Telos (company)

Telos Corporation is an information technology and cybersecurity company located in Ashburn, Virginia. Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense. Customers are primarily military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the US government and NATO allies.[2]

Telos Corporation
TypePublic
Nasdaq: TLS
IndustryInformation Technology
Cybersecurity
Founded1969 (1969)
Headquarters
Ashburn, Virginia
,
USA
Key people
John B. Wood, President and CEO
RevenueIncrease $219.2 Million (2019)[1]
Number of employees
508[2]
Websitewww.telos.com
Telos' Ashburn headquarters

History

Telos was founded in 1969 in Santa Monica, California and incorporated in Maryland in 1971.[3]

In the fall of 1984 Telos released the FileVision program for the Apple Macintosh.[4] InfoWorld magazine gave it an honorable mention[5] in its Product of the Year for database applications.

John B. Wood joined the company in 1992, and became president and chief executive in 1994.[6] Today, Telos is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.

On 16 June 2020, Telos Corporation reported its Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) service was granted an additional five years and $15.6 million contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).[7]

On 20 May 2020, Telos named retired general Keith B. Alexander as its advisory board's inaugural leader.[8]

In November 2020, the company filed for an initial public offering.[9]

References
  1. "85: Telos Corp". Washington Technology. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. Telos Corporation (April 2, 2018). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  3. Telos Corporation (March 29, 1996). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. "Hot stuff". InfoWorld. 6 (47): 70. November 19, 1984.
  5. "Honorable mention". InfoWorld. 7 (20): 22. May 20, 1985.
  6. S&P Global Market Intelligence (September 5, 2018). "John B. Wood Executive Profile". Executive Profile. Bloomberg. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  7. "Telos Wins Additional $15.6M DISA Contract for Automated Message Handling System". Globe Newswire (Press release). June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  8. "Telos Corporation Welcomes General Keith Alexander as Inaugural Member of Advisory Board". GlobeNewswire (Press release). May 20, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  9. Kilgore, Tomi (November 19, 2020). "Telos' upsized IPO prices in the middle of the expected range, to value the company at just over $1 billion". MarketWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
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