Organization
Rose Zarcaro
President & CEO
John Zarcaro
Facility Security
Officer
Rosanne Zarcaro
Facility Security
Assistant
Michael Zarcaro
Business Manager
Robert Hudspeth
Human Resources
Manager
Michael Zarcaro
Contract
Administrator
Anthony Baker
Senior Staffing
Analyst
Leigh Ayn Boyd
Accountant
Josie Quinones
Business Office
Administrator
Barbara Whitted
QMS Management
Representative
Michael Zarcaro
Vice President
Pavan Rajagopal
Business
Development
Manager
Capabilities Champions
Benito Martinez
IT Consultant
Claudia Cummings
Office Clerk
Bianey Rubio
Office Secretary
Andre Anthony
HR Representative
Nghia Le
Launch Program
Instructor
Elizabeth Westbrook
Supervisor
Southwest Institute of
Social Studies
Michael McCullar
Facilities Support Services
Alice Ward-Johnson
JSC
PAMSS
Project Manager
Barbara Whitted
Jacobs Technology
JETS
Project Manager
Richard Gorham
Jacobs Technology
TEST
Project Manager
Jay Lee
Boeing
BETS PI
Project Manager
Michael McCullar
WYLE
BC
Project Manager
T. David Hanson
Hamilton-Sundstrand
UTAS
Project Manager
Michael Zarcaro
Spaulding for Children
Administration
Services
The HUBZone Program
• The SBA administers a small business program called the
HUBZone Program
• HUBZone businesses
– Must have their primary place of business located in an
officially designated Historically Underutilized Business
Zone (HUBZone) and
– 35% of their employees must live within HUBZone areas
• GCS employs engineers, scientists, technicians,
programmers—all types of workers—who reside in
HUBZone areas
• Of the small business programs, the HUBZone Program
is the only one that is geographically-based (all of the
other programs focus on the ownership of the business)
• GCS ranks nationally among the largest HUBZone firms
that offer Engineering Services as their primary service
offering
PIMS Transition Schedule
Week
Ending
6/6
Week
Ending
6/13
Week
Ending
6/20
Week
Ending
6/27
Week
Ending
7/4
Week
Ending
7/11
6/19
6/26
7/3
7/10
1
Review Transition Plan with Boeing
6/5
2
Provide Transition Status to Boeing
6/12
3
Upload Position Description to GCS Web-site
6/11
4
All-Hands Meeting with Incumbent Workers
6/11
5
Extend Employment Offers
6/12
6
Receive Accepted Employment Offers
7
Complete Employment Applications
8
One-on-One Meetings with Incumbent
Workers
9
Hold Orientation & Complete Employment
Forms
7/7 – 7/11
10
Submit Badge Requests to Boeing Security
7/11
6/18
6/23 – 6/27
6/30 – 7/3
Getting to Know Each Other
• We are scheduling one-on-one
meetings with each employee
– Before or after work, during lunch, or
during the workday with your supervisor’s
permission
– From Monday (6/30) through Thursday
(7/3)
• Tell us about your job, ask questions,
raise concerns
• Please sign up
Employment Offers
• We plan to make employment offers to
all incumbent employees
• Offer letters will go out on June 12th
• Employment with GCS will be effective
August 1
• We will recognize prior years service
history for determining the PTO benefit
• There will be no lapse in insurance
coverage
Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Paid Time Off
– Uninterrupted Service PTO Rates for years of earned
accrual
• 0 - 5 years ( 3 weeks 2.308 hrs/pay period or 120 hr/yr)
• 6 - 10 years ( 4 weeks 3.077 hrs/pay period or 160 hr/yr)
• 11 or more years (5 weeks 3.846 hrs/pay period or 200 hr/yr)
– Employees are fully vested in their PTO balances and
may cash out those balances in part or in full at any
time
– Employees may retain a balance of up to 520 hours of
PTO
• Holidays
– 10 paid holidays per year
– 2 winter break holidays must be covered by PTO
Health and Dental Benefits
• We offer two medical insurance plans through Mountain
State Blue Cross Blue Shield
– PPO ($1,000 deductible): Employee Only=$13/wk,
Employee + spouse or Employee + child= $73/wk,
Employee + family= $117/wk
– HDHP ($2,500 deductible): Employee Only=$0/wk,
Employee + spouse or employee + child= $47/wk,
Employee + family= $82/wk
• We offer dental insurance through The Guardian
– Covers Preventative Services, Basic Services, Major
Services (Restorative), and Adult & Child Orthodontics with
a $1500 calendar year maximum while insured
– Deduction amounts are: EO = $1/wk, ES = $5/wk, EC =
$5/wk, EF = $9/wk
• We offer a cash in lieu of benefits option
– $150/month for opting out of medical, $20/month for dental
– Employee must provide proof of coverage
Preventative Benefits
• We offer a Preventative Health
Maintenance Benefit
– Up to $500.00 per employee and their
dependents
– Provides employees with a vehicle to obtain
preventative services that are not covered
under our medical insurance benefit
– For example: preventive procedures,
immunizations, alternative treatments, weight
loss, marathons
• We are a StarPort member
– Includes a Gilruth Membership
Retirement Plan
• The GCS 401(k) Plan is administered by
Great West Financial Services
– Offers a wide list of investment options
– Offers a loan provision
– GCS makes a 2% non-matching
contribution to each employee’s account
– Employee and employer contributions are
always fully vested
Flexible Spending Plan
• Employees can make annual
contributions on a pre-tax basis to a
flexible spending account for:
– Dependent Care (up to $3,500)
– Medical Care (up to $2,500)
Employer-Assisted Housing
• We pay a cash bonus equal to $1,000
per year to employees who are newly
leasing or renewing lease agreements
for properties located in HUBZone
designated areas
• All employees with full-time, regular
employment status are eligible
Other Benefits
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Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
Elective coverage with Colonial
Juan C. Gonzalez scholarship
Educational Reimbursement
FAQs
• Can I take the vacation I have already
planned for this summer, even though I
won’t have accrued enough PTO?
• I currently work on an approved nonstandard work schedule—may I
continue to work on that schedule?
FAQs (con’t.)
• Will I have to pay my medical
deductible charges again?
• Can I port my 401(k) loan to GCS’s
401(k) Plan?
• Can I port my Flexible Spending
Account contributions into GCS’s FSA?
• How can I receive educational
reimbursement for a class in which I
am currently enrolled?