Total Solutions CEO Morayma McKinney named 2009 Alabama Minority Small Business Person Of The Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
August 2009

Morayma McKinney, CEO of Total Solutions, Inc., of Madison received the award Friday at the Westin Hotel Bridge Street Towne Centre.

Total Solutions is a Madison-based government services contractor specializing in program management, professional services, training, and technical and administrative services for clients such as the Army Corps of Engineers, Centers for Disease Control, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal Garrison.

McKinney, who was born in Cuba and later became a U.S. citizen, spent much of her early career as project manager on many NASA programs before leaving government to start her own business in 2001. She joined Total Solutions shortly after and in 2005 became majority owner and CEO. Over the past four years, McKinney has grown the company’s employment base by 700 percent (from 35 employees to more than 250).

“This award is not mine; it belongs to all of you. I would like to thank the SBA for recognizing our efforts at serving our federal government with integrity. It is so important for small businesses to have the opportunity to prove ourselves,” she said.

Total Solutions was awarded a contract to provide training services for the Microwave Systems Operator-Maintainer Courses at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
January 2009

Total Solutions was awarded a SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) for all zones and all technical services areas under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).
December 2008

Congratulations to Linda Fleming, winner of the CDCNational Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) Director’s Recognition Award for December. Linda is being recognized for her exceptional contributions in the quality of work, productivity, and timeliness. Linda should also be recognized for her highly efficient and courteous service within and external to Global AIDS Program (GAP). Linda has been a valuable Team member of GAP since 2005. Linda certainly has and continues to plays a critical role in the success of the GAP. Her work has even been recognized by the U.S. Department of State in 2007 when she received commendation for her efficiencies in executing the domestic and international hires process from the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. For these contributions and qualities, Linda receives the NCHHSTP Director’s Recognition Award.
December 2008

Total Solutions was awarded Contract Close-outs contract supporting the Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).
September 2008

Total Solutions was awarded a Contracts and Grants contract supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
September 2008

Total Solutions was awarded four contracts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

• Distance Learning (Black Board)
• R&D for Surveyor Guidance and Dissemination
• End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Training
• Minimum Data Set (MDS)

Total Solutions’ subcontract providing Oracle development and support for the NASA Payload Data was expanded in scope to include real time software testing.
June 2008

As part of CDC’s Cinco de Mayo celebration, the Coordinating Office for Global Health held the annual Honor Awards and Recognition. Several Total Solutions employees were recognized in both group and individual awards.
May 2008

1. Partners in Public Health Improvement: For outstanding achievement in implementing the Global Disease Detection Operations Center, a new system to coordinate detection and response activities for international events of public health significance. Group award that included Rohit Chitale.

2. Customer Service Award: For sustained outstanding service to the CDC. Group award that included Sharell Mitchel.

3. Award for Volunteer Service: For service to achieve a diverse, harmonious and productive workplace where people are respected, respectful, and valued and where their work makes a positive difference. Group award that included Charles Maxwell (Co-chair), Sharel Mitchel, and Khadija Turay.

4. James Virgil Peavy Workforce Development Award: For significant contributions in building the capacity of the global workforce in applied epidemiology and strengthening surveillance and response systems for priority disease conditions. Group award that included Teresita Glasgow and Tammy Otober.

5. Positive Energy – Administrative: For her positive "can do” attitude, her excellent substantive work and her strong work ethic. Individual award to Cindy Brown.

6. Team Player – Administrative: For always presenting a professional demeanor and willingness to help the organization without seeking the spotlight. Individual award to Tammy Otobor.

Total Solutions was nominated for the 2008 Best Places to Work.
April 2008

To be included in this elite group of companies speaks volumes for the culture at Total Solutions. This nomination recognizes that the work culture is important in creating a great place to work and is important to attract and retain the best and brightest employees. Total Solutions is honored to be included as a Best Place to Work in Huntsville, Alabama.

Total Solutions was awarded the Project Support for the Engineering Test Laboratory contract at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to provide engineering and program management services.
December 2007

Total Solutions was awarded the Contract Closeout Support Contract at Gunter Annex at Maxwell Air Force Base.
September 2007

Total Solutions was awarded the User Acceptance contract supporting the USDA Farm Service Agency to provide software testing services.
September 2007

Total Solutions was awarded a contract to review and revise the “Incident Command for High Rise Operations” training for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
September 2007

Total Solutions was awarded a contract to review and revise the “Analysis of Wildland/Urban Fire Interface” curriculum for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
September 2007

Total Solutions was awarded the Domestic Professional, Technical, and Administrative contract from CDC Coordinating Office of Global Health. This contract is for sixty months with a value of $35M.
August 2007

Total Solutions was awarded a subcontract with the Redstone Information Technology Services (RITS) contract to provide IT and COMSEC support to Redstone Arsenal.
July 2007

Total Solutions was awarded the Administrative Support Services contract supporting the General Services Administration Region 8.
May 2007

Total Solutions was awarded the contract by CMS to provide instructional development and support services for Non Basic Long Term Care.
August 2006

Total Solutions was awarded the Basic Long Term Care contract to provide instructional design and development services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid.
August 2006

Total Solutions’ employees were recognized along with the Boeing Payload Data Library (PLD) Team for their commitment to success during the development and delivery of PDL Release 16.0.
August 2005

The international Space Station (ISS) program achieved a significant capability when Boeing delivered the PDL Release 16.0 to NASA in August 2005. The completion of this milestone culminated a 14-month intensive requirements analysis and software implementation effort base largely on a Lean Six Sigma process improvement plan. Most project personnel understood that the PLD Release 16.0 project was going to be tough from the beginning. It certainly lived up to this expectation. The entire team worked very aggressively to meet all of the project milestones with accuracy and clarity. Even with team members working overtime, the team was committed to involving the users community in several passes of the development activity. Most notably, this involvement included a hands-on system established to allow users to test drive new capabilities as well as a few live and interactive software demonstrations to show off new features and functions. In addition, the team stood fast with Data Set Managers and Payload Developers with reviewing the migrated ISS payload data. This ensured that the ISS payload team was comfortable with the accuracy of date export and import process. The Total Solutions’ team included Kay Hickman, Mary McComb, Charlotte McDonald, Eric Vinson, Diana Welchans, Karl Wynja, and Chery Wilson.