To Our Clients

Company Background

APT was founded in 1989 as a local, privately owned, consulting and training firm. In 1990, Greg Huddle focused APT's activities more intensely on providing information systems consulting services. APT's management and staff continually work to improve our individual skills and thus improve our levels of performance and client satisfaction.

Motto - "Integrity in Consulting"

• We want our Clients to receive quality service and our employees to feel proud to be on our team.
• We only employ people of superior talent, who possess proven records of accomplishment in data processing, are confident of their abilities, and are knowledgeable and adaptable to a wide spectrum of environments.
• Our people are the key to quality service. We focus on hiring, training, and keeping top quality people and matching client needs to the right people.

Management

Gregory H. Huddle ~ President
Greg is experienced in management, consulting and data processing and able to discuss problems and develop solutions on management and technical levels. He has a business degree from the Ohio State University. He can be characterized as professional, ethical and committed to providing quality service in a fun work environment.

Courtland B. Bishop ~ Senior Vice President
Courtland is an experienced consultant and marketing professional. He possesses a B.A. from Ohio University with emphasis on Advertising and Management. His ability to assimilate needs quickly and devise creative solutions has endeared him to both clients and consultants, which has played a vital role in the growth of the firm to date.

For the rest of our office team, please see our team.

Professional Staff

Our staff is comprised of seasoned, professional system builders in addition to a select group of junior-level professionals. Each staff member has multiple years experience, is skilled in database and data communications technology and is personally and professionally motivated to satisfy client needs. The typical APT employee possesses the following background:

• Six or more year's experience in information technology with significant exposure to multiple platforms, or Junior-Level professionals with strong educational backgrounds augmented by co-op or in-house professional experience.
• In-depth experience in building application systems or in system software.
• Disciplined, results-oriented and self-reliant.
• Adaptive: Can be productive quickly.
• Accustomed to a project management atmosphere.
• Motivated to perform tasks on time, within budget, to specification.
• Good communication skills.
• Works well with management, users and technical staff.
• Applies developed expertise rather than gaining their expertise at the client's expense.

Noticeable Differences

Status Reports sent out regularly

• Clients always have the opportunity to tell us where we can serve you better.

Personal motivation to satisfy client needs

• Each member of our staff is personally and financially motivated to meet your needs now, and in the future. We focus on satisfying identified client needs. We continually work towards building a professional client relationship for the long term.
• Each member of our team looks for a "win-win" when matching assignments with employees.

Best managed Professionals

• Our management continually works with our staff to insure our clients receive a quality mix of technical, interpersonal, and professional skills every single day of our service engagements.
• We very closely monitor client needs and desires as each project proceeds. Your input is actively used by our management to constantly try to improve the services of our personnel on your project.

Desire and Attitude

Being an independently owned local information technology service firm, our success hinges on our ability to satisfy local clients. Our management and our staff care about how we perform and our reputation in the community.

Specific Services Performed By APT Management

Our goal is to maintain quality, professional relationships with both clients and staff and to provide quality services to meet our client needs. To this end, our primary activities focus around communication with the client and with our consulting staff. In a "typical" client engagement we:

• Attend the project start-up to ensure a smooth beginning for the engagement.
• Contact our consultant multiple times the first week to verify that start-up is proceeding appropriately. When necessary, we communicate any concerns with the client.
• Contact the client weekly during the first weeks to inquire on the status of the consultant's activities. When necessary, we communicate any concerns with the consultant.
• Maintain on-going client contact every few weeks (or as preferred by the client) to verify that our consultant is performing as expected.
• Maintain weekly (or more or less, as necessary) contact with our consultant to verify that the client project is progressing as expected.

During our discussions with the client and our consultants, items that may be discussed include:

• Project Status vs. Plan (Reasons for current status)
• Schedules / Deadlines
• Checkpoints / Milestones
• Status Reports
• General Client Concerns (Tangible or Intangible)
• Known Problems & Potential Problems (What, Why, Action)
• Project Environment Impacts
• Inter-personal Issues
• Overtime
• Problem Resolution
• Documentation & Testing
• Staff Strengths, Weaknesses, Improvements (Analysis, Design, Programming, Documentation, Testing, Thoroughness)
• Vacations and Holiday Schedules
• Education / Technical Materials
• Consultant's working relationship with Client (Dress, Oral, Written, Non-Verbal)
• Work Routines (Start / Leave on time, Proper lunch break, etc.)