Salient Federal Solutions Expands Leadership Presence in the Transportation and Logistics Software Engineering Division

Industry Veterans to Lead Salient’s Transportation and Logistics Software Engineering Practice

 
FAIRFAX, VA – October 4, 2012 - Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), a leading provider of information technology, engineering, and intelligence analytic services to agencies in the intelligence, defense, homeland security, and federal civilian markets, today announced the appointment of James Patterson as Vice President and Derek Oliver as Chief Technical Liaison of the Transportation and Logistics Division supporting Salient’s existing programs at the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).

James Patterson is a veteran transportation and logistics software development leader and brings over 25 years managing very large logistics IT programs and played a key role in automating over $2 billion of the USTRANSCOM supply chain.  While on active duty as a U.S. Air Force Colonel, Patterson served as program manager for the USTRANSCOM Household Goods Systems (HHGS) Defense Personal Property System (DPS), deputy program manager for USTRANSCOM Agile Transportation for the 21^ST Century (AT21), and program manager for USTRANSCOM Regulating and Command & Control Evacuation System (TRAC²ES).   Complementing his multiple active duty assignments, Patterson brings a diverse business management background including serving as CEO of the Pyramid Healthcare Corporation.

Derek Oliver brings 20 years of transportation, logistics, and operations analysis leadership experience to the Salient team. As a U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Oliver served as the Director for Personal Property Program (DP3) for the U.S. Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC).  Prior to Oliver’s leadership of the Department of Defense executive agency for personal property, he served in multiple military leadership roles including Commander, 97^th Logistics Readiness Squadron and Commander, 586^th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Arifjan, Kuwait.  Oliver’s career has been characterized by implementing his insights to yield substantial cost savings in optimizing logistics and transportation systems.
 
“Jim and Derek’s experience and past successes clearly demonstrate the bold thought leadership and conscientious attention to mission efficiency demanded by our federal logistics and transportation customers in the face of future challenges,” says Bill Parker, COO of Salient, “Salient continues to distinguish our service to customers with our ability to achieve cost reductions and optimize performance with disciplined agility represented by Jim and Derek.” 

The addition of Patterson and Oliver to Salient’s Federal Mission Support Solutions (FMSS) business unit led by Senior Vice President, Tom Pettit, underscores the company’s dedication and focus to build out its best-in-class Transportation and Logistics integration services and solutions to offer clients looking for answers to the challenges they face in an ever-changing federal landscape.
About Salient Federal Solutions: Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of Federal IT and engineering solutions enabling government and industry to respond quickly to new or surge mission requirements with exactly the right people, skills, expertise, and technical solutions. The company works to accelerate mission impact by delivering highly adaptable technology services, engineering solutions, and domain expertise enabling customers to rapidly meet the pressing requirements of today, while anticipating tomorrow's evolving challenges. Salient Federal Solutions is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices in Colorado Springs, Orlando, San Diego, and Tampa. More information is available at www.salientfed.com.

Salient has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Most Promising Companies.
 
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Kari Walker
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