Oxnard, CA, April 17, 2009 – Quality Innovative Solutions Inc. announced today that Mr. Jeffrey E. Carlson was one of four finalist for the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Contractor Tester of the Year Award for 2008.  The finalist were selected from a group of nominees from within their Program Executive Office (PEO) or System Command (SYSCOM), and submitted to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Office of Test and Evaluation (OPNAV N091) for final selection of the winner by the Navy’s T&E Leadership.

Mr. Carlson joined QI-Solutions ® after serving for 28 years in the U.S. Navy and is currently supporting the Common Network Interface (CNI) project at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dam Neck – Virginia Beach, Virginia.  He provides support for the Testing, Validation and erification of efforts for the Engineering Development of Common Network Interface (CNI).  He develops Test Plan and Procedures for Land Based Test Site (LBTS) engineering tests in several Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) environments, Navy Distributed Engineering Plant (DEP) events, live interface test events and Navy certification test events. Additionally Mr. Carlson provides technical representation during Integrated Product Team (IPTs) with Joint and Operational Units.

QI-Solutions^® offer our congratulations to Mr. Carlson and wish him and NSWC Dam Neck every success in their continued efforts supporting the United States Navy.

Quality Innovative Solutions, Inc.^SM (dba QI-Solutions^®) is a multi-disciplined engineering and technical/professional services provider to federal, state, and commercial markets.  QI-Solutions’ subject matter experts provide customized innovative solutions and deliver quality products/services designed to meet our customer requirements through research and analysis/assessments, systems engineering/integration, test & evaluation, logistics and training, computer hardware and software installation, fleet technical assistance visits, and program/project management and acquisition services.  QI-Solutions^® is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concern headquartered in Oxnard, CA.