Telos (company)
Telos Corporation is an information technology and cybersecurity company located in Ashburn, Virginia. Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense. Customers are primarily military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the US government and NATO allies.[2]
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Type | Public |
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Nasdaq: TLS | |
Industry | Information Technology Cybersecurity |
Founded | 1969 |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | John B. Wood, President and CEO |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 508[2] |
Website | www |

History
Telos was founded in 1969 in Santa Monica, California and incorporated in Maryland in 1971.[3]
John B. Wood joined the company in 1992, and became president and chief executive in 1994.[4] Today, Telos is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.
On 16 June 2020, Telos Corporation reported its Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) service was granted an additional five years and $15.6 million contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).[5]
On 20 May 2020, Telos named retired general Keith B. Alexander as its advisory board's inaugural leader.[6]
In November 2020, the company filed for an initial public offering.[7]
References
- "85: Telos Corp". Washington Technology. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- Telos Corporation (April 2, 2018). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- Telos Corporation (March 29, 1996). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- S&P Global Market Intelligence (September 5, 2018). "John B. Wood Executive Profile". Executive Profile. Bloomberg. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- "Telos Wins Additional $15.6M DISA Contract for Automated Message Handling System". Globe Newswire (Press release). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Telos Corporation Welcomes General Keith Alexander as Inaugural Member of Advisory Board". GlobeNewswire (Press release). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Kilgore, Tomi (19 November 2020). "Telos' upsized IPO prices in the middle of the expected range, to value the company at just over $1 billion". MarketWatch. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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