Sometimes we like saving the best for last here at the Techburgher. Our customary Friday Pittsburgh tech news roundup is definitive proof. Time’s a-wasting, so pick up this burgher with both hands and enjoy:
Shred Your Documents for Free
Business Records Management (BRM) has partnered with the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and local Staples stores to offer free document shredding to highlight the importance of the safe disposal of personal information.
Shredathon will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at two Staples locations – 999 Freeport Road in the Waterworks Mall, and 2515 Banksville Road. Members of the public may bring up to four boxes of paper records per person to be destroyed free of charge. BRM encourages residents to bring obsolete personal records such as bank statements, credit card receipts, tax paperwork, bills and other statements. Shredding these types of documents after tax day will protect people and their families from identity theft, and all paper collected will be recycled to benefit the environment. Prize drawings will be held during the event.
KIT Solutions wins Rhode Island Information Management Contract
KIT Solutions has been selected by the state of Rhode Island to implement a statewide, integrated Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Information Management System.
Under the two-year contract, KIT Solutions will integrate the information management needs of social service professionals across the state in two behavioral health fields, substance abuse treatment and mental health.
“We were impressed with KIT’s ability to provide a comprehensive solution that brought together information from both our substance abuse and mental health staffs,” said Steve Dean, Administrator, Contracts and Logistics, Department of Mental Health and Retardation & Hospitals. “KIT’s leadership in this area and its track record of success in other states were major factors in our decision.”
RedPath Appoints Mark D. Myslinski as Chief Executive Officer
RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to the effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer, today announced that its Board of Directors has named Mark D. Myslinski to serve as RedPath’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.
Myslinski brings nearly 30 years of life sciences and diagnostics industry experience to RedPath, including key sales and operating roles in both Fortune 100 and venture-backed start-up organizations. Myslinski has been a Johnson & Johnson executive since 2002 where his responsibilities have included building a new, world-wide Evidence Based Medicine function for the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics unit. Myslinski was also General Manager of Johnson & Johnson’s Veridex, LLC, a division focused on molecular diagnostics that achieved triple-digit sales growth under Myslinski’s tenure. Previously, Myslinski held executive roles in venture-backed start-ups, Interscope Technologies and Precision Therapeutics, both focused on the field of pathology with an emphasis on cancer. Myslinski also accumulated over twenty years of sales and marketing experience prior to these roles, including over eight years with Baxter/American Hospital Supply Corporation.
ANSYS Software Deployed in Oil and Gas Industry
ANSYS, Inc. will showcase its oil and gas industry solutions at the 2009 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), one of the sector’s most popular events. Due to uncertainties and risks in this market, engineers and designers increasingly rely on engineering simulation software in their ongoing exploration and production projects. Solutions from ANSYS assist oil and gas organizations in a broad range of applications, equipment and processes, enabling them to explore fields once considered inaccessible and to develop the technology needed to cost-effectively drill, produce, transport and refine the resources.
OTC is a leading forum for those who develop offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection. To address the technical and engineering challenges that abound in this industry, ANSYS will highlight the specific and unique capabilities of its portfolio targeted for the oil and gas sector. Product demonstrations and technical staff at the OTC will emphasize ANSYS software features relevant to industry applications, including drilling and well completion, offshore structure safety, oil and gas machinery, riser design, piping, flow assurance, subsea structures, marine applications, sensor and control systems, and signal integrity.
