Client Testimonials and Company Awards, Honors & Certifications

HigherEchelon was named the 2023 Engineering/Defense Business of the Year in the Medium Size Category at the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Gala.

HigherEchelon is proud to be named a 2023 Distinguished Service Award finalist up for the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Veteran Owned Business of the Year – Established Business award.

The Distinguished Service Awards are dedicated to honoring successful veteran-owned businesses and service organizations in the Greater Washington D.C. business community that have demonstrated strong business performance and who have made meaningful contributions to help Veterans succeed. The Awards are presented to individuals, companies, and non-profit organizations in recognition of community stewardship and business leadership.

HigherEchelon is proud to announce our designation as a New York State Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business. We received certification September 21, 2023.

The Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce named HigherEchelon a 2023 Best Places to Work Contender.

HigherEchelon, Inc. is proud to announce the company achieved Great Place to Work-Certified™ designation for the third year in a row.

We are proud to announce the Commonwealth of Virginia’s official recognition of HigherEchelon as a Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Certified Company.

The V3 program certifies organizations that fulfill specific requirements and are committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining Virginia’s Veterans and serving members of the National Guard and Reserve.

We are honored to receive this newest commendation for our deep commitment to hiring and supporting Veterans!

HigherEchelon received a Certificate of Registration of Quality Management System to ISO 9001:2015
in compliance with the requirements for the scope of operations for: The Management and Provision of Human Capital and Technology Services to Improve Organizational Performance.

HigherEchelon achieved Maturity Level 3 on February 3, 2022 as defined by the CMMI Institute CMMI®-SVC Version 2.0
in accordance with the SCAMPI A Version 2.0 Method Definition Document.

Procurify won the 2022 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge (SGS&C)’s “Best Government Audience Game Award”. Procurify introduces gamified interactive learning as an alternative to traditional lecture style training.

HigherEchelon supported the Army Game Studio and SAIC in the development of Procurify.

Procurify won the 2022 Unity Government and Aerospace 2022 Creator Awards “Most Innovative Acquisition Training Solution”. Procurify introduces gamified interactive learning as an alternative to traditional lecture style training.

HigherEchelon supported the Army Game Studio and SAIC in the development of Procurify.

HigherEchelon again earned the prestigious Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award. This is the fourth consecutive year HigherEchelon has won the award — earning the Platinum award in 2021 and the Gold Medallion in 2019 and 2020.

Fortune Magazine named HigherEchelon to the 2022 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services™ List. HigherEchelon is one of only four companies in Huntsville to make the prestigious list.

“I think that HigherEchelon training is a must for any company that is trying to take their sales team to the next level. The workshop was very informative and led to crosspollination of techniques and knowledge that can be utilized by the Sales Team in their daily interaction with customers and vendors.”

HigherEchelon offers sales training for business development teams who want to up their game and integrate high performance techniques into their approach. Learn more here.

HigherEchelon is proud to be named a 2022 Distinguished Service Award finalist up for the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Veteran Owned Business of the Year – Established Business award.

The Distinguished Service Awards are dedicated to honoring successful veteran-owned businesses and service organizations in the Greater Washington D.C. business community that have demonstrated strong business performance and who have made meaningful contributions to help Veterans succeed. The Awards are presented to individuals, companies, and non-profit organizations in recognition of community stewardship and business leadership.

The Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce named HigherEchelon a 2022 Best Places to Work Contender.

HigherEchelon, Inc. is proud to announce the company achieved Great Place to Work-Certified™ designation for the second year in a row. Read more here.

HigherEchelon is one of only 17 companies in Alabama and 303 companies nationwide to earn the prestigious HIRE Vets Medallion Award. Only 10 other medium sized companies in Alabama join HigherEchelon in earning the Platinum distinction. This is the third consecutive year HigherEchelon has won the award — earning the Gold Medallion in 2019 and 2020. Read more here.

“I will be able to apply all of the information and concepts presented back on my job as a supervisor.

This was a very comprehensive course with an excellent consolidation, explanation and emphasis on basically every skill necessary to create high performance teams at all levels, both as a leader and team member.

This is quite honestly one of the most useful, interesting, and practical training classes I have attended during my 22 years with NASA. I wish this training were available to every employee, because of the importance of the skills taught and the strong emphasis on enabling successful teams.

The instructor did an excellent job of encouraging interaction at all levels even with the virtual environment and shared interesting, invaluable examples and thought-provoking ideas based on experiences at NASA and on a personal level. This class is outstanding!

Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work® have named HigherEchelon to the prestigious 2021 Best Small & Medium Workplaces™ list. HigherEchelon is one of only four Huntsville companies to make the list, joining well-known digital leaders such as Monday.com, Calendly, Nerdwallet, Roblox, Gitlab, Chegg, Inc., & Braze.

Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine have honored HigherEchelon as one of the 2021 Best Workplaces for Millennials™.

The award is highly competitive — HigherEchelon is one of only 100 companies to make the list, joining well-known digital leaders such as Monday.com, Calendly, Nerdwallet, Sprout Social, Gitlab, Asana, & Braze.

HigherEchelon ranked nationally as the #13 Best Workplace in Consulting & Professional Services for small and medium businesses, according to Great Place to Work®, who placed the company based upon validated employee feedback gathered with rigorous, data-driven methodology. HigherEchelon was one of only three Huntsville companies to make the list.

HigherEchelon is a Better Business Bureau accredited business with an A+ rating.

The Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce named HigherEchelon a 2021 Best Places to Work Contender.

HigherEchelon, Inc. is officially a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization based upon validated employee feedback gathered with rigorous, data-driven methodology. HigherEchelon’s results significantly surpassed the typical company’s results, according to Great Place to Work™, with 97-percent of HigherEchelon employees saying it is a great place to work compared to 59-percent of employees at a typical U.S.-based company. HigherEchelon employees were asked to indicate agreement or disagreement in Likert-score anonymous survey responses across a variety of statements. HigherEchelon’s outstanding results included the following highlights: – 99% say “People avoid politicking and backstabbing as ways to get things done.” – 99% say “Our customers would rate the service we deliver as ‘excellent.’” – 99% say “People care about each other here.” – 99% say “You can count on people to cooperate.” – 98% say “Management makes its expectations clear.”

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded HigherEchelon the 2020 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award, which is earned by leading businesses that demonstrate unparalleled commitment to attracting and retaining Veterans, as well as ensuring that they have a long-term career and growth plan that uses the diverse skills they acquired through their military service. The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act (HIRE Vets Act) Medallion Program is the only federal award program that recognizes job creators who successfully recruit, hire, and retain veterans. HigherEchelon is one of only 216 organizations nationwide to be a repeat winner. Read more about why HigherEchelon received the distinction in this article.

HigherEchelon received the 2020 Distinguished Service Award for a Veteran-owned, established business. The distinction is awarded by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce in recognition of outstanding community stewardship, business leadership, and service to Veterans. Read more about why HigherEchelon received the award in this article by InsideNOVA.com and in this website post.

HigherEchelon was named 2019’s Government Contractor – Professional Services Business of the year at the Huntsville / Madison County Chamber Of Commerce Small Business Awards.

HigherEchelon won Program of the Year for its work on the VA Women’s Health Program at the 2019 Greater Washington GovCon Awards.

HigherEchelon was awarded with the 2019 US Department of Labor HIREVets Gold Medallion.  The HIRE Vets Medallion Award is the only federal-level veterans’ employment award that recognizes a company or organization’s commitment to veteran hiring, retention, and professional development.

“The HigherEchelon Resilient and Adaptable Leader course was a transformative experience that brought new tools and perspective to our global organization. It is rare to find experiences that are this impactful. This program is relevant to any leader and any industry contributor. It is an essential ingredient to exceeding in any company and any industry. I highly recommend it.”

HigherEchelon was selected by the Northern Virginia Camber of Commerce as a Finalist for the Distinguished Service Awards, Veteran Owned Business Of the Year – Maturing Business Category. The Distinguished Service Awards honors individuals, companies, and non-profit organizations for their service to veterans in the Greater Washington business region. Recognizing those who have made meaningful contributions to help veterans succeed.

“The HigherEchelon training was one of the best, most useful, and eye-opening experiences. The workshop was the best use of time and money spent by eBay during my tenure.”

“We brought HigherEchelon onboard to help us thoughtfully and quickly implement new capabilities across our Salesforce instance. Their expertise, especially in the private equity space, was extremely valuable as we desired to utilize as many best practices and previous lessons learned in our implementation. Additionally, they were extremely responsive to our needs and requests, including being onsite to help troubleshoot development or our production roll out to the business. HigherEchelon consistently worked to our schedule and scope, and delivered a product on time and within budget.”

HigherEchelon was named a finalist for Contractor of the Year at the 2019 Greater Washington GovCon Awards.

“The team at HigherEchelon excels at delivering high quality, high- impact programs that push managers to transcend technical competence and become great leaders. Participants in the Resilient and Adaptable Leader program should expect to acquire a new way of thinking about leadership in organizations and a new set of skills to enable high performance in mission-critical and dynamic environments. Technical expertise won’t sustain your organization, but resiliency and adaptability surely can.”

“Leadership, especially resilient leadership, can and will make or break organizations undergoing challenges like Merck…Finally, training on emotional intelligence.”

“HigherEchelon’s ability to see the big picture of our leadership program and connect the concepts into a flexible development structure provided the catalyst necessary to DRIVE our program to the next level. Well done.”

“This was the best workshop, or class, that I attended at Johnson. I highly recommend it, and I think it should be required for all Johnson students. The systemic concepts and examples on the team dynamic and creating our own leader’s personal strength plans provided great introspective challenges and open-minded approaches to leadership. The RAL program is excellent and compliments the theory we learn in the classroom with real-world application.”