2016 Achievement Awards
Recognizing employee excellence
‘STEM has always been something that I’ve been super-excited about trying to inspire in the next generation.’ – Danielle Ward
Employees Volunteer Time & Energy to STEM Each year Aptima sets aside a budget to support employees who wish to volunteer their time for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educational activities in the local schools. Two of those employees, Senior Research Engineer Danielle “Danny” Ward and Scientist Lisa Lucia, sat down with The Human […]
‘I wouldn’t still be here if I was just doing the same old thing for 20 years.’ – Diane Miller
Diane Miller on 20 Years at Aptima In the age of job-hopping Millennials, long-term employees provide a company with a sense of stability, a strong knowledge base, and continuity in culture. But companies have to work to retain these valuable talent assets. Aptimist Diane Miller celebrated her 20th work anniversary with Aptima by sitting down with […]
‘Like most Aptimists, I work hard, but we value our families.’ – Tom McKenna
Meet Tom McKenna: Aptima’s CFO and Newest Board Member Aptima’s CFO and newest Board member discusses the value of working hard, having fun, and sometimes getting a little crazy. Tom McKenna joined Aptima in 2000, just as the company was doubling in size from 20 to over 40 people in the space of 6 months, […]
Aptima Woburn ‘Escapes’ for Fun
All work and no play makes everyone a dull bore, so on Friday the 13th (date intentional!), the Aptima Woburn Fun Committee sponsored one such event at Escape the Room Boston. The mission was simple yet challenging: using only your mind, logic and teamwork, find the clues, solve the puzzles, and escape the room in 60 […]
Lessons in Leadership & Teambuilding
At Aptima’s latest Monthly Leadership Breakfast, Division Directors, Capability Leads and Senior Staffers participated in a hands-on exercise designed to facilitate leadership and teambuilding skills. Aside from the challenge of needing to build a tower made out of plastic straws, cotton balls and bow-tie pasta, groups had work across offices by VTC, and no one […]
2016 Human-Centered Engineering Award for STEM Students
Aptima’s Human-Centered Engineering Award Recognizes Students at Dayton Regional STEM School Science Fair On Saturday, February 20, 2016, students at the Dayton Regional STEM School (DRSS) gathered to compete at the school’s fifth annual Science Fair. In addition to the crowd of students, parents, and teachers, Aptima, Inc. employees Sterling Wiggins, Samantha Perry, and Zachary […]