Where strategic refinement meets operational excellence
Our solutions are precision-engineered for federal entities, enhancing productivity, streamlining processes and delivering measurable results. We’ll help you transform your performance into a beacon of efficiency and a testament to public service excellence.
We’ll steer you through the intricacies of federal governance with unmatched clarity and confidence. Our strategy combines the foresight of meticulous planning with the flexibility of agile execution, all under the guidance of our seasoned, PMP-certified project managers.
We bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to every government project and task, ensuring that each project meets and exceeds objectives and expectations, all while staying within budget and adhering to timelines. We specialize in crafting tailored solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities of federal initiatives, providing comprehensive oversight from inception to completion.
At Aptive, we don’t just manage your projects — we propel them to success with precision, expertise and an unwavering commitment to excellence.
Prepare for transformation with Aptive, where we pave the way for seamless transitions in federal agencies. Our Prosci-certified experts spearhead the charge, ensuring your agency is not merely prepared for change but primed to embrace the process and thrive afterward.
We blend best-in-class methodologies with an intuitive and experience-based understanding of federal agency dynamics, facilitating seamless transitions that minimize disruption and maximize success. Our comprehensive approach to change readiness and management encompasses strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and customized training programs, all designed to equip your team with the tools and mindset needed for enduring change.
Change becomes more than a process — it becomes a strategic advantage, fostering resilience, agility and continuous improvement within your organization.
Continuous improvement isn’t just our service — it’s our promise. Our cadre of Lean Six Sigma professionals leads the charge, harnessing the power of data-driven methodologies and a steadfast commitment to excellence.
We delve into your processes to identify inefficiencies, streamline workflows and establish sustainable improvements that elevate your operations to new heights of effectiveness. Aptive is dedicated to not just maximizing your performance but redefining what’s possible in governmental efficiency through continuous, strategic improvements.
Our promise is a journey of continual improvement, where every step forward is a stride towards excellence.
Don’t navigate the intricate maze of government policy and regulation alone. With our experienced federal policy team, you’ll get more than simple analysis. We apply a comprehensive approach to ensure policies are not just carefully examined but also flawlessly implemented and rigorously adhered to.
Our deep-rooted knowledge of the legislative environment empowers your agency to not only meet but exceed policy goals, turning every regulatory challenge into a stepping stone toward progress. Aptive is committed to turning the daunting task of compliance into a strategic asset for your agency, fostering policy success through innovation, technology, precision and a relentless focus on detail and accuracy.
Entrust your policy initiatives to Aptive, where we’ll engineer the entire process, from analysis to implementation and compliance.
The new Supervisor Ready program prepared 600 participants for leadership roles in the first 18 months of the program.
READ ARTICLEAptive helps the Department of Veterans Affairs transform information technology (IT) practices.
READ ARTICLEStrengthening mentoring, promoting and hiring processes to develop and secure optimal talent.
READ ARTICLEAptive provides staffing, data analysis and administrative support for research studies.
READ ARTICLEA multi-modal approach attracts top-quality applicants.
READ ARTICLEAptive provides organizational development and engagement support through a changing environment.
READ ARTICLEJon Brooks is a federal leader and U.S. Army Veteran with more than 20 years of experience supporting multiple agencies. At Aptive, Jon oversees a portfolio of health care-related projects and is responsible for the overall management of service delivery, quality, risk and cost control. He monitors and reports on the team’s financial performance, manages resources, builds key stakeholder relationships, leads project teams and mentors a learning culture across the enterprise.
Jon’s work in the industry includes project and program management experience leading large-scale, enterprise-level, transformative initiatives, including health care transformation, supply chain improvement/optimization and IT transformation. He has led teams of 50+ subcontractors and managed a $1.4B prime contract award, including a portfolio of 14 contract/task orders with over $30M in total contract value. Jon also led activities within the full business development lifecycle and designed go-to-market strategies.
In past roles, Jon has supported the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. He has built multi-year pipelines while leading pricing activities and coordinating strategic capture initiatives. Jon’s efforts led to exceeding profitability goals by over 75%, doubling service line headcount and revenue. He is a proven leader who has worked for top firms such as Rios Partners, IronArch Technology and Deloitte and is highly skilled in developing meaningful relationships and strategic partnerships.
Rachael Levine leads Aptive’s quality and compliance initiatives, working across all lines of business and corporate operations to cultivate, centralize, share and leverage information. Known for her solution-oriented, highly organized style of leadership and the ability to apply human-centered design and change management strategies, Rachael empowers teams throughout Aptive to succeed by facilitating collaboration and idea sharing. Rachael institutes procedures, establishes processes and maintains and documents our knowledge base to continually improve quality and efficiency throughout the organization.
Prior to her current position, Rachael led strategic communications efforts for public health, technology, military and federal organizations for more than 10 years. She provided program management, strategic planning, communications and engagement, product development, qualitative research and evaluation, outreach and media relations/public relations support for multimillion dollar national initiatives and campaigns and helped guide senior level staff with creative consultative expertise.
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.
Emily is an experienced leader in contingent workforce solutions with robust skills in management, operations and leadership. She leads a nationwide staffing initiative for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) where she oversees a program management office and is responsible for organizing, directing and managing all aspects of contract operations. She also designs and implements innovative approaches to manage the 40+ partners, staffing agencies, clinical associations, credential verification organizations and universities that support the VHA initiative.
With a wealth of expertise spanning more than a decade, she has honed her abilities across several sectors. She has overseen portfolios of strategic workforce solutions clients for national hospitals and health systems made up of 150 hospital facilities. She leads cross-functional teams of client-facing individuals to provide exceptional service delivery to clients and collaborates across service lines to provide optimized workforce solutions.
In prior roles, Emily led Managed Service Programs for major health systems with close to 75 facilities across several states. She has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in contract renewals and grown revenue portfolios by 40% and business portfolios by over 350%. Emily specializes in building strong relationships and fostering long-term partnerships, actively participating in fundamental people and process strategy improvement initiatives.
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.
Kim Kinser is a communications and public relations expert with over 18 years of experience advising executives, leading teams and executing strategic communication plans. She has worked across various sectors, including government, healthcare, non-profit and higher education, providing guidance on communications, social media and public relations matters. Kim has a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, executing global communication strategies and facilitating partnerships.
During her career, Kim has created communications and PR plans for 9.5 million beneficiaries, led teams in reporting and measuring communications effectiveness and ensuring successful client delivery, contractual compliance and contract growth. She manages a direct portfolio of projects across the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Transportation and Energy and supports contract growth within the Human Experience account by performing business development and capture activities in alignment with the account’s portfolio.
Kim’s work has appeared on the White House blog and featured as a best practice in Charlene Li’s book “Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead.”. She has held previous roles with Deloitte, Humana, CALIBRE Systems and the American Cancer Society.
Taylor Wood is an experienced communication and change management strategist dedicated to building and leading proactive teams that go above and beyond for her clients. She oversees a portfolio of communication and marketing teams across several government agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Office of Personnel Management. In this role, Taylor focuses on growing and expanding Human Experience’s event management capability and enhancing Aptive’s recruitment marketing services through implementation of technical solutions.
Throughout her career, she has focused on learning various leadership styles and techniques to help others achieve success. Taylor is passionate about training others to lead with empathy and foster positive working relationships, enabling teams to provide exceptional service to clients. In previous roles, Taylor has led numerous communication teams and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of the Navy, VA, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Energy.
Brian is a dedicated manager with over 20 years of experience leading health care projects in commercial, Federal and international enterprise environments. He is a critical thinker skilled in developing and managing multi-sector/multi-disciplinary collaboration while driving successful outcomes. At Aptive, he heads the Council Management Team within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. Brian’s primary focus is to lead and strengthen the incredible analyst team that drives Aptive’s successful project delivery and to foster a positive and productive relationship with clients.
Brian has a background in hospital pharmacy operations, medical device installation, IT security and revenue cycle management. He has led dozens of multi-million-dollar projects for civilian hospital systems across the U.S., including HCA Health Care, Trinity Health, Kaiser Permanente and Johns Hopkins. His federal experience includes implementing a Federal Project Management Office for Becton Dickinson, helming successful global projects for the U.S. Air Force and driving IT security upgrades for VA, Indian Health Service and Department of Prisons. He has been on the EHRM project since 2019 and is committed to helping his fellow Veterans discover a more uniform, integrated and effective VA.
Abby Rosenberg helps clients address challenges, implement organizational improvements, communicate effectively and improve health care access and equity. With nearly 15 years of federal consulting experience, Abby leads technical assistance, health education, research and evaluation and program management projects, using data to drive decision-making and impact. She supports projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency and Department of Health and Human Services.
Despite numerous public mental health and suicide prevention programs, suicide persists as a serious public health problem. Combating a complex public health issue like suicide requires a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach that includes data collection and analysis of current suicide prevention programs, community outreach and involvement and policy changes. Working together, behavioral health providers, policy experts, data scientists and program leaders can help create the next generation of mental health programs.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance and deficiencies of the health care supply chain, which had a major impact on hospitals, pharmacies, health care providers and patients. Jason Ormsby sat down with Dr. Eugene Schneller, a national supply chain expert, to talk about what we learned from the pandemic, what changes are needed and what the future holds for health care supply chain management.
