About Us

Rite-Solutions Gives You The Best of Both Worlds

Rite-Solutions is an award-winning software development, systems engineering, information technology and learning development firm based in Middletown, RI with satellite offices in Pawcatuck, CT, and Washington, DC.

With over 200 employees – consisting of scientists, engineers, information technology (IT) specialists, cyber-security specialists, instructional designers and consulting professionals, the nature of the work we do is as dynamic and diverse as the makeup of our workforce. From helping the Navy maintain dominance in undersea warfare to assisting healthcare and financial institutions improve workplace performance, Rite-Solutions helps our customers optimize their people and processes, execute their mission, and achieve organizational success.

Rite-solutions is CMMI-DEV V2.0 Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 27001 certified. We strike a desirable and distinctive balance between being agile and disciplined – the best of both worlds. Through this approach we are able to deliver exceptional quality and reliability with the speed and affordability that only a small business like Rite-Solutions can achieve. This isn’t just a competitive advantage for us, but also a means by which we are able to maintain a talent pool of the best and brightest who we embrace as the F.E.W. or Friends Enjoying Work.

The Rite-Way, Our Unique Approach to Providing Better Performance

As your trusted partner in mission-critical software and systems engineering, Rite-Solutions offers you the innovation and agility of smaller firms with the technical expertise and discipline that larger organizations are known for. Our unique Rite-Way approach gives you what you need when you need it, meeting and exceeding your expectations for performance across five key criteria:

Value

We combine disciplined, efficient and repeatable processes with highly talented employees operating in a “silo and layer free” environment to get your solutions to market fast and cost-effectively.

Reliability

As a CMMI-DEV V2.0 Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001, 14001, and 27001 certified organization, we maintain the highest standards and disciplined processes, ensuring exceptional quality in design, development, and documentation.

Experience

Our team of accomplished engineers, scientists, and technologists boast the latest certifications in software design, programming, information security, training and program management.

Speed

Being agile, flexible, collaborative and lean enables us to execute swiftly across all program phases, without sacrificing business discipline or operational integrity.

Innovation

We develop game-changing, innovative solutions, nurtured by our award-winning culture of collaboration, creativity, and collective genius.

Access Our Expertise Throughout the Entire DevSecOps Lifecycle

To keep up with today’s Agile, rapid-release software development practices and the rising number of cyber threats, security practices must be included in the software lifecycle. Throughout the Development and Operations lifecycle, security is embedded in each phase (DevSecOps) to ensure solutions are safe and secure.

In addition, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices keep pace with Agile development cycles to save development time and costs, and improve quality. MBSE models support development and traceability of requirements, use cases, behaviors, structures, interfaces, and security.

Executive Leadership Team

Chad Seelig joined Rite-Solutions four years prior to becoming the company’s second CFO. Previously, Mr. Seelig was Rite’s Corporate Finance and Administration Manager. Now, as CFO, Mr. Seelig is responsible for managing company finances, maintaining fiscal health and security, overseeing all aspects of corporate operations, facilitating adequate infrastructure and resources for growth goals, preserving the unique Rite-Solutions culture, and fulfilling the vision of the company’s founders. Mr. Seelig is also a valuable member to Rite’s Board of Directors.

Before Rite-Solutions, Mr. Seelig had worked for large defense contractors and NAVSEA Warfare Centers. Mr. Seelig was a Financial Officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) where he was responsible for financial standards, contract portfolio analysis, ERP system implementations along with maintaining streamlined daily operations for the Corporate Operations Department. Prior to his tenure at NUWC, Mr. Seelig was a Senior Financial Analyst and Team Lead for a group of Finance and Administrative professionals at SAIC for eight years.

Mr. Seelig holds a BS in Management Information Systems and a BS in Accounting, both from the University of Rhode Island. He also earned a Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) certification in 2012. Mr. Seelig sits on the Board of Directors for the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) of Rhode Island.

Dr. Arcano has over 40 years of Navy leadership experience in ship design, HM&E systems design and manufacturing, and ship design strategic planning and design studies.

He served as Lab Director for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean Exploration and Research; Corbin A. McNeill Endowed Chair in Naval Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy; Deputy Chief of nuclear safety at the Department of Energy; Technical Director for the USS Virginia (SSN 774) Class Submarine Program; and Technical Authority for advanced submarines at Naval Sea System Command.

As CTO, Tim expertly aligns advanced capabilities in manpower, information, and tools with customer needs. He offers broad, interagency leadership experience in science, technology, research and development of advanced technologies and systems—both manned and unmanned.

Dr. Arcano has a Ph. D. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from the University of Maryland; M. S. in National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces; Ocean Engineering Degree and M. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a B. S. in Ocean Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Laurie Carter

Laurie has more than 30 years in business development, strategic planning and program support for development and maintenance of major Navy Ship platforms. She holds an MBA in Business Management from the University of Rhode Island and received a PMP certificate from the Program Management Institute. She has extensive skills in the Navy acquisition lifecycle support from early research and development to lifecycle sustainment with expertise in acquisition, procurement, budgeting and financial management systems. Laurie joined Rite-Solutions in 2013 and is responsible for business development and strategic business planning across government markets.

Since joining Rite-Solutions, she has led business development and capture efforts for continued growth in Washington DC metro area for Navy Tactical and Non-Tactical Systems Development including prime contracts for submarine combat systems OBTT-MC and ISMT, the Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions (PEO MLB) RaPDS contract, SPAWAR Other Transaction Authority (OTA), expansion of our SBIR contracts and most recently the OASIS GSA Pool 3 MAC. Laurie is an active participant in industry/defense associations including serving as an executive committee member of the Undersea Warfare National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) over the past 6 years.

Prior to joining Rite-Solutions, Laurie served as the Vice President of Navy Business Development for CGI Federal (formerly Stanley Associates). Prior to this position, Laurie served as the Vice President for Technical Solutions Division, managing a geographically dispersed division of approximately 200 employees for CGI Technical Services programs for NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, DHS, Patent & Trademark Office and COMOPTEVFOR. She also served as the Navy Account Manager and was responsible for several capture and awards for NAVSEA, COMOPTEVFOR and NAVAIR major prime contracts.

Laura joined Rite-Solutions in 2019 as the Director of Contracts and Procurement and was responsible for the execution of Contracts Management, Procurement and Project Control. Laura has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, contracts, procurement, business development, program management, technical support, project control and operations. Laura has a long history supporting Naval Undersea Warfare Center, NAVSEA and other markets.
Her strong background in leadership has provided her with the aptitude to be a part of the Rite-Solutions executive team to contribute to continued growth and diversity at the company.
Laura will continue to ensure the growth and culture at Rite-Solutions as she moves forward as the Senior Vice President of Engineering Services.

Rocky ReevesRocky joined Rite-Solutions in 2010 as a Department Manager and Information Technology lead for our Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) to solidify our customer relationships and help Rite- Solutions identify and apply best practices in the management of our Navy contracts across the entire IT spectrum. Rocky’s leadership and experience (over 40 years) continues to help the Navy and Rite-Solutions to adapt their IT management approaches and best practices to stay in sync with the rapidly evolving information technology environment and ahead of the expanding cyber threats to information systems security. In 2016 Rocky was promoted to the Senior Management Team as the Vice President and Director of IT Services. Under his leadership he has help solidify Rite-Solutions position as a leading supplier of Cybersecurity services and to provide a clear focus for our selected expansion in this critical and growing market. Today, Rocky is Senior Vice President of IT Systems. Previously, Rocky worked as a Program Manager for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Aquidneck Management Associates (AMA). He is also a retired Naval Supply Corp Officer with a career specialty in Weapon Systems Acquisition Management (WSAM).

Susan joined Rite-Solutions in 2004 as a Systems Analyst before transitioning into Human Resources at the company.  Prior experience supporting area government contractors in various information technology roles provided an insight that was easily applied to her role at Rite-Solutions as Human Resources Manager and now as Vice President of Human Resources.  Ms. Borden is responsible for the operations related to Human Resources, Security and Reception as well as the development and execution of human resources strategy for Rite-Solutions.

Ms. Borden graduated from Smith College with a degree in Government and holds Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Society for Human Resource Management-Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) certifications.

Dan started with Rite Solutions in 2001, as an Application Specialist in support of a major commercial contract before taking on the responsibilities of managing the day-to-day IT duties—which eventually led to establishing a highly secure and efficient infrastructure in support of the entire Rite-Solutions enterprise.  Leveraging a strong drive to provide high-quality IT and IA services, he established a support staff to help keep the company infrastructure up to government DOD-contractor status on his way to being named VP of Corporate Infrastructure & Standards.  Mr. Raposo is responsible for maintaining highly efficient and available infrastructure, Facility management and compliance with government and corporate standards. Mr. Raposo graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

Awards, Accolades

Rite-Solutions is honored to receive such critical acclaim from authors, press, educational institutions, and research firms, among others.