acquired Braxton Science and Technology Group<\/a>, back in 2020. Though any acquisition comes with challenges, Heidi and her team are excited every day by the myriad opportunities to innovate. Heidi, who grew up as a self-described Air Force brat, has always been interested in space. \u201cI had a variety of internships with different focuses, like astrobiology and calibrating instrumentation for the Mars Curiosity Rover at NASA, experimental aircraft at NASA, unmanned underwater vehicles with the Navy, and once I graduated, I focused on providing support to the Missile Defense Agency, the intel community, and finally ended up in a space-focused job with Braxton,\u201d shares Heidi.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoining Parsons has given Heidi and her Braxton colleagues access to more people with different backgrounds than they had as part of a small business, as well as access to technologies and customers that were previously out of reach. According to Heidi, this has led to more creativity, and having additional resources has strengthened the shared mission of the space industry across the company. \u201cI\u2019m sharing my excitement with people who maybe haven\u2019t understood the importance of space in the past. It\u2019s one thing to show up for work as an engineer or a business developer, but if you\u2019re in pricing, or procurement, or communications, it\u2019s so exciting to explain the impact they<\/em> are having on the space industry too. We\u2019re truly a team here, and we all play a part in changing the future of the space industry by offering the most valuable technologies and solutions to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nOne of the ways Heidi and her team have cross-collaborated is by working with the people in our federal infrastructure business to leverage their expertise in construction on new bids. She\u2019s also looking forward to being a part of our Innovation Council, which connects and enables the entire company to provide resources and develop solutions that tackle the most crucial issues our customers face today and anticipate for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n