Find out more about the team’s fun night out on the town, DMC’s commitment to company culture, plus a few details about Ragtime’s award-winning revival.

The NYC Office’s Outing to the Theater

The show itself went off without a hitch, and the team sat back and watched Broadway stars like Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, and an ensemble cast trip the light fantastic. Everyone who attended the show had great things to say about the performances and production, “The show had so much talent! I was so excited to see Shaina Taub because I loved Suffs,” Megan added. For Leo Herman, the show’s staging really stood out: “I really enjoyed the staging—there was one part where the entire back of the stage opened up to reveal this huge space, and it was super cool!”

In true New York fashion, the nine team members hopped on the uptown 1 train after work to the Lincoln Center Complex. They stopped briefly at the theater’s pond to snap a picture (see if you can spot the DMCer who accidentally fell in). And then it was curtain call, and the team took their seats in the Vivian Beaumont Theater’s mezzanine. “The Lincoln Center is cool because it’s small and round, so you’re always pretty close to the action,” Megan Flynn remarked about the iconic venue.

The NYC office is no stranger to evenings out at the theater. At least once a year, they try to come together to see a show playing at one of the many theaters in New York. It just so happens Ragtime has received some real critical acclaim this time around, including a few Tony awards.

Ragtime

Ragtime is based on the 1974 book of the same name, written by E.L. Doctorow. Set in the early 20th century, it weaves together the stories of three distinct groups in the United States. African American life reflected through the story of Coalhouse Walker Jr., a talented Harlem musician. The white upper class represented by Mother, the matriarch of a prosperous family in New Rochelle, New York. And a story of the immigrant experience told through Tateh, a Jewish newcomer from Latvia. “We had no idea what to expect, but we all thought the show handled its themes very well,” Megan remembered about the production.

Alongside these fictional narratives, the musical also features prominent historical figures, including Harry Houdini, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, and others.

The 2026 revival stars Caissie Levy as Mother, Joshua Henry as Coalhouse, and Brandon Uranowitz as Tateh, and was nominated for eleven Tony Awards, winning four, including Best Revival of a Musical. The cast even performed the show’s opening number at the 79th Tony Awards this year.

DMC’s Commitment to Culture

From catching the train together to taking in an award-winning performance, the NYC team’s night at Ragtime is a great example of how DMC team members make time for connection beyond the office. Events like these highlight the importance of building strong relationships across teams, creating shared experiences, and celebrating the vibrant cities where we work.

Whether it’s an evening on Broadway, a cake tasting, or a day of skiing, DMC’s commitment to company culture fosters collaboration, creativity, and camaraderie. And as this memorable night at the theater shows, sometimes the best way to strengthen a team is to enjoy something extraordinary together. And despite the little mishap, falling into the fountain before the show, Jackie still had a great time.

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This feedback was important for us to receive because it highlighted a key difference between how DMC is viewed from within and from outside the organization. When someone hears that DMC has offices across the country, it is reasonable to assume these are sales offices. Many companies start up this way: a central office where the technical work takes place, with satellite sales offices for relationship building and sales generation.

More Than Pins on a Map

As DMC expands to open and grow offices in new geographic regions, it isn’t because they want another dot on the map or a statement of presence in those locales. Rather, the intention is to establish engineering presence in the area – offices that provide a location to do actual engineering work to solve problems, develop systems, serve customers, and help deliver projects.

This distinction makes all the difference. Offices of DMC aren’t just a place where you meet someone and talk about business or make introductions. They are places of active technical development. In DMC regional offices, engineers are actively designing automation systems, writing software, setting up test equipment, creating manufacturing processes, integrating hardware, addressing customer needs, and more.

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Local Presence Still Matters

Even in an age where virtual collaboration is commonplace, there are times when physical presence cannot be overlooked. Seeing a piece of equipment, touring the manufacturing floor, observing the testing apparatus, reviewing the assembly of a control panel, or sitting down with a customer’s team to troubleshoot an issue may present challenges that cannot be fully understood from a diagram, specification, or teleconference call.

That is where the regional presence provided by DMC becomes useful. For many of our clients, our engineers are just a few hours away from their facilities. We can respond to their needs more quickly, build stronger personal connections, and provide the human touch that is so essential to creating a successful technical solution.

It is particularly important for projects involving actual machinery, equipment, limitations, and operating environments. Often, the most effective solution may not be reached from afar but will require the presence of someone with a direct and personal understanding of what the challenge entails.

That said, the regional nature of DMC’s operations does not preclude clients from choosing engineers from any office outside the nearest one. That is where DMC’s approach truly shines.

OneDMC: Local Connection, National Depth

DMC’s office locations are our engineering teams, but they are not necessarily isolated from one another. We have very much embraced the OneDMC approach, meaning that our regional presence is backed by the complete technical expertise of DMC on a national level.

While a customer might work directly with the engineering teams in a local office, there will always be many more layers of technical knowledge backing that local team. Whether a customer’s project requires test automation knowledge, control systems expertise, LabVIEW programming, embedded development, manufacturing automation, cloud, data systems, or even just complicated multi-disciplinary engineering, DMC can bring in the appropriate experts.

And that is what makes our office model quite different from a standard sales office location approach. It combines the benefits of proximity with access to all the knowledge necessary. Customers don’t need to settle for proximity or specialization; with us, they can have both.

That is one of the reasons why we chose to establish offices rather than just sales offices in certain locations. While other companies may only put sales representatives in convenient locations, our office approach allows us to build engineering teams to serve our clients locally while remaining part of a national organization capable of tackling any problems.

Telling the Story More Clearly

The feedback from our partner was a helpful reminder that how we tell our story matters. We know what DMC’s offices are because we live it every day, but we cannot assume others see it the same way. If someone hears “national footprint” and thinks “sales coverage,” then we have an opportunity to better explain what makes our footprint different.

DMC’s growth has been intentional. We have invested in engineering offices because we believe technical work benefits from both local relationships and national collaboration. We want to be close enough to our customers to show up when it matters, while still being connected enough internally to bring the right expertise to every challenge.

So when we say DMC has offices across the country, we are not just saying we have places to meet. We are saying we have engineers across the country. Engineers who are working on real projects, solving real problems, and building real relationships with customers every day.

That is the reality behind DMC’s national footprint—and it is a story worth telling more clearly.

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Smooth Sailing Ahead

On the evening of our cruise, eight of us took the subway together from our office down to one of the piers on the west side of Manhattan. We climbed aboard a grand, 158-foot-long ship with Manhattan by Sail and settled into our spots on deck with a drink. 

In addition to the sound of the breeze and distant city noises, a live jazz performance was the soundtrack of our evening. The peaceful atmosphere was the perfect way to admire the impressive city skyline from the water.  

A Sailor’s Life

The team agreed that seeing the Manhattan skyline from the water was the highlight of the evening. It was unique to see the views looking uptown from the harbor. It was incredible admiring landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Governors Island, and the city’s bridges from this impressive perspective. The summer sunset glowing on the water only added to the impressive views. 

Our sailing experience was more than just pretty views; we got hands-on experience. The crew allowed passengers to hoist the square-rigged ship sails on the 120-foot-tall masts, and a few of us jumped at the opportunity. When we weren’t raising the sails, we were able to roam the deck and explore new views from every angle. 

Our team took turns raising the sails and pointing out NYC landmarks from the sailboat. The fun experience sparked conversations about other New York Harbor adventures we could plan in future summers. In addition to embodying our core value, “Have Fun,” our memorable cruise inspired us with new perspectives and even some sailing skills.

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“Usually, it was Boston and New York offices putting together a ski trip on the East Coast. This year we made it a YOE [Yearly Office Event] for the first time and invited anybody from DMC to come and join us,” Abby Greentree, Project Engineer based in Boston, said. “We had 30 people come, which was awesome. It was mostly people from the Boston and New York office, and then we had a couple outside people so that was very fun!”

DMCers headed up to Stowe Ski Resort in Vermont and spent a long weekend skiing and hanging out! “Most people went skiing or snowboarding and some people went winter hiking,” according to Emily Blackman, Application Developer based in Chicago. 

While most of the time was spent outdoors participating in various winter activities, there was a memorable trip taken to the Ben and Jerry’s factory.

“We went to tour the Ben and Jerry’s factory. It was the original factory, and they have an ice cream store with exclusive flavors,” Emily said. “The ice cream I asked for had giant pieces of cookie dough. The pieces were so big I’m sure those could be baked and would be the size of a standard cookie.”

Sweet treats and factory tours were not the only highlight of the trip. Abby’s favorite memory was sledding!

“A bunch of us went sledding on Saturday, and that was super fun,” Abby said. “We actually made a chain! Three people were on each sled, and we all linked together. That was very fun!”

A favorite ski trail for both Abby and Emily was the long, green scenic route called the Toll House Road. 

“Emily Blackman and I skied together on this really long run called Toll House Road. It is just really long winding through the woods. That’s my favorite, just like a nice, easy, fun, beautiful view run,” Abby said. 

There were more beautiful views just outside the rented lodges. 

“There was one night when it was really clear, and a bunch of us went out to see the stars,” Emily said. “The night sky was filled with stars, it looked so nice!”

After a long fun weekend of ice cream tours, long scenic ski runs, and chain sledding, DMSkeast 2024 came to an end. Opening the event to all offices proved to be a great idea, and many DMCers are already looking forward to next year! 

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The Houston office went on a bike/food tour for Caroline Courbois’ welcome party!

Denver folk jump for joy after completing the Donut Dash (not seen: the donuts)!

The Dallas office put their noggins together and conquered the Escapology Escape Room!

The Cincinnati team introduced Tim Johnson to Skyline Chili!

The Chicago office fulfilled their need for speed at K1 Speedway! (Let’s Go!)

The BOLE project team visited the Kennedy Space Center!

They even became the SLS Rocket!

NY gang visited Brooklyn for some grub from Hometown Bar B Que!

Denver enjoyed the sunshine with a day at the park! (Hi Nola!)

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Denver Office Party

This year's celebrations looked different for every DMC office. Some kept the party at home by throwing the event in the office. DMC Denver ordered catering to the office and had game night. They reminisced on "How Far We've Come" while toasting with beers and tasting whiskeys in true DMC Denver style.

Chicago Homecoming Celebration

In our headquarters located in Chicago, we decided to throw a Homecoming-themed anniversary party including a Spirit Week leading up to the party. We decorated the whole office with crepe paper streamers and balloons.

In true homecoming fashion, we had a place to take posed pictures, a punch bowl, and plenty of snacks. We even had some four-legged friends in attendance to make the night a little more fun. It was wonderful to see each other again and to meet our newest coworkers who joined the team during our time working from home.

Anniversary Dinners

Other offices decided to take the team out for a lovely dinner. DMC Boston celebrated at a Japanese tapas-style restaurant in Cambridge. After the delicious three-course meal, the team ended their night with a few rounds of pool at a nearby arcade.

DMC St Louis went for a Tuscan flare to their fancy night out, while DMC New York found a speakeasy disguised behind a pawnshop entrance.

An Athletic Anniversary Party

Other teams hosted event outings to celebrate DMC's anniversary. Houston celebrated DMC's 25 years by marveling at the beauty and athleticism of acrobats at Cirque de Soleil. 

Anniversary Olympics

Then there's DMC Seattle, who took party planning to a whole new level. DMC Seattle planned an entire evening of events with their Olympics-themed 25th Anniversary celebration!

Their events utilized a range of skills to showcase how diverse our DMC talent pool really is. There were the more typical events of pool or ping pong, but the more interesting events happened later on in the day. We might not know who can code the fastest in the office, but now we do know who can type the fastest, thanks to the typeracer competition.

The DMC Olympics gave a bit of a different flare to the game of hockey. Instead of a hockey stick, they used a pool cue. Instead of a puck, they used a taped wire spool. Instead of other hockey opponents, there were more wire spools. Ok, maybe this was less like hockey and more of a silly obstacle course, but it was very entertaining.

To test the team's face flexibility and dexterity, they had an Oreo eating competition that determined who was the fastest to get an Oreo from their forehead into their mouth without using their hands. Closing out the evening, no Olympics would be complete without an awards ceremony and presentation of metals.

We've had 25 years of expert solutions and look forward to many more. Thank you for being part of it!

Learn more about DMC's company culture. 

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Our motto is “Smart People Expert Solutions,” and we’re looking for more smart people to join our team. DMC is currently about 180 people strong with eight locations nationwide, and we are looking to expand. Our headquarters was named one of Chicago’s “Best Places to Work” by Crain’s Chicago Business for six consecutive years. We are always looking for talented individuals to make DMC an even better place to work and help us continue to solve real-world problems.

Who are we?

DMC is a project-based engineering consulting company offering software and engineering services to wide-ranging industries and companies. Our company’s core values drive our guiding principles and help us deliver expert solutions to our clients.

What do we do?

We are a technology solutions company that focuses on providing custom software development and engineering services to manufacturing, testing, and product development organizations throughout the world. Our projects vary in their size, industries served, and technologies used. We aren’t tied to any particular hardware or software platforms. This ensures our team members have the freedom to find the best solutions for our clients. 

The DMC Advantage

Our team works with the latest innovations in nanotech, robotics, motion control, machine vision systems, and more. The DMC team has face-to-face contact with our customers, allowing them to grow their project planning and execution skills from day one.

We offer a great benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage as well as 401K matching, generous paid vacation time, and a well-stocked kitchen full of snacks. Since one of our core values is “share information,” we have a comprehensive training program as well as a mentor program to help you grown in your career. We maintain an active company culture; DMC hosts many fun activities and outings, where participation by all employees is encouraged!

FOMO is real – Don’t miss us!

We want to meet you! We’ll be visiting schools all over the U.S. both virtually and in person this fall to meet engineers just like you.

Please submit your resume through your school’s database to be considered for a virtual or on-campus interview. Feel free to reach out to me (Natalie!)  at jobs@localhost with any questions.

Check out our Fall 2021 Career Fair Schedule below:

Learn more about careers at DMC.

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While Activity Fund Events have traditionally been for bonding with your local office, when everything became virtual we were able to hang out with DMCers from offices across the country. This allowed us to experience events planned altogether highlighting each office's unique set of personalities.

One event, in particular, was our June’s Whiskey Tasting. While many of our offices have whiskey enthusiasts, our resident spirit-tasting expert is John Sullivan of DMC Denver. During the pandemic, John went from just being a whiskey connoisseur to becoming the host of multiple virtual tastings. If you think his engineering projects are expertly managed and executed, just wait until you hear about his whiskey tasting experiences. This guy does not spare any detail.

The Pitch

Months in advance, the game plan was laid out. First came the idea pitch. Sullivan’s subtle post in Slack asked if anyone would want to do a mystery whiskey tasting. Obviously, there was a lot of interest. Who doesn’t want to learn more about whiskeys and have a tasting in the comfort of your own home?

The Logistics

Once we had a gauge of the interest and the number of participants from each office, we were able to fine-tune the logistics. The tasting would consist of four whiskeys. With DMC spread across the country, we needed to figure out which interesting whiskeys were available near each office. A private Slack channel and subsequential spreadsheet were created to track the process of researching local liquor stores and delivery services. We wanted to make sure we could have consistent tasting across all offices.

Once the four whiskeys were located and decided upon, next was the act of distributing them among the tasters. This was going to be a blind tasting, so consistent anonymity was important. We found the perfect 2oz bottles and a brilliant labeling system. It got a little touch and go when Amazon ran out of the bottles we wanted, but because of our expert solutions and planning, we were able to get enough bottles to each office's event coordinator.

A Family Affair

Once we had the whiskeys in their individual portions, we needed a way to differentiate the bottles. One might think that labeling the bottles one to four would be enough, but not for our team. We crowdsourced for alternative names. While our engineers' creativity was wonderful with the naming process, the show's real star was our honorary five-year-old artist Scarlett, Sullivan’s daughter.

The DMC Whiskey Tasting really became a family event when John commissioned her to create the custom labels for each bottle.

For every DMC event, DMCers are allowed to invite a +1 so that friends, family, and significant others can join in on the fun too. In this case, they even jumped in to help with the logistics. We had someone’s significant other put together a tasting menu to coincide with each mystery bottle for this event. Emily Marlatt, Project Accounting Lead, then took those tasting notes in addition to Scarlett’s drawings and made a tasting guide.

The Method of Tasting

June 22 was the day it all came together. DMCers from across the country called in via Zoom, ready to experience the tasting that had been months in the making. As the master of ceremony, Sullivan opened the call with a reminder of the proper tasting etiquette and a description of the first whiskey.

Our tasting will go like this: 

1. Pour a small amount and drink a few sips neat.
2. Add a few drops of water with the straw and finish the glass.
3. Pour a small amount and add an ice cube.
4. Drink the rest your favorite way!

A few notes while tasting: 

1. When smelling it, put your nose over the glass and breath in through your mouth.  If you sniff like you would a wine the alcohol overpowers the smell.
2. For sure try to pour small amounts when you taste the different ways so you can drink most of it in your favorite way.
3. Try to have a few snacks around if your office didn’t supply you any specific ones.

The Tasting

During the tasting, tasters went into Zoom breakout rooms to drink, discuss, and enjoy the evening experiencing the whiskeys with others.  It is events like this that show off the personalities that makeup DMC. We work together to bring our customers quality solutions while also creating quality experiences for and with each other.

Learn more about DMC's company culture and contact us to start your next project. 

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We are so excited for the opportunity to be back in our eight offices and to see some friendly faces in person! Here's how we have prepared to return to our offices and how we've been safely socializing.

Preparing to Reopen the Office

Our offices needed a deep clean after we spent over a year away from our desks while working remotely during the pandemic. In addition to the year worth of dust that had accumulated in the office, there was also an assortment of items stacked up on people's desks that sat unused. We decided to donate these items that weren't used in a year and had a designated "yard sale" area where people could drop off unneeded items for donation. 

We continue to encourage donations as more DMCers come back to the office.

As part of our deep clean, we tackled the office refrigerators. To make things interesting, we held a contest among each of our offices to see who had the most expired foods in their fridges. The Houston office had a container of Nestle Milo that expired in August 2018!

In addition to cleaning up the offices, we prepared to welcome new employees and wanted to ensure they felt comfortable at their new desks in the office. Brian Nolan, our Infrastructure Specialist on the IT team, worked with vendors a month before our offices' reopening date to get everyone the equipment they needed for their successful transition to the office. 

Welcome Back Week

DMC Dallas welcomes others back to their office.

To welcome our team members back in person, we held a series of fun events both in and outside of our offices. 

In Chicago, we celebrated with a visit from the Big Star taco truck in our parking lot on "Taco Tuesday!" After updating our rooftop deck with a fresh stain, we also enjoyed a BBQ cookout with views of the Chicago skyline. During this week, team members additionally visited the "Welcome Wagon" stocked with cleaning products, mousepads, cables, and anything else needed to set up their desks. We also battled on the nearby Whirlyball court!

The Houston team celebrated with a sushi-making party, a visit to Cidercade, and a dinner and wine bar night.  

Our Boston team had a great time reconnecting over bowling, rock climbing, taco tasting, and celebrating pie day.

In Dallas, the team enjoyed a Whirlyball outing and an evening of Cidercade. 

The New York team held a low-key picnic in the park so that their newest addition baby Noa could join in on the fun!

In St. Louis, the team hung out and watched the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials together. 

Our Seattle team headed out of the office and out on the water for a scenic boat cruise and also had a "good old-fashioned office game night," according to Elizabeth Goodnight, Systems Engineer. 

In Denver, the team enjoyed a game night in the office as well as an evening of axe throwing (not in the office!).

All in all, it's been wonderful to reunite with our colleagues in person at our offices around the country. We’re happy to be offering expert solutions directly from our office locations again as we return to working in person!

Learn more about DMC's company culture and contact us to start your next project. 

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