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Capricorn provides secure, scalable technology solutions for Government healthcare, medical imaging, interoperability, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, training, and strategic communications.
Custom IT Solutions
Developing practical technology solutions for complex federal health environments that support Veterans, service members, providers, and mission teams.
Experienced Federal Health Teams
Bringing experienced personnel who understand VA, DoD, and military health systems from both technical and operational perspectives.
Digital Modernization
Modernizing clinical, imaging, and enterprise systems to improve interoperability, data access, reliability, and mission performance.
About Us
Capricorn is a joint venture information technology services company forged from the combined strengths of Ellumen Inc. and Persistent Technology. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and HUBZone certified organization, Capricorn brings deep understanding of federal healthcare systems, military IT, and mission-critical technology environments.
Our teams support federal projects with practical experience in healthcare interoperability, digital imaging, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, supply chain management, training, and strategic communications. We combine technical expertise with firsthand understanding of the systems used by Veterans, service members, providers, and mission teams every day.
Capricorn approaches every project with curiosity, creativity, and a focus on building secure, user-friendly systems that help Government customers solve complex problems and deliver dependable results.
Certifications
Capabilities
Capricorn JV is a HUBZone-certified, service-disabled veteran-owned small business providing innovative IT solutions and strategic services to federal clients. We specialize in healthcare interoperability, enterprise imaging, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, medical logistics, training, and communications.
Our work supports complex federal health environments where reliability, security, and usability are essential. Capricorn helps customers modernize legacy systems, connect data across platforms, protect sensitive information, and deliver technology that supports clinical, operational, and mission needs.
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Designations
- Small Business
- Minority Owned Business
- Hispanic American Owned
- Small, Women-Owned, and Minority-Owned Business (SWaM) in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Integration & DevSecOps
Capricorn’s integrated software development methods employ a total systems engineering approach that accounts for IT architecture, hardware, operating systems, network security, workflow, and operational constraints. We start each software-building effort with the architecture and deliver products that fit everyday processes, mission requirements, and user needs.
- COTS integration
- System interoperability
- Custom application development
- Database administration and coding
- Healthcare data integration and exchange
- Interface development using standards such as HL7, FHIR, CDA, and DICOM
- Integration support for EHR, RIS, LIS, imaging, and other healthcare systems
Capricorn has experience supporting federal health information exchange through the Standards and COTS Integration Platform. Our team has been involved in multiple aspects of VA-DoD health information exchange, including CHDR and VLER. We provide knowledgeable personnel familiar with the challenges of health IT, with an approach focused on secure integration, reliable data flow, and technology that effectively meets customer needs.
Cybersecurity
Capricorn supports cybersecurity for mission-critical federal health systems, including environments that require secure health data exchange between VA, DoD, and military health organizations. Our team has experience with system security, certification and accreditation, RMF, reciprocity, and the protection of sensitive healthcare information.
- Cybersecurity services aligned with federal and agency requirements
- Security support for healthcare, imaging, and interoperability systems
- Protection for patient data in transit and at rest
- Support for audit readiness and compliance documentation
- Resources to help explain, document, and satisfy agency security requirements
Capricorn has experience in federal health information system security through projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. Our team understands the importance of secure data exchange, reliable system access, and compliant technology operations in environments where patient care and mission performance depend on uninterrupted access to trusted information.
Supply Chain Management for Medical Logistics
Capricorn recognizes that medical logistics is a unique field that requires thorough, effective solutions for the health of all patients. Our experience allows us to support difficult logistics challenges, including medical inventory management, facility management, equipment maintenance, purchasing workflows, and related operational needs.
We support technology solutions capable of helping agencies manage medical logistics functions across complex healthcare environments. Capricorn has experience supporting the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support system and its successor, LogiCole, a single web-based application encompassing legacy MEDLOG applications.
Cloud
Infrastructure
Capricorn supports the mission-critical systems needed to treat patients at military and Veterans Administration medical facilities every day. We look at the entire anatomy of the environment, including systems, networks, applications, security, hosting, and operational workflows.
We help agencies create and maintain infrastructure capable of supporting new and existing applications, including healthcare, imaging, and interoperability systems. Our personnel are familiar with traditional infrastructure, hybrid environments, FedRAMP-compliant cloud infrastructure, and best practices for transitioning existing technology to modern cloud platforms.
- Assistance creating and maintaining infrastructure for mission-critical applications
- FedRAMP-compliant cloud infrastructure support
- Cloud-ready hosting approaches for healthcare and imaging systems
- Support for secure storage, access, and exchange of healthcare data
- Personnel familiar with traditional infrastructure and cloud transition best practices
Training & Strategic Communications
With a team of experienced communicators, trainers, designers, videographers, and content developers, Capricorn supports training and strategic communications for modern health IT systems. Our communications teams are trained in copywriting, videography, web content, eLearning, documentation, and multimedia production.
- Training and documentation for end users covering new applications or updates to existing systems
- Custom courseware and tools for modern learning environments
- Instructor-led, digital, hybrid, and virtual training support
- Communication strategies, branding, and content development
- Branded multimedia content, including video, podcast, web, and training materials
Capricorn helps agencies communicate clearly, train
effectively, and support adoption of mission-critical systems.
Enterprise Imaging & Digital Imaging
Capricorn supports enterprise imaging and digital imaging modernization for federal healthcare environments. Our teams help agencies manage, share, secure, and modernize imaging data across complex clinical and technical systems. Capricorn has extensive expertise in maintaining, enhancing and optimizing legacy Federal imaging systems and integrating legacy systems with modern commercial imaging products and Nextgen technologies.
We support imaging solutions that improve interoperability, strengthen data access, and help healthcare providers work across large centralized and federated organizations. Our experience includes DICOM services, image system hosting, enterprise image sharing, imaging workflow optimization, archiving solutions, technical support, and integration with existing healthcare IT infrastructure.
- DICOM services for handling, storing, transmitting, and managing medical imaging information
- Image system hosting for commercial products and custom applications
- Enterprise image sharing across centralized and federated healthcare organizations
- Custom imaging software development and integration with existing healthcare systems
- Telemedicine and teleradiology support for remote viewing and analysis
- Archiving solutions for long-term image storage and access
- AI integration for imaging workflows, predictive analytics, tagging, and categorization
- Imaging workflow optimization from acquisition to processing, storage, and access
- Technical support and maintenance for imaging systems
Capricorn helps federal customers modernize imaging environments while maintaining security, interoperability, and reliability across the systems that support patient care.
AI-Enabled Modernization
Capricorn supports the responsible use of AI to help federal agencies improve decision-making, streamline workflows, and reduce manual burden. In healthcare and imaging environments, AI-enabled tools can support documentation, triage, image analysis, predictive analytics, workflow automation, and operational insight. The same complexity that creates opportunity also makes adoption hard-from data governance to integration across legacy systems. Our approach emphasizes secure, mission-focused implementation and our team provides mature AI orchestration capabilities to seamlessly integrate AI technology with existing workflows and systems. We help agencies align AI capabilities with existing infrastructure, governance requirements, data protections, and user workflows so that modernization supports the mission without adding unnecessary complexity. Capricorn helps organizations realize the full value of AI through end-to-end support across the AI lifecycle. Our capabilities include dataset curation, model training and validation, orchestration, monitoring, fine-tuning, and AI governance. With deep technical and operational expertise, our team helps customers move beyond experimentation and deploy AI solutions that deliver meaningful, measurable outcomes.
Federal Health IT Technical Expertise
Alcides Santana, President & CEO, Persistent Technology, Inc.
Alcides Santana brings more than 20 years of military and federal IT experience supporting medical readiness, personnel systems, VA clinical programs, and mission-focused technology delivery. A U.S. Army veteran and former systems analyst, he founded Persistent Technology, Inc. as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business to continue serving federal customers and support programs that benefit service members and Veterans.
Mike G. Luby, Chief Operating Officer, Ellumen
Mike G. Luby is a federal health technology executive and joint venture leader with more than 18 years of experience supporting mission-critical healthcare modernization across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and other Federal agencies. He helps guide strategy, governance, and delivery for complex federal programs spanning health IT modernization, interoperability, clinical imaging, cloud-enabled data services, and enterprise systems integration. His work is focused on aligning proven technology capabilities with federal mission needs to improve healthcare operations, strengthen data sharing, and deliver measurable value for Veterans, Service Members, and the clinicians who support them
Dan Wayland, Chief Technology Officer, Ellumen
Dan Wayland brings 25 years of experience in health IT, system architecture and design, legacy system analysis, and technical program delivery. He has served as a technical lead and scrum master on major development, upgrade, and sustainment efforts for VA, DoD, IHS, and commercial hospital medical system integrations, with additional expertise in emerging standards such as FHIR.25