Entries for the 'Special Events' Category

The 2018 Siemens Automation Summit was held last month at the JW Marriott Beach Resort on Marco Island, Florida. Twelve DMC representatives from around the country met to attend the annual conference from June 25-28. Fresh off of the excitement of ten more of our engineers passing the Siemens Technical Certification exam, we arrived in Florida with an extra spring in our step. The team enjoyed a week full of excellent presentations (including some from our own enginee...

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This month, several DMC Chicago team members were lucky enough to participate in Goat Yoga as a team building activity at the Garfield Park Conservatory. Goat yoga is the latest yoga trend where baby goats run around the participants, climb on their backs, and make everyone smile during the class. We had three new employees attend this event, Justine (Accounting), Anna (Marketing), and myself (Marketing). This was an excellent way to introduce ourselves to some of our...

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As a Siemens Solution Partner, the annual Siemens Automation Summit is one of our most anticipated events each year. The conference brings together hundreds of manufacturing professionals who use Siemens automation technologies to share industry innovations and best practices. The 2018 Siemens Automation Summit will be held from June 25-28 at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida.  The 2018 Automation Summit will feature over 50 user led presentations a...

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DMC passed its fourth CSIA audit this month. As a member of the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA), DMC is required to undergo a third-party audit once every three years to maintain our certification. CSIA Certification is the capstone of implementing best practices for a control system integration business. Audit Approach Everyone at DMC is involved in the certification process to ensure that the best practices become part of the company’s ‘DNA’. DMC foll...

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DMC has been attending the annual Control Systems Integrators Association (CSIA) Executive Conference for over a decade. It's a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow integrators from around the world and share best practices. This year, CSIA set a record of around 600 attendees to the conference! DMC was proud to be part of the record-breaking event by leading two presentations.  The 2018 CSIA Executive Conference took place at the Hyatt Regency in San Fran...

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This Spring, I traveled to Washington DC and met with a congregation of other leaders in the technology industry at the invitation of Microsoft’s advocacy organization, Voices for Innovation. The occasion was an “advocacy blitz” that the group had planned for the following day to inform senators and representatives from all states about issues that directly affect the technology industry. I received an invitation to join the three member delegation from Illinois in DC to adv...

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One of the best things about your first few weeks working at DMC is that you get to host a welcome party of your choice! As an avid fan of basketball, I chose to go to a Houston Rocket’s game and took the Houston office with me. After a catered dinner at the office, we carpooled over to the stadium. I will watch almost any basketball game alone and enjoy myself, but being at the game with the DMC Houston team made it even more fun. It allowed us to hang out and bond outside the office, ...

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DMC is excited to lead three presentations at NIWeek 2018 which is coming up on May 21-24 at the Austin Convention Center. Over 3,200 engineers, educators, and NI developers from more than 60 countries will gather to learn from over 200 technical training sessions and 125 expo exhibits.  If you're heading to Austin this spring, don't miss these three presentations by DMC! IoT in the Real World: Practical Advice for Acquiring and Using Your Data - ...

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DMC Chicago will host area Microsoft Partners at the Chicagoland International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) April meeting. IAMCP members will gather at DMC on Thursday, April 19 from 3 - 5 p.m. to learn about Microsoft PowerApps and Flow.  Event Information Using Microsoft PowerApps and Flow to Quickly Address Business Process Needs Did you know non-programmers can quickly build line of business solutions to collect data, eliminate manual...

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DMC is excited to lead two presentations at the annual Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) Executive Conference. This year's event takes place April 24 - 27 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.   About the CSIA Executive Conference Over 500 system integrators and industry partners will meet to share best practices at the CSIA Executive Conference. This year's theme is “Growth Through Innovation and Sound Business Practices." DMC ha...

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This March, I took part in a long weekend of snow and smarts with some of DMC’s finest brains. Each DMC office is empowered to plan a yearly fun event and invite everyone in the company. We’ve climbed mountains, floated down rivers, and ran away to Martha’s Vineyard. DMC's Denver office plans an annual ski trip, nicknamed DMSki. DMC helps foot part of the bill and even lets us invite someone who doesn’t work for DMC to come along as a guest! We call these events YO...

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DMC Project Director, Jon Carson, will lead presentations at the United Electronic Industries educational seminar series on April 25, 2018. A morning session and an afternoon session will be held in Hauppauge, NY. The seminar is targeted to engineers and admission is free. The morning seminar's topic is "Aerospace Test and Control Applications." The afternoon seminar will focus on "IoT Applications for Your Industry." UEI and DMC will lead disc...

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Annual holiday parties are one of DMC's favorite traditions. At DMC holiday parties, everyone available gets together in January to celebrate the accomplishments of the previous year. Past parties have taken us everywhere from a glassblowing studio to a former prison! Since DMC has continued to grow, and grow, and grow, we had holiday parties at more offices than ever this year! New York Holiday Party The New York holiday party took place on one VERY cold and windy night a...

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DMC will be hosting a National Instruments certification exam at our Chicago office on February 23. The testing can cover any of the practical exams in the NI lineup, including the Certified LabVIEW Developer and Certified LabVIEW Architect exams. A representative from NI will be proctoring the exams.   Enrollment is open to anyone on the National Instruments website.  February 23, 2018 1 - 5 p.m. 2222 N. Elston Ave, Ste. 200 Chicago, IL 60614 Learn more about DMC'...

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DMCers in Chicago recently celebrated the 84th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition in style at the Chicago History Museum's annual Last Speakeasy. In what has become a DMC tradition, we donned our flapper dresses and fedoras and bundled up as best we could to take a step back in time for a few hours.  The museum pulls out all the stops, filling up every available space with entertainment, food, and intriguing exhibits. There was a visit from John Russick, CHM'...

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I bought my first Hawaiian shirt (which is still in my rotation) in Orange Beach, Alabama during spring break of 2001. Since then, Hawaiian Shirt Friday has become a personal tradition of mine lasting the last dozen or so years. At my two previous jobs, it remained a personal tradition, and there was never any doubt in my mind that I would continue my tradition at DMC. However, while it took a while to start catching on, here at DMC it’s become more than just a personal tradition, and t...

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On November 4, 2017, employees of DMC and their guests attended the annual Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) masquerade ball the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago's Pilsen Neighborhood. This year's theme was "Love Never Dies." The Mexican holiday of Day of the Dead focuses on bringing family and friends together to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.  The ball, which is the culminatio...

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DMC Cares is an initiative that started at one of our All Day Company Meetings, or ADCMs. For this ADCM, we split into teams and given an envelope, contents unknown. I’ll never forget opening it to find $500 and instructions to make an impact in Chicago by "paying it forward." My team thought a lot about causes that were important to us and went all over the city to distribute the money to each cause. Hello Healthy Start In my personal life, I’ve volunteered w...

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DMC will participate in National Instruments' upcoming event on Implementing the Industrial IoT as a featured partner. The event takes place on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Seattle from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event Info The free, one-day event is hosted by NI, in partnership with IIoT industry leaders, to see how companies are coming together to implement IIoT solutions with an open ecosystem of IT-friendly, interconnected technologies. The event aims to help att...

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One of DMC's favorite traditions involves taking a "day off" from our regular tasks. DMC Chicago recently held another ADCM, or All Day Company Meeting. This event allows us to spend time team building, having fun, and sharing knowledge through an ever-changing agenda of fun, learning, or volunteering. We've tried out everything from WhirlyBall to ice skating to boating in Lake Michigan. A few years ago, our ADCM was Ferris Bueller-themed for DMC's Day Off. We decid...

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