Timothy P. Keenan Wins 2009 SmartCEO Circle of Excellence Award

CEO of High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi) recognized as one of Greater
Washington's most accomplished and unique business leaders

RESTON, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- High Performance Technologies, Inc.
(HPTi), announced today that its CEO, Timothy P. Keenan, has received a
WashingtonSmartCEO 2009 Circle of Excellence Award, which recognizes 10
Greater Washington CEOs who have demonstrated specific leadership attributes
that have made them uniquely successful in the business community.

The 10 winners of the Circle of Excellence Award were celebrated at SmartCEO's
Circle of Excellence Awards event on June 11, 2009, alongside the year's past
winners of programs including: Future 50, SmartCPAs, SmartLawyers, BRAVA!
Women in Business, SmartCIOs and SmartCFOs. The Choice Awards Event -- one of
the year's largest and most anticipated networking events for area executives
-- took place at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center, Pose Night
Club.

"HPTi is a company designed to develop economies of skill -- not scale. To be
honored in the category of leadership by SmartCEO magazine reinforces our
efforts to build one of the best employee environments in our industry,"
stated Keenan.

The Circle of Excellence categories for which CEOs were nominated and honored
are:

-- Nonprofit
-- Marketing Excellence
-- Leadership
-- Resilience
-- Going Green
-- CEO 30 and Under
-- Innovative Approach
-- Philanthropic/Community
-- Strategic Excellence
-- Customer Service

"Circle of Excellence winners are not only selected and honored for their
accomplishments, but for demonstrating success in applying a unique leadership
attribute that significantly benefits their business and the community," said
Jaime Park, Publisher of WashingtonSmartCEO magazine. "We are honored to
recognize Timothy P. Keenan as one of Greater Washington's standout leaders."

Washington SmartCEO magazine is a regional "growing company" publication.
SmartCEO believes that a "growing company" is really determined by the spirit,
drive and dynamics of a company's owners and managers, rather than by the size
of its building, the number of its employees, or its sales volume. Each month,
a variety of businesses in the greater Washington and greater Baltimore areas
turn to our pages for features, case-study advice and trend analysis, all with
a uniquely local flavor. SmartCEO is read by more than 34,000 business owners
in Baltimore and Washington.

For a complete list of winners, visit www.smartceo.com.

Founded in 1991, HPTi provides professional technology services to the federal
government. Our core capabilities are computational science, enterprise
technology and planning, systems architecture and engineering, secure mission
software development, and knowledge discovery and visualization. The company
employs over 320 people and enjoys revenues of over $70 million. Learn more at
http://www.hpti.com/.

Contact - Jake Weyant
703.707.2720
jweyant@hpti.com

SOURCE High Performance Technologies, Inc.

Jake Weyant of High Performance Technologies, Inc., +1-703-707-2720,
jweyant@hpti.com