Press Releases
Date Press Release

Aug 09, 2010

Savantage Expands Rockville Headquarters and Opens New Virginia Office

Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, announced today that the company will expand its Rockville headquarters office and open a new office in Springfield, Virginia. (full text...)

May 21, 2010

Savantage CEO Named Finalist for the 2010 Leadership Award by Women In Technology (WIT)

Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, was named a finalist for the 2010 Leadership Award at the 11th Annual Women in Technology (WIT) Leadership Awards program. (full text...)

May 13, 2010

Savantage Solutions Awarded Task Order for Product Management Office Support to the Army's Product Manager (PM) Acquisition Business (PM AcqBusiness)

Savantage Solutions has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), to provide Product Management Office Support to the Product Manager (PM) Acquisition Business (PM AcqBusiness). (full text...)

Apr 15, 2010

Savantage Solutions Awarded Task Order for Support Services to the Army's Project Manager Network Service Center (PM NSC)

Savantage Solutions has been awarded a three-year task order to provide program support services to the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS) Project Manager Network Service Center (PM NSC) (full text...)

Apr 07, 2010

Savantage CEO Featured in Executive Leaders Radio Program

Lisa Kazor, founder and CEO of Savantage Solutions, was featured on Executive Leaders Radio on Thursday, March 11, 2010. (full text...)

Jan 08, 2010

Savantage Solutions Awarded Task Order for Support Services to the Army's Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions Program (CHESS)

Savantage Solutions has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), to provide the Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program services. (full text...)

Oct 06, 2009

Savantage Solutions Awarded Task Order for Providing Expert Acquisition Support to Army Knowledge Online (AKO)/Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) Program Mangement Office

Savantage Solutions has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), to provide Expert Acquisition Support to the Army Knowledge Online (AKO)/Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) Program Management Office (PMO). (full text...)

Jun 11, 2009

Tech Council of Maryland Names Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, 2009 IT Executive of the Year

The Tech Council of Maryland named Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, the 2009 IT Executive of the Year at the Mid-Atlantic Women and Technology conference ... (full text...)

Jun 05, 2009

Savantage Solutions Wins Maryland Chamber of Commerce Association's Small Business of the Year Award in the 51-200 Employee Category

Savantage Solutions won the 2009 Small Business of the Year award from the Maryland Chamber of Commerce today. (full text...)

May 09, 2009

Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions Awarded the Prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Lisa Kazor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Savantage Solutions, is one of the 98 recipients of the prestigious 2009 National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations's (NECO) Ellis Island Medal of Honor. (full text...)

May 04, 2009

Savantage Solutions Named a Finalist for the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Association's Small Business of the Year

Savantage Solutions is one of three finalists named for the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Year in the 51-200 employee category, announced Lisa Kazor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Savantage. (full text...)

Mar 31, 2009

Savantage Solutions Named a Finalist for the Tech Council of Maryland's Government Contractor of the Year

Lisa Kazor announced today that Savantage Solutions is a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Tech Council of Maryland's (TCM) Government Contractor of the Year Award. (full text...)

Mar 10, 2009

Savantage Solutions Awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement for EPA Financial Systems Modernization Project Support Services

Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has awarded Savantage a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for financial system planning and support services for EPA's financial systems modernization project. (full text...)

Jan 09, 2009

Savantage Solutions Awarded Contract for the National Transit Database by the Federal Transit Administration

Savantage Solutions has been awarded a contract by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the program office of the National Transit Database (NTD)... (full text...)

Nov 07, 2008

Savantage Solutions: Department of Homeland Security Recognized by Three Maryland Leaders for Support of Small Business Contracting

Governor Martin O'Malley, Senator Barbara Mikulski and Congressman Chris Van Hollen each separately wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff to express their appreciation for the support DHS has consistently shown to a Maryland small business. (full text...)

Sep 24, 2008

Savantage Solutions Named Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Winner Fourth Year In A Row

Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, announces that Savantage has been named a winner of the 2008 Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award. (full text...)

Sep 15, 2008

Savantage Solutions Donates New Computer Labs to Thurgood Marshall High School

Business-School Partnership Provides Students with Technology Skills for College and World of Work (full text...)

Apr 07, 2008

Savantage Solutions Receives Second Maryland Quality Award for Performance Excellence

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage Solutions was awarded the prestigious Bronze Maryland Performance Excellence Award (MPEA) for 2007 by Maryland's U.S. Senators, Barbara Milkulski and Benjamin Cardin. (full text...)

Mar 20, 2008

Savantage Team Named One of Five Winners of PMSS2 Contract

Lisa Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, announced today that the Army's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS) has awarded one of the Program Management Support Services - 2 (PMSS2) contract vehicles to the Savantage Team. (full text...)

Oct 02, 2007

Savantage Solutions Named One of Maryland's Fastest Growing Technology Companies for 3rd Consecutive Year in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program

For the third consecutive year, Savantage Solutions has been named by Deloitte & Touche's Fast 50 as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Maryland. (full text...)

Sep 26, 2007

Savantage Awarded Defense Departmental Reporting System Contract

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Departmental Reporting System (DDRS) contract (HQ0423 – 07- 0093) to provide continued support to the DDRS Program Management Office (PMO), currently operated by the Business Transformation Agency (BTA). (full text...)

Aug 29, 2007

Savantage Awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement to Support Department of Labor Improper Payments Information Act Compliance

Savantage Solutions' CEO and President, Lisa Kazor, announced that Savantage has been awarded the Department of Labor's (DOL) Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) blanket purchase agreement, DOL079RP20351, to continue supporting DOL's efforts to meet IPIA compliance. (full text...)

Jul 30, 2007

Savantage Solutions Awarded Contract to Support Accounting and Systems Operations at DFAS Columbus for BRAC

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded an additional task order as part of the contract to provide support to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) project, part of the DFAS Transformation strategy. Savantage is providing these services to DFAS as a member of the Booz Allen Hamilton team. (full text...)

Jul 28, 2007

Savantage CPA Charlie Carrigan Receives the 2007 SmartCPA Award from Washington SmartCEO Magazine

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage Executive Vice President Charlie Carrigan received the SmartCPA Award for 2007 from Washington SmartCEO Magazine. (full text...)

Jun 29, 2007

Savantage CEO Lisa Kazor Named a Finalist for the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Savantage announced today that CEO and President Lisa Kazor was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award in the Maryland program. (full text...)

May 17, 2007

Maryland Chamber of Commerce Names Savantage Solutions a Finalist for the Small Business of the Year 2007 Award

CEO and President Lisa Kazor announced today that Savantage Solutions is a finalist for the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award in the 51 to 200 employee category. The Small Business of the Year awards program recognizes outstanding small businesses based on performance, growth, innovation, creativity, competitiveness, and community involvement. Three finalists are selected in four categories, including small businesses with 1 to 5 employees, 6 to 50 employees, 51 to 200 employees, and non-profits. (full text...)

May 03, 2007

MD Tech Council Names Savantage CEO a Finalist for Executive of the Year Award

Savantage Solutions announced today that CEO and President Lisa Kazor is one of the top three finalists for Executive of the Year, awarded by the Tech Council of Maryland as part of its 2007 Annual Technology Awards program. The three finalists were chosen from a pool of approximately 70 applications. (full text...)

Mar 12, 2007

Savantage Solutions Receives Maryland Quality Award for Performance Excellence

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced that Savantage is the recipient of the prestigious Bronze Maryland Quality Award from the State of Maryland. The awards are given each year at the Annual Maryland Performance Excellence Awards Conference, held March 12, 2007 at the University of Maryland. (full text...)

Dec 13, 2006

Savantage Solutions Named a Future 50 Company by Washington SmartCEO

Savantage Solutions announced today that it has been named a Future 50 company by Washington SmartCEO. The Future 50 program celebrates business growth and recognizes companies that are major contributors to the thriving Greater Washington business community. (full text...)

Dec 06, 2006

Savantage Donates Student Computer Labs to Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall High School

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that the company has selected Thurgood Marshall High School, an inner city Baltimore high school, to receive two new computer labs as the latest recipient of the company’s Innovation Connection Program. Savantage will renovate and establish two labs at the school, each accommodating 30 computers. (full text...)

Oct 12, 2006

Savantage Awarded Contract to Support Vendor Pay System at DFAS Columbus for BRAC

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded an additional task order as part of the contract to provide support to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) project, part of the DFAS Transformation strategy. Savantage is providing these services to DFAS as a member of the Booz Allen Hamilton team. (full text...)

Sep 29, 2006

Savantage Awarded Contract to Provide Accounting Support to DFAS Indianapolis for BRAC

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded another task order as part of the contract to provide support to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) project, part of the DFAS Transformation strategy. Savantage is providing these services to DFAS as a member of the Booz Allen Hamilton team. (full text...)

Sep 29, 2006

Savantage Solutions Awarded Contract to Provide Technical Support to PBGC for the Administration of Benefit Pension Plans for Government Employees

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded a contract to provide technical and administrative support to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBCG). For this contract, Savantage will serve as a subcontractor to Serco, a premier supplier of service solutions to government and commercial customers. (full text...)

Sep 29, 2006

Savantage Solutions Named One of Maryland’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies for 2nd Consecutive Year in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program

Deloitte & Touche named Savantage Solutions as a Maryland Fast 50 Technology company for 2006, the second consecutive year Savantage has received this recognition. Deloitte & Touche’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program ranks the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the state, based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2001-2005. (full text...)

Sep 20, 2006

Savantage Awarded GSA MOBIS Contract

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded a Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) schedule contract by the General Services Administration (GSA). The MOBIS program offers a full range of management and consulting services to improve federal agencies’ performance and assist them in meeting mission goals. Savantage’s contract number is GS-10F-0399S. (full text...)

Sep 15, 2006

Savantage Awarded Contract to Provide Accounting Services to DFAS Norfolk for BRAC

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded an additional task order as part of the contract to provide support to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) project, part of the DFAS Transformation strategy. Savantage is providing these services to DFAS as a member of the Booz Allen Hamilton team. (full text...)

Aug 21, 2006

Savantage Awarded Contract to Develop Accounting Standard Operating Procedures for DFAS BRAC

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded a contract to provide support to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) project as a member of the Booz Allen Hamilton team. The goal of the DFAS Transformation and BRAC project is to streamline Department of Defense financial operations by eliminating redundancies and making processes more efficient. (full text...)

Jun 30, 2006

Savantage CPAs Rita Finney and George Jones Receive 2006 SmartCPA Awards from Washington SmartCEO Magazine

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage Vice President Rita Finney and Senior Consultant George Jones received SmartCPA Awards for 2006 from Washington SmartCEO Magazine. This award recognizes Rita and George as two of the top 50 certified public accountants in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area including Maryland and Virginia. (full text...)

Jun 15, 2006

Savantage Altimate® System Passes FSIO (formerly JFMIP) Incremental Certification Test for 2006

Ayesha Rahman, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Savantage Solutions, Inc., announced today that Savantage Solutions’ enterprise core financial systems application suite, Altimate Version 3.0, has been re-certified by the Financial Systems Integration Office (FSIO)—formerly referred to as JFMIP—as meeting their functional requirements for core financial systems. The FSIO certification validates that Altimate delivers the integrated business processes and financial management best-practices required by federal agencies to deliver increased visibility and transparency to manage budgets, operations and program performance to help improve the efficiency of services provided by the federal government. (full text...)

May 12, 2006

Savantage Solutions Receives Top Performance Ratings from Customers

Ayesha Rahman, Vice President of Marketing at Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage consistently received ratings well above 90 on a 100-point scale in a performance evaluation conducted by Open Ratings, a Dun and Bradstreet company. (full text...)

May 05, 2006

Ernst & Young Names Savantage CEO Kazor a Finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Award

Savantage Solutions today announced that Lisa Kazor, CEO and President, has been named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Award in Maryland. The Entrepreneur of the Year awards program was created to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. (full text...)

Nov 02, 2005

Savantage Awarded Contract to Provide Documentation Services for U.S. House of Representatives' Payroll Solution

Lisa Kazor, CEO and President of Savantage Solutions, announced today that Savantage has been awarded a contract to review, assess, and develop documentation for the payroll system for the United States House of Representatives. The U.S. House of Representatives recently replaced their legacy system with Lawson's Human Resources suite. (full text...)

Oct 12, 2005

Savantage Solutions Named One of Maryland’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte’s 2005 Technology Fast 50 Program

Savantage Solutions has been named a Fast 50 Technology company in the state of Maryland by Deloitte & Touche. Deloitte & Touche’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program ranks the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the state, based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2000-2004. Savantage ranked #39 and has grown 107% in that period. The company anticipates 30% growth in 2005. (full text...)

Sep 15, 2005

Savantage Solutions Pledges to Help DHS/ICE Resolve Agency's Financial Difficulties

Lisa R. Kazor, President and CEO of Savantage Solutions, announced today that her firm agrees with the findings of the recently released Report [OIG-05-32] of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the FFMS financial management system used by the Department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Kazor pledged to assist ICE financial managers in implementing the recommendations of the Inspector General’s report. (full text...)

Jun 09, 2005

Department of Labor Becomes First Major CFO Agency to Implement President’s e-Payroll Initiative

Clyde McShan, Executive Vice President of Savantage Solutions, Inc., announced today that Savantage has helped the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) implement the cost-saving e-Payroll Initiative outlined in the Bush Administration’s President’s Management Agenda. In mid-April 2005, Labor converted its entire internal payroll processing system, which managed payroll transactions for over 17,000 employees nationwide, to the Payroll/Personnel System operated by the National Finance Center (NFC) in New Orleans. This makes the Department of Labor the first major CFO agency to comply with President Bush’s e-Payroll initiative. (full text...)

Jun 03, 2005

Marshall Bykofsky joins Savantage as Executive Vice President for Corporate Development

Lisa R. Kazor, CEO of Savantage Solutions, Inc. announced today the appointment of Marshall A. Bykofsky as Executive Vice-President for Corporate Development. Mr. Bykofsky will focus on proposal strategies, corporate strategy and service methodology development. (full text...)

May 24, 2005

Clyde McShan Named New Orleans Humanitarian of the Year

Clyde G. McShan II, Executive Vice President of Savantage Solutions Inc., has been named 2004 Humanitarian of the Year by the YMCA of Greater New Orleans, according to Darrell E. Johnson, President and CEO of the Association. McShan received the prestigious award at the YMCA 2005 Annual Meeting Luncheon in New Orleans on May 23,2005. (full text...)

Apr 06, 2005

Savantage Awarded DFAS DDRS Contract to Assist DoD in Achieving a Clean Audit Opinion

Lisa R. Kazor, CEO of Savantage Solutions, Inc., announced today that Savantage has won a major contract award from the Department of Defense. Savantage was selected by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to support the successful consolidation of all DoD agency financial reporting through the Defense Departmental Reporting System (DDRS). (full text...)

Jan 28, 2005

Savantage Altimate® System Passes JFMIP Certification

Lisa R. Kazor, CEO of Savantage Solutions, Inc., announced today that the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) on January 28, 2005 certified that Savantage’s Altimate® federal financial management system, Version 3.0, meets the latest JFMIP Core Financial System Requirements as required by O.M.B. Circular A-127, “Financial Systems”. This 2005 JFMIP Certification verifies that the Altimate® system meets new requirements beyond those previously certified by JFMIP in 2004. New functional requirements were added for 2005 in response to new government-wide mandates and revised legal standards for existing mandates. (full text...)

Mar 22, 2004

Clyde McShan Joins Savantage As Executive Vice President - Renowned Federal Financial Management Leader Will Open Savantage's New Office in New Orleans

Lisa R. Kazor, CEO of Savantage Solutions, Inc., announced today that Clyde G. McShan II has joined the firm as Executive Vice President. McShan will be responsible for business development and operational management out of Savantage's new office in New Orleans, LA. (full text...)

Mar 16, 2004

Savantage Altimate® System Passes JFMIP Certification

Lisa R. Kazor, CEO of Savantage Solutions, Inc., announced today that the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) has certified that Savantage's Altimate® suite of core financial management system, Version 3.0, meets JFMIP Core Financial System Requirements as required by O.M.B. Circular A-127, "Financial Systems". Savantage was awarded Compliance Certificate A-0033 after successfully completing rigorous JFMIP Qualification Testing. (full text...)

Jul 14, 2003

U.S. Treasury Awards the Government-wide Financial Systems Consolidation Tool to Savantage Solutions, Inc.

Savantage Solutions, Inc., a premier provider of information technology, financial systems and accounting solutions to government and commercial markets, announced today that its Federal Financial Management System (FFMS) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury as the consolidation tool to be used for preparing the consolidated Financial Report of the United States Government. Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS) awarded the contract after a full and open competitive procurement process. (full text...)

Oct 21, 2002

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service) Successfully Completes Nationwide Rollout of Its Federal Financial Management System

Savantage Solutions, Inc., a premier provider of information technology, financial systems and accounting solutions to government and commercial markets, announced today that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service this morning successfully completed the nationwide rollout of its Federal Financial Management System, (FFMS), a comprehensive JFMIP-certified financial management system delivered by Savantage. FFMS is now deployed across INS Headquarters and over 90 field offices. (full text...)

Aug 01, 2002

Savantage Solutions Promotes LeAnn Corcoran To Vice President

Savantage Solutions, Inc., a premier provider of accounting, financial system and IT solutions to government and commercial markets, announced today that LeAnn Scott Corcoran has been promoted to Vice President in charge of Government Consulting. (full text...)

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