closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 38 51 34.5 n 77 12 59.6 w 38.859583 n 77.216556 w 38.859583 ; 77.216556 noblis type not for profit corporation founded 1996 headquarters annandale virginia united states falls church mailing address key people amr elsawy president & ceo number of employees 1000 website www.noblis.org noblis is a nonprofit research corporation headquartered in annandale virginia . the firm performs scientific research and engineering with clients in the federal state and private sectors . the company s scientists engineers and researchers in business areas of health care national security transportation sustainability energy environment and climate and enterprise transformation . 1 the company formerly known as mitretek systems was a spin off from the mitre corporation . contents 1 history 2 organization 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1996 mitretek systems was formed as a nonprofit corporation with a charter to perform research and engineering science and technology as a spin off from the mitre corporation . 1 between 1996 and 2006 mitretek systems focused on national security threats chemical and biological warfare biometrics electronic transactions traffic congestion patient safety environmental sustainability and renewed energy resources . mitretek sponsored research projects included analyzing and implementing technologies to keep information secure on the internet communicating voice and data by using internet protocol in the event of a national emergency developing gaming technologies for first responders and creating sick city scenarios to understand what happens during a naturally occurring or terrorist instigated biological event . the organization changed its name to noblis in 2007 . 2 organization edit headquartered in falls church va noblis has offices in san antonio tx washington dc belcamp md danville va bridgeport wv and lexington ma . 3 over 1000 employees work in science engineering research and technology at noblis . 4 in june 2014 noblis inc. was named a top 2014 workplace by the washington post in their annual feature . 5 the firm s ceos have been lydia thomas 1996 2007 and amr elsawy 2007 present . 6 among noblis senior executive team is roger mason a former assistant director of national intelligence who received the national intelligence distinguished service medal . 7 references edit a b day kathleen 1996 02 23 . the think tank that went out for a spin ; mitre splits in two to answer concerns that it has an unfair edge in government work . the washington post . history . noblis . retrieved 28 october 2010 . locations . noblis . retrieved 28 october 2010 . our people . noblis . retrieved 19 november 2015 . 2014 top workplaces . www.topworkplaces.com . washington post magazine . retrieved 7 august 2014 . leadership team amr elsawy . noblis . retrieved 28 october 2010 . clark marjorie . roger mason returns to noblis inc. as senior vice president of national security and intelligence . bioprepwatch . february 10 2014 . retrieved 02 10 2014 . external links edit noblis the mitre corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title noblis & oldid 734242487 categories non profit organizations based in falls church virginiathink tanks based in the united statesorganizations established in 19961996 establishments in virginiahidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2014all articles lacking reliable referencescoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 august 2016 at 00 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view