Category: Featured Employees

I am a native Washingtonian, residing in Howard County, Maryland.  A mother of two full-of-life children, Wynter (14)  and Hayden (9).  I spend most of my extra time being an Uber, Team Mom, Cheerleader, Coach, Promoter, and Financer for my children and sometimes their friends .  My kids are in every sport or so it seems – cheer, football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and keep me occupied with practices and games.  I also work to squeeze in some volunteer time with one of the many women’s ministries at my church.

I have been at WhirlWind since 2016.  Currently, I am the Project Manager for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) within the US Census Bureau.  I enjoy working for WWT for many reasons, but the one perk at the top of my list is remote work!  It allows me to honor my values of family first – home with hugs  when my children go off to school and return home.  It’s also great to work for an organization that emulates the values in my personal life, i.e. Do the Right Thing; Take the Initiative; and Improve Continuously Rather Than Delayed Perfection. This helps to keep me aligned professionally and personally.

I have been with WhirlWind Technologies for a little more than a year, and I have had the opportunity to engage with colleagues and leadership who share a common goal of living the organizational core values:

  1. Raise the Bar
  2. Earn and Keep Trust
  3. Improve Continuously Rather than Delay Perfection
  4. Have the Mindset of an Entrepreneur
  5. Do the Right Thing

These core values are embedded in the organizational culture and are consistently demonstrated and exemplified by leadership and my teammates. This year, I have had the opportunity to learn and improve my Program Manager portfolio through ongoing team building and continued support that all team members have been willing to provide. I truly enjoy working here developing relationships, developing people, and developing systems and processes that will have allow the organization to grow and establish a digital footprint that is rooted in an outstanding customer experience.

On a personal note, WhirlWind Technologies allows me the opportunity to be myself, and it provides a healthy work environment. The WhirlWind team encourages healthy living and provides an atmosphere where you can feel comfortable being yourself, discussing community and social justice issues and world events.

What is WhirlWind? Some people would like to think of “whirlwind” as a storm. It is a storm that has brought new solutions and cutting-edge technology to customers. What about to employees? It is also a warm storm that brings care to each of us.

I am a data scientist with over seven years of experience. I’ve guided companies across industries on leveraging modern technology to solve complex business needs and provide data-driven and data integration solutions with system development, data mining, ML, and AI. I hold four degrees in business analytics, supply chain management, economics, and computer science.

However, I have not seen any other company that cares for its employees as WhirlWind does. People here not only care about your performance, but also your life. Whenever you share some experience, there are always people to listen and offer their help. This extra care really strengthens you at a special time and makes you feel at home.

Furthermore, the company extends its care to the community by consistently offering volunteer activities and donations. It reminds me of my time teaching elementary students during my college years. At WhirlWind, we pass on that care to everyone around us and the community we live in. I doubt anyone would not want to work at a company like WhirlWind. Are you ready to feel the warm storm?

I am here with WhirlWind because we do amazing work. We have helped our government customer with very significant contracts, ranging from simple equipment upgrades to more weighty efforts on their employee assistance programs. Both are important, and the point is we really make a difference no matter what we do. When we help, we help in real, tangible ways.

My team is full of generous and hardworking people. I can feel pride in the work my team and I accomplish on a daily, monthly, and annual basis. I see them going the extra mile regularly, and our customers often give us raving reviews. When we need to improve, we work on it until it is right.

At WhirlWind, we get to participate in team-building events and health-creating contests regularly. Recent examples are our game show happy hour holiday event and the exercise mileage competition to see who ran the most miles in a month! We use our core values to give point bonuses and publicly praise every staff member when goals are reached, and milestones are celebrated.

Outside of my work, I am focused on my two beautiful kids and my extended family. I am a transplant from Arizona to Northern Virginia, so although I have been here 20+ years, I am still getting used to the cold. Any beach is my favorite place, and I love to get out in nature. There is nothing like the silence between the trees.

As a Senior Business Analyst, I’ve enjoyed working for WWT. WWT has enabled me and my team to gain new skills while strengthening our prior skills experiences. For example, using my past skills with Camtasia, I’ve learned to use Doodly and Toonly to make white board animation and animated explainer videos. WWT not only enabled me to make several videos using Doodly and Toonly, but also allowed me to train, attend certificates, and use Tableau for data analysis. I’ve also become proficient in Prezi, Microsoft teams, and data entry.

WWT values each employee though its core values and bonus points each month, which strengths teams and individuals by focusing on individuals strengths and showing appreciation for team members. But WWT goes above and beyond by their various philanthropy projects that bring value to our communities, such as Toys for Tots, giving laptops to K–12 public school students during COVID, giving scholarships to college students with IT majors, stocking up local food banks, disbursing back-to-school bookbags filled with school supplies, and supporting local coat and hat drives.

The past two years, my NGO Helping Families Monthly has been one of the food pantries selected by WWT. This year alone (2021), WWT provided fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, toiletries, diapers, spices, and snacks for six families. But Kojo and Rhonda also connected me to a wonderful group of pro bono lawyers who have helped to file for 27 individuals for humanitarian parole, as Afghanistan goes through the worst humanitarian crisis. Although the chances of humanitarian parole acceptance is less compared to SIVs, P1, and P2 visas, WWT has given me hope and a chance to apply for families in need. Many lives have been touched by WWT, and I’m very lucky to be working in such a wonderful company.

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