It’s been a couple of weeks since the old Techburgher has published its usual end-of-the-week technology news round up. Feels good to get back in the swing of things. Check out these exciting headlines from local tech companies that are making new sales, hiring folks and innovating surfboards…
Five Star Makes Key Hire
Five Star Development, Inc. announced that Beth Johnson has joined its Performance Solutions Group as a Senior Instructional Designer. Beth will act as a customer advocate and design, script and contribute to the development of custom courses of instruction for interactive multimedia and eLearning formats. She will be responsible for taking a lead role on client projects and working closely with project teams to develop creative and technical approaches.
OrthoSynetics Selects Landslide’s Sales P3 System as its Corporate Sales System
Landslide Technologies, provider of the industry’s first Sales Production System, today announced that OrthoSynetics, an orthodontic and dental practice services firm that provides practices with non-clinical business and administrative assistance, has selected Landslide’s Sales P3 (LSP3) System as its corporate sales system. OrthoSynetics’ suite of business services to healthcare professionals relieves them of the day-to-day burdens of operating a practice. Their array of services improves practice efficiency, increase revenues, and enhance the practice’s effectiveness in serving patients.
NetServe365 is on a Hiring Spree
NetServe365 has increased staff by more than 200 percent since the last quarter of 2008, with more hires to follow. For the past year, NetServe365, a Pittsburgh-based technology management company, built an innovative business model to offer a scalable range of technology management services (including data, phone and security) to businesses of any size—from a small office of five to an enterprise-level corporation. The company recently launched its services regionally with plans to expand nationally. Despite a struggling economy, as NetServe365 rapidly grows, the company anticipates recruiting top talent in the Pittsburgh area for such client-facing positions as field engineer to sales positions to help desk support.
New hires to date include:
- Bill Stevens, President
- Jim Collins, Director of Sales
- Jonathan Colby, Executive VP, CTO
- Tracey Mitchell, HR Manager
- Joel Reed, Director of Development
- Anthony Pietromonaco, Outside Sales Team
- Brian Pasquini, Project Team / Infrastructure Team
- Shannen Tkatch, Director of Client Services
- Frank Davis, Inside Sales
- Michael Martino, Outside Sales Team
- James Steiger, Outside Sales Team
- Jordan Spindler, Inside Sales
- Jonathan Matlock, Inside Sales
- Jaymes Judd, NOC Engineer
- Joe Toscano, NOC Engineer
- John Carse, NOC Engineer
- Melissa Finley, NOC Engineer
- Tricia Rauch, Account Support and Training
- Scott Pettrock, Help Desk Staff
Bayer MaterialScience’s Baytubes® Carbon Nanotubes Revolutionize to the Next Wave of Customizable Surfboards
Entropy Surfboards, a division of Entropy Sports, Amroy Europe (Amroy) Ltd., and Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) LLC have teamed up to deliver a new line of custom-made surfboards that incorporate carbon nanotubes from BMS.
Entropy Surfboards believes that epoxy systems are the future of and a key ingredient in making a more durable and lively surfboard. For that reason, the company is using Hybtonite®, an advanced epoxy system from Amroy that incorporates Baytubes® carbon nanotubes from BMS, resulting in composite structures that are tougher and more durable than standard epoxy systems. The surfboards combine performance and durability with the traditional feel of a custom-shaped board.
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