- Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
- Enterprise Accounting Software
- Financial Management Solutions
- Small and Medium Sized Business Accounting Software
- Treasury, Cash and Risk Management
- Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
- Business Intelligence Software
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Enterprise Performance Management
- Reporting and End-User Query Tools
- RFID-- Radio Frequency Identification
- Warehouse Management Software
- Customer Experience Management (CEM)
- Customer Information Management
- Sales and Marketing Software
- Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
- Facilities Management and Maintenance
- Electronic Medical Billing Systems
- Healthcare Inventory Management
- Employee Benefits Administration
- Employee Relationship Management (ERM)
- Human Resources and Payroll Software
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Workforce Planning and Management
- Enterprise Content Management
- Information Lifecycle Management
- Advanced Planning and Scheduling
- Integrated Manufacturing Solutions
- Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (MERP)
- Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)
- Project Management Solutions
- Resource Planning and Scheduling
- Web, Video and Audio Conferencing
- Data Center Power Management
- Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)
- Cloud Computing Applications
- Database Planning and Implementation
- Enterprise Application Integration
- Enterprise Application Integration Middleware
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Business Service Management (BSM)
- Business Technology Optimization
- Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
- Enterprise Resource Management
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
- IT Service Management (ITSM)
- Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Technology Planning and Analysis
- BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Network Configuration Management Software
- Fraud Detection & Prevention
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- IT Security Frameworks and Standards
- Threat and Vulnerability Management
- Virtual Private Network Security
- Data Center & Storage Solutions
- Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Remote and Offsite Data Storage
- SAN Virtualization and Consolidation
- Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Application Performance Management (APM)
- Enterprise Systems Management
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Software Configuration Management (SCM)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Electronic Catalog Management
- Electronic Commerce Interchange (EDI-XML)
Posted by Stacy Collett
on June 17 2013
MetroStar emerged in 1999 as a fresh alternative to the traditional behemoth federal contractor. Today, young workers flock to the IT services firm for its high-energy atmosphere, cutting-edge technology and flexible, family environment.
IT team members Douglas Hensel, Hector Portillo and Jessica Shaver bat around a few ideas.Credit: Hei-lun Lee.
The Reston, Va., headquarters "seems more like a dot-com in Silicon Valley than a 'Beltway Bandit'" firm, says Ken LaVolpe, director of infrastructure. "The culture is really a young feeling of collaboration and creativity."
MetroStar tops this year's Best Places list for career development opportunities. Employees can work with managers to set up individual career plans and identify short-term and long-term professional goals. The firm offers a yearly stipend that employees can use to pay for courses necessary to achieve those goals, and other job-related training.
"I completed two Microsoft certifications in this past year which were completely paid for," says Johnny Bouder, a software engineer. He also scored a paid trip to the June Microsoft Build Conference in San Francisco.
"The company is genuinely interested in keeping employees happy and building relationships," adds software engineer Gerald Irish. "I feel like it's an organization I can grow with." Two years after joining MetroStar, Irish took a month off, including a week of unpaid leave, to travel through Europe. "They knew it was important to me, and they found a way to make it work."
MetroStar also values veterans, says Bouder, a former Marine who served two tours in Iraq. "They're always looking for good people, as opposed to just somebody with tech experience."
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Stacy Collett is a Computerworld contributing writer. You can contact her at stcollett@comcast.net.
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