A Job Well Done
Paragone’s personnel take great satisfaction in knowing that we have done our jobs well in support of our clients. We both advise and implement for our clients.
We don't separate our advisory services from our implementation support. We need motivated individuals who are both good leaders and followers. Ones that understand how technology improves our client's businesses.
Together We Are Stronger
We are a family of experts that come together sharing and exchanging information.
We seek to address critical issues and collaboratively find mutually beneficial solutions.
Together we can make a difference for tomorrow.
Mutual Trust
We believe that trust is a key step in developing strong working relationships which are the basis of our ability to support our clients.
The issues we advise on are complex and require great domain expertise. By working together we create synergy achieving a 1 + 1 = 3 outcome. Excellence is what makes us tick.
Leadership
Paragone's personnel take great satisfaction in knowing that we have done our jobs well in support of our clients.
Claudia Fraley: MBA: President & Founder
Ms. Fraley is Paragone’s President and founder. She has 20+ years of small business leadership experience. Previously she was the co-founder of a highly successful, engineering professional services firm. She specializes in program communications.
Dave Fraley: MBA/MS//PMP/CISSP/CAP - Vice President
Mr. Fraley is a senior SME in information assurance, program mgmt., & critical decision sup-port. Previously, he was the President of a 100 per-son consultancy. He is a retired U.S. Army Officer.
Chad Adams: BS/CISSP – Principal Security Engineer
Mr. Adams is a career cybersecurity ex-pert and former NETCOM accreditation auditor. He has extensive Oracle database and application development expertise.
Perry Melvin: BS – Principal Architect/ERwin Certified Data Modeler
Mr. Melvin is an expert enterprise architect specializing in data and system-of-systems architecture. He has 20 plus years of information technology expertise.
Eric Scheidemantel: MBA/MS – Senior Manager
Mr. Scheidemantel is an expert in strategic planning, communications, and operations management. A retired Army Officer, Mr. Scheidemantel has sup-ported the DoD for 30 plus years.
Lisa Schwendenmann: BS/CPA – Director of Accounting
Ms. Schwendenmann has 20 years of public sector and non-profit accounting experience. She has an active CPA license which is in good standing.
Jennifer Wesche: BA/MS – Talent Acquisition Manager
Ms. Wesche has 10 plus years of contingent staffing and executive recruiting experience. She specializes in recruiting technology and hard to staff SMEs.
Grace Bussey: BS – Operations Manager
Ms. Bussey is an expert in contract execution and compliance reporting management. She is an ISO 9001 certified internal auditor and process management subject matter expert.
Jobs & Benefits
Paragone offers a competitive salary and benefits package including:
Major medical healthcare insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
401K retirement plan with employer matching
Employer-sponsored life insurance
Long-term and short-term disability
Paid time off
Federal holidays
The Compliance
It is Paragone’s policy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This policy relates to all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.
EEO is the Law