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Meet CTI's Software Engineers: Zac Mimlitz

10/25/2021

How long have you worked at CTI and what is your role?I’ve been with CTI for a little over 2 years now. I’m a software engineer specializing in cybersecurity, networking, and cyber-physical devices.
How long have you been a Software Engineer? What initially led you into this field?My interest in software started early. I took my first programming jobs in high school, though I wouldn’t say...

Meet CTI's Software Engineers: Eliza Alcaraz

10/18/2021

How long have you worked at CTI and what is your role?

I have worked at CTI for about 3 years now. I am primarily the technical lead for a project that I’ve been a part of since starting at CTI, but I do tend to jump around and be nosy about others.

How long have you been a Software Engineer for? What initially led you into this field?

It has been about 5 years since I graduated with a CS...

Meet CTI's Software Engineers: Sean Hulse

10/12/2021

How long have you worked at CTI and what is your role?

I've worked at CTI for two years (almost exactly!). I started as an Associate Software Engineer and I am now a Software Engineer.

How long have you been a Software Engineer for? What initially led you into this field?

I have only been a Software Engineer with CTI. Prior to CTI, I was primarily a web developer, but I did work with some...

Meet CTI's Software Engineer's: Dino Tufekcic

10/6/2021

How long have you worked at CTI and what is your role?I have been working at CTI for 2 years as a software developer, most recently on the DFP project.

How long have you been a software Engineer for? What initially led you into this field?

I graduated with a Computer Science degree in 2003 and have been officially a coder ever since. Unofficially, I have been tinkering with software/hardware...

Meet CTI's Software Engineers: Macy Mashaw

9/17/2021

How long have you worked at CTI and what is your role?
It’s been about a year and a half since I started at CTI. I’m a software engineer working on a team developing a desktop and Android app plugin.

How long have you been a Software Engineer for? What initially led you into this field?
This is my first official software engineering position! I used to be a business analyst, and instead of...

Meet CTI's Software Engineers: Marc Christensen

9/10/2021

How long have you worked at CTI and what is your role?I have been with CTI for about a year and seven months now, I am software engineer who has done a lot of work in Android development.
How long have you been a Software Engineer for? What initially led you into this field?This is actually my first job out of college! But with internships, I have about two and a half years in the field. I have...

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CTI CEO joins NSC Tech Talk - The Internet of Military Things (IOMT)

9/3/2021

CTI's CEO, Dustan Hellwig enjoyed participating in the Internet of Military Things panel with the National Spectrum Consortium! A great venue for the exchange of ideas, sharing of information, building of relationships, and solving hard problems...

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CTI attends SOFIC 2021

6/3/2021

CTI would like to send a big 'thank you' to National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA) and all of the good people who helped put together an extraordinary #SOFIC2021 this year. CTI attended every event, and found every presentation and...

CTI's Director of Products, John Goodson, wins AFCEA International '40 Under 40 Award'

5/12/2021

CTI's Director of Products, John Goodson, was awarded the prestigious AFCEA International 40 Under 40 Award this past week. Recipients were honored for for their outstanding contributions to their organization or client through the use of IT or...

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CTI’s, Steven Turner, discusses key takeaways from The Kill Chain by Christian Brose

5/3/2021

After the last Zoom meeting on a Friday, an Audible alert popped up mentioning The Kill Chain by Christian Brose as something I might enjoy reading. With some chores on the horizon, a new book sounded like a good distraction. I clicked buy and...

CTI prioritizes diversity in recruitment and hiring process

4/22/2021

Over the past three years, CTI has made diversity and inclusion a priority in our recruitment and hiring process. We are very proud to inform our numbers over the last three years reflect those changes.

% of Women Employees:

2018: 21.15%

2019:...

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CTI CEO participates in Virginia Tech 2021 Virtual Run in Remembrance

4/22/2021

Dustan Hellwig, CTI CEO and 1990 Virginia Tech alumni, participated in the 2021 Virtual Run in Remembrance on April 16th-18th.

The event reflected on the lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from Virginia Tech on April...

CTI Operations Q&A Series: Cary Murphy

4/12/2021

What is your official title at CTI? Chief Operating Officer Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Operations team: I am responsible for the design and implementation of business strategies, plans and procedures for the day-to-day operational functions. I focus on the operational goals for performance and growth, while ensuring we establish rigor that...

CTI Operations Q&A Series: Whitney Brown

3/29/2021

What is your official title at CTI? Data Scientist
Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I provide support for military operations through test and evaluation, CONOP/TTP writing, and project...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Kaylee Curran

3/8/2021

What is your official title at CTI? I am a Corporate Administrator.

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I started with basic office duties and managing travel expense reports. Then, moved into assisting wherever I could to get to touch each piece of executing a government contract from finance, HR, procurement, and more. I learned that I...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Matt Streeton

3/2/2021

What is your official title at CTI? My title is Director of Operations. I realize this is the "Infrastructure Q&A series", which might cause some confusion to our valiant readers. To ease any concerns, we recently merged Infrastructure with Programs, and turned it into Operations. Maybe we should rename this series the "Operations Q&A series"?!
Give some background on what responsibilities you...

CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Sara Rutherford

2/22/2021

What is your official title at CTI? My official title is Purchasing Administrator
Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: The short answer? Basically if it involves buying something I’m probably involved at some level.
I purchase any requests that come through Jira—or find an existing asset that fits the need, and then twice a month I...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Carly Ricketts

2/17/2021

What is your official title at CTI? I am a Contract Administrator.

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I handle day to day management of contracts, from proposal assistance to subcontractor administration, to contract closeout. I work closely with Finance and Program Management to ensure our projects run smoothly and successfully.

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Regina O'Sullivan

2/8/2021

What is your official title at CTI? I am CTIs Controller
Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: Most importantly, my job is to ensure there is complete transparency regarding the financial...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Adriene Capers

2/1/2021

What is your official title at CTI? Program Financial Analyst

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I am responsible for managing and tracking all aspects of the program/project costs with the Program Managers. I coordinate on a regular basis with Program Managers to update labor, subcontractor, travel and materials projection for...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Sara Armiger

1/25/2021

What is your official title at CTI? I am the Contracts Manager.

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I am involved in the proposal process through the closeout of a contract and everything in between! I am the main liaison between CTI, Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer Representatives and handle the day-to-day administration of...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Brooke Franklin

1/5/2021

What is your official title at CTI? Human Resources Administrator

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I am responsible for a variety of tasks at CTI. Recently, in response to remote employment and the growth of CTI, we improved and redesigned the onboarding process as well as digitizing all of CTI’s Human Resource records. I conduct...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Diana Arnold

12/22/2020

What is your official title at CTI? My official title is Business Compliance Manager.

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: I oversee and manage the corporate compliance program and am currently developing corporate policies and procedures for the general operation of the compliance program and its related activities. I am responsible for...

CTI Veteran Q&A Series: Gary Mitchell

12/15/2020

Give us some background and a summary on your military experience: I am a US Army Special Forces combat veteran with over 20 years of planning, management and leadership experience in Special Operations. I’ve supported U.S. Special Operations...

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CTI 'Folds for Covid'

12/9/2020

Team CTI has been contributing spare CPU cycles to the Fold for Covid project. Rosetta@Home is a terrific endeavor designed to provide distributed computing resources to scientists and doctors around the world. CTI contributed clock cycles from Raspberry Pi’s, Laptops, AWS and Azure servers, and even mobile devices in a friendly competition. Check out https://foldforcovid.io — while great...

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CTI Infrastructure Q&A Series: Teresa Thies

12/9/2020

What is your official title at CTI? I am the Human Resources Manager.

Give some background on what responsibilities you have at CTI within the Infrastructure team: My responsibilities run the gamut of the employee life cycle from recruiting to separation of service and everything in between. That means oversight of onboarding, training, mentoring, benefit administration, employee counseling,...

CTI Veteran Q&A Series: Benjamin Washington

12/7/2020

Give us some background and a summary on your military experience: I grew up as an Air Force brat, even though I was born in a Naval Hospital (U.S. Naval Base, Philadelphia, PA). When my father retired, we never really lived far from an Air...

CTI's Tech Division Manager, Jen Free, speaks on transition with The Honor Foundation

11/17/2020

The Honor Foundation gives back to those who serve by preparing Special Operations service members to transition to the civilian sector. CTI's own Tech Division Manager, Jen Free, speaks about her transition experience with the Honor Foundation to CTI:

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CTI hosts Special Operations Veterans at THF Fall 'Virtual Trek'

11/13/2020

CTI recently hosted a group of Special Operations veterans as a part of The Honor Foundation's Fall Virtual Trek. This amazing event is an opportunity for SOF veterans going through the THF program to hear from a variety of companies and staff...

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Brown Bag Series: The UX of Real Life: A Discussion of Stress Management and Psychological Well-Being

11/6/2020

During our internal 'Brown-Bag' discussion series, Dr. McVay, a cognitive psychologist and new member of the CTI team, presented empirically-validated methods for managing stress and promoting psychological well-being. Discussion ranged from...

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Brown Bag Series: Monolith or Microservices

10/22/2020

On this week's Internal CTI Brown Bag Series, one of our engineers will be discussing Monolith & Microservices. Have you heard these terms tossed around but struggle to define them or feel like you don’t know the benefits and drawbacks of...

CTI CEO, Dustan Hellwig, Presents “Multi-Domain Cyber-Spectral Operations”

10/21/2020

What does “All- or Multi- Domain Cyber-Spectral Operations” mean? Cyber and spectrum cross all of the physical domains and live wholly within none. Operations from and through one physical domain can impact operations and adversaries within any other physical domain. And when we combine cyber and spectral activities, operational reach extends even...

CTI Veteran Q&A Series: Kyle Steinman

10/20/2020

Give us some background and summary of your military experience. I came into the military in 1999 after I had spent some time attending college and spinning around in circles. I took off to beautiful Fort Benning, GA where I attended Basic,...

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Dr. Jennifer McVay, data scientist and human performance SME for CTI, speaks at 9th Annual Information Operations & Electronic Warfare Symposium

10/20/2020

Dr. Jennifer McVay, a data scientist and human performance SME for CTI, will be speaking on the topic of applying signal detection theory to military planning and decision making at the 9th Annual Information Operations & Electronic Warfare...

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Brown Bag Series: Non-Technical Raptor Executive

10/15/2020

Once a week, our team at CTI presents a different project, effort, or piece of technology to the rest of the company. Today, one of our senior engineers is giving a non-technical overview of Raptor, including its history, some of the key...

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CTI Veteran Q&A Series: Richard Trundy

10/7/2020

Give us some background and a summary on your military experience: Joined the service in Nov 1979; the same week that 70 American Hostages were taken in Iran. I spent half of my military career working is Special Operations serving as a Company and...

CTI Veteran Q&A Series: Brian Phillips

9/24/2020

Give us some background and a summary on your military experience: I joined the Army in 1998 out of Lakeland, Florida. Most people do not join the military with the intention of retiring, but that wasn’t the case with me. I enlisted with the...

How CTI Stays Active

9/21/2020

With the gyms closed in many places due to Covid-19, the CTI team has come up with creative ways on how to remain active! From at-home weight lifting, hitting a batting cage, or doing pull-ups on a playground, our team doesn't make excuses for not staying in-shape. Remaining physically active during quarantine provides important mental and physical health benefits, so get out there and start...

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CTI Veteran Q&A Series: O'Neil "Dean" Gardner

9/9/2020

Give us some background and a summary of military experience:· Retired after over 20 years of active duty service in the U.S Army.· Spent 18 years in Army Special Forces.· Served as Special Forces Communications Specialist,...

CTI Veteran Q&A Series: Kevin Cuartas

8/31/2020

Give us some background and a summary on your military experience: I joined the Air Force in February of 2000 after receiving my commission from Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps out of the University of Miami while earning my Criminal...