agencies challenged with complex S&T
and big data management and analytics
requirements. The merger establishes a
new mid-tier technology specialist with
more than 600 data scientists, develop-
ers, engineers, researchers and analysts.
“This is a great development for our
employees, our customers and our future,”
says Jon Hammock, CEO of KeyLogic
Systems. “With the complementary an-
alytics, data and technology capabilities
of IIA and our shared culture of ingenu-
ity and responsiveness, we have an even
greater capacity to address our customers’
emerging requirements in energy security,
cyber security and enterprise-scale data
management. I am proud of our people
and what we have accomplished, and I
am excited about our next chapter with
IIA Technologies.”
Electrical Students Help Improve
Shepherd University’s Tabler Farm
The old milking parlor at Shepherd
University’s Tabler Farm is getting a major
makeover that will allow the building to
be used for new purposes. The cinder-
block building is now insulated and clad
in a layer of vertical fiber concrete panels,
and students from the James Rumsey
Technical Institute’s 11-month electrical
technician program have been busy
completely rewiring it.
“This has been one of the most amazing
partnerships and has been exceptionally
useful for both Shepherd’s ag program
and the Rumsey students,” says Dr. Peter
Vila, director of the Veterans to Agricul-
ture program at Tabler Farm.
John Godish, adult electrical instructor
at James Rumsey, agrees that his students
are benefiting a great deal from all the
work they’re doing at Tabler Farm.
“We get a lot of the technical knowledge
in the classroom, but it’s difficult for us to
have actual hands-on experience, so we
take on outside projects,” says Godish.
“It’s an opportunity for us to come out
and look at real-world situations and real-
world problems.”
The 17-by-100-foot building will house
fish tanks for an aquaponics system that
will be used to grow vegetables, and it
will provide space to grow mushrooms.
The building will also provide storage
for equipment that’s used to support the
recently installed apiary.
SLS Expands to Beckley
with ESI Acquisition
The ESI Services Inc. team in Beckley.
SLS Land & Energy Development,
a surveying and engineering firm with
offices in Charleston and Glenville, WV,
has acquired ESI Services Inc., an engi-
neering and surveying consulting firm
in Beckley, WV.
“It’s a perfect fit because ESI offers
similar services and its client portfolio
will allow SLS to expand its offerings to
a new region and emerging industries,”
says SLS President Sarah Smith. “ESI has
a wonderful reputation, and SLS is going
to build on that legacy.”
According to Smith, SLS will add
ESI’s six employees to its team, bringing
the company’s workforce to more than
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