About Aperture
Leadership
Cameron Raithel
CEO
As CEO, Cameron leads Aperture’s strategy and growth activities, with a clear focus on transforming the efficiency and effectiveness of our nation’s government.
Ben Hickinbotham
COO
Ben serves as Aperture Solutions Group’s Chief Operating Officer leading human resources, business operations, finance, ensuring ability to support the missions of our customers.
Scott Calhoun
VP – Homeland Security Solutions
Scott serves as Aperture’s Vice President of Homeland Security Solutions, leading delivery and growth across Aperture’s homeland security and maritime services portfolio.
Kurt Katzenstein
Director, Digital Transformation
Kurt leads Aperture’s Digital Transformation practice and is responsible for strategic planning, solution design, client delivery, and business growth.
Candy Burgess
Proposal Operations Lead
Candy leads Aperture’s proposal development activities, ensuring we effectively communicate the transformative value we provide our customers.
Dan Lowery
Talent Acquisition Manager
Dan leads Aperture’s talent acquisition strategy and recruiting efforts ensuring we are able to bring the best talent to solve our customers challenges.
Our Core Values
People – First and Always
We prioritize principles which elevate those around us: respect, selflessness, kindness and humility. We seek to understand fully before being understood, recognizing that our work is just one small piece of the fabric of our team members and customers.
Honesty & Integrity
Honesty & govern every decision we make. Our team is committed to earning trust from colleagues, customers, and partners through ethical actions
Contagious Creativity
Our only agenda is to solve our customers’ greatest challenges. Whether that means getting “outside the box” to examine new possibilities, or figuring out how to use that box in a new way, our transformative creativity generates solutions and inspires our customers to think differently about addressing challenges.
Always Be Learning
Learning about who we are, learning about the world and people around us, and never forgetting where we’ve been. Aperture is committed to a growth mindset and excellence in all we do.
Embrace Change
Change is often painful – but it is necessary. Our teams of hand-picked change agents are committed to creating a better future by helping you organize the activities and navigate the challenges of improving your organization.
Citizen Mindset
We all play a critical role in making the world a better place, so whether designing an executive dashboard or creating a new case call center procedure, we identify with the stakeholders and adopt a “we-not-me” mindset to achieve the best results for everyone.