Melanie Vail, majority share-holder of the Woman Owned Small Business Bonus Software Corporation, officially takes the leadership reins on January 1, 2009. After a distinguished career with several NASA contractors, including Booz-Allen and Hamilton and United Space Alliance, Mrs. Vail now embarks on a new journey to lead her company into the future.

Bonus Software Corporation received a subcontract from Raytheon Technical Services Company, LLC to support the Warrior Training Alliance (WTA) through the first Lot of the Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (WFF) program. The Warfighter prime contract is an $11.2 billion program in support of Warfighter training throughout the world. Bonus Software supported Raytheon in pursuing the WFF contract and is a strategic fit to continue developing the Warfighter Integrated Staffing and Requirements Database (WISARD) as part of the WTA's ATLAS management information system. The WISARD, as well as the ATLAS, are key discriminators in the US Army's selection of the WTA to receive the WFF program.

Bonus Software Corporation was awarded a consulting agreement from Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) in support of their Constellation Program Support Contract at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Bonus Software will develop a task order pricing and cost reporting system for SGT that enables the development, tracking and reporting of costs associated with SGT's contract to NASA.

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and Bonus Software Corporation enter agreement to develop the Teammate Exostar Accounting Mapping (TEAM) system for use by the Warrior Training Alliance (WTA). The TEAM system provides the capability to prepare electronic invoices that meet the requirements of the Raytheon (prime contractor) Exostar electronic procurement system. The companies agreed that the resulting application is "open source" software to all interested members of the WTA. Bonus Software offers services to WTA teammates to install and configure the TEAM to meet their internal requirements.

Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC awarded a contract to Bonus Software Corporation for support during the Phase-In of the recently captured Warfighter Field Operations and Customer Support (Warfighter FOCUS or WFF) contract. Bonus Software assisted Raytheon during the pursuit of the contract and will play a key role during the new contract phase-in. The WFF contract was an $11.2 billion award to Raytheon Technical Services Company.

L-3 Communications Corporation, Link Simulation and Training Division, awarded a Technical Services order to Bonus Software for enhancement and maintenance of their earned value management systems. Bonus Software will provide support in the integration of L-3 Costpoint accounting system with their MPM earned value management system and other supplemental cost / schedule reporting systems.

Enterprise Advisory Services Incorporated (EASI) awarded a subcontract to Bonus Software Corporation to develop a NASA Form 533 Cost Reporting system for use on their White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) contract.

Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTSI) awarded VitalThought (supported by strategic partner Bonus Software) a contract to conduct a "mock" audit of HTSI's Satellite Control Network Contract (SCNC) Cost and Schedule Planning, Evaluation & Review (CASPER) system.

Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC awarded a contract to Bonus Software to support their pursuit of the Joint Cargo Aircraft contract. Bonus Software will rehost Raytheon's complex pricing model into a database application to better facilitate rapid price analysis during the development of Raytheon's Best and Final Offer to the US Government. 

On behalf of strategic partner VitalThought, Bonus Software performed an analysis of business processes utilized on IBM's HIGLAS program based in Linthicum, MD. The toolset utilization review uncovered sevral key areas for process streamlining that will ultimately help IBM better support its customer on this key government program.

AT&T Government Solutions turns to project management consultancy VitalThought for support to implement an earned value management system. VitalThought and strategic partner Bonus Software will establish a program management system, including processes, educational programs and a prototype of the software toolset.

Bonus Software and strategic partner VitalThought enter agreement to support IBM in the implementation of a new accounting system with other components of IBM's earned value management system.

Bonus Software has been selected to support Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC) in its pursuit of the Warfighter Field Operations and Customer Support contract. The pursuit is anticipated to be the largest in RTSC history. Bonus Software will provide tools and services to harvest staffing estimate data and deliver that information into RTSC's pricing model. Bonus Software will also support the development of the cost volume and other related sections of the management and technical volumes.