Futron Continues Investments in Lean IT Principles through Training and Certification

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WOODBRIDGE, VA (June 15, 2015) – In a continued effort to invest in the delivery of customer value while exploring opportunities to further develop our associates IT expertise, Futron Incorporated announces that Chris Donahue, VP of Business Development, has achieved Lean IT Association’s (LITA) Lean IT Foundation certification. Chris participated in a two-day, instructor lead course conducted by Pink Elephant and then successfully demonstrated Lean expertise by passing the associated knowledge-based exam administered by APMG International. This training compliments and builds on previous certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, and Agile Certified Practitioner.

Per the Lean IT Association (LITA), “Lean IT is an extension of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Services principles to the development and management of information technology products and services. Its goal is to continuously improve the value delivered by IT organizations to their customers and the professionalism of IT people.”

In our view, “We believe Lean IT and Lean thinking are fundamental to enabling our customers and partners to develop, deliver, operate, and adapt at speed. Accordingly, Lean is integral to our DevOps, business agility and Fast IT solutions,” said Chris Donahue.

At a high level, Lean Principles are focused on:

• Increasing customer value
• Eliminating waste (work that does not add value)
• Management as a facilitator
• Collaboration between people (internal associates and customer stakeholders)
• Continual improvement
• Preserving value with less work

Through the application of Lean IT principles, Futron is able to provide the following customer benefits:

• Achieve operational excellence through improved agility, service quality and efficiency.
• Build a customer and value-oriented culture in which employees engage in Lean IT processes.
• Involve all employees to continually improve services and preserve value with less effort.
• Optimize IT operations and processes supporting the most business critical applications and services.
• Implement a rigorous problem solving process to achieve greater strategic and financial value.

While further validating Futron’s understanding of Lean principles through this certification, participation in LITA’s program enables Futron to broaden our commitment to employee training. We intend to use the first-hand knowledge gained from the Lean IT Foundations course as well as LITAs certification roadmap to enhance associate training programs ensuring their success in maximizing delivery of customer value to Federal customers and partners worldwide.

About Futron Incorporated

Futron Incorporated was founded in 1994 with the Mission Statement, “Our desire is to provide the best value for our customers by offering them quality services that help them in achieving their goals.” Futron’s staff and partnerships have made this goal a reality. Since its inception Futron has grown to meet its customers’ needs by continually innovating and adding new services as the market and customers’ needs change. Futron delivers secure Information Technology (IT), Telecommunications, Professional Services and Physical Security solutions to government and enterprise customers around the world. The ability to provide quality services to our customers, vendors and partners comes from Futron’s ability to quickly react to customers’ needs because of agile, small business methodologies. Futron maintains personnel, relationships, and offices to meet customers’ needs in every corner of the world, including Southwest Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Learn more at futroninc.com.

Contact: Futron Business Development – (336) 324-9457 – [email protected]

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