Business Process and Information Management Consultants
Performance, Innovation and
Value...
In Washington DC metro area -- 301-654-4000
5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 210 -- Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
www.aquasinc.com
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… To Give You the
Control You Need Over
Your Information
and Your Business.
Who We Are
• Process streamlining and information management
solutions providers since 1990
• Customer-focused, quality minded
• Government approved accounting systems and
billing rates
• Multi-lingual technical staff
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German…
• ASQ ISO9001 & SEI CMM 2 self-assessed
• Woman-owned, small business, SBA 8(a) certified
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Global Presence
• Headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland
• A Delaware corporation, with offices in:
– U.S.: Maryland, Virginia, and Arizona
– El Salvador: San Salvador
– Ecuador: Quito
– Colombia: Bogota
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What We Offer
• Process and requirements assessments
• Information management solutions
• Document Management/Imaging
• Data Management & Analysis
• Software Development
• e-Gov Solutions
• Research and business consulting
– Studies and analysis
– Program and project management
– Quality assurance support
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Awards and Certifications
Awards Certifications
• Maryland Woman Entrepreneur 2003 - • 8(a)
Citation from United States Senator • SDB
Barbara A. Mikulski • Hispanic Woman-Owned Business
• Technology Person of the Year Award • MD DOT MBE
2003- Economic Empowerment and
National Women’s Leadership • City of Tucson (MBE)
Conference • Commonwealth of Virginia (MBE)
• Outstanding Leadership and
Achievements Award 2002 – Minority
Business and Professionals Network
• Going the Distance Award 2000 –
Minority Business and Professionals
Network
• State of Maryland Blue Chip Award
2000
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Contracting Vehicles
• GSA: Federal Supply Schedule IT # GS-35F-0120J
• U.S Department of Agriculture
• U.S Department of Commerce (COMMITS)
• U.S Department of Education (MATO)
• U.S Department of Treasury (FMS BPA)
• D.C Government IT Service Schedule
• U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-OCIO
BPI BPA
• NIH CIO SP2
• Image World
• Millennia Lite
• Census R&D 2007
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Process and Requirements Assessments
• Business process analysis
• Workflow design and optimization
• Performance and outcome measures
• Requirements & analysis
• Facilitation / JAD sessions
• Process and data modeling
• Business needs mapping
• Independent verification and validation (IV&V)
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Information Management Solutions
• Requirements definition and tracking
• Database and data warehouse designs
• Technical assessments and benchmarks
• Web enabled applications
• Content management and web portals
• Data analysis and research support
• Tracking systems and workflow control
• Information systems security
• ADA Section 508 compliance
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Research and Business Consulting
• Studies and Analysis
– Program and Data Analysis
– Research support
• Program and Project Management
– Acquisition management
– Monitoring resources and outcomes
• Quality Assurance Support
– Configuration management
– Assessments and evaluations
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Computer-Based Skills
• Computer Systems and • Database System Design,
Network Support Development
– Unix and AIX systems – SYBASE
– Microsoft Systems – SQL Server, Oracle 8i
– MS Access, Paradox
• Software Engineering
- SAS and SPSS
- J2EE, Weblogic
- websphere, iPlanet,
- JSP, ASP,Microsoft . NET, SQl, C, C++
- CASE Tools
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Program Areas
• Grants management
• Loan application and approval process
• Agriculture and environmental studies
• Inspection systems
• Bio-ethics tracking and issue research systems
• Strategic marketing and campaign systems
• Billing and time and attendance
• Clinical and health care management
• Housing programs
• Grants application review and assessment
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Customers
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (AMS)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• U.S. Department of Treasury (FMS)
• Veterans Administration (VA)
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Housing, Urban Development
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• State of Maryland
• National Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• Department of Defense and U.S. Army
• Other public and private sector organizations
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Experience
Multi-Family Housing -
• Developed a meta-data quality assurance
reporting process
• Assessed COTS software & implemented
PRISM’s data quality manager
• Supported multi-family data warehouse initiatives,
including data modeling, data cleansing, & meta
–data design
Public & Indian Housing –
• Assisted in designing & developing a system to
collect applicant data via the web
Office of the Executive Secretary –
• Developing a correspondence tracking system
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization
• Conducted a BPR for the OSDBU MBE function
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Experience
National Institute of
Standards & Technology
• AQUAS migrated and enhanced a grants
management database application to an Oracle 8i
system with a web-based ColdFusion user interface.
We continue to provide database administration and
enhancement support.
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Experience
Agricultural Marketing Service
Poultry Program Grading Services
• AQUAS facilitated working sessions to identify
opportunities for streamlining processes and to
reuse information to enhance program area
objectives. The effort included the development of
As-Is and To-Be business models, process flows
and entity relationship diagrams.
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Experience
U.S. Small Business Administration
• AQUAS managed and administered Sybase
operational databases; provided data modeling and
database administration support; and implemented
Jaguar and Replication Server technologies. We
conducted a best practices survey for partner
management. We facilitated requirements definition for
the LowDoc loan application process.
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Experience
America West Airlines
• Assisted in the testing and assessment of over
2,500 computer programs.
Bell Atlantic
• Designed a strategic marketing database for
Bell Atlantic, Long Distance; gathered marketing
requirements, built a prototype for campaign
creation enabling the user to specify target groups and
compute return-on-marketing projections.
Amtrak
• Developed plans and defined roles and
responsibilities for data administration.
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Experience
DOD Health Affairs
Cardiology Clinical Practice
• Supported a five-year effort for streamlining and
improvement of tri-Service Cardiology. Conducted
technology assessments of cardiology diagnosis
equipment with automated image and data
management capabilities. Provided acquisition
and program management support.
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Experience
Cordom Associates
• Conducted a human resource survey on benefits at
non-profit organizations and produced a bi-annual
report using SPSS and SAS software. Assisted in the
production of a bi-annual salary survey of non profits.
Developed a web presence for this personnel
consulting firm.
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Experience
National Center for Food and
NCFAP Agricultural Policy
• Developed a pesticide impact model and provided
web access to data, model scenarios, and reports.
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Experience
Department of the Treasury,
Financial Management Services
• AQUAS converted system documentation to electronic
files in images and word processing form. Document
images were converted to a MS Word format so that
system upgrades and enhancements could be
incorporated in the user and system documentation. The
documentation included embedded tables and flowcharts
that had to be reformatted or converted.
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