otc pink tlsrp industry consulting government contractor founded 1971 headquarters ashburn virginia usa key people john b. wood president and ceo number of employees 560 1 website www.telos.com telos ashburn headquarters telos corporation is an information technology it consulting company located in ashburn virginia . the company s name is derived from the greek word for purpose or goal . telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients receiving a large number of its contracts from the united states department of defense dod . contents 1 company 2 operations and infrastructure 3 references 4 external links company edit telos was founded in 1968 and incorporated in maryland in 1971 . 2 from 1975 telos developed and supported ground based telemetry systems for the jet propulsion laboratory . starting in 1976 the company provided software engineering services for the u.s. army s tactical fire support systems . it was originally named c3 incorporated but in 1992 acquired telos corporation of california as a subsidiary from contel federal systems which was part of gte for 32 million and adopted its name . in 1994 the company attempted to recapitalize its debt by issuing a series of notes and preferred stock shares after accumulated losses . a disagreement between former chairman fred knoll and john r.c. porter the majority shareholder at the time was settled for 1 million . at the end of 1995 it had 1 658 employees and had headquarters in herndon virginia . 2 the company provides security in four major areas 3 secure wired and wireless networks for dod and federal agencies . software products and consulting services to automate streamline and enforce it security and risk management processes . they offer information assurance consulting services and xacta brand governance risk and compliance . their automated message handling system offers secure automated web based software for distributing and managing messages formatted for the defense messaging system . identity management logical and physical network security . operations and infrastructure edit on july 19 2002 the santa monica california operations were sold to l 3 communications for 22.3 million . 4 on october 17 2005 shareholder costa brava partnership filed a lawsuit against the company for failing to issue its required dividends . the plaintiff was joined in 2006 by wynnefield small cap value . counter claims followed through 2008 . the company had preferred stock traded on the otc bulletin board until july 13 2007 and the on pink sheets with symbol tlsrp . 5 telos was one of eight prime contractors for a program of the united states air force for network centric and information technology products and services known as netcents . the first netcents contract started in 2004 and ran through 2009 . telos recorded 230 million in sales for netcents in 2008 . 6 in april 2008 telos won a 43.5 million us army contract to manufacture the combat service support automated information system interface caisi a secure wireless local area network that connects soldiers in both the training and operational environment to their logistics networks . 7 john b. wood who joined in 1992 and became president and chief executive in 1994 received an estimated 1.38 million in compensation in 2008 including allowances for a car health club and golf club membership . 3 the company s largest shareholder was toxford corporation of geneva switzerland . 3 in january 2009 the u.s. army awarded telos one of 12 contracts to provide the biometrics services supplies and related hardware and software required to assist the biometrics task force an army executive agency . . 8 on march 19 2009 telos announced that it will sit on the open compliance and ethics group s technology council . 9 in october 2009 telos won government security news 1st annual homeland security awards competition in the category of best security compliance auditing vulnerability management solution in the it security category for its xacta ia manager solution . 10 in november 2009 telos was awarded a smartbuy enterprise software initiative esi blanket purchase agreement with dod for xacta ia manager and automated message handling system amhs . 11 in february 2011 telos won a contract to modernize wireless networks for ten sites of the air national guard . 12 in july 2011 telos acquired the assets of it logistics incorporated . 1 the telos netcents contract was extended through 2013 . 13 14 at the end of 2012 the company reported 560 employees . 1 references edit a b c telos corporation march 23 2013 . annual report for the fiscal year ended december 31 2012 . form 10 k. sec . retrieved october 2 2013 . a b telos corporation march 29 1996 . annual report for the fiscal year ended december 31 1995 . form 10 k. sec . retrieved october 2 2013 . a b c telos corporation march 31 2010 . annual report for the fiscal year ended december 31 2009 . form 10 k. sec . retrieved october 2 2013 . l 3 communications june 24 2003 . prospectus . sec . retrieved october 2 2013 . telos corporation december 16 2008 . annual report for the fiscal year ended december 31 2008 . form 10 k. sec . retrieved october 2 2013 . peter buxbaum december 19 2008 . contract watch telos leads netcents integrators in 2008 buys . defense systems . retrieved october 2 2013 . david perera may 26 2008 . wireless supply line . defense systems . retrieved october 2 2013 . david perera february 3 2009 . biometrics task force awards 12 contracts . defense systems . retrieved october 2 2013 . telos to fill seat on open compliance and ethics group s technology council . press release . telos . march 12 2009 . archived from the original on may 18 2010 . retrieved october 2 2013 . http www.gsnmagazine.com videos 19830 telos corporation winner % e2 % 80 % 93 best it security compli http www.defenseprocurementnews.com 2009 11 17 dod awards gsa smartbuy dod enterprise software initiative bpa to telos press release nick wakeman february 3 2011 . telos to modernize air national guard wireless infrastructure work will take place at 10 sites . washington technology . retrieved october 2 2013 . award contract pdf . us air force . may 31 2013 . nick wakeman june 28 2012 . netcents gets another extension . washington technology . retrieved october 2 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title telos company & oldid 739003061 categories consulting firmsdefense companies of the united statesgovernment of the united states 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 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