2024 SESDA Peer Awards
2024 SESDA Peer Awards
Team ADNET is pleased to announce the
18th Annual Peer Awards Nominations
The annual SESDA Peer Awards give you the opportunity to nominate your colleagues on the SESDA V contract for extraordinary or exceptional performance. Winners will receive monetary compensation ranging from $500 to $1000, and awards will be chosen based on the justifications you submit with your nominations. The award ceremony will be held at our Bowie Baysox Event this year on Saturday, July 20th, 2024.
Nominations must be received no later than COB Friday June 28th, 2024. If you nominate someone, your name will be automatically entered into a drawing to receive an Amazon Gift Card. There will be two drawings this year. The first drawing will draw two entries by COB Friday, June 21st, for a $50 Amazon gift card each. The second drawing will draw two entries at the end of the nomination period, June 28th, for a $25 Amazon gift card each. The first drawing winners are not eligible to win the second drawing.
Who may you nominate:
Your currently employed peers and co-workers from ADNET, KBR, Telophase, Hexagon US Federal and Element 84 companies on SESDA V contract are eligible. Eligible candidates include Section Leads and below. Group Managers, their Deputies and people awarded in 2023 including the current peer committee are not eligible. (See below for a list of Managers, Deputies, awardees and committee members.) You may nominate as many people as you like and can even nominate someone from a different team company. Managers and Deputies are not eligible, nor can they make nominations.
How to nominate:
To nominate, go to https://sesda.com/peerawards/. Here you will find the Award categories and descriptions along with the on-line nomination form. Please fill out this form on-line. If you cannot access the form, or experience difficulties, please contact the committee at:
When to begin:
Event:
Managers & Deputies:
Steve Fantasia, Mara Fuentes, Herman Williams, Thomas Gaeng, Reggie Gardner, Monte Kaelberer, Ed Bell, Mo Khayat, Binita KC, Briananna Pagan, Mike Greason, Robert (Tom) Nothcutt, Jennifer Brennana, Phil Durbin, Dominic Zarro, Tami Kovalick, Lisa Scaffardi, Karen Smale, Alex Reustle, Divya Pereira and Jamee Serago.
Please read this year’s categories carefully.
Peer Award Categories:
1. Team Player:
Someone who fosters communication within a team, is a good mentor, maximizes team goals, and seeks out opportunities that benefit the task, lab, or larger NASA community.
A team player is someone who:
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- Helps co-workers
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- Encourages participation of other team members
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- Assists in keeping team focused and moving forward toward reaching a common goal
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- Shares ideas and can be a catalyst for creativity and team effectiveness
2. Innovator:
This individual is someone who introduces a new, creative, unique, idea or process that improves performance, adds value, or otherwise provides a positive impact in some way. This procedure or idea increases value to the customer, team, task and/or project.
Examples of positive impacts may include:
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- Increase in efficiency and/or productivity (e.g. cost or time savings)
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- Improves performance
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- Spurs new business growth
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- Streamlines existing practices/methods
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- Enhances quality of work life
3. Unsung Hero:
This individual is someone whose work is conducted “behind the scenes.” He/she possesses a “can-do” attitude and will go above and beyond in ensuring that a task is completed from beginning to end, never expecting recognition in return. This person may be in a support role, or occasionally acts as a “Jack-of-all-trades.”
4. Security
This individual has made important contributions towards improving the security of computer systems or the workplace. This employee is a champion for improvements in security practices, going beyond his/her job description to take an active role in making systems less vulnerable while keeping them user friendly.
5. Leadership:
This individual demonstrates initiative and vision that inspires others to take action and perform at a higher level. The candidate is a motivating force who provides encouragement and energy to his/her peers, subordinates and/or superiors. This award is not limited to individuals in a formal lead position.
Examples of leadership qualities/behaviors include:
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- Possesses strong work ethics
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- Builds consensus
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- Solution oriented, positive thinker
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- Will advocate on behalf of team or others when needed
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- Actively solicits participation, and objectively evaluates feedback, ideas and perspectives drawn from a diverse workforce, harnessing strengths and shoring up weaknesses of the team.
6. Technical Excellence:
This award recognizes individuals who consistently demonstrate outstanding proficiency in their technical fields. These individuals are passionate about technology, and that is reflected in the quality of their work.
Examples of excellent technical contributions may include:
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- Developing and applying new and existing technologies
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- Transferring knowledge and skills to improve the technical ability of their entire team
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- Consistently delivering high quality and correct technical solutions to difficult problems
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- Investing time and energy in furthering their own technical skills.
7. Wildcard:
This award is for that exceptional individual whose accomplishments do not fit neatly into one of the other award categories. This is an opportunity to give special attention to an individual whose unique role or achievements positively impacts their working environment, business practices, co-workers, etc. If you have a more fitting name to describe category that your nominee falls in, please feel free to provide it in the justification and we will list it instead of Wildcard.
