Our Team
Who We Are
Above all else, we value our people. We seek kind, honest, and hardworking people who are passionate about technology, mission, and having fun.
Leadership Team
Jason Putnam
President & Chief Executive Officer
Managing Partner
Jared Hershman
Chief Operations Officer
Managing Partner
Ben Avicolli
Chief Strategy Officer
Managing Partner
Brian Bontempo
Chief Technology Officer
Managing Partner
Our Team
Abner Reyes
Math, coding, Agile. Local government official. Trying to get my kid into board games.
Amy Finkbiner
Python Developer; DevSecOps Engineer; Unofficial company barista; Works well with a dog on his lap
Andy Gnias
Security – IA, PSO, FSO, ISSO; love my raspberry pi. Watch Christmas movies all year round.
Angel Saunders
User Interface Developer. JavaScript. Backpacker. Knitter. Crafter. Hobby Photographer
Ashley President
Dealer in debits and credits; Dirt Bike Riding; Glamping
Barb Putnam
Turning Dreams into Reality. Philly evangelist, world traveler, science nerd & step dad in training. What the hell is a gigawatt??
Ben Avicolli
Full Stack Developer. Architect. IOT. Maker. Any instrument with strings. D&D. Husband, Father, and dog lover.
Bill DeLude
COMINT Analysis. Army. Love smoking meats.
Brad Pence
Tech & AI. DIY Dad. Still prepping for Y2K
Brian Bontempo
Systems Analyst. Retired Navy. DIY home repairer, Hiking, Learning to appreciate good Whiskey/Bourbon, Heavily caffeinated; Fun Fact - Time Magazine 2006 Person of the Year...
Carl Lindsay
Infrastructure and Architecture – Mad Skillz. My dog lets me think I’m his master.
Chad Amberg
OPIR. Microservices. Containerized Architecture. Agile. Trivia buff. Hockey fan. Alpha nerd.
Chad Patten
Code slinger. Basement guitar noodler. Too many hours watching bad horror movies.
Chris Tapley
Python. Web Dev. Mobile Dev. Golf. From Dallas (PA not TX).
Christopher Good
Fishing; Football; Huge Baltimore Raven Fan
Darrius Winesberry
Software Engineer, JAVA, Python, ReactJS. Coffee and Car Enthusiast. Hiking. Gaming.
Darshil Patel
SATCOM. Agile. Product owner. Hail to Pitt!
David Bitel
Keeping SIGINT sexy; motorcycles; hot-rod pickups; archery; hunting; napping…mostly napping
David Fierro
Expert in Fishing; Enjoys basketball and drawing
Dextar Mitchell
Cooking; Loves Baileys + Crater Lake Vodka on ice! 1996 Airforce Academy Bench Press State Champion; US Secret Service 2012
Don Myers
Image Processing & Computer Vision; Robot sent from the future; Also programmed to play guitar
Duane Cornish
Emily Gerber
AI. ML. RL. SIGINT. SAR. Will always find me in the gym or on a mountain.
Eric Entrup
AI/ML. Can quote the entire script of Spaceballs from memory. Always has coffee when watching radar.
Frank Jones
Cloud Architecture; Capture the flag events; Pwning noobs
Garrett Hothan
Jack of all trades, you know the rest. Family, music, movies
Greg Mone
Gryphon McDaniel
Cybersecurity, Information Assurance; Cooking, MLB, Movies, Gaming. Not superstitious, but still a little stitious.
Jacob Haveraneck
PM; Cyber; Systems Engineering; Hiking; Completed 32 of the Colorado 14ers
Jared Hershman
DevSecOps. Full Stack Dev. Automated Testing. Boating/Wakeboarding. Weightlifting. Cryptocurrency Trader.
Jason Hebert
Team Building; Glamping; "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got!"
Jason Putnam
Python, Java, Scrum Master. D&D and painting small things. Rarely far from a 4-legged friend.
Jeff Hyatt
GEOINT. COMINT. SIGINT. Reading. Where's my blanket?! Music. This is my jam!!
Jessica Cooper
Systems Engineer, Computer Engineer, DevSecOps, IT. Home Brewer, Baker, Microcontrollers. Inventor and World Traveler.
Joe Kesner
Full-Stack Dev; Car and dad-joke enthusiast; can't do a cartwheel
Jon Schendt
ML; RL; NLP; Python enthusiast; Friend of robots; Eats a lot of ice cream
Kayla Straub
AI.ML. Enjoys working on 3D printers and taking long roadtrips
Kevin Connell
Code. Innovate. Home Improvements. Dad of 2. Pepsi for breakfast.
Kevin Daub
Chaos Coordinator; sushi and beer hound; Globetrotter
Kirsten Kesner
Information Assurance, Cybersecurity; Camping, fishing and…raising 3 boys.
Kyle Kodra
Software Engineer, Java, C++, Python. Crypto miner. Ski. Snowboard. Happy when Broncos win, sad when they lose.
Marcus Turner
PM. Peloton. EV enthusiast. Sneakerhead. Pizza BBQ’er.
Matt Domingo
SAR. ML. Python. C++. Dog dad. Gaming. Coffee. Piano. Golfing. Purposely mixes tabs and spaces
Matt Messersmith
Software Engineer. Blue Hen. Ultra Runner. Chipotle Connoisseur
Matt O’Donnell
Full stack Java to JS, motorcycling, fine arts. Nebbiolo is my spirit animal.
Paul Rogers
Program Management. Skiing, biking, hiking, classic cars. America’s first Space Aggressor.
Rad Widman
DevSecOps. Cloud Automation. Traveling. Will beat you at super smash bros
Rafael Oceguera
SIGINT, GEOINT, Army, SE, Test, Loves soccer and scuba diving
Randi Harrison
Full Stack DevSecOps. Professional Musician (Bass). Recreational Gamer – Ocarina of Time is still my favorite.
Reeve Groman
Software Engineer, Distance Runner, Weightlifting, Studying Comp Sci at Drexel University
Richard Lam
Adobe Illustrator; Reading Xuanhua/Xianxia pulp-fiction or a History book; Cyberpunk 2077; Probably has an opinion on anything nerdy
Robert Riegel
DevSecOps, Kubernetes, fishing, camping, gaming. Go Buffs! For the horde!
Ross Hillery
Ryan Richards
Architecture and software. Logic disentanglement. Bug hunting. Bug creation.
Scott Samek
Mathematician. Algorithm development and ML. Python. C++. Principle Piccolo of the 2007 Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band. Educated hick.
Shawn Abernethy
Family first, always. Eternal optimist. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”.
Shawn McDowell
SIGINT. Veteran. Java (yes, both). DIY warrior. Loves B-rated horror films.
Starlla Lockhart
SIGINT, UX, Design, Mathematics. Guitar, Fly Fish, JiuJitsu. Beaten all Dark Souls on NG+
Steven Mann
Program Management, Systems Architecture & Engineering. Building stuff, @killercookindads_ . Outdoors junkie that loves to hike, bike, hunt, and fish
Tom Barboa
Tom Kelecy
Champion of People, wrangler of all things, and will pet any animal (except snakes… no snakes ever!)
Tracy Corwin
Join the Team
We take the time to hire uniquely talented people with diverse perspectives that are passionate about our customer’s mission.
Interested in joining our amazing team?
Locations
The Stratagem Group Inc.
Aurora, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
Valley Forge, PA