糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Alumni Find Success at Apptegy
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock graduates who now work at Apptegy include, from left to right: Jonathan Bobo '13, Christina Boyd '10, Tanner Cox '18, Aaron David '20, Adam Crider '17, Hannah Corker '16, James Watts '18, Josiah Johnson '21, and Christina Osorio '20.
A group of University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumni are making their mark working at Apptegy, an education-technology company based in Little Rock.
boasts 15 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock grads as employees spanning from Donna Hall, a 1986 English grad, to Josiah Johnson, a 2021 graduate in finance and economics.
鈥淚鈥檓 proud to be the latest 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock addition to the Apptegy family,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥溙切腣log传媒 Little Rock afforded me guidance and teaching that enabled me to learn what I liked and didn鈥檛 like, gain new experiences, and grow into a role that I hadn鈥檛 considered pre-college.鈥�
Additional alumni who work at Appetgy include Christina Boyd 鈥�10, Keenan Gillispie 鈥�12, Jonathan Bobo 鈥�13, Dutch King 鈥�13, Roko Miocic 鈥�16, Ayron Young 鈥�16, Matt Marshall 鈥�16, Hannah Corker ’16, Adam Crider ’17, James Watts 鈥�18, Tanner Cox 鈥�18, Christina Osorio 鈥�20, and David Aaron 鈥�20.
While Apptegy started off with only a handful of school districts in Arkansas, the successful start-up company now works with more than 2,500 school districts across the country. Apptegy鈥檚 product is a communication platform built for school leaders and allows K-12 administrators to share news, stories, and media from a single platform, which then distributes the content to linked tools like social media accounts, SMS, voice calls, mobile apps, and websites. Apptegy also offers a number of free resources to superintendents and other school leaders like , which boasts a printed magazine, videos, and a podcast.
Mass communication graduate Hannah Corker 鈥�16, who understands the importance of helping people connect, said it was this lesson that prepared her for her job at Apptegy.
鈥淚 am grateful for the personal growth that I gained from attending 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and how it ultimately led me to a career with Apptegy,鈥� Corker said. 鈥淪tudying mass communication at a school where many students are non-traditional pushed me outside of my comfort zone and challenged me on a daily basis. I was able to connect with people of all different backgrounds, which gave me the confidence to talk to anyone, something that comes up daily in my role as a senior recruiter at Apptegy.鈥�
Apptegy has gained a reputation for having a unique workplace culture of high performance and thoughtfulness, resulting in Forbes naming the company one of America’s Best Startup Employers in 2020 and 2021.
Adam Crider, a 2017 grad who studied computer science and information assurance, said his exposure to so many different learning opportunities helped him prepare for a fast-paced work environment at Apptegy.
鈥淎s a college student, I was exposed to so many learning opportunities that helped me with multiple aspects of my career,鈥� Crider said. 鈥溙切腣log传媒 Little Rock gave me a good foundation of knowledge that I was able to apply immediately to a career after graduation. It also exposed me to many networking opportunities that I was able to use to find and build relationships with mentors and future employers.鈥�
Many of the graduates credited 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock for providing them with a flexible and quality education that prepared them for their future careers.
鈥淎ttending 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is the sole reason I work at Apptegy today,鈥� said Matt Marshall 鈥�16, who studied computer science and math. 鈥淭he computer science program prepared me to be a software engineer and gave me the tools needed to work at a high performing startup. The university gave me the opportunity to meet people in the Little Rock startup community. My earliest exposure to Apptegy was from connections I made at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, and that was a life changing experience for me.鈥�
Apptegy continues to grow rapidly and is looking to hire 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock graduates. To learn more about working for Apptegy, see their open positions at .