Everything Under The Sun: Technology, Strategy, And Passion In One Company

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Technology, Strategy, And Passion In One Company

The girls participating in Women In Computing Day fill the room.

Interested in a company that provides technology solutions for the healthcare, national security, and corporate security sectors of the business world? How about a company that combines strategy and technology with a passion for the greater good? Well, look no further; you can find all that - and more - at NEXT CENTURY CORPORATION in Columbia, MD.

An example of the greater good being accomplished is the WOMEN IN COMPUTING DAY, held on June 4 this year at Next Century. This event was specifically for girls ages 8 to 14, complete with a free pizza lunch. There is nothing like getting the next generation interested in the field of computing and some of the types of work done by computer. Even more so when girls are not usually the primary audience interested in the field of computing.

Many of the volunteers were women in technology, providing excellent role models for these young girls. Some of the activities included making stop motion videos, learning to code video games, experience with the terms used in the field, and making an electrical circuit to light up a card. The number of girls interested filled up the entire room to capacity. That's showing everyone that girls love computing too!

The company also offers periodic Ozone training workshops; one is coming up in August. The workshop has been revamped to focus on developer-centric skills. That allows the workshop to reduce the time involved in completion. Participants will be able to work with, and understand, APIs within the Ozone framework in their own work settings.

The workshop involves a commitment of two days, from 8 AM to 4:30 PM. The workshop experience also allows participants hands-on experience in the lab with pre-selected practice scenarios. At the end, users can enable communication between widgets, creating inter-communicative work flows.

Finally, Next Century has four employees who have been identified as cornerstone employees. One of these employees is Clark Dorman, Chief Engineer and Architect, with 20 years of experience in developing large scale programs. His focus is on the use of advanced technology to solve end-user problems. His most recent project was designing and managing a program to create synthetic training images for object recognition algorithms.

Mr. Dorman stated, "Since I'm surrounded by like-minded people who are good at what they do, their talents complement each other, and we're all pulling in the same direction, we have been able to achieve amazing success."

The logo for the Ozone program workshops.

Providing learning resources for others in the workforce, for those yet-to-enter the workforce, and providing seasoned expertise - all in a day's work at Next Century.