Navajo Nation, announces the opening of its newest office located in Columbia, Md.
“The Maryland office is an ideal location for many of our clients,” said John Snider, president and chief executive officer of NOVA Corporation. “It’s located within 10 minutes of Fort Meade and 25 minutes of Washington, D.C., and we are thrilled to be able to offer our clients a location that’s just minutes from their offices. The new office also represents our growth as we saw a need to expand to better serve our existing clients and have the resources to work with even more businesses.”
The Maryland office officially opened on August 1, 2011, and is being run by NOVA Corporation Director of Program Management Monica Alvarado. The office is designed to house up to 16 NOVA employees and features two large conference rooms. It is located at 5850 Waterloo Road, in Columbia, Md.
NOVA Corporation will be hosting the fourth annual 5k Race for the Nation & 1 Mile Fun Run this year on Saturday, August 6, 2011. The funds raised from this year's event will go to benefit the Chambersburg Steelers Youth League Football Team and to NOVA's Scholarship Fund set up to support Navajo students pursuing a degree within the field of Information Technology. This year's event will feature a DJ, Food Vendors, Running Vendors, Thousands of dollars in door prizes, hundreds in cash awards and a very special rendition of our National Anthem sung by the daughter of one of one of NOVA's own employees.
To pre-register go to
http://raceforthenation.org
NOVA Corporation has received the following awards for the 2010 year
37th Ranked Native American Business by Diversity Business
Ranked 7th in the Arizona Top 50 Diversity Owned Businesses.
Ranked 10th in the Arizona Top 50 Privately held Businesses.
CEO & President John Snider will be speaking at two events this month. On April 7th, he will be a panelist on "Rising Tides for Small Business: Success Stories" at the ACT IAC Small Business Conference. COO George Brewster will also be there and will be a facilitator with the "Lunch with Leaders" event; which will pair him up with a government representative to discuss issues of mutual interest. Information on this event can be found at www.actgov.org/events/SmallBusiness.
John will also be speaking at the Native American 8(a) Conference on April 18th. He will be a Panelist on "How to Start Up Your Native-Owned Company and Getting 8(a) Certified". Information on this event can be found at www.nativenationevents.org.
COO George Brewster will be speaking to 8th and 10th grade students about "Exploring Careers in Information Technology" from schools in Franklin County at the 1st Annual Franklin County and Career Expo on April 29th.