CACT Honored by Department of Defense

CACT Honored by Department of Defense
El Camino College was recently presented with the prestigious Nunn-Perry Award for its assistance in mentoring a manufacturing business and helping the company improve its performance under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Mentor-Protégé Program. William Labadie, Manager, Special Projects and Robert Rusinek, Senior Director Supply Chain Management, from Orbital ATK presented the El Camino Community College District Board of Trustees with the award at the July 2016 meeting. Pictured from left to right: ECCCD Board of Trustees member Mary E. Combs; Board Secretary Cliff Numark; Superintendent/President Dena P. Maloney; William Labadie; ECCCD Board President Kenneth A. Brown; Robert Rusinek; Jose Anya, Dean of Community Advancement; ECCCD Board Vice President John Vargas; Student Member Nicole Mardesich; and Board member William Beverly.
El Camino College was recently presented with the prestigious Nunn-Perry Award for its assistance in mentoring a manufacturing business and helping the company improve its performance under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Mentor-Protégé Program. The college’s Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) worked with the Arizona-based company Orbital ATK for three years to help develop Martinez & Turek, Inc.’s business. Martinez & Turek, based in Rialto, Calif., started working with Orbital ATK in 2011 and provided the design and build of the transporter and launch ground support system for the Antares space vehicle.
The Mentor-Protégé Program aims to assist small businesses to compete for prime contracts and sub-contract awards by partnering them with large defense contractors to develop business and technical expertise, along with diversifying the small business’ customer base. El Camino College’s CACT assisted protégé Martinez & Turek by providing training in strategic planning, process re-engineering, project and supply chain management, lean and value stream mapping, as well as leadership and team building training.



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