--- title: Blog | MetroStar | Making an Impact description: Making an Impact | MetroStar's Blog is a gateway to insights, ideas, and discoveries from the perspective of innovators within our company that power change. --- [![MetroStar Systems Logo](https://blog.metrostar.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MetroStar_Jan2021/images/Logo-2021.png?width=413&name=Logo-2021.png "MetroStar Systems Logo")](https://www.metrostar.com/) - Who We Are - [Meet MetroStar](https://metrostar.com/who-we-are/) - [Leadership](https://metrostar.com/leaders/) - [Partnerships](https://www.metrostar.com/partnerships/) - [Innovation Lab](https://www.metrostar.com/innovation-lab/) - [Contract Vehicles](https://www.metrostar.com/contract-vehicles/) - What We Do - [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.metrostar.com/ai-and-government/) - [Digital Experience](https://www.metrostar.com/digital-experience/) - [Application Modernization](https://www.metrostar.com/application-modernization/) - [Enterprise IT](https://www.metrostar.com/enterprise-it-services/) - 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White text reads, SVP of Finance Named Finalist in WashingtonExec's 203 Pinnacle Awards](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/Pinnacle-Finalist_Kyle-Andrews.png)](https://blog.metrostar.com/svp-of-finance-pinnacle-awards) ## [SVP of Finance Named Finalist in WashingtonExec Pinnacle Awards](https://blog.metrostar.com/svp-of-finance-pinnacle-awards) 2 MIN READ |  11/08/2023 [![Ziyad, Associate Software Engineer at MetroStar in Bloomington, drawing in purple ](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/MAI_Ziyad_feature.jpg)](https://blog.metrostar.com/post-grad-to-research-and-development-digital-it-company) ## [Going from Post-Grad to Working at a Leading Tech Company](https://blog.metrostar.com/post-grad-to-research-and-development-digital-it-company) 1 MIN READ |  03/24/2022 [1](https://blog.metrostar.com/tag/making-an-impact/page/1) [2](https://blog.metrostar.com/tag/making-an-impact/page/2) [❯](https://blog.metrostar.com/tag/making-an-impact/page/2) [![MetroStar Systems Logo](https://blog.metrostar.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MetroStar_Jan2021/images/MetroStar-Footer-Logo.png?name=MetroStar-Footer-Logo.png "MetroStar Systems Logo")](https://www.metrostar.com/) - [Services](https://www.metrostar.com/#digital-services) - [About Us](https://www.metrostar.com/company/) - [Jobs](https://www.metrostar.com/jobs/) - [Contract Vehicles](https://www.metrostar.com/contract-vehicles/) Creating dynamic digital solutions is kind of our thing - we've been transforming and accelerating government missions since 1999. 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