When we last wrote about Mission Critical Partners in August, the State College communication consultants were among those who felt the sting by a Dover Township tragedy two months before, when a family lost their home in a fire because of a communication breakdown with local authorities. The mishap stressed the importance of MCP’s work, which involves working with law enforcement and emergency dispatchers to ensure their communication devices and systems are in working order.
On Friday, MCP got another strong indication in the form of Growth Company of the Year at the 19th annual Technology Awards Gala hosted by TechQuest. MCP Senior VP Brian Bark accepted the award before 300 of the state’s technology leaders at the Whitaker Center for the Arts and Sciences in Harrisburg and was proud of the partnerships his company had developed in delivering its innovative public safety solutions across the country.
“It is with the help of our first ‘partner,’ Ben Franklin (Technology Partners/CNP), and their help from the beginning, that MCP is able to accept this award,” he said, according to a company news release. The company, which employs 24, also has offices in Harrisburg and in Texas. MCP works in next-generation 911 services, facility/technology integration, broadband deployment, emergency management communications, land mobile radio and forensics/systems analysis, among other specialties.
Among the other award winners:
– John Manzetti, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, Outstanding Leadership in Technology
– Commonwealth Connections Academy, Harrisburg, Technology Educator of the Year
– Feel Your Boobies Foundation, Middletown, Public Service Innovation
– IMR, Camp Hill, Technology Provider of the Year
– Navy Supply Information Systems Activity, Mechanicsburg, Best Application of Technology
– Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, Technology Product of the Year
– Linear Acoustic, Lancaster, Technology Company of the Year
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Photo (by Renee Rosensteel):
Marty Klos, senior technology specialist for Mission Critical Partners, uses a directional UHF antenna to detect the direction and range of radio sources and looks for a rise in the noise floor.