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BUSINESS NEWS GRYPHON TECHNOLOGIES WINS $49 MILLION SINGLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACT FOR UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT OF THE NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, PORT HUENEME, CA DIVISION Gryphon Technologies, LC was awarded a competitively bid single award Task Order contract to provide engineering development and support for the Navy’s new E-Stream and existing underway replenishment systems. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division is a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command supporting the timely meeting of key program milestones for the TAO-X program, the next generation fleet oiler, while managing the lifecycle of the UNREP systems. The first new UNREP system in forty years will be developed, tested, and deployed through the work performed under this contract. Gryphon will support the current UNREP program while providing design, prototyping, testing, documentation, software development, and sustainment of the new E-Stream program. If all options are exercised, the contract will be completed in June 2022. “It is a privilege to be selected to provide engineering and technical support to the Navy’s Underway Replenishment Program,” said P.J. Braden, founder of Gryphon Technologies. “Gryphon’s team of professionals is committed to do everything we can to ensure the success of this program which is crucial to the mission of the U.S. Navy.” Gryphon Technologies is a premier engineering and professional services firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., and specializing in warfare systems and integration, naval architecture and marine engineering, program management, test and evaluation, and logistics. DANIEL L. WAMBEKE IS RECOGNIZED BY CONTINENTAL WHO’S WHO Daniel L. Wambeke is recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a 2017 Professional Engineer of the Year as a

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result of his role as vice president of SCAFCO Corporation , a company that specializes in manufacturing grain storage systems and steel framing products. Wambeke has more than 40 years of experience in design engineering and more than 30 years of experience listening to customers’ needs and finding ways to satisfy them. Although Wambeke still has involvement with SCAFCO’s engineering design and interaction with the engineering department, the past 18 years of his career have been heavily involved with international sales of SCAFCO products to leading farms and grain terminals worldwide plus small and large agro processing industries. As a result of his dedication and professionalism, Wambeke maintains memberships with the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers; Order of the Engineer; National Society of Professional Engineers; International Code Council; National Frame Builders Association and the American Institute of Steel Construction. He serves on the GEAPS/ASABE Grain Entrapment Prevention Committee; PAFS- 202 Bulk Solids Storage Committee; PAFS-03 Plant, Animal, and Facility Systems Standards Committee and is the Chair of Grain Bin Manufacturer’s Council Engineering Committee. Furthermore, Daniel serves as Committee Chair and Leading Author of ASAE S412.1 Ladders, Cages, and Walkways. He is especially honored to be a member of ASABE as he was elected to the membership grade of Fellow, of which, only 2 percent of ASABE’s members can be fellows. Wambeke earned his bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Wyoming. He is currently a registered professional engineer in Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Alberta, and British Columbia.

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that had them. At the same time, as an employer, I wish everyone was smart enough to figure out the culture or do what they think their employer wants them to do. My experience is they don’t. So we are too often torn between being upset with people for not doing what we want while at the same time not wanting to upset them. Firm culture must provide the answer. “Culture” is defined as “what behaviors are rewarded and what behaviors are punished.” If the culture is strong, it will guide behavior. New members of the firm will learn the culture or be rejected. The rewards will be tied to cultural compliance. The fear here, too, is that the culture can be too strict – stifling creativity and making newcomers feel unwelcome. Nothing is simple in business! MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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