Corporate Overview

GSA Schedule IT-70: GS-35F-0484N

GSA MOBIS: GS-10F-0172U

National Best of NIEM Award

Winner 2009

Woman-owned Business
8(a) and SDB Certified

SmartCEO Future 50 Company

2006, 2007, 2009

Washington Technology Fast 50

Company 2008

a CMMI Level 2 Certified Company

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www.paragontech.net

8229 Boone Blvd, Suite 800, Vienna, VA 22182

Phone: 703.734.1102, Fax: 703.734.1106

PARAGON OVERVIEW
Selected Clients
Department of Justice

Established 1997; Offices in VA (HQ), MD, and IL

Woman-owned Small business , SBA 8(a) and SDB Certifications
Established core competencies and practice areas in IT Professional
Services supported by experienced /certified staff
CMMI Level 2 Certified Company (Level 3 planned 4Q 2011)

ATF

CIO

Health and Human Services

CMS
FDA

NIH NCRR & NHLBI

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Department of the Treasury

BEP
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IRS
MINT

OCC
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Department of Homeland Security

CBP

Contract Vehicles:

GSA IT-70: # GS-35F-0484N

GSA MOBIS: # GS10F0172U
FDA ELMS (Prime)
NIH BPA (Prime)
CMS BPA (Prime)
Milennium

Seaport-E (Prime)
IRS TIPPS III
DHS Eagle 3 & 5
DHS PPMS
DISA ENCORE II
GSA Alliant

NAICS Codes

US Visit

Science & Tech.

Department of Labor: PBCG

Department of Transportation: MARAD
Others
EPA

GSA

NARA

US Transportation Command
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US Air Force
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US Marines
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US Army
Defense Finance & Accounting (DFAS)
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
BNA
Sprint-Nextel
State of Virginia
DuPont-Merck Pharmaceuticals

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WHO IS PARAGON?

Dun & Bradstreet

Open Ratings Assessment

TOP 1 Percentile of all Contractors

Dun and Bradstreet performed an
Open Ratings assessment of
Paragon across15 different
projects/customers.
Paragon scored an average of 94
across nine performance areas on
a scale of 100 and was rated 97 in
the areas of Reliability, Business
Relations, and Personnel.

Paragon is a CMMI Level 2

Certified Company
(Level 3 Certification expected: 4Q 2011)

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PARAGON SERVICES YOUR

SOLUTION
Systems Design & Development
Systems Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
System Interoperability and Information Sharing (NIEM)
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E)
Database System modeling,
design and development
COTS Integration
Application Development

Risk Assessments
Financial Mgmt Assessment &
Systems Development
Internal Control Reviews
A-123 / Appendix A /
Sarbanes Oxley Reviews
Readiness Audits
Policies and Procedures
Accounting Operations

Data Governance
Data Architecture
Data Standards (NIEM, IEPD)
Data Quality, Data Management
Data Modeling (CDM. LDM PDM)
ETL design and development
BI Application Development
Information Sharing

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Strategic Planning
IT Investment Management
Portfolio Management, CPIC
Business Case Development (E300)
Program and Project Management;
Enterprise PMO Establishment and Operation
Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise Performance Management (BSC)
Enterprise Architecture (EA) Planning,
Development, & Management
Governance Processes, Policies & Procedures
FISMA Compliance

Mission Analysis
Business Process Reengineering
Business Requirements Elicitation &
Management
COTS Integration and Application
Development
Performance Management & monitoring

Program & Project Evaluations

Quality Assurance
Testing & Evaluations
Process Improvement
Software Verification and Validation IEEE 1012 Std.

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PARAGON SELECTED PROJECT

EXPERIENCE
Project
CPIC, EA, and EGOV
Program Support

Treasury OCIO

IT Enterprise Program
Management Support

US Transportation
Command

Tasks / Accomplishments
Strategic Planning, CPIC, EA, and EGOV Program Support
PMO Support; Enterprise Systems; E300; FSAM; Portfolio Analysis
Program and Project Management, Financial and Cost Management, Requirements Elicitation and
Management, Systems Engineering, Security (C&A), Testing, Configuration Management (CM),
Process Improvement.

IT PMO Support

Center for Medicare

and Medicaid

IT Project Management Lifecycle Support

IT Strategic Planning and CTO Support
EA Program Support: Data Strategy and Roadmap (NIEM)

Application Development and

O&M Support;
IT Pfm, EA, and PMO Support

NIH National Heart

Lung & Blood
Institute (NHLBI)

Portfolio Mgmt / CPIC PMO Support

EA PMO Support (Support development of Segment Arch.)
IT PMO Support
Software Development and O&M Support; C&A

OCC

CPIC Program Support (Select, Control, Evaluate)

SDLC Support; IV&V; PMO Support
Business Process Reengineering, Requirements Management

Defense Finance and

Accounting Service
(DFAS)

Develop DFAS of the Future Report

Implement Balanced Scorecard Rhythm for Strategic Planning
Develop and Maintain Strategic Plan

CPIC and PMO Support

Strategic Planning and

Portfolio Mgmt

Client

US Visit Program

DHS

Enterprise Architecture; Data Architecture, NIEM, IEPD

IT Security and C&A
Database and Software Development (IDENT, ADIS);

Regional Technology Initiative

RDT&E

DHS

Systems Architecture; Software Development; Requirements, NIEM, IEPD; Research,

Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E)

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PARAGON PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Selected Department of Defense (DoD) Contracts
US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) J6
Program Management Office Support (PMO)
Paragon provides integrated enterprise acquisition Program Management for multiple USTRANSCOM IT programs in various stages
of the SDLC, all in a Performance-based environment. Services include: Program and Project Management, Financial & Cost
Management, Systems Requirements Elicitation and Management, Systems Engineering, Security (C&A), Testing, Validation
Configuration Management, & Continuous Process Improvement (CPI).
US Marine Corps (USMC) HQ, Logistics Policy Distribution (LPD) Branch
Program Management Support
The primary objective of this contract is to provide the necessary labor, equipment, materials and facilities to perform program
management in support of the USMC mission and programs to include, but not be limited to data collection, information analyses,
document preparation and management support. Paragon conducts data collection, obtains data, generates and develops data through
field inquiries, researches publications and performs reviews of and updates information in databases; assimilates data and compiles
data in new computer-based information databases.
US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)- J4/5
Distribution Process Owner (DPO) - Theater Concepts and Analysis
The Paragon Teams Theater Concepts and Analysis Support to DPO mission demonstrates extensive working knowledge of the
DOD distribution-related activities supporting force projection, sustainment, and redeployment/retrograde of military forces and
materiel as they apply to the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise (JDDE). We co-authored many key distribution related
documents to include the Joint Logistics (Distribution) Joint Integrating Concept [JL (D) JIC].

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Selected Department of Defense (DoD) Contracts
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
Independent Strategic Plan Consultant Services
As part of this effort Paragon provides independent consulting services to support the continual improvement of DFAS's Strategic
Plan incorporating Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) and portfolio management processes. We are providing support to
fully align the strategic processes with the agency's portfolio Management planning, budgeting, and Strategic council focus areas with
the major initiatives, enterprise architecture, security program, information resources management (IRM), and workforce development
programs. These services are repeatable on an annual schedule.

US Army Center for Army Analysis (CAA)

Estimate of Wartime Attrition and Replacement for Materiel (EWARM) Support
Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) requires an estimate of Class VII replacement requirements based on potential future
scenarios. HQDA uses this estimate to assist in developing total Army Class VII procurement objectives. This estimate encompasses
approximately 2,000 individual items of equipment and is based on historical equipment loss data and associated loss rates, applied to
illustrative DOD scenarios and vignettes which involve Army forces. As part of this effort, Paragon collects US Army OIF, OEF, and
if applicable any new conflicts official Class VII force structure and equipment loss data. We then populate new data into an
automated database tool; compute resultant loss rates, and validate results, re-normalize campaign intensity scalars across all conflicts;
and document the study in briefings, the database, and a final report.

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Selected Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Contracts
DHS Science and Technology (S&T)
RTI Program - Resource Management System
Paragon is the lead developer of a Resource Typing Data Model that is to become the standard for FEMAs resource typing efforts.
DHS S&T requested that Paragon develop and deploy an integrated set of prototypes, analyze, investigate, and architect a reusable
data model blueprint and validate and verify (through incident response scenario enactment) requirements Paragon works daily with
the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to help build a National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) conformant data
exchange message Information Exchange Package Documentation .
DHS US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
ACE Program Technical and Application Support
Paragon is charged with modernizing the existing IT Infrastructure. Including Installing, configuring and managing the required
middleware (IBM Websphere App Server and MQSeries) and application software. As part of this effort Paragon has also designed
and developed custom software (Java, Servlets, JSP, XML, Java Beans, UNIX Shell Scripts) to customize and integrate middleware
applications with other applications in the environment. Paragon also provided Oracle DBA support and supported the migration of
Oracle to DB2 across the ACE program.
DHS US-VISIT Program
Enterprise Architecture and Technical Support
As part of this effort Paragon has performed (and currently performing) the following tasks: Enterprise level Architecture and Governance Support, Federal
Agency Level Data Sharing, Standardization, Harmonization, and Compliance support, US-VISIT Mission Operations Support, Maintenance and
Engineering Support of USA Primary Biometric System (IDENT) and Secondary Biographic System (ADIS), Developing, managing and monitoring of USVISIT Security C&A .

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Selected Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Contracts
DHS Science and Technology (S&T) / NASA
RTI Program - Secure Credential Validation and Attribute Management (SCVAM)
Paragon built an application that provided for The Secure Validation of first responders credentials. Paragon developed a data model
in accordance with existing NIMS and NIEM standards and validated the model through web-based applications that provide First
Responder registration, search and cross check functionality. Paragon implemented mobile devices and scanning workstations in the
overall prototype solution, and installed and demonstrated a pilot system in King County, WA for potential replication at other sites.

DHS Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology, Homeland Security

Interconnected Emergency Operations Center (iEOC)
Paragon successfully elicited requirements and identified the pilot prototype system and interface requirements for iEOC. We were
able to apply our expertise in the area of Service Oriented Architecture and successfully develop a reusable prototype for the EOCs in
Seattle. The DHS sponsor and stakeholders are extremely satisfied with our performance and end result (prototype). Our DHS iEOC
phase I project was completed on time and within budget.
DHS Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology, Homeland Security
Advanced Research Project Agency (HSARPA)
Paragon provided program and SME support for the Preparedness & Response Portfolio under the Unified Incident Command &
Decision Support (UICDS) Program. Developed a set of alternative architectures using Department of Defense Architectural
Framework (DoDAF); approaches are based on the operational requirements and protocols as defined by NIMS and the NRP with
focus currently on DODAF OVs. Develop and test a set of system prototypes based on these architectures.

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Selected Health and Human Services (HHS) Contracts
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)- Center for Bio Informatics (CBI)
Application Development
NHLBI contracted Paragon to provide Software Maintenance, support and technical operations support for the entire NHLBI Center
for Bio Informatics with a portfolio of 130 applications. Support includes four distinct areas: Project management of all system
development projects and establishment of a PMO serving software development, Software Development and O&M; Establishment of
a CPIC and Portfolio Management Program; Support for NHLBIs EA Program; Developed and maintain 130 software applications:
Client server, web-based ASP.net/C# & Java, SharePoint.

Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Project Management Lifecycle Support Services BPA
Paragon provides Project and Program Management Support for the systems in the Medicare Advantage & Part D portfolio, as well as
the Agencys migration to the 5010 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standard. Paragon provides project management support to the
CMS Enterprise Data Group for the transition of legacy data into the Integrated Data Repository. Paragon is developing best-practice
based project and program management processes. Paragon performed a thorough assessment of the IT processes and methodologies
used by CMS for the Medicare Advantage and Part D (MAPD) program.

Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

Electronic Health Records Management
Paragon is establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) to support the implementation of the Electronic Health Records
Incentive Program for CMS. Our services include support for the definition of interim and final regulations, coordination and
integration of schedules for systems development and enhancements, both within CMS and with external parties and tracking and
resolving issues arising during the implementation.

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WHY PARAGON?
Our philosophy and approach are simple and lead to solid results

We Utilize our Paragon Solution Delivery Framework (SDF), which is based on CMMI and
PMI frameworks and standards, to deliver quality services to our clients across all our
contracts. Our internal Corporate Quality Assurance organization operates independently and
ensures adherence to the Paragon SDF.

We combine our business expertise, technical know-how and experience to address the needs of
our clients, to optimize their business and technology investments and maximize their ROI.

As a small and quality firm, we are agile and hands-on. Our lower cost structure and internal
and external flexibility allow us to provide our services to our marketplace at a greater value
without facing the same political and financial challenges that often hinder larger firms.

Our clients gain the benefit of direct involvement of our highly experienced executive
management team, vs. other firms where senior managers are often called in during marketing
meetings, but are not engaged after a project kicks-off.

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CONTRACT VEHICLES
Seaport-E (Prime)
GSA IT-70: # GS-35F-0484N
GSA MOBIS: # GS10F0172U
DISA ENCORE II
GSA Alliant
Milennia
IRS TIPPS III
DHS Eagle
DHS PPMS

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CONTACTS

Bruce Card
VP DoD Operations
bcard@ParagonTech.net
618.610.6806
Tel: 618-310-7970 ~ www.paragontech.net ~ Fax: 703-734-1106

Mike Carrier

Susan Sablan

SVP Corporate Development

Senior Program Manager

ssablan@ParagonTech.net

MCarrier@ParagonTech.net
703.772.2549
Tel: 703-743-1102 ~ www.paragontech.net ~ Fax: 703-734-1106

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618.310.7970, ext 304

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