{"id":10900,"date":"2020-05-08T05:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T12:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/origin-www.parsons.com\/?p=10900"},"modified":"2021-10-13T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T18:40:51","slug":"today-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/2020\/05\/today-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Today And Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1158\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/imgpsh_mobile_save-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10912\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On\nthis day last year, Parsons became a public company for the second time in our\n75-year history. While that decision was years in the making, the previous 365\ndays have demonstrated that it was absolutely the right one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past year, we have experienced exponential growth across our critical infrastructure and federal solutions business segments, completed the acquisition of QRC, and augmented our strategy to boost transactional revenue through the sale of products like <a href=\"\/products\/pearl\/\">PeARL<\/a>, <a href=\"\/products\/inet\/\">iNET\u2122<\/a>, <a href=\"\/products\/ics\/\">ICS<\/a>, and now <a href=\"\/detectwise\/\">DetectWise\u2122<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All\nthat business success, while remaining focused on Parsons\u2019 true\ndifferentiators: our people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In looking\nback on the past several years, there\u2019s an inexplicable pattern that connects\neverything: choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success\nthat we have experienced as a business \u2013 and as employees and individuals \u2013 are\nthe result of choices and actions that come about by uniting talented\norganizations and individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am always taken back when looking at the economic and technological success occurring in developed countries and amazed by the advancements many other nations have made in transportation, housing, commercial buildings, high-speed rail, and other areas. Things that Parsons is helping build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better tomorrows do not come about by chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They come about by people who make deliberate choices and understand that those choices bring opportunity and consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/imgpsh_mobile_save-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10905\" width=\"314\" height=\"314\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting\non the present, I see great opportunity to build upon the success of our past\nyear and the lessons learned from our victories and challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At\nour core, we are a team of builders, modernizing the world\u2019s digital and\nphysical infrastructure related to data collection, transmission and processing,\nspace exploration, intelligence gathering and processing, transportation, water,\nwastewater, and cyber and physical security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also a team of explorers, pushing the envelopes of science and technology to expand our knowledge of the environment, space, life systems, bio and nanotechnology, and the deep ocean amongst many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mission is <strong><em>Delivering A Better World<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;and that will, in turn, create more education opportunity, healthier living, a cleaner environment, a more robust and sustainable economy creating more and higher-level jobs, and a higher level of belief that tomorrow will be an even better day than the day before. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let\u2019s work together &#8211;\ngovernment, business, academia, and individuals &#8211; to build a brighter future\nand continue our legacy of building and exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for making our first year as a public company an\nexcellent one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best is yet to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-parsons-blocks-author\"><span style=\"background-image:url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Charles_Harrington_1000px.jpg)\" class=\"author-avatar\" title=\"\"><\/span><h5>About the author<\/h5><div class=\"author-desc\"><p>Chuck Harrington is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Parsons Corporation. Chuck joined Parsons in 1982 as an engineer working on projects for the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. He progressed into business development and sales to federal government organizations. He later became Vice President and Program Manager of a multibillion-dollar engineering project with the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Savannah River Site. Before his appointment in 2006 to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, he was the founding President of Parsons Commercial Technology Group\u2014one of Parsons\u2019 global business units\u2014and led Parsons into the biotechnology, semiconductor, and wireless communications markets. In 2008, Chuck became CEO and then Chairman. He was named President of the corporation in 2009.  <\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day last year, Parsons became a public company for the second time in our 75-year history. 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