Sterling Global Operations earns $350 million in new contracts; SGO named one of America's largest Employee Stock Ownership Program companies

LENOIR CITY, Tenn., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --  Sterling Global Operations (SGO), an international stability operations company, has recently been awarded contracts totaling more than $350 million for risk management, demining, and explosives management in the Middle East and Africa.

The contracts are with governmental and commercial clients and extend over the next five years.

SGO's services are munitions response; demining; intelligence support; logistics; risk management; communications; and more, in difficult and sometimes dangerous environments.

SGO, with 15 offices currently managing operations in 18 countries, has also been cited as one of America's largest employee-owned companies as well as put on the Forbes list of America's Best Employers.

SGO, in March, became the first American company to earn worldwide certification under ANSI/ASIS PSC.1-2012, an international standard designed specifically for private security company quality management systems.

"It's rewarding to our employees personally that we safeguard U.S. military members and civilians in foreign countries from landmines and other explosive remnants of war," said Matt Kaye, SGO chief executive officer.

"The services we provide often take us into conflict and post-conflict areas to reduce or eliminate risk, at less cost, that our clients would otherwise face," he said.

Hailey Fecher, SGO human resources manager, said SGO's ranking as one of America's largest employee-owned companies is "a testimony to the motivational power of ownership."

The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) ranks SGO – 100 percent employee-owned - as the nation's 41^st largest Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) company. There are over 800 participants in the company's ownership program.

"When you own the company you have extra motivation to dedicate yourself to its success," said Fecher. "It brings out the best in us individually and as a team."

SGO in 2010 became 100 percent employee-owned.  

SGO serves customers with stability operations, including munitions response; intelligence support; logistics; life support; expeditionary construction; risk management and other services in some of the world's most austere and hostile environments. The company's website is www.sterlinggo.com.

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