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Zekiah Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Christian Zumstein to their executive leadership team in the position of Senior Associate. Mr. Zumstein will be managing Zekiah's project team with the Maryland State Highway Administration as well as consulting on a geospatial project to support of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA. Christian has a Master of Science in GIS Management from Salisbury University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Geography.  His extensive experience managing geospatial solutions for other defense and geospatial customers will serve to expand and enhance…

The 2017 TUgis conference will feature Bill Dollins as its Keynote Speaker.  TUgis is Maryland’s Geospatial conference hosted by Towson University in March. TUgis features hands-on training workshops, dynamic lightning talks, networking opportunities, along with exciting presentations and speakers. Bill Dollins is a partner and Senior Vice President of GIS Services at Zekiah Technologies, Inc.   He is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a life-long Maryland resident. Additionally, he sits on the Maryland Council for Open Data, helps organize the Southern Maryland GIS User Group, and is a part-time professor in…

Except from article published on meetcharlescounty.com on 6/13/16 A recent study found that female-founded startups “outperformed all-male teams,” despite the fact that twice as many men as women become entrepreneurs. With this in mind, we decided to take a look at women-owned and founded businesses in Charles County. We spoke with the founders of Charles County-based Advanced Vision Systems, Inc. and Zekiah Technologies about their experiences. Link to full article

Brianna Bowling was featured in the Profiles in Success Series.  Read her story regarding her upbringing from a rural farm to starting Zekiah Technologies. http://bernhardtwealth.com/Profiles/BowlingBrianna.pdf

Chris Marques of Zekiah Technlogies, Inc. has earned his certification as a GIS Professional (GISP) by the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI). Mr. Marques has been with Zekiah for nearly three years serving first as a GIS Analyst and now as the Technical Lead on his current project. The GISP certification will assist Marques in his current role supporting Department of Homeland Security where his team produces virtual and static map products in order to protect against, respond to and recover from all threats and hazards. A GISP is a certified Geographic Information Systems Professional who achieves the minimum standards…

Except from article published on Satnews.com on 1/5/2015 The MIL Corporation (MIL) has been awarded the five-year contract valued at $57.3M with a place of performance in St. Inigoes, Maryland.   MIL's winning team includes five subcontractors: AV3; By Light; EMW; iDirect Government Technologies; and Zekiah Technologies. Read Full Article

Except from article published on news.usni.org on 12/10/2004 The U.S. Navy has declared an experimental laser weapon on its Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) in the Persian Gulf an operational asset and U.S. Central Command has given permission for the commander of the ship to defend itself with the weapon, the head of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) told reporters on Wednesday. Zekiah integrated video feeds, radars, data recorders, navigation systems, and other mission critical systems in real time to enable a single shipboard personnel with a single console to manage LaWS.   System went…

Except from article published on bloomberg.com on 11/14/2014  The U.S. Navy has deployed on a command ship in the Persian Gulf its first laser weapon capable of destroying a target. The amphibious transport ship USS Ponce has been patrolling with a prototype 30-kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System since late August, according to officials. The laser is mounted facing the bow, and can be fired in several modes -- from a dazzling warning flash to a destructive beam -- and can set a drone or small boat on fire. Zekiah provided software engineering and testing for this…

Zekiah Technologies, Inc., a software engineering and geospatial information systems (GIS) firm, has been awarded a Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification, a U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification, and a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) certification. The certifications, administered through MDOT, qualify Zekiah to conduct business as an MBE/DBE/SBE for any state-funded contract and U.S. Department of Transportation funded contracts in its areas of expertise, including custom software solutions, systems design, and GIS solutions. Maryland's MBE participation goal for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 is 29%.…

Members of Zekiah's geospatial staff have been busy speaking at industry events this summer. Zekiah Vice President Eric Mahaffey (below) spoke at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, California, giving a talk titled "Fully Automated Export to PDF with Embedded Tables Using Python" in which he discussed the process implemented for automating static map production for homeland security applications. Also at the Esri User Conference, Zekiah's Chris Marques was interviewed by Esri's E380 and described Zekiah's support to DHS. The video can be found here. Zekiah Associate Christian Zumstein spoke at the Maryland…