Wow. Is it December already? It’s true what they say: time passes fast when you’re having fun (or as you get older). 2008 has been an expansive year for us here at OmniTI. We’ve grown in all directions, but continue to battle the waistline vector with furious vigor. Andi’s regular bulletins announcing cake and ice-cream to celebrate anniversaries in the Maryland kitchen don’t help, but we continue battling again after the irresistible fun.
Seeing fantastic, talented new people come on board has been a particular pleasure. When a business grows organically as we have, every new hire is a new person added to the family. Luckily, they don’t need potty training, and come ready-educated, but the family analogy stands. So, without further ado, here are some of the folks who’ve joined us since the spring, with a little about each:
- Brian Clapper, Web Engineer: Primarily a Perl developer, Brian has been known to dabble in various other languages from time to time, but now is mostly interested in mod_perl and building high performance websites.
- Nicholas Sloan, Web Engineer: Nicholas developed web applications for the Division of Academic Affairs and the Western Michigan University Student Association. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Dave Hubbard, Web Engineer: Dave previously worked as a Google engineer integrating the Google Search Appliance into customers’ networks. As a consummate all-rounder, he fully embodies the phrase, “Jack of all trades, master of none”.
- Christian Dailey, Web Engineer: Christian worked for four years as the IT everything guy. During his time as web developer, systems administrator and designer, he quickly picked up proficiency in multiple languages. He is also focused on security issues, best practices, and ensuring delivery of maintainable code and user-friendly applications.
- Corey Cossentino, Web Engineer: worked for several different companies on projects for the Department of Defense, as both a software engineer and a system administrator. He is attending classes part-time at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in order to earn his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
- Anthony Gentile, Web Engineer: Anthony studied Computer Information Systems at Appalachian State University and Berufsakademie Mannheim. He has special interests in security, user interface, and wireless applications.
- Umar Farooq, Web Engineer: Umar studied Computer Engineering and Physics in school, before going on to work as a research analyst at Johns Hopkins University, developing high performance code for modeling cardiac activity.
- Christine Slocum, Web Engineer: Christine comes to OmniTI after spending five years with the US Army Research Laboratory, where she developed software for the lab’s machine translation and data mining systems.
- Kerry Schriefer, Web Interface Designer: Kerry is a patient and focused designer with a background in publishing who’s about to receive her Master of Art degree in Publications Design from the University of Baltimore.
There’s more about them in their own words in their profiles, so please feel free to browse at your leisure. Also, if working with us at OmniTI sounds like an attractive proposition, get in touch with Andi Marini. At the very least it’s always good for us as a company to meet talented and like-minded engineers, developers, and designers.
There are a few more bits of exciting news coming shortly, but I think we did pretty good with this entry to break what was a long but busy silence. Happy Holidays!