TechWeek, 16-july-2010

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SCID Workshop
When: Monday 19-Jul-2010 8:00 AM
Where: Center on Education and Training for Employment
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VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4] class at Platform Lab
When: Monday 19-Jul-2010 9:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab Training Room
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Central Ohio VMWare Users Group meeting
When: Tuesday 20-Jul-2010 8:30 AM
Where: Platform Lab
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BUSINESS BREAKFAST: CYP CLUB Coffee Shot: Elevator Networking
When: Wednesday 21-Jul-2010 7:00 AM
Where: TechColumbus
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Scioto Ridge Job Networking Group
When: Wednesday 21-Jul-2010 6:30 PM
Where: Scioto Ridge United Methodist Church
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The Credit Game
When: Thursday 22-Jul-2010 8:00 AM
Where: Ross Auditorium (Alumni Hall) at Franklin University
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Understanding Private Equity Opportunities in the Village of New Albany
When: Thursday 22-Jul-2010 5:30 PM
Where: New Albany Business Development Center
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Business Information Class at Columbus Metropolitan Library
When: Monday 26-Jul-2010 6:00 PM
Where: Columbus Metropolitan Library
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Scioto Ridge Job Networking Group
When: Wednesday 28-Jul-2010 6:30 PM
Where: Scioto Ridge United Methodist Church
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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab
When: Tuesday 03-Aug-2010 9:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab Training Room
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Future of Work Series 2: The Visible and Invisible Job Market
When: Monday 16-Aug-2010 5:30 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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Central Ohio VMWare Users Group meeting
When: Tuesday 17-Aug-2010 8:30 AM
Where: Platform Lab
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Business Information Class at Columbus Metropolitan Library
When: Tuesday 17-Aug-2010 12:30 PM
Where: Columbus Metropolitan Library
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TechColumbus New Member Mixer
When: Thursday 19-Aug-2010 5:30 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab
When: Monday 30-Aug-2010 9:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab Training Room
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DACUM Institute
When: Monday 13-Sep-2010 8:00 AM
Where: Center on Education and Training for Employment/OSU
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BREAKFAST SERIES: Coffee Shot with the CYP Club
When: Wednesday 20-Oct-2010 7:00 AM
Where: TechColumbus
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SCID Workshop
When: Monday 20-Sep-2010 8:00 AM
Where: Center on Education and Training for Employment/OSU
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TechColumbus New Member Mixer
When: Thursday 14-Oct-2010 5:30 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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TEDxColumbus: “What’s Next?”
When: Friday 22-Oct-2010 12:00 PM
Where: Canzani Center
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Columbus Chamber Small Business Forum and Leader Awards
When: Tuesday 09-Nov-2010 7:30 AM
Where: The Columbus Renaissance
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Lanx, Inc. to Launch Innovative Biomedical Company in Central Ohio

Colorado-based biomedical company Lanx, Inc. has chosen Columbus as the location to launch its Lumbar Motion Monitor Commercialization project.  Founded in 2003, Lanx specializes in devices and systems for all segments of spinal surgery and is one of the fastest growing spinal implant companies in the US. [Read More]


Tech News
Co-Founder of WIRED Magazine Confirmed Keynote Speaker for TechTomorrow

John Battelle, co-founder of WIRED magazine, entrepreneur, Internet futurist, author, journalist and professor, will serve as keynote speaker for the 2010 TechColumbus TechTomorrow event scheduled September 29 – October 1 at the Ohio Union.  [Read More]

Kauffman Report: Startup Firms are Key to Net Job Growth in US

In a report just out, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced that economic data shows net job growth in the US during most years is driven by startup firms.  While existing companies of all sizes constantly create and eliminate jobs, only 25% of the time during the last 28 years was the annual net job gain in existing companies positive. [Read More]

OSU and IU Get $8.6M to Continue Collaborative Study of Gene Activity in Certain Cancers

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Ohio State and Indiana University $8.6 million over the next five years to continue studying genes and changes in gene activity in breast, ovarian and prostate cancers.  The funding will continue the work of the Center for Cancer Systems Biology which was founded in 2004 with an almost $8 million grant from (NCI).  The center plays an important role in the continuing development of personalized medicine as it continues to identify epigenetic biomarkers for predicting resistance to anti-hormone treatments and chemotherapies in cancer [Read More]

Chamber Announces Call for Entries for 2010 Small Business Awards

The Columbus Chamber has released its call for entries for this year’s Small Business Forum & Leader Awards.  The awards are open to individuals and partners who own, operate or bear responsibility for operating a small business for at least three years.  Applications are due by 5 p.m. September 9, 2010.  Applicants need not be members of the Chamber, but selected semi-finalists will be required to be members. Winners of the event are inducted into the Chamber’s Small Business Leader Hall of Fame. [Read More]

Key Leaders Named to Economic Development Posts

Two organizations with responsibilities for economic development for the state and for the region announced the appointments of key leadership this week. [Read More]

Startups Sought to Present Before Venture Firms during Upcoming Ohio Early Stage Summit VI

Central Ohio startup and early-stage companies are being encouraged to submit their applications to become presenters at the upcoming Ohio Early Stage Summit VI.  The event, scheduled for September 27-28, is designed to showcase Ohio as fertile ground for venture-ready companies.  The annual summit brings together entrepreneurs and investors from around the nation for the purposes of education, networking and exploring funding opportunities.  Last year there were 350 attendees with a significant portion of these being venture capitalists.  [Read More]

Member News
ChumpDump “THE” Twitter Unfollow Game For Google Android and Apple iPhone Mobile Phone Platforms Turns Twitter Usage Upside Down!

ChumpDump “THE” Twitter Unfollow Game for Google Android and Apple iPhone mobile phone platforms is now available for download to the general public. ChumpDump is a game wrapped around the concept that we're all following way too many people on Twitter and that our friends list is bloated with chumps. Friends are today’s 21st century currency in life, you see it in every social network, this obsession with collecting friends. But how many of them are really friends? That is the question ChumpDump forces its user’s to answer! [Read More]

EXCMR Secures $2.8M in Grants and Cost Share Matches

Columbus, Ohio – EXCMR, Ltd. was recently awarded $1,424,694 by the Ohio Third Frontier Medical Imaging Program (TFMIP) for its In-State Multi-Center Evaluation of Treadmill Exercise Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance project. The funding was matched by collaborative cost share partners and will support clinical testing and refinement of technology for improving cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging under stress conditions. [Read More]

Future Path Medical LLC awarded Patent

Future Path Medical, LLC. (FPM), a leader in innovation for the automation of clinical fluid monitoring and reporting, announced today that it has been awarded US Patent No. 7,739,907.The patent covers technology used in both the iBag™ and the UroSense™ product families to collect and measure output flow over time of physiological fluids and to assist caregivers with new answers to related regulatory changes, improved working conditions and most of all patient safety. [Read More]

Large Wendy’s Franchise Organization selects Syrus for Above-Store/Back-Office Automation

Syrus Restaurant Information Services, a leading provider in fully integrated restaurant back-office and above-store reporting systems, has been selected by DavCo Restaurants, a 156-store Wendy’s franchise organization, to provide their complete web-based system of Food, Labor, and Sales reporting, data management, and back office tools. [Read More]

Member News
Senior Accountant

CPA Firm seeks Senior Accountant Regional CPA firm seeking candidate for position of senior accountant. Firm is experiencing significant growth. The position has a strong potential for further growth and responsibility. The position will offer an excellent compensation package to the appropriate candidate. Requirements: • [Read More]

Support Specialist

The Intellinetics Support Specialist will support the customer care lifecycle in the following activity areas: External Level I helpdesk support for Intellinetics software products Internal Network management and desktop/notebook support Build image servers, build and test Intellivue implementations as part as active project delivery Software as a Service (SaaS) support and process owner Responsibilities [Read More]

Application Development

The successful candidate will be a part of two very large projects – 1) Medical Transformation of all the products from one business unit onto a new platform and 2) HR Integration project that involves pulling all documents related to 35,000 employee files off of current platform and migrating onto new environment. You will be joining a strong is technical team! Other Duties Include: [Read More]

Field Technician

Anu Resources is recruiting a field technician for one of its clients. Essential Functions for the job would  Include the following [Read More]

Data Architect

This newly created position will work as a Team lead with 2 ETL Developers Our client is interested in creative, programmatically- driven, results - oriented, analytical mind set and for Leadership, Passion, & drive to get job done. The Data Architect needs to have experience with a variety of data storage technologies including RDMS but also be familiar with large scale Internet data storage concepts such as Google's Big Table model, and open source implementations like Hbase, Hadoop and Cassandra. [Read More]

Account Manager

One of the Midwest’s fastest growing online marketing agencies, is seeking two dynamic and motivated Account Managers to join our team.  The Account Manager is responsible for managing multiple client engagements, including serving as the primary day-to-day client contact, providing strategic thinking to help clients achieve their goals, retaining clients and organically growing accounts. This position will do little to no cold calling or lead qualification but will focus primarily on existing client retention. Less than 10% overnight travel is required. [Read More]

Junior/Mid-level/Senior Software Developers and Technical Architects

The Ohio State University Center for IT Innovations in Healthcare (CITIH) is seeking innovative software developers and architects to join our team in support of our mission. We are seeking candidates across the full spectrum of software development expertise, from fresh college graduates to seasoned lead architects. CITIH engages in research, development, and evaluation activities to create innovative IT informatics platforms for use by the healthcare and biomedical sciences community. [Read More]

Outside Sales Representative - IT Services

Are you customer service focused, aggressive and compensation driven? Revolution Group, a leading IT consulting firm based in Westerville, Ohio, is seeking a dynamic Outside Sales Representative who can identify value-added opportunities and sell information technology solutions and services to the SMB segment. You will be responsible for prospecting, developing, and closing of new business. This is a consultative sales position and candidates familiar with selling services will have a definite advantage. [Read More]

IT Security and Network Services Sales Engineer

IT Security and Network Services Sales Engineer Organization Since 2001, CentraComm has been securing, managing and hosting high-performance IT networks for a wide array of businesses and organizations throughout North America. Beginning as an Internet Service Provider (ISP), we've grown with our customers, becoming a full-scale Managed Service Provider (MSP) along the way, complete with a Network Operations Center (NOC) and Security Operations Center (SOC) with two carrier-class datacenters including a nuclear hardened, former defense department facility. [Read More]

Post Doc Composite Researcher

Zyvex Performance Materials is recruiting for a post Doc Composite Researcher. Essential job responsibilities include: Research fiber reinforced composites in support of new product development. Develop new polymeric composite systems, most often for use in Aerospace applications. Document and present research findings with Product Development Team and clients. To apply for the job, please send your resumes to mkarga@zyvexpro.com [Read More]



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