Best Places to Work; Most Valuable Employees in Huntsville/Madison County Announced
The 2011 Winners of Best Places to Work
Fifteen companies in Huntsville/Madison County were selected as the “Best Places to Work” – while nine employees were named the Most Valuable Employees in Huntsville/Madison County at the fourth annual Best Places to Work awards luncheon at the Von Braun Center. The event was co-hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County and the North Alabama Society for Human Resource Management and presented by System Studies & Simulation.

More than 100 organizations were initially nominated for the award and more than 70 qualified for the honor.

Winners were based solely on a survey completed by employees and were selected in three categories: organizations with between 25 and 74 local employees; organizations with between 75 and 249 local employees; and employers with 250 local employees or more.

Winners in each of the categories for Best Places to Work were:

25-74 workers

  • Brockwell Technologies, Inc.
  • Good Samaritan Hospice of Madison
  • i3
  • QTEC, Inc.
  • Venturi, Inc.

75-249 workers

  • Avion Solutions, Inc.*
  • Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation*^
  • Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.*
  • PeopleTec, Inc.
  • Sigmatech, Inc.

250 or more workers

  • CAS Corp. - Wyle*
  • Dynetics, Inc.
  • ERC, Inc.
  • Huntsville Hospital System
  • URS*

* Three time Best Places to Work winner
*^ Four time Best Places to Work winner

Winners in each of the categories for Best Employees were:

25-74 workers

  • Chuck Brasher, Calhoun Community College
  • Kelley Howard, Alatec, Inc.
  • Marianna Oakley, Venturi, Inc.

75-249 workers

  • Amy Perry, TASC, Inc.
  • Juanita Phillips, Intuitive Research & Technology, Corp.
  • Susie Vaughn, PeopleTec, Inc.

250 or more workers

  • Jill Curtis, URS
  • Marsha Garner, CAS Corp. - Wyle
  • Richard Jones, URS

Danny Windham, the Chamber’s vice chair of workforce, opened the event and praised the winners for being “the best of the best.”

“Despite facing numerous challenges locally while dealing with a still-recovering economy, our business community still continued to be recognized as one of the nation’s leading places to launch, sustain and grow a business,” Windham said.

Quantum Workplace measured and selected companies based on the following criteria:

  • Team Effectiveness
  • Retention Probability
  • Alignment with Goals
  • Trust with Co-workers
  • Individual Contribution
  • Manager Effectiveness
  • Trust in Senior Leaders
  • Feeling Valued
  • Work Engagement
  • People Practices

Once nominated, Quantum, a company that specializes in measuring workplace satisfaction around the country, administered a survey to employees and tabulated the results. Winners were based exclusively on the outcome of the employee surveys.