Systems Made Simple, A Lockheed Martin Company, Recognized for Customer Engagement Excellence for Service to the VA

Recipient of a 2016 Spotlight Award from the Association of Management Consulting Firms

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Jul 13, 2016, 11:03 ET

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), under its wholly owned subsidiary Systems Made System, earned a 2016 Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) Spotlight Award in the Customer Engagement category for its work on the My HealtheVet Sustainment program with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). AMCF honored the winning companies and their clients at a celebratory dinner in New York City on June 23.

Lockheed Martin's Systems Made Simple (SMS) receives a 2016 Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) Spotlight Award for its work on the VA's My HealtheVet Sustainment program. From left: Richard Copeman, SMS My HealtheVet Project Manager; Theresa Hancock, VA Director for My HealtheVet National Program; and Subcontractor Kerry Zallar, Sustainment Team Build Manager for KForce Government Solutions. Photo Credit: AMCF

AMCF is a premier international association of management consulting firms whose mission is to promote excellence and integrity in the profession. The winners of the AMCF Spotlight Awards were determined through an extensive process, involving client and consultant interviews by a panel of independent judges and experts in the industry. AMCF assesses and determines award recipients based on their commitment to quality and professionalism; quality of client relationships; achievable measurement and qualitative results; and presentation excellence.

"Systems Made Simple has been a leading provider of healthcare data management solutions to the VA for many years," said Horace Blackman, vice president health and life sciences at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. "We take our commitment to the VA and improving healthcare and benefits to our nation's veterans extremely seriously. This award reinforces our dedication. In fact, we are proud to have achieved one of the top five highest total scores amongst all Spotlight award categories and submissions."

About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 125,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

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