Operator
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the ManTech Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to turn the conference over to Stephen Vather, Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations.
Stephen Vather
Vice President, M&A and Investor Relations
Welcome everyone. Thanks for participating on ManTech s fourth quarter call. Joining me today is Kevin Phillips, our Chairman, CEO and President; Judy Bjornaas, our CFO; and Matt Tait, our COO.
During this call we will make statements that do not address historical facts and thus are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. For a full discussion of these factors and other risks and uncertainties, please refer to the section entit
By Ross Wilkers
Feb 18, 2021
ManTech’s runway for continued growth is there in front of it this year after a 2020 that saw the company register a year of increases on both the top line and backlog.
But while not unique to ManTech, the challenge of talent is apparently bigger for them and the government technology industry than whatever the next federal budget will look like.
During ManTech’s fourth quarter earnings call Wednesday, company executives gave a glimpse at what they are doing about it internally beyond just external recruiting efforts.
“We have internal degree programs and price points for targeting upskilling as well as certification processes that we paid for because we want to get the internal resources we have,” CEO Kevin Phillips told investors. “Those veterans who come into the company are scaled toward what we think the growth of the future is both for them professionally and for us, and bring that talent in.”
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