Avwatch named to Boston Business Journal 2015 "Pacesetter" List

April 27, 2015 - PRLog -- Avwatch (www.avwatch.us), a Plymouth, MA business delivering aerial reconnaissance, real time motion video and tactical networking services to government and commercial clientshas been named to the Boston Business Journal’s “Pacesetters” list for 2015.

The Pacesetters list designates the region’s 70 fastest-growing privately-held businesses, based on research conducted by the Boston Business Journal.  The companies included were selected based on their strong growth over the last four years.

Boston Business Journal publisher Gale Murray and editors Douglas Banks and Craig Douglas describe the list as one which offers “an excellent snapshot of the businesses and entrepreneurs who drive the Massachusetts economy.”  The 70 business owners who qualified for the list were honored at an April 16 event held at the Weston Copley in Boston.  Avwatch was represented at the ceremony by company founder Chris Kluckhuhn, who accepted the award on behalf of the business.

Avwatch ranked #23 on the prestigious list which appeared in the April 17^th edition of the Boston Business Journal.

“It’s a great honor to be included on the BBJ Pacesetters list,” said Kluckhuhn.  “This is our first year on it and we hope to make it an annual occurrence.  Our growth over the past several years has been remarkable thanks to a talented and dedicated team of professionals and a consistently expanding client base who appreciate the technology we offer.”

About Avwatch

Avwatch is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), which harnesses innovative and proven technologies to support, enhance, and train Federal, state and local government agencies in support of homeland security and disaster recovery. The company’s unique airborne platform permits homeland security professionals the freedom to interact directly with aircraft, generate requested flight routes, specify data to be collected and precisely control the onboard camera sensors. Communications between the ground user and aircraft are internet-provided, allowing the user and aircraft to communicate in real time.  This facilitates immediate aircraft tasking and retrieval of data and imagery updates from anywhere in the world, at any time.

Avwatch provides homeland security professionals with a low-cost solution capable of conducting routine patrols efficiently and effectively. The company was founded in 2008 by Chris Kluckhuhn, a former Coast Guard rescue pilot with two Homeland Security masters degrees. Kluckhuhn’s successes in improving operational processes and technologies have been nationally recognized by Government Computer News (http://gcn.com/articles/2007/05/04/chris-kluckhuhn--calcu...) for visionary leadership and by the Coast Guard as a leader in innovation.

The Avwatch team consists of nationally recognized Homeland Security experts who are well-versed in military, federal, state and local disaster response planning and response protocols. Avwatch technology has been used to assist in oil cleanup following the 2010 explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, where they provided high-quality streaming video to the US Coast Guard, BP and authorities to assist with oil spill cleanup. The company also provides training for US Air Force Pilots prior to overseas deployment, and has been instrumental in rescue during extreme weather conditions, including hurricanes. In addition to firefighting, the technology is also used by the California Highway Patrol. Avwatch maintains headquarters at 246 South Meadow Road, Plymouth, MA and serves a national client base. The company also maintains a Tactical Operation Center in Nevada to support west coast operations for the Massachusetts based company. For additional information, please visit www.avwatch.us or call 774-247-0001.