Swift Systems Wins #1 Best Place to Work in Frederick County, MD

On August 5th, Swift Systems was recognized as the one of the best places to work in Frederick County, MD and acknowledged during the Best Places to Work 2014 ceremony at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, Maryland.

“I don’t know about other business owners, but as an entrepreneur I sometimes wonder how I got here,” exclaimed a surprised Vaughn Thurman, President & Founder of Swift Systems, as he accepted the award, “It’s also my birthday today!”

Photo Credit: Frederick News Post. Winners shown from left to right are Vaughn Thurman, Swift Systems; Karen Smith, St. John Regional Catholic School; Nick Damoulakis, Orases; Pat Fitch, Battelle National Biodefense Institute; Major General Joseph Caravalho Jr., Fort Detrick; Michael Shollenberg, Regent Education; Lisa Shuster, iHire.com and Shawn Pierce, Experient.

The Best Places to Work Campaign, now in its 12th year, is part of a county-wide partnership among the business and government sectors and the community. The campaign’s focus is on increasing quality-of-life opportunities for Frederick County employees.

Swift Systems was named Best Small-Sized Business in Frederick, MD and was recognized for the following company programs and initiatives:

• Staff involvement in company strategy meetings
• Employee outings
• Community giving activities & volunteerism
• Full benefits package including health, dental, & vision coverage
• Health Flex spending accounts
• Company funded medical emergency account
• Matched 401(k) pre-tax savings accounts
• Paid sick, vacation, & PTO roll-over or pay out options
• Flexible work schedules, including telecommuting

Winners for this year’s award were selected based on their strong commitment to their employees and for creating a positive work environment. For each nominee, five family-friendly criterion were evaluated, along with a review of each company’s median annual salary, turnover rate, and diversity practices.

Vaughn later added, “Fifteen years ago, I believed that small and medium businesses in our market were ignored by large IT service providers. We have partnered with our clients to perfect market-leveling services, and throughout it all we have kept those services affordable and accountable. I am proud that we have been making that difference for 15 years and I am more excited than ever to see what future innovations our team will continue harness and elegantly manage for the clients that have supported us along the way and for those that are yet to join us.”

About Swift Systems

Swift Systems serves regional businesses as a provider of IT engineering and consulting services, colocation, and other cloud-based services from two Swift Systems owned and managed data centers. Our dynamic infrastructure services and data management solutions help growing organizations solve their business challenges and successfully leverage their IT investments. We define flexible architecture for organizations that allow them to grow their businesses knowing that their network and critical storage and computing platforms can easily and cost effectively scale to meet their ever expanding needs. Swift Systems – a certified veteran owned small business and leading managed information technology (IT) solutions provider that delivers the highest level of technology-based IT services to businesses, government agencies, and institutions throughout Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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