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Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode-Brian Braley/C.I.T.I.

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Brian Braley

Vice President Sales, Health Services at Creative Information Technology, Inc.

Our Mission

CITI’s mission is to provide innovative and cost effective solutions that enable our clients to succeed at their daily mission.

Our Vision

CITI’s vision is to be a preferred Information Technology solution provider while promoting and maintaining the most qualified diverse professional staff available in the industry.

Who We Are?

Established in 1996, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and with offices throughout the greater Washington, DC area as well as in South Asia and Europe, CITI is a global and diversely talented organization of IT and business professionals. Our company is CMMI Level 4 (CITI Development Division appraised at CMMI DEV/4) and ISO 20000 certified, a Gold Partner with both Oracle and Microsoft, and we specialize in the creative use of Agile methods and emerging technologies. We have delivered solutions and services for customers in more 240 locations worldwide, and we have supported product installations in more than 400 locations throughout 40 countries.

What We Do?

CITI offers a full portfolio of IT products and services for government and commercial customers. Our offices include a state-of-the-art development integration lab and testing facility, where we both develop systems and explore advanced technologies on behalf of our customers. CITI has proven itself an IT thought leader in the core competencies of systems engineering and integration; network engineering; identity management/biometrics; healthcare; business intelligence/data warehousing; enterprise collaboration portals; and enterprise architecture.

CITI teams have successfully architected, designed, developed, and implemented software applications and systems for federal customers such as Department of State (DOS), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Commercial customers in the U.S. and other parts of the world, operating in the healthcare (Providers, Pharmacies, and Payers), retail, and other sectors, have also come to CITI for innovative solutions to their challenges.

http://citi-us.com/

 

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Pensacola Business Radio-07.11.16 Guests: Scott Absher, CEO of ShiftPixy, Inc.

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“Shifter workforce” helps employers avoid the burden of ACA compliance; ShiftPixy revolutionizes the Gig Economy structure
Irvine CA – June 30, 2016 –ShiftPixy, Inc. is currently offering to help fellow employers use innovative solutions to avoid the many burdens created by the Affordable Care Act. Providing unique insurance products, regulatory compliance services, and proprietary human administration tools, ShiftPixy also lends out their private variable workforces to third party employers that have been forced to reduce the size of their organizations.
“ShiftPixy, not the employer, retains the workforce known as ‘Shifters’. All administrative and regulatory matters that accompany the hiring of Shifters is handled by ShiftPixy, totally removing that burden from its contract employers. Under ShiftPixy’s tutelage, these employers get the benefit of having a workforce without the regulatory burdens that normally accompany the hiring of that workforce. The employer gets to maintain workforce levels while providing Shifters the opportunity to receive ‘full time’ revenues and healthcare coverage,” states Scott Absher, CEO, ShiftPixy, Inc.
“The Affordable Care Act is affecting personnel decisions. A survey of more than 600 small business owners by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 20% of companies surveyed reported they have cut the number of workers they employ. Employers are not required to offer coverage for employees who work less than 30 hours per week. A related study found that 12% of employers’ nationwide are planning to reduce workers’ hours as a result of the ACA. By making the Shifters into ShiftPixy employees, we can now lend them out to the third party employers who are in need of additional workers,” continues Absher.
ShiftPixy has reported filing a Reg A+, the new SEC regulatory vehicle that allows non-accredited investors the opportunity to invest in a Company at an early stage (IPO). Previously, investing in pre-market IPO’s had been available to only a select few accredited or institutional investors.
For more information:

ShiftPixy Inc. Regulation A+ IPO

ABOUT SHIFTPIXY, INC.

ShiftPixy, Inc. was created to take advantage of weaknesses in compulsory insurance markets where statutory requirements for business owners collide with the extremely limited access to the coverage and compliance they are required to have.
www.shiftpixy.com

ShiftPixy management is in the optimal position to intermediate a more effective solution to meet the needs on both the provider and shift worker sides of this new labor reality in the U.S. ShiftPixy has developed proprietary technology and client engagement processes that enable the Company to create high value on both sides of the U.S. shift work chasm.

ShiftPixy allows available and qualified shift workers to connect with immediately available shifts from participating ShiftPixy providers through a simple mobile application. Shift workers or “Shifters” can find shift opportunities within their skill set and geographic range, and pick unfilled shifts when they need the work.

ShiftPixy processes the entire workflow on the provider side from offering open shifts, approving a Shifter based on their rich profile, to processing the entire payroll, insurance and regulatory demands for each shift hour worked.

HELPING EMPLOYERS

In helping employers take care of their employees, we could see changes and decisions for employers that were resulting in fewer hours for shift workers but leaving gaps or holes in employers’ schedules.

SHIFTPIXY’S SOLUTION

  1. ShiftPixy was designed to sync work opportunities from job providers with the open time slots of available shift workers.

2. ShiftPixy manages relationships with job providers to take open shift opportunities that are filling their schedules and offer them as work opportunities to qualified workers without the formal job interview and commitments.

3. The ShiftPixy app allows shift workers to enroll, profile and prequalify based on their work and training experience for open shift opportunities.  “Shifters” can earn provider specific qualifications to boost their score and access to more shift opportunities.

SHIFTPIXY ADVANTAGES

ShiftPixy has built a very robust platform that processes and manages over 50 essential and regulated aspects of the job provider’s human capital management demands.

 

MEDIA CONTACT:
Jerry Jennings
561-255-0075
jerry@emersongerard.com

 

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Pensacola Business Radio: Women In Technology Episode 2

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Beth McClean / Web Analytics Specialist
App River

Ann Novakowski / Communications for Digital Transformation

Robyn S. Philips / Sr. Channel Sales Advisor
App River

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Beth McClean

Web Analytics Specialist at AppRiver

Marketing liaison for ITEN Wired planning committee

With a diverse background in digital marketing, research and online business development, Beth McClean enjoys working in the thriving field of web analytics and advanced search engine tactics to help drive marketing success, especially in the TECH arena. When she’s not intensely engaged in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) /SEM (Search Engine Marketing) efforts, she enjoys spending time with her family and teaming with her husband to manage his photography business, Barrett McClean Photography.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethmcclean

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 Ann Novakowski is a project manager, web designer, and marketer. She has taught workshops on effective email communication and development, HTML/CSS for beginners, and social media marketing for small business and non-profits. When not working at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship coworking lab, she can be found studying for full-stack development certification or at local tech and women’s empowerment groups such as Free Code Camp and the Junior League of Pensacola.

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Robyn Philips
I am entering my eight year at AppRiver and I continue to manage Channel partner relationships with the highest regard for AppRiver’s phenomenal customer care and response time, which is demonstrated in our Channel growth this past year. AppRiver is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application provider offering award-winning email and Web security solutions to businesses of all sizes. Understanding the need to protect networks from today’s increasingly complex IT threats, AppRiver offers businesses a comprehensive, yet affordable subscription-based solution that incorporates the latest spam and virus protection, email encryption and Web security on the market. In addition, the company provides a complete managed service for Microsoft Exchange, as well as a bundled Office 365 solution. Since its inception, AppRiver has sustained an impressive 93% customer retention rate while growing its customer base to more than 47,000 companies and over 10 million mailboxes worldwide. www.appriver.com

AppRiver has a simple mission – to be Phenomenal.


So what does being phenomenal mean for you? It means you can try out any of our services at no charge for 30 days and make sure they’re right for your business. It means you can cancel your service at any time without penalties. And it means you will deal with a well-trained, experienced team of AppRiver employees – available all day, every day – from your first call and every call thereafter. All of that means you’ll have fewer issues and that the ones you do have will be resolved quickly and accurately. Our job is simply to make your business better.

But just because it’s simple doesn’t mean it’s easy. We’ve worked hard to earn the trust of over 47,000 customers worldwide – and keep 93 percent of all our customers since we launched the business. We’re still working hard to provide the best customer service in the business because keeping our customers happy today (and tomorrow) is all that matters!

Pensacola Business Radio: 1.28.16 – Guests: Curtis Cantrell / CEO of SouthTel – Voice and Data

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We offer the latest in leading edge technology the telecommunications industry has to offer from IP, VOIP and hosted telephone systems, voice and data networking, local line service with unlimited local and long distance calling, and surveillance hardware. Our over 32 year track record demonstrates our commitment to our customers and our expertise in the communications industry. We have the solutions to fit your business.

This is a very complicated and confusing time in the communications industry.

The decision of what equipment to choose and the company with which to partner is a high priority matter, especially when those decisions have a direct impact on the success of your business. This is why we believe a relationship with Southeastern Telephone can be such a valuable asset to your company.
Our over thirty two year track record is an indication that we know the industry, service what we sell, and provide products that stand the test of time. Our experience in all facets of communications ensures a smooth and uneventful installation or service that will allow you to stay focused on your business and not the telecommunications business. At a time when many companies are treating telecom products and services as a commodity, we can only say that logically mission critical voice and data systems don’t fall into that category.

Pensacola Business Radio – 10.20.15 Guests: DATA REVOLUTION – JAY SMITH

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Jay Smith / Data Revolution
Managing Partner

 

 

Jay is the Managing Partner of Data Revolution LLC – a provider of Cloud Based Technology services for Small and Medium Businesses.  Jay is a Voice and Data Solution Design veteran with almost 20 years of experience in professional sales and sales management in both in Telecommunications and Technology.

 

In addition, Jay currently serves on the Board of Directors of IT Gulf Coast.org, an association of Information Technology professionals made up of local companies, business leaders and government, who come together to fund scholarships for local students at University of West Florida, Pensacola State, and the Naval Flight Academy.  Jay is also a member of the ITEN Wired Summit planning committee.  ITEN Wired hosts the largest IT summit on the Gulf Coast each year in October.

 

Jay is an active in many local organizations.  He has a strong commitment to the local area, and works with businesses throughout the region to help spur economic growth.

 

Specialties: Jay provides design and implementation solutions via Unified Communications and Data Networking solutions for business clients by providing key performance indicators that can be benchmarked technically and financially after implementation.

 

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