Carlos Arriaga completed his fourth year with Innovative-IDM in December as the Dallas shop’s Quality Control Technician. Rolling into 2019, Carlos still holds that title, PLUS added Assistant Shop Manager to his duties. That promotion didn’t diminish his willingness help as a member of the Dallas CIA. In January, Carlos was nominated by his peers...

Our team in Chicago is now at 10. And yes, they know how to throw a holiday party, too. Watch below. Yes, those are aprons. chicago holiday party from Innovative-IDM on Vimeo.

IIDM’s Houston Branch threw a holiday soiree in the depths of the Houston Zoo. Attendees were lucky enough to have free Zoo Lights admission and a complimentary ticket for themselves and a guest for dinner and drinks inside one of the zoo’s hospitality room. Lots of fun for people and animals alike. Innovative-IDM Houston Branch...

  IIDM’s most recent Gemini Program graduates deployed in October as Sales Engineers in Houston, Oklahoma City and Chicago. Previous Gemini grads also are serving as Sales and Field Application Engineers in Dallas, Chicago and Austin branches. The success of those engineering graduates combined with a healthy business outlook led IIDM to go full-ahead on...

Friday, Nov. 2, is Endia Villar’s last day at work before taking maternity leave. Baby Kennedy is due in days (I have Nov. 4 in the interoffice betting pool). Thursday, some of Endia’s friends gathered to honor her with baby shower. Husband Eddie was nice enough to attend. Lots of aaaaaawwwwwing as tiny shirts, blankets...

  It was Aug. 10, 2012, date of the largest donut drop by Innovative-IDM to any customer. Klent Prewitt picked up the 40+ dozen donuts for delivery to MultiCam. The event was in recognition of the 100,000 other donuts we had delivered there since Gene Gray first started the weekly tradition in 2000 as an...

When asked about how the CIA got its name, Ernie said: “There was a naming contest in February 2013. The contest was to come up with a name for a new volunteer group that would continually improve the culture of the company. I took clues from the email: Culture/improvement. [The email] originally had used the...