Engaged verses Involved: DISTek U 105 – ESOP Basics
I recently completed the DISTek U track on ESOP Basics. My interest in signing up for the track was to read Beyond Engagement by Corey Rosen. Others had talked about …
Culture
Reflections from Gene: Perspective on 3 Years at DISTek
As my work anniversary rolled past in July, I was reflecting on my experience as an Engineering Manager here at DISTek over the last 3 years. Since joining DISTek, I’ve …
Habitat for Humanity Build
I recently had the pleasure of joining some of my favorite fellow employee-owners, Beth Hallett and Charlie Myers, for a morning of swinging hammers, installing siding, and lots of laughs …
Connecting in a Remote Environment
An elementary student ran straight from the school bus stop into his parent’s home office and exclaimed with exasperation, “Your days are the best. You get to play games all …
2024 DISTek Engineering Awards
It’s no secret that we’re pretty proud of our engineers here at DISTek. We firmly believe that we seek out the best and brightest in the industry and pride ourselves …
Our Purpose is Our People
Anniversaries are typically a time to look back and reflect on a specific date or time or event – certainly wedding anniversaries come to mind (note to self – order …
2023: A Year in Review
As I think back a year to the beginning of 2023, my first thought is that 2023 started more “normal” than the prior two years. I have had the opportunity …
Employee Ownership – A Time to Celebrate
One of the truly inspiring aspects of working for an employee-owned company like DISTek Integration is that we are not only intensely focused on providing the best total solutions to …
Bowling for Bots: A FIRST Fundraiser
I want to begin by thanking everyone who helped make the first Bowling for Bots fundraiser a success! We raised over $2,500 to support FIRST programs that DISTek employees have …
Happy Halloween from the DISTek Boo Crew!
As usual, the DISTek Halloween Costume Contest is a time-honored tradition and this year was no different. The Cedar Valley crew gathered in the training room at the Cedar Falls …
Prez Sez: Finding Wisdom in Unexpected Places
Here at DISTek, we have an internal newsletter that gets published monthly to keep our employee-owners up to date and informed. I’m probably a little partial since I publish it, …
The Taming of the Code: Elevating Embedded Development through the Art of Software Craftsmanship
“The fault…is not in our code, but in ourselves.” A while back, a colleague and I were lamenting the lack of a strong ‘craftsmanship’ ethos across the field of embedded …
