(L to R) Mayor Loretta Spencer; Sheila Brown, founder and CEO of QuantiTech, Inc.; Damian Bianca, president of QuantiTech, Inc.; and Don Nalley, vice chair of economic development of the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County prepare to cut the ribbon in front of onlookers during QuantiTech’s ribbon cutting ceremony on April 18.

QuantiTech, Inc., recently announced plans to expand its headquarters in Huntsville to better meet the needs of its Department of Defense customers.

QuantiTech, a minority woman-owned government services contractor, specializes in providing a variety of engineering solutions, services and tools for Department of Defense clients, including the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command; the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) for Aviation and the Missile Defense Agency. The company was incorporated in 1991 with one employee, currently has 31 employees, and plans to expand to 50 employees by the end of the year. It expanded to larger office space in the Technology Pointe office complex at 7027 Old Madison Pike.

“I am truly amazed at the incredible economic growth that is occurring in Huntsville and Madison County, and today is a perfect example of what I am talking about,” said Don Nalley, vice chair of economic development of the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County. “To the employees of QuantiTech – we are thrilled with your growth. From one employee in 1991 to 31 now and to 50 by the end of the year, it is clear that this company will continue to grow, and we pledge to you all that we will do everything we can to ensure your continued growth in a community that is becoming widely known as a smart place to live, to work and to play.”

The founder and CEO of QuantiTech, Inc., Sheila Brown, is an active community leader and serves on the Board of Directors for Cummings Research Park and the Huntsville Hospital Foundation. She is also a member of the Committee of 100. Ms. Brown has served on the Boards of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce, the Arts Council, and is a past-president of the Women’s Economic Development Council. She is a Civil Engineering graduate from Vanderbilt University and completed the Minority Business Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

Damian Bianca, president of QuantiTech, Inc., is a retired Army Officer with 27 years of operational and acquisition experience. His 17 years of acquisition experience encompassed product, project and executive level oversight of Army and Missile Defense acquisition programs, to include MLRS, TOW, MPIM, Javelin, ATACMS, Follow-On-To-TOW, Director of Ground Combat Systems under the ASA (Al&T), and Project Manager, Ground-Based Interceptor and Systems Engineering Manager within the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Joint Program Office.