The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2024 Best Places to Work® awards luncheon in the VBC Saturn Ballroom on May 14.

The awards were based on employee survey data collected by a third-party certification system.

Companies are ranked based on team effectiveness, retention probability, job satisfaction and employee benefits. Companies also use the data to improve their work culture.

The survey results remain confidential until the event.

Employee culture was an important theme for many of the award winning businesses.

“As business owners and leaders there are a lot of decisions we can make every day that could be counter to a great culture, but we’ve all chosen to make decisions for a great culture,” said the representative from KODA Technologies Inc.

A total of ninety-eight businesses were nominated based on their employees’ survey responses.

Three winners were chosen from each of five categories that are based on company size, from micro businesses with 10-24 employees to extra-large businesses with over 251 employees.

The following is a list of the gold, silver, and bronze winners in each of those five categories.

Micro Category: 10-24 employees

Gold winner Cahaba Federal Solutions is a small business dedicated to providing exceptional systems engineering, technology and product development, integration, and test support to the Department of Defense.
Silver winner New Hope Children’s Clinic is a non-profit, school-based pediatrician’s office created to increase access to and provide comprehensive medical care for children in Madison County, Alabama, and surrounding communities.
Bronze winner Ampersand Solutions Group, Inc., provides differentiated engineering and technical services to public sector and commercial clients by truly understanding partners’ and customers’ requirements with a focus on outcomes, time-to-value, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Small Category: 25-50 employees

Gold winner Focus Physiotherapy Huntsville uses the best physical therapy practices to help people get healthy without pills or surgery.
Silver winner Pinnacle Financial Partners, a Tennessee Bank provides distinctive financial services and effective advice to clients, enriches associates, makes a positive impact on the community, and creates long-term value for shareholders.
Bronze winner Kids to Love Foundation impacts the lives of thousands of foster children. Their ultimate goal is to find “forever families” for children who are waiting to be adopted.

Medium Category: 51-100 employees

Gold winner Mission Driven Research, Inc., is a growing company providing technical services to the U.S. federal government. Their three core missions are service to customers, employees, and the community.
Silver winner QTEC Aerospace provides aerospace and defense solutions supporting government and industry missions. Their services span engineering, testing, research, and development across areas such as systems engineering, logistics, and data analytics.
Bronze winner KODA Technologies Inc., works with customers that face complex challenges on national priority projects in the areas of system modernization, rapid prototyping and testing, and cross-cutting technology development. They provide hands-on analytical products and high-end engineering services.

Large Category: 101-250 employees

Gold winner NMR Consulting is a critical infrastructure and system lifecycle solutions company with a deep understanding of the unique challenges and technical requirements of the government market.
Silver winner Intrepid, LLC is a small business provider of services and technologies in the federal marketplace. They support the Department of Defense, including the U.S. Army, the Air Force, and the Missile Defense Agency.
Bronze winner Thompson Gray, Inc., has extensive experience with Department of Defense budget and financial management and business processes. They provide programmatic, financial, and information technology support with expertise in General Fund Enterprise Business System implementation and training.

X-Large Category: 251+ employees

Gold winner IronMountain Solutions is a technology solutions company with extensive expertise in systems engineering, software and hardware engineering, airworthiness, engine diagnostics, test, project management, programmatic support, cybersecurity, information assurance, acquisitions, logistics, and foreign military sales.
Silver winner Booz Allen Hamilton is the largest provider of AI to the federal government. They combine leading AI, cybersecurity, and engineering with emerging tech to deliver results.
Bronze winner Integration Innovation Inc., (i3), is a team member owned company that provides software engineering services to customers in the U.S. They specialize in system design, system development, system integration, system testing, fielding, maintenance, and computer operations.

The complete list of this year’s Best Places to Work® contenders can be found on the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber website.

Several of the nominated companies are currently hiring.