More than 10 years ago, we started this blog to provide Dr. J. Robert Beyster with a place to connect with current and former employees of SAIC—the company he founded in 1969—and to continue to discuss his revolutionary brand of employee ownership. Now, more than two years since his passing, we expect this to be […]

I would like to take time to thank Bob Harris and Keith Nightingale for the letters you recently sent me. Bob’s Easter letter was a very interesting recounting of his career starting at General Atomic in January 1968 after he graduated with a Ph.D. in particle physics. Soon after he joined GA to work for […]

Last Friday evening my daughter Mary Ann Beyster and Names, Numbers, and Network Solutions editor Peter Economy attended the preview reception for the 48th Local Author Exhibit at the new San Diego Main Library. From what I understand, the new building is quite magnificent, and the event was very well attended by local authors. The […]

We will soon be publishing The SAIC Solution 2nd Edition and would love for current and former SAIC/Leidos employees to be part of the book cover photo block. Please reply to jdickerson@fed.org with a photo of yourself while working at SAIC/Leidos (at least 1 MB), the years you worked at the company, your department, etc. […]

Mike Daniels has been very busy speaking on behalf of our book, Names, Numbers, and Network Solutions. He is doing a great job — I wish I could be there in person. Two of Mike’s recent talks are available on the Internet for viewing. The first is an Entrepreneurship Hour Talk Mike gave at the […]

This past week I received an entertaining series of photographs taken at the 1st Annual Memorial Day Massacre Reunion in San Antonio. According to Bruce McKinney, former Deputy Division Manager at SAIC’s San Antonio office, the event marks the day in May 2012 when the San Antonio division was dissolved. While some of the members […]