On National Gold Star Spouse Day, Canvas, Inc. honored Huntsville Gold Star Widow Nicoleta Padureanu with the proceeds from their annual 0.5K Event, totaling $15,000. “Three years ago, Canvas became involved with spearheading the 0.5k Event,” explained Canvas’ Marketing Director, Erin Bloxham Curtis. “This event, which raises funds for Gold Star Families in North Alabama, is important to Canvas. Not only is over 30% of our work force comprised of Veterans, but our involvement originated because one of our Canvas Family Members is also a Gold Star Family.”
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Canvas, built on the reputation for providing creative solutions for technical problems, has found an innovative way to combat the shortage of schedulers in the government contracting industry. James Brede, Canvas Director of Army Programs and Project Manager for Canvas PEO Missiles and Space contracts, spent the last few months working with a team of Canvas schedulers and software engineers to develop a Scheduling Bootcamp, the first training module housed on the new Canvas Learning Management System (C-LMS). “Canvas’ engineering expertise allows us to apply a technical disciple to the scheduling process,” explains Brede, a veteran scheduler. “So, while schedulers have become a hard-to-find commodity, our in-house Scheduling Bootcamp allows our employees to gain new technical skills while benefiting our customers.”   
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Canvas is pleased to announce Jason Songy, Senior Engineer, is the 2020 recipient of our annual Canvas Masterpiece Award – the highest honor a Canvas employee can receive. Jason’s professionalism, technical expertise, and leadership always reflect positively on him, his customer, and Canvas. His character, values, and work ethic are a true representation of the Canvas Masterpiece Award.
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Canvas, Inc. released their inaugural 2020 Year End Report highlighting a year of exceptional accomplishments and company growth. The report highlights revenue growth achieved by winning three new prime contracts, acquiring a small engineering and technology company, opening Area 200 (the Canvas Innovation Lab), and forming a Joint Venture through the Small Business Administration (SBA) Mentor Protégé Program. Canvas was also certified as a Best Places to Work and secured the 35th rank on the 100 Fortune Best Small Workplaces List.
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Canvas is pleased to announce four Huntsville nonprofits have been awarded over $12,000 in funding to support programs focused on improving the lives of children. “These funding awards represent contributions from both our employee giving fund and our corporate outreach fund,” explains Jami Peyton, Canvas CEO. “We believe in empowering our employees to guide philanthropic decisions on behalf of Canvas. Collectively, these funds represent causes that are near and dear to our employees.”
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