Leadership

Cameron Raithel
CEO
Cameron functions as Aperture’s Chief Executive Officer, leading overall strategy and growth activities for the company. Cameron has extensive experience leading dynamic, growth focused organizations of all sizes across a variety of DoD and Civilian customer sets. As a builder he is focused on developing… transformative solutions for our customers and building a company culture that creates opportunities for the growth of Aperture’s outstanding team. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance from James Madison University and a variety of technical and management certifications.

Ben Hickinbotham
COO
Ben serves as Aperture Solutions Group’s Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Ben has responsibility for human resources, business operations, finance, and for driving key initiatives which enhance corporate capabilities and Aperture’s ability to support the missions of our customers. Prior to joining Aperture, Ben worked at Fiserv, Inc and other FinTech ventures where he had responsibility for major banking networks and led strategic account management for key customers including Visa and Mastercard.

Mrunal Patel
Director, Digital Transformation
Mrunal leads Aperture’s Digital Transformation practice and is responsible for strategic planning, solution design, client delivery, and business growth. He has over 17 years of experience leading and delivering successful IT projects and programs for a wide range of clients in the government and commercial sectors. Mrunal has a strong background in technology, business strategy, and management to drive business value through industry-leading practices and practical solutions that exceed clients’ expectations. During his career, Mrunal has held leadership roles in the big four consulting firms, managing teams of project managers, consultants, architects, and developers. Mrunal holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology from Virginia Tech and various industry certifications in project management, industry technologies, platforms, and business.
Our Core Values
We’re All People First
We prioritize the values that lift others around us up, respect, selflessness, kindness and humility, never losing site of the fact that our work is just one small piece of the fabric of our team and customers.
Honesty & Integrity
Honesty & Integrity govern every decision we make whether related to our employees or our customers and partners. Together with our team members we are committed to earning trust through our ethical actions.
Foster Creativity
Our customer hire us for our transformative creativity which can lead to ideas outside the expected. We encourage our team and partners to get outside the box, examine all solutions until they aren’t a solution.
Always Be Learning
Learning about who we are, learning about the world around us, learning about where we’ve come from. Aperture is committed to being a team of learners, growing each day to be better.
Embrace Change
Our team is hand picked to be change agents. Change always produces challenges and the Aperture team is committed to helping you navigate those challenges on your way to a better future.
Citizen Mindset
We are committed to the “we-not-me” mindset. Recognizing we all play a critical role in making the world around us a better place both in our work and personal lives we are committed to doing our part.