H2 IT Solutions Earns First Place Award in U.S. Army's International Virtual Challenge Competition

ORLANDO, Fla., --- H2 IT Solutions, Inc., based in Orlando, is quickly earning a name for itself in the military simulation and training world. Last week the eight-year old technology firm earned a coveted First Place Award---with a $10,000 prize---in the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s international 2013 Federal Virtual Challenge competition. The Army Laboratory’s Simulation & Training Technology Center announced H2 IT’s First Place Award---in the Critical Thinking/Adaptability category---at the GameTech 2013 Defense User’s Conference in Orlando April 17. H2 IT’s virtual team building game---Compound®, developed for the U.S. Air Force Air University Squadron Officer College--- earned the firm its top prize. Alice Hayden, president of H2 IT Solutions, Inc., said the Challenge rules were both specific and complex. “Our goal was to develop an immersive virtual environment---a compelling game, with sensory triggers to make it real---that will help users build their critical thinking and adaptability skills in a measurable and sustainable way,” Hayden explained. “Compound® teaches users how to lead a team, how to best delegate and communicate tasks and how to work together to analyze and adapt to the situation,” Hayden said. The same week as the First Place Award, H2 IT landed a major feature profile in National Defense, the leading online community of the nation’s weapons and defense industries. Hayden said the two events rank among the most important in the company’s brief history. “Winning a First Place Award at the GameTech 2013 Defense User’s Conference is major benchmark because it’s in front of all our peers and competitors, but the National Defense profile showcases our skills and performance to the widest possible market of potential defense industry customers and clients,” Hayden said. H2 IT Solutions provides innovative business and technology solutions designed to efficiently and effectively manage, interpret and distribute an organization’s valuable information to decision makers. H2 IT Solutions is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program at Central Florida Research Park in east Orlando County.