Phone: (703) 533-7209 | Fax: (703) 533-3959 | Email: info@24hrco.com
6521 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 501, Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: (703) 533-7209 | Email: info@24hrco.com
6521 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 501, Falls Church, VA 22042
24 Hour Company was founded as a traditional graphic design firm in 1992 by Dennis Fitzgerald. Realizing the opportunity to focus on an underserved niche market in the Washington, DC area, Dennis transitioned the company into one whose primary clients are business development professionals who bid on government and commercial contract work. To provide a growing client base with unique, new services, the company added three new partners: Mike Parkinson and Paul Kay in 1999, and Colleen Jolly in 2004.
Looking for opportunities to expand and better serve the bid and proposal market, 24 Hour Company established a presence in the United Kingdom to serve a broader international community. In 2008 24 Hour Company opened an office in Kent, which relocated to Central London in 2010.
A wide range of experiences and ongoing training sparks creativity among our team—and fuels new energy in our quest for breakthrough solutions to visual communication and technical challenges. The 24 Hour Company team of more than 20 employees includes editors, producers, graphic designers, interactive designers, fine artists, animators, programmers, and technical service specialists. They work in a business culture that rewards innovation, creativity, service excellence, and unmatched client care.
24 Hour Company clients include many large firms who do business with the federal government like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon—literally eight of the top ten Federal contractors in 2009. 24 Hour Company also supports smaller contractors who want to use their nimble size to compete at the level of the bigger contractors. They turn to 24 Hour Company to make them look and feel like billion-dollar firms.
Dennis Fitzgerald founded the company in 1992 which has become the only graphic design firm that covers the bid and proposal market exclusively. Dennis built his business management skills from scratch, focusing on the basics of sales, finance, marketing, recruiting, HR, and accounting. He attributes much of his success to learning by “failing forward.” If it had not been for mentoring relationships with successful entrepreneurs like his dad, business-savvy colleagues, and members of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), it could have been disastrous!
Dennis is an active member or the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and the National Capital Area (NCA) Chapter and the DC Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO).
As principal at 24 Hour Company, Mike Parkinson has spearheaded multi-billion dollar projects and created thousands of graphics resulting in billions of dollars in increased revenue for his clients.
Mike is an internationally recognized visual communications expert and APMP Fellow. He is a multi-published author and is often requested to speak at national conferences, large and small companies, and graphic industry events. With over 20 years of graphics experience, Mike passionately shares the secrets of effective graphics with other professionals to help them realize their goals and dreams by increasing their success rates through better visual communication. (Mike's Billion Dollar Graphics web site, BizGraphics On Demand web site, and Do-It-Yourself Billion Dollar Graphics book are examples of the best practices and helpful tools used by proposal professionals.)
With over 18 years in the proposal industry, Paul has been involved with 24 Hour Company since its founding in 1992. Prior to coming on full-time as part of the management team in 1999, Paul worked on the Federal side of the proposal business for 7 years at the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. After initially focusing on the Desktop Publishing and document production side of the business, Paul currently manages the HR and Finance activities at the company.
Paul is an active member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and the National Capital Area (NCA) Chapter.
Colleen Jolly, PPF.APMP, an 11 year proposal veteran, manages a global professional proposal graphic company – 24 Hour Company with offices in the US and UK. Colleen is very active in the APMP including Layout Editor for the APMP Journal and regularly contributes articles. She is a frequent worldwide speaker on creative and general business topics, and has spoken at most APMP conferences around the world. Additionally, she manages the online SIG/COI on information graphics, a joint effort between NCA and UK APMP chapters.
She holds a BA from Georgetown University, and is active in leadership roles and Board positions in arts and women’s non-profit organizations, including being a South East of England Woman’s Enterprise Ambassador. Colleen is an award-winning artist and business professional—most recently featured in Northern Virginia magazine's 'Top 10 Entrepreneurs Under 30' and as a finalist for the Stevie Awards Creative Professional of the Year, 2009. Her company won entry into Inc. 5,000’s Fast Growing Companies in 2007 and she has been published four times in a women’s entrepreneurial calendar. She is the incoming Secretary for the International APMP in 2011, current Secretary of the APMP NCA chapter and was named an APMP Fellow in 2010.
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