Harness the power of data, employ cutting-edge analytics to illuminate insights and fuel informed decision making
Our tailored solutions translate complex data into actionable strategies, ensuring your mission is not just data-driven but directionally sound and dynamically executed. We help federal agencies detect and prevent fraud, improve program performance, understand public sentiment and more. Elevate your agency’s impact with our data and analytics expertise — where clarity meets capability.
We unlock the full potential of your data, transforming it into a strategic asset that drives decision making and innovation. By harnessing the latest in data processing technologies and methodologies, we design and implement robust data pipelines that ensure the integrity, availability and scalability of your data infrastructure.
Our experts work closely with you to architect solutions that not only collect and store vast amounts of data but also optimize its flow and accessibility, enabling real-time intelligence and analytics.
Whether it’s integrating disparate data sources, managing big data or ensuring data quality and governance, we empower your organization with the foundational data engineering capabilities needed to leverage information as a powerful transformation tool.
Our cutting-edge modeling and simulation approach helps organizations solve complex problems and make informed decisions. By creating detailed, virtual representations of real-world systems, we enable your organization to explore scenarios, predict outcomes and optimize strategies without the risks and costs associated with physical trials.
Our experts use the latest in simulation technologies and analytical techniques to model behaviors and interactions within any given system, providing information that is both meaningful and actionable.
From forecasting market trends and analyzing performance to testing product designs and evaluating policy impacts, we equip you with the tools to anticipate challenges, seize opportunities and drive innovation.
Our generative AI solutions are at the forefront of innovation, enabling the creation of everything from realistic text and images to complex data patterns and beyond, opening unparalleled opportunities for creativity, efficiency and problem-solving.
Our team of AI specialists works closely with you to tailor generative AI applications that not only enhance your product offerings and customer experiences but also streamline operations and foster innovation across your organization.
By leveraging state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques, we empower your organization to break new ground, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
We harness the transformative power of health informatics to revolutionize health care delivery. We merge cutting-edge technology with vast health care expertise; crafting solutions that optimize patient care, streamline operations and empower health care providers with actionable, data-driven insights.
Our approach to health informatics is not just about managing electronic health records — it’s about unlocking the potential of every piece of data to inform clinical decision making, personalize treatment, predict health trends and empower patients.
Resolving data differences between VA and DoD.
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READ ARTICLEAptive helps the Department of Veterans Affairs transform information technology (IT) practices.
READ ARTICLEChris Hysick is a proven digital and information technology (IT) expert with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Chris leads a comprehensive IT team in delivering innovative, secure solutions to Aptive and its project teams, in addition to maintaining corporate certifications to remain compliant and certified to work. One of his specialties is collaborating with executive leadership and communicating their IT business concerns and objectives throughout all levels of the organization, delivering accurate and suitable information for every employee.
Chris leads the efforts for Aptive to become certified and maintain certifications in CMMC 2.0, ISO/IEC 2000-1:2018 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013. He is largely focused on assisting Aptive’s Digital Transformation services area, working closely with leaders to reduce overhead and help pinpoint valuable areas in a path forward.
Prior to working for Aptive, Chris worked in an IT support role at a company where 15 years later he became a part owner. He then moved to a role that involved overseeing a team of up to 13 people, managing technology infrastructure and operating co-located data center operations. Chris joined Aptive in 2020 and led an effort using gap analysis to understand the company’s IT deficiencies. As a result, he implemented one of the company’s first major project improvement software systems, which Aptive still uses today.
Nassim is an experienced federal consulting leader with a background in information technology and health care management. She leads a large portfolio and team, including Aptive’s work with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization effort. Nassim ensures contractual compliance and stability, monitoring conformance to project requirements while facilitating strategies to achieve business objectives. She works closely with her team to support business development and proposal activities across her account.
With a history of working with digital and data-focused solutions, Nassim has successfully led large scale multi-million-dollar programs related to process automation, data extraction, data-driven modernization and digitization for federal agencies, supporting hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of tasks at any given time. Nassim’s previous roles included formulating strategies and leading implementation plans for companies like GovCIO and Leidos. She has managed hundreds of team members in intake, digitization, reporting and solution delivery while also leading strategy, planning and delivery for technology opportunities and digital transformation efforts.
Ben Barker is an experienced industry leader with over 16 years of success across the federal government contracting landscape. As Chief Strategy Officer, Ben helps guide Aptive’s corporate strategy and leads Aptive’s Growth Team, providing oversight, guidance and technical direction for Client Development Leads, Capture and Proposal Managers, Solution Architects and Writers. Ben assists Aptive in expanding its footprint in the federal government while focusing on innovative customer solutions.
Ben is an accomplished executive with expertise in technical program management, solutions engineering, leadership, and corporate strategy. Within these focus areas, he has led and managed initiatives for companies like GovCIO, Leidos and ManTech. Most recently, Ben was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Vice President (SVP) of Growth & Solutions for GovCIO, resulting in private equity sale to Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).
Brian LoVecchio is a business strategist and operations leader with over 20 years of experience leading large-scale transformation programs with federal government clients and global Fortune 500 companies. At Aptive, he oversees a portfolio of projects related to health technology, particularly electronic health record modernization. Brian’s focus is on ensuring successful project delivery, maintaining contractual compliance and promoting growth within his team. Drawing on his extensive consulting background, Brian leads business development activities that expand Aptive’s portfolio with new clients.
Brian’s experience spans a range of areas, including digital product development and management, merger integration, strategy development and implementation and business process redesign. His expertise in management, business strategy, financial advisory and data governance models has contributed to national digital product launches for large commercial companies, provided operations and restructuring guidance for multiple large federal agencies and program offices, and managed the implementation of large-scale technology platforms for both large federal agencies and financial services companies.
James Tessier is responsible for leading Aptive’s growing health informatics practice, working with government and commercial entities to apply data science, augmented intelligence and analytics to transform health care operations and improve patient outcomes. James is a trusted advisor who seamlessly uses health informatics principles to support the research and development of innovative customer solutions.
James is an informatics leader with broad health care experience. As a 25-year Veteran of the U.S. Navy, James has provided surgical nursing, informatics and leadership expertise in a variety of settings both inside and outside of the United States and at sea, providing combat medical support and surgical capability to combatant commanders. His last role in the Navy was as the Chief Health Informatics Officer for Navy Medicine. In his post Navy career, he held a variety of roles in support of informatics initiatives within the U.S. State Department, Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense. Most recently, James was the Chief Digital Officer for XVIVO Services, a surgical practice focused on organ recovery for heart and lung transplantation.
Michelle is an accomplished healthcare quality and project management professional and brings a wealth of knowledge in patient safety, quality, High Reliability Organization principles, survey readiness, performance measurement, process improvement and quality reporting for agencies, including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Joint Commission. She has an extensive background in supporting and acting as a data analyst and quality reporting subject matter expert in several electronical medical record implementations and upgrades. Michelle leverages her demonstrated knowledge and experience to support the Veterans Health Administration tackle some of their toughest challenges, such as addressing employee burnout, and improving a culture of safety and becoming a high reliability organization.
Yessenia “Yessie” Castillo is an accomplished health professional, consulting executive and program leader. She leads the growth and operations for Aptive’s Civilian Health account.
Yessie leads Aptive’s efforts with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and other federal health care projects. She supports business development activities, including strategic planning and solutioning related to program evaluation, implementation, measurement, public health, mental health, suicide prevention and substance use disorder.
A results-driven self-starter with a proven background in the academic and federal health care sectors, Yessie has over 18 years of experience, particularly in public health, evaluation and data analytics. In previous roles, she supported several Veterans Health Administration (VHA) contracts, primarily focused on mental health and suicide prevention, including evaluating the national rollout of the Women’s Health Transition Training, President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS), VHA’s Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clinical Decision Framework, Creating Options for Veterans’ Expedited Recovery (COVER) Commission for VHA and supported the VHA Primary Care Services Office for Post Deployment Health Services.
