Hello again!

I’m excited to tell you about all the growth that has taken place over the past few months here at Abison.  With this growth we have also relocated our new corporate offices and data center to Kent, Ohio. Our new location, 277 Martinel Drive, Kent, OH 44240, provides us with plenty of room to continue to grow our staff as we take on more great customers and projects.

Abison’s core staff is pleased to announce the recent team additions:

Sam Karlo is our Senior Account Executive. In this role, Sam is responsible for developing, maintaining and growing client relationships.  Starting from initial contact he will be involved in client relations to provide the highest quality service and problem solving.  He has over nine years of account executive experience, most recently working with John Deere dealers all across the country.  Sam is a 1997 graduate of Elon College with a Bachelor’s Degree in communications.

Patrick Regan is our Systems Administrator. He is responsible for all network operations in the Abison Data Center. In addition to maintaining the Data Center, Patrick also brings a background in software development which provides a unique blend of properly designing software while also utilizing system resources efficiently. He has a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from Loras College.

Steven Hauser is a web designer and developer who recently graduated from Kent State University’s Visual Communication Design program. He designs and builds client websites based on the CCS Web core and recently finished redesigning Abison’s website.

Darren Brink is one of our Software Engineers working in our Web Application Department. In this role, Darren is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining Abison’s CCS Web eCommerce Suite in addition to client-related projects. He has over eight years of web application development and process planning experience. Darren graduated from Heidelberg University with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

Eric Smith is a one of our Software Engineers working in our Web Application Department where he is responsible for maintaining and extending the CCS Web eCommerce Suite.  He graduated from The University of Akron with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and has nearly 10 years of experience producing web based content management and eCommerce software for organizations of all sizes in a wide variety of industries.

Ren Chirakos is our Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Operations. In this role, Ren is responsible for helping Abison grow profitably. He has over 15 years of sales, business development, and operational experience and graduated from Marietta College with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Business. Ren also earned his Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University.

I will have some more great news about our growth coming in my next Blog, I think you will like the complete overhaul we have done with our Data Center.

Be well, and thank you for keeping in touch!
-Scott