CPS, Inc. has hired Brad Parish as the Vice President for Business Development. Mr. Parish reports to Geoff Haas, President, and will oversee strategic business development through partnerships, teaming arrangements, and recruiting key personnel to support upcoming federal and commercial sector opportunities.

“CPS has experienced strong and steady growth since our founding over 10 years ago. We have now hired an experienced senior manager that is solely dedicated to directing CPS’s strategic growth in the areas of our original core capabilities,” said CPS President, Geoff Haas.

During Mr. Parish’s twenty-two year tenure, he has enjoyed a successful track record of managing large and small government programs and projects, including projects as large as $18M/years with a staff of over 300 employees in: facility management, construction/engineering, nuclear training/certification, radiological control, health & safety, energy research/development and staff augmentation. Mr. Parish has prided himself on offering proven performance, value, and innovative solutions to his government clients.  Several of Mr. Parish’s programs have been designated as national models and best practices with some even receiving national private sector awards. Mr. Parish was most recently a program manager with the Oak Ridge Associated Universities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Brad commented, “This is a great opportunity for me to continue the growth of an already strong small business in the service areas that I both have strong experience in and that I can offer increased value and efficiency to our existing and future clients.”

Mr. Parish is also a Governor appointee to the State of Tennessee’s Workforce Development Board, the Tennessee State Energy Sector Partnership, and a long time awards evaluator for the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.

CPS is a nationwide services firm specializing in the support of government agencies and their large commercial contractors. As a small business, CPS has managed to establish a very large footprint of support in a wide variety of areas, evidenced by their support of over 150 individual federal agencies and/or contractors including the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Attorney’s office and Border Patrol, DOE, VA, DOT, NASA, Colonial Pipeline, Westinghouse, etc.

With over 110 active employees, CPS has managed employees in 44 United States, and seven foreign countries. CPS is a past winner of the Business Tennessee Magazine’s Fast 50 Award.