DME Delivers With Innovative Programs — Michelson

Just as progressive is DME’s approach to keeping its 600+ “team members” challenged and excited to come to work every day. The company is situated on an 11-acre campus complete with employee perks such as an exercise facility (including a full-time athletic trainer), a commissary where workers who have been with the firm for at least five years get their breakfasts and lunches for free, and even a hair salon. A concerted effort is made to move staff around within the company to accommodate individual career aspirations. Women have prominent roles, including Panaggio’s sister who serves as COO and another female exec who heads the mail shop as examples. “We consider staff as our Number One customer,” Panaggio enthuses, followed in importance by DME’s clients and strategic partners. Along the same vein, he counsels other companies to support, not thwart, their internal entrepreneurs (innovators). Reward your hardest-working employees and create workplaces that can serve as your most important marketing weapon, he adds.