Daphne Sellers
Office Manager

Daphne Sellers joined Argon ST in 2001 as the Office Manager for the Fair Lakes office.

Why did you join Argon ST?
I came to Argon ST for not just one opportunity but several opportunities for which I could utilize my professional skills.

What have you enjoyed about Argon ST thus far?
I enjoy the extra curricular activities that Argon ST hosts throughout the year. With my role as office manager, I'm able to take part in planning the different activities such as the kids holiday party and the deck the door contest (where employees decorate their office doors for the holidays).

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
The most rewarding aspect of my job is being involved as much as possible. I enjoy the fact that I contribute to the success of the company.

How has Argon ST helped you reach your professional goals and expand your professional knowledge?
Argon ST continues to help me reach my professional goals and expand my professional knowledge by offering seminars and training to help me get a broader view of my field as Office Manager.

Would you change anything?
Part of my job is to control costs on catering. Argon provides lunch and dinner to our employees and customers quite often for study groups, meetings, demos, etc. which is a great benefit. However, we have spending guidelines and setup procedures which everyone is supposed to follow. I get frustrated sometimes because people don’t always follow the catering policies and procedures. If I could change anything – everyone in the company would follow the catering procedures.

Wes Leong
Systems Engineer

Wes joined Argon ST in June 2005. Wes is a systems engineer in our Advanced Technology group. He holds a MSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Why did you join Argon ST?
I had been at my last job for several years, and there was not much room for growth, nor much flexibility in the work I was doing. I knew of several Argon ST employee's at that time that held Argon ST in high regard, and when offered a position which afforded me the opportunity to work in a different role on innovative and interesting projects it was easy to accept.

What have you enjoyed about Argon ST thus far?
I really enjoy working with the people here. They are very bright and motivated, and I've already learned much in my technical area. It also feels much more of a collaborative team effort here than compared with my prior experience. The people here make it a friendly and positive environment to work in.

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
The most rewarding aspect is that I am now doing the type of work that I find interesting, and that I originally envisioned myself doing when I graduated. I now get to apply many of the topics I learned in school. The work is challenging, which to me makes it very satisfying.

How has Argon ST helped you reach your professional goals and expand your professional knowledge?
I still consider myself a relatively recent graduate, and I'm also a recent hire, so right now I'm just looking to gain a broad range of experiences to help me define my professional goals. The managers I've worked with have been great with giving me various options on the type of work I would like to do, and I definitely feel that opportunities for professional growth are available to me.

Would you change anything?
Ha, that's a really open-ended question. I personally would like for companies nationwide to adopt a minimum 4-5 weeks of vacation, I think we as Americans tend to forget the value of time off. And maybe a soft-serve ice cream machine.

Karen Stiles
Manufacturing Operations Manager

Karen Stiles joined Argon ST in 1998. She works in our Pennsylvania office as Manufacturing Operations Manager. She holds a BS in Education from Indiana University in Pennsylvania.

Why did you join Argon ST?
I joined Argon ST as a legacy employee from SenSyTech’s merger with Argon ST. I relocated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania to be a part of the start up team for the PA manufacturing facility. The prospect of being in on the ground floor of a new facility and being a contributor to its success was a challenge I couldn’t pass up.

What have you enjoyed about Argon ST thus far?
Argon ST’s spirit of cooperation, teamwork, vision for the future and it’s “people” orientation. This company values its employees.

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
Being an active and recognized contributor in an environment where people are working together toward a common goal.

How has Argon ST helped you reach your professional goals and expand your professional knowledge?
Argon ST provides the platform for me to use my background, experience and expertise to contribute to the success of the operation. I have also had the opportunity to expand the base of my professional knowledge by taking on new projects and implementing them into the PA manufacturing environment.

Would you change anything?
No. This is a great company with a lot of opportunity for people with a “can do” attitude.

Tony Isasi

Why did you join Argon ST?
I joined Argon ST to begin my career in the technological field. Argon ST is full of extremely talented individuals who enjoy teaching and only want the best for our company.

What have you enjoyed about Argon ST thus far?
I am enjoying everything

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
The most rewarding aspect of my job is knowing that everything each employees does is extremely important to the success of the company. Argon ST is a group of people who agree to work together doing what they do best.

How has Argon ST helped you reach your professional goals and expand your professional knowledge?
Argon ST is helping me reach my professional goals by allowing me the opportunity to learn other fields throughout the company as I become proficient in my current field.. Also, Argon ST is helping me expand my professional knowledge by paying for my tuition.

Would you change anything?
No

Todd Czerner

Why did you join Argon ST?
At the time (spring 2003) I needed a job, and was looking for a situation that would allow eventual growth into a management position.  I found Argon ST, SenSyTech at the time, to be friendly and a very good match to my prior experience.

What have you enjoyed about Argon ST thus far?
I have enjoyed the ability to be an active participant/facilitator in the company’s growth, the relatively casual culture, and positive upper management.

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
When things are accomplished and work, both from a business case and a technical case.

How has Argon ST helped you reach your professional goals and expand your professional knowledge?
Argon ST has started me on and facilitated my growth in both program & engineering management and furthered my technical growth.

Would you change anything?
While there are minor changes that I would have made over the years, Argon ST has been the best organization I have worked for during my 15 year career.

Cora Nelson

Why did you join Argon ST?
Radix, offered me a great opportunity to expand in a new field of design. Previously, I was involved in designing IC testers.

What have you enjoyed about Argon ST thus far?
I enjoy working with my co-workers and learning new fields (signal processing, GPS, etc.).

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
It is rewarding to add new features to a FPGA design, and verify it works on the hardware.

How has Argon ST helped you reach your professional goals and expand your professional knowledge?
Radix has given me the opportunity to work with different FPGA tools, and new areas of design.

Would you change anything?
For new employees, a class on some of the tools would have been advantageous, but I found that there were always people willing to help out and answer questions when need be