When working for a nationwide company, it’s easy to overlook the contributions of employees at remote locations, especially when it’s a small group, working in secure areas. Fortunately, Genova is a tight-knit community that takes pride in caring for and recognizing our employees who don’t work in the home office. Today we would like to celebrate our Keyport employees and give them an opportunity to say a little something.

Darla
1.How long have you been with Genova; what brought you to Genova?
I started at Genova on 1/9/2017. I came to Genova to get back to working in technical writing or related area.

2.What are you doing for Genova?
The title is Technical Writer, but what I really do is input and manage training data in the Navy’s Advance Management Skills online tool.

What’s your favorite part about your job?
Can I have two? I really enjoy my team, but I also really enjoy the work. The work really plays to my strong points of tracking and remembering processes.

4.What’s your favorite thing about Genova, or the program you’re on?
That management listens and works for changes if necessary.

5.Tell us something unusual about yourself.
Nothing too unusual but I really like dogs. The two I have are my canine kids. 🙂

Wayne
1.How long have you been with Genova; what brought you to Genova?
Since June 2017. To work for the Navy

2.What are you doing for Genova?
Tech writing for ASM

3.What’s your favorite part about your job?
Working with really good people.

4.Tell us something unusual about yourself.
I had two wisdom teeth, so I was a half-wit. I had them removed so…

Jim
1.How long have you been with Genova; what brought you to Genova?
1 year. I came for the opportunity to work close to home at NUWC Keyport.

2.What are you doing for Genova?
Technical Editor/Data Analyst

3.What’s your favorite part about your job?
Using Excel and SharePoint technologies to increase production efficiencies, accuracy and automation.

4.What’s your favorite thing about Genova, or the program you’re on?
Working with our outstanding Team Members, 9/80 work weeks, 3-day weekends every other week

5.Tell us something unusual about yourself.
I’m Lead Guitarist for “Boy Blue,” Kitsap County’s favorite Classic Rock Band

Scott
1.How long have you been with Genova; what brought you to Genova?
I hit my one-year anniversary in January. This opportunity was two-fold for me: It allowed me to move back home to the beautiful state of Washington, and it allowed me to work for a smaller, more personable company.

2.What are you doing for Genova?
I am a Technical Writer/Data Analyst for the Navy’s ASM learning management system.

3.What’s your favorite part about your job?
One of the reasons I took this job is that it gives me a chance to support the Navy behind the scenes. As a Navy brat and a retired soldier, it is important to me to give back to the military community.

4.What’s your favorite thing about Genova, or the program you’re on?
The best part of this job is getting to work with some very talented people who are just as quirky and nerdy as I am. I am one of the few people fortunate enough to look forward to going to work every day. I enjoy working for a smaller company–sure beats working for impersonal corporate behemoths!

5.Tell us something unusual about yourself.
I have an extensive collection of Turkish coffee cups.

Dana
1.How long have you been with Genova; what brought you to Genova?
Nine months

2.What are you doing for Genova?
Technical Writer

3.What’s your favorite part about your job?
My team and working environment. It’s not every day you get to talk about robots and looney toons in the office. Every day is an adventure.

4.What’s your favorite thing about Genova, or the program you’re on?
Genova takes care of its employees and in doing so promotes and ensures program success.

5.Tell us something unusual about yourself.
While attending college at Humboldt State, I was a summer intern in the feature casting department at 20th Century Fox.

Ed
1.How long have you been with Genova; what brought you to Genova?
Since January, 2017.

2.What are you doing for Genova?
Editing countermeasure manuals for submarines. Also converting Navy written lesson material from one software format to another.

3.What’s your favorite part about your job?
Seeing a completed project.

4.What’s your favorite thing about Genova, or the program you’re on?
Strong bond with my Genova contacts.

5.Tell us something unusual about yourself.
I wrote the first draft and testing procedure/results for the Freedom Space Station (now the International Space Station) stabilization thrusters.