News
Penta Research is proud to announce the promotion of Zachary Dennison to Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
3/11/2024
Penta Research is proud to announce the promotion of Zachary Dennison to Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Penta Research named 2024 Best Place to Work for Working Parents
3/10/2024
Our Employee Owners and Families are the backbone of our Company!
20 Year Celebration of Dedicated Service to Penta Research
3/23/2023
At a recent employee luncheon, Penta employee owners gathered to honor 7 individuals for their 20 years of loyal service.
Penta Research named 2023 Best Place to Work for Working Parents
1/27/2023
Penta Research is honored to have been named the Best Place for Working Parents in 2023 by the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce. Penta has always worked to provide the best benefits for our Employee Owners while providing excellent value to our government clients.
Penta 2022 Christmas Party
12/25/2022
We had a great time getting together with our wonderful employee-owners at our annual Christmas Party. Many laughs were had, prizes won, and stories told. We are thankful for each employees' contribution and their hard-work throughout the year. We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
.jpg?t=2024-01-26T02%3A02%3A10.092Z)
Penta Employee Luncheon
8/18/2022
What a fantastic day to work for Penta Research! Several significant accomplishments were honored at the Penta Employee Luncheon in August. 20 years have passed since Penta Research was established in January 2002. Tim Hurst and Matt Seiler's 20th work anniversary and Laurel Smith's 15th anniversary were both occasions for celebration. We appreciate your commitment and loyalty to Penta Research! We also had the chance to congratulate many of our outstanding workers on being honored by our partne...
Penta Research Annual Picnic
6/16/2022
Penta Research Picnic Day at the Ball Park! Penta Research Employee-Owners had a wonderful time eating and spending time together cheering on the Rocket City Trash Pandas at our annual company picnic.
Penta Participates in STEM Night
3/8/2022
Penta was happy to be a participant in the STEM Family Night. This was an evening of hands-on science, math, and engineering activities for students and families to complete together at Challenger Elementary School. The event included a range of activities covering different STEM topics and connections to exciting STEM careers. Thanks to Ken Boyd and Barret Brown for introducing these future engineers to an exciting career in 6-DoF Modeling and Simulation.
Penta Celebrates Engineers Week
2/24/2022
To celebrate Engineers Week, the Penta team held its first ever paper airplane contest. Congratulations to Christian Shipe (1st Place), Drew Schrimsher (2nd Place), and Michael Mayes (3rd Place). Christian's plane flew 39.3 feet to take home a $100 gift card from Amazon. Thank you to all our contestants and we are already looking forward to next years event.
Penta Welcomes Barret Brown
8/9/2021
Penta Research is pleased to announce that Barret Brown has joined the Penta Research Executive Team as Vice President. Mr. Brown has nearly 20 years of experience in support of missile defense with strengths in strategy, business development, program management, weapon system concept development, and technical execution leadership. Mr. Brown will be responsible for providing leadership and direction for current programs as well as providing technical and business strategy with a focus on corpo...
Steve Moore Named CEO of Penta Research
4/13/2021
The Penta Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Steve Moore has been named to Chief Executive Officer in addition to his responsibilities as Penta President. As CEO, Mr. Moore will be responsible for setting the vision for the company and communicating that vision to the Executive Team. Mr. Moore replaces founder John Gipson who previously served as CEO until retiring at the end of March. Mr. Moore has been with the company since 2013 when he joined Penta as Vice President of Corpora...
Dr. Marc Bendickson Joins Penta Board of Directors
3/23/2020
Penta is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Marc Bendickson to its Board of Directors. Dr. Bendickson brings to the Penta Board a wealth of experience in Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) execution, a resume of guiding business to sustained growth and an extensive knowledge of the Huntsville business community. Dr. Bendickson retired from Dynetics, Inc in 2015 after serving as CEO for 25 years. He began his career working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in radar and communications a...
Penta Welcomes Mike Lisenby
10/15/2019
Penta Research is excited to announce that Mike Lisenby has joined the Penta Research Executive Team as Vice President of Strategic Programs. Mr. Lisenby has 20+ years of experience in providing engineering, technical, and management support on various Department of Defense contracts. Mr. Lisenby will be providing strategic direction and leadership for Penta Research’s current programs and will be instrumental in growing its cybersecurity portfolio. Mr. Lisenby is married to Monica Lisenby, and ...
Penta Completes Transition to ESOP
8/2/2019
Today, August 2nd 2019, Penta Research became a 100% employee-owned company. Though delayed slightly from the original date announced, the transaction was completed and a new chapter began for Penta and its employees. Congratulations to all our employee/owners- exciting times are ahead!
Penta Participates in Rockets on Parade
3/18/2019
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Lunar Landing and has encouraged businesses across Huntsville to get involved. Penta has partnered with the Hampton Cove Middle School STEM club by sponsoring a rocket which will be decorated by the club for display and judging. Rockets on Parade is a way to note our city’s ongoing contributions to the American space program with designs specific to the Rocket City, the monumental achievements of the Apollo program...
Penta Research Announces ESOP
3/7/2019
Penta CEO John Gipson announced today that the company will transition to a 100% employee-owned company effective July 1st 2019. Under Penta’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), all participating employees will benefit from the financial success of the company. By transitioning to an employee-owned company, Penta will transition the ownership from the founding owners to the employees without selling to an outside buyer. The result is that there will be no change in the culture, benefits or...
Penta Employee Wins Rocket City Marathon
12/8/2018
Penta proudly salutes employee Brandon York for winning the 2018 Huntsville Rocket City Marathon! Brandon braved cold and wet conditions to best over 1000 other runners in the 42nd running of the event through the streets of Huntsville. Brandon’s winning time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 37 seconds was more than five minutes faster than the 2nd place finisher. A former cross country and track athlete at UAH, Brandon led the race wire-to-wire to take home the $1,000 first place prize. Race time w...
