December 6, 2010 - BGI at I/ITSEC 2010 - BGI was well-represented this year at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference held annually at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. BGI Leadership, and a group of our Engineering and Operational Analyst personnel, 19 in total, made the trip for all or part of the four-day conference and exhibition.

We used the opportunity to attend some of the Monday tutorials, as well as schedule meetings and software demonstrations throughout the week with existing and prospective customers in search of products and services meeting the true needs of the Warfighter. On display was our latest software build in support of the Navy’s Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) Flight Visualization and Data Analysis (FVDA) program, currently being delivered to the F/A-18 community, with other fleet platforms to follow over the next several years.

November 1, 2010 - BGI Fall Conference Update - BGI had the opportunity to send representatives to two important conferences during the week of 18-22 October. The first was the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command (ANG/AFRC) Weapons and Tactics Conference in Tucson, Arizona. This event provides a forum for ANG/AFRC units nationwide to send weapons officers and other unit members who attend a variety of sessions on weapons system sustainment and upgrades appropriate to their assigned aircraft. Over two evenings of the conference, industry representatives provide technology displays and answer questions about their products and services. The BGI booth was manned this year by company president Dave "Devo" Devol and Sam "Scrammy" Parmarter.

BGI also had the privilege of attending the Hornet Combined Country Conference, which is hosted by PMA-265 FMS Office each year in San Diego, California. This conference provides information exchange for representatives from F/A-18 user countries worldwide. Chris "X" Cross was invited to give a demonstration of BGI’s Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance Flight Visualization and Data Analysis (MFOQA FVDA) software tool, which is being fielded for the U.S. Navy on a variety of platforms beginning with the Hornet.

Next up, BGI will be at I/ITSEC 2010 in booth 1773, where will have an number of company representatives displaying our latest debriefing software and discussing all of our products and services.

October 13, 2010 - Akron Employee Receives Quality Certification - BGI is pleased to announce that the Certification Board of ASQ (American Society for Quality) has awarded James Ogle Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (ASQ CSSBB). As such, Mr. Ogle has reached a significant level of professional recognition, indicating a proficiency in and a comprehension of Six Sigma principles and practices. "ASQ provides certification as a way to provide formal recognition to professionals who have demonstrated an understanding of, and a commitment to, quality techniques and practices in their job and career," explains E. David Spong, ASQ president. A Certified Six Sigma Black Belt is a professional who applies Six Sigma philosophies and principles, including supporting systems and tools in a variety of business situations. He or she demonstrates team leadership and manages team dynamics in all aspects of the DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) model, understands lean enterprise concepts and uses tools to identify non-value-added activities. "We expect Jim’s expertise in quality processes and practices to contribute greatly to our Quality Management System, so BGI was happy to give him the opportunity to complete this certification," remarked COO Chris Owens.

September 14, 2010 - BGI Attends 54th Annual Tailhook Convention - BGI recently showcased its engineering and operational expertise during the 54th Annual Tailhook Convention held September 9-12, 2010 in Reno, NV.  The Tailhook Convention is a large annual gathering of Naval Aviators dedicated to foster, encourage, study, and develop support for the aircraft carrier, carrier aircraft, and Naval aircrew of the United States of America.  Over the course of the three-day symposium, BGI employees Chris Cross, Sam Parmarter, Jeff Vallina, and Dave Moore demonstrated the benefits of BGI’s Flight Visualization and Data Analysis (FVDA) toolset, including the associated Data Interpretation Service Engine (DISE), to the large crowd of junior and senior officers on hand to celebrate the spirit of Naval Aviation.

"Tailhook is a great event for us," commented BGI Vice President Chris Cross.  "As a company, BGI has been providing support to the Naval Aviation warfighter for over ten years.  This year was particularly rewarding as it is more and more apparent that the Fleet is familiar with BGI's name and reputation as a trusted supplier of products and services.   And, our efforts at waving the MFOQA flag the past two years are really starting to pay off with recognition of what is soon to be delivered to the Hornet Fleet."

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August 23, 2010 - BGI Announces New Website - BGI is pleased to announce the release of the new BGI website today,  This first version of our new site reflects several months of development and determination as to how we can provide a meaningful marketing and information tool for our customers and employees.

Last fall we launched with the objective of "gaining a new website." We enlisted the support of a marketing firm and the structure and design of the new site was completed by January. The marketing company did their best to understand our company, our mission, our programs, our products and services, and our customers. We discovered through this process that we actually needed more than just a new website. The development of the site let us modify and firm up many of our marketing approaches and materials. This site overhaul has made a tremendous impact in both affirming and modifying what we say about our company. We have a broad library now of presentation slides, various handouts, marketing cards, business cards, stationary, etc. All of these marketing materials apply an across the company standardization of themes and are in final revision. Many of these will be utilized in upcoming trade shows like Tailhook and I/ITSEC this fall.

Additionally, one of the key features of our new website is an internally managed Content Management System. This allows trained BGI personnel to make appropriate changes to website content using an administrative tool. This will allow everything from news postings to services and products content to be changed on a regular and routine basis. This feature allows for us to be responsive to changes in information and/or the market in a very approachable fashion.

May, 1, 2010 - BGI Establishes New Corporate Headquarters in Akron, Ohio - World-wide defense contractor specializing in aircraft simulation, training and safety programs, is relocating its corporate headquarters to Akron, Ohio in May of this year. BGI has maintained an office in Akron since 2005 and has numerous other offices and work locations throughout the United States to include Fort Worth, Orlando and Lexington Park in southern Maryland. Earlier this year, BGI senior management decided to relocate the corporate headquarters to its recently expanded office space in Akron’s downtown Canal Place office complex. BGI’s Akron office has historically provided the base of operations for Engineering and Project Management Divisions dedicated to supporting technical projects for a wide range of domestic and international customers, and will continue to do so. The headquarters move will help ensure that important administrative functions which sustain BGI’s distributed business model are channeled through a single set of well-coordinated support functions. “It makes sound business sense to leverage the investment we have made into full time staff and resources already in place in the Akron office,” remarked company President, Dave Devol. BGI is a unique and innovative, veteran-owned business that brings together highly experienced leaders and managers, systems engineers, software engineers, and operational subject matter experts from a variety of backgrounds. BGI provides a wide array of engineering, training, simulation and operational support services, which match customer needs with a uniquely qualified team of experts to solve real problems in today’s complex mission and training environments. The Canal Place buildings trace back to the original B. F. Goodrich Company headquarters established in the late 1800’s. The buildings were purchased and restored by Covington Capital Corporation.