About Town
From Presidential Assignment to Addictive App
How does 22-year-old Evanston tech company APTE, Inc., survive despite the odds? Credit CEO Sally deVincentis, whose accomplishments include teaching e-mail to the Clinton White House.
What do you do with a tanked U.S. economy compounded by an increasingly corporatized educational system? If you’re Sally deVincentis, owner of tech firm APTE, Inc., you evolve. The Evanston resident is an early female pioneer in the field of information technology, where only 11 percent of U.S. firms are owned by women, according to the latest data from IT industry group CompTIA. DeVincentis co-founded APTE, Inc.—a developer of educational products—22 years ago in 1989 after working toward a Ph.D. in Special Education/Psychology at Northwestern University. She enjoyed computers and felt they leveled the playing field for kids with disabilities. Since APTE, Inc.'s beginning, however, deVincentis has seen the business model change. Whereas …
