GLISC Great Lakes Industrial Sales Consortium

Frank Abbruzzese is President of AlphaKOR Group Inc. and has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor.   Frank has been in the IT industry for over 21 years in the WindsorEssex Region.  Involved in many associations and organizations such as past ViceChair of the Better Business Bureau, past President of the Windsor Executives Association and currently part of the Steering Committee for the Softech Alliance Network to promote this Region as an IT community.

AlphaKOR Group sells, supports and services computers, printers, software such as MS Office, Adobe, anti-virus/anti-spyware software, anti-spam software, File Servers, full networking administration and support and all related computer equipment. 

AlphaKOR is the Region’ largest HP reseller and the area’s Apple Warranty Service Centre. 

Some of the services offered:  24×7 service including weekends and all holidays, help desk services on a call-by-call basis or corporate contract basis, remote support services for local and national contracts, network security audits, computer usage policy development for your organization, data disaster recovery (if your files are lost DO NOT DO ANYTHING but call AlphaKOR to increase your chances of retrieving your data).

Strategic planning for linking companies to share data across their multiple locations and with remote users on the road and from their home office.

Recipient of the 2009 Chamber of Excellence Service Company of the Year and servicing small-medium businesses for 14 years!

Good Morning All,

Brian Masse’s office contacted me this morning; regretfully, he will be unable attend our August 6^th meeting as he has to be in Ottawa for the Nortel hearing.  He will, however be joining us for a meeting in September.  I have heard from many of our members that everyone is very interested in hearing Aspa’s presentation, so I look forward to seeing you all next Thursday.

Good Morning GLISC Members and Friends,

Aspa Delis, from St. Clair College – Youth Employment Services has graciously offered to host our next GLISC meeting (Thursday August 6th, 2009 – 8:30am) at their facility, located at: 547 Victoria Ave. Windsor, Ontario 519-253-4464 Aspa will be giving a presentation about Youth Employment Services, as well as explaining subsidies available for hiring/training a young person. I am sure that we are all looking forward to learning more about Youth Employment Services, in order to more effectively refer potential partner organizations to Aspa. Please RSVP to me, Pamela Breault no later than end of business Tuesday Aug. 4th, 2009 – so that Aspa will be able to prepare accordingly.

Aspa sent me the following note (in the event you have a difficult time finding their facility):

 “…547 Victoria Ave (one way street that you can catch from Park or University, heading towards Wyandotte). We have parking next to our building – the driveway is actually just before the building itself. We are on the opposite side of the street from the YMCA.”

Additional Notes:

1) I am still awaiting member/company bios. If you are unsure what you need to provide me with, please read the “Featured Member” blog-post at: www.glisc.wordpress.com or on the LinkedIn GLISC Group page. This will clarify what I am looking for in terms of member bios.

2) We look forward to seeing your comments on the GLISC blog: www.glisc.wordpress.com There is a post regarding Testimonials – please read it and leave any testimonials you may have regarding any of the member businesses you currently do business with or have done business with in the past. Testimonials are a great way to lend validity when trying to refer business to a company you may not have first-hand experience dealing with. If you do not wish to write a testimonial on-line, please fill out a testimonial card at the meeting, and turn it in to me.

3) We look forward to a great turn-out. Just a reminder to everyone that Hon. Brian Masse (M.P. Windsor-West) will be attending this meeting. Please be sure to RSVP to me at your earliest convenience.

Have a great day, I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting at St. Clair College Youth Employment Services, 547 Victoria Ave., Windsor, Ontario Thursday August 6th at 8:30am.

Rick has been in the security business for about 30 years and about 10 years in telecommunications.

Sales, is a people business that takes time to learn. Rick has learned that people don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care. This, of course means you need to take a keen interest in your customer’s operation and how your solution will enhance it. Rick takes pride in the manner of which he conducts business and always looks forward to meeting new people and challenges.

Empire Communications has been in business for over 25yrs. Originally starting as Sergeant Security supplying and installing security systems, fire alarm systems etc. Empire Communications was created about 15yrs ago as the need to supply and install phone systems became more apparent.

Today, Empire Communications is a full service company that offers installation and service on a variety of phone systems – Nortel, Panasonic, and NEC.  Empire is the largest NEC dealer in Canada. We can service any one from a couple of phones up to several thousand phones. We specialize in PBX and VoIP phone systems.

Empire is also AMP certified for Cat5e, Cat6 and fiber data cabling. The certification allows us to offer you a 25yr warranty on the cable, connectors and patch panels. We also install and provide test results for Nordex and Hubbell installations.

Empire Communications is a Kantech authorized dealer for door access systems. This allows each door to be restricted by person, time of day and authorization with a full audit trail outlining all activity. They can be operated over a LAN / WAN network so that remote sites can be administered from one location. This can be integrated with your camera system to provide a picture with every transaction.

Empire is also an authorized dealer for GE surveillance camera systems. They have a large variety of cameras that will meet every need. Everything from covert cameras to pan, tilt, zoom domes that allow for 360 degree viewing. These can all be brought back to a digital recorder that integrates with your network. This allows for administrative staff to view live or recorded video from their desk top workstation or from a computer from home or any location where internet access is available. You even have the ability to control the PTZ dome cameras from a remote location. The dome cameras can be connected to door contacts that will cause the camera to turn and zoom into any opened door.

These are just a portion of the products and services that Empire Communications is able to offer. Please keep us in mind for any upcoming projects. Let our years of experience design a cost effective solution for you.

Good Afternoon GLISC Members,

As you know, our group meets every other Thursday morning, and members all take their turn hosting a meeting.  Following is the Meeting schedule through to the end of September.  We need volunteers for the meetings beyond that.  If you have yet to host a meeting, and are not scheduled to do so, please contact Pamela Breault at 519-737-7447 ext 27 or pbreault@consystint.com in order to set it up.  If you do not have the available space at your facility, please let me know, as we can book the Chamber of Commerce boardroom to hold our meeting.

GLISC Meetings

April 30, 2009 — MTE/Con-Syst-Int Group (Todd Kuzniak/Mike Kramer)

May 14, 2009 — Dearborn MidWest Conveyor (Steve White)

May 28, 2009 — Canadian Linen & Uniform Supply (Maggie D’Aversa)

June 11, 2009 — TD Canada Trust – Commercial Lending Centre (Barb Cole/Marc Mundy)

June 25, 2009 — Gordon Consulting (Al Gordon)

July 9, 2009 — Cornerstone Intelligent Software (Rick Evans)

July 23, 2009 — R.J. Cyr Co. Inc. (Randy Cyr / Monique McKay)

Aug 6, 2009 — S.C.C. Youth Employment Services (Aspa Delis)

Aug 20, 2009 — Empire Communications (Rick Baxter)

Sept 3, 2009 — AlphaKor (Frank Abbruzzese)

Sept 17, 2009 — Balluff Canada (Rick Durocher)

Oct 1, 2009 – Southland Insurance (Paul Coleman)

Oct 15, 2009 – Felix Global (Rick Nicholls)

Volunteers Needed:

Oct 29, 2009

Nov 12, 2009

Nov 26, 2009

Dec 10, 2009

Good Afternoon GLISC Members,

We look forward to seeing everyone at the July 23, 2009 meeting hosted by Randy Cyr & Monique McKay at R.J. Cyr Co. (8:30am).  The address I gave in the previous post is: Hwy 401, Exit 14 Windsor, ON  N0R 1K0.  While this is the correct address, exit 14 off the 401 is closed due to construction.  Following are alternative directions per Monique:

1 – If you use a GPS -try 5015 8th Concession

2 – The exit 14 area of Highway 401 is under construction and you can’t get to our place via County Road 46 from the west

3 – Take Walker Road to North Talbot (toward Ciociaro Club)

     - Turn left (North) on Eighth Concession (At detour sign)

     – Go over the tracks and turn left at stop light (County Road 46)

     – Turn right into first entrance of Husky Truck Stop (entrance is across from Team Truck Centre)

     – Drive through the Husky parking lot and you will see our gates

     – Drive to the parking lot at the front of our building (facing 401)

We will meet at 8:30am in the parking lot prior to the tour we will take of of Randy’s shop and their current projects.  We will then have refreshments and continue with the regular portion of the meeting.  Be sure to bring lots of business cards!

Pamela

GLISC was recently outlined in Windsor’s premier business magazine – BizX.  Please check out the link below to read more about GLISC in this on-line edition of the July/August Issue.  The brief can be found on page 8.  Enjoy!

 http://www.bizxmagazine.com/eflyers/BizX_JulyAug09.html

Randy Cyr, from RJ Cyr Co. has graciously offered to host our next GLISC meeting (Thursday July 23, 2009 – 8:30am) at their facility, located at:

Highway 401  Exit 14, Windsor, Ontario NOR 1KO – 519-737-6194

Randy will be giving a presentation about his company, as well as showcasing one of their recent projects.  I am very pleased to have the opportunity to see Randy’s facility, and I am sure that we are all looking forward to learning more about RJ Cyr CO., in order to more effectively refer business to Randy.  Please RSVP to me, Pamela Breault no later than end of business Tuesday July 21, 2009 – so that Randy will be able to prepare accordingly.

 Additional Notes:

 1)     I am still awaiting member/company bios.  If you are unsure what you need to provide me with, please read the “Featured Member” blog-post at: www.glisc.wordpress.com or on the LinkedIn GLISC Group page.  This will clarify what I am looking for in terms of member bios.

 2)     We look forward to seeing your comments on the GLISC blog: www.glisc.wordpress.com There is a post regarding Testimonials – please read it and leave any testimonials you may have regarding any of the member businesses you currently do business with or have done business with in the past.  Testimonials are a great way to lend validity when trying to refer business to a company you may not have first-hand experience dealing with.  If you do not wish to write a testimonial on-line, please fill out a testimonial card at the meeting, and turn it in to me.

Have a great day, I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting at RJ Cyr Co. Inc., Highway 401  Exit 14 – Windsor, Ontario Thursday July 23rd at 8:30am.

Todd Kuzniak is the Senior Controls Manager at MTE Controls Corporation.  MTE Controls was established in 1982 and has been operating as such for the past 27 years.  MTE Controls takes pride in its training/apprenticeship programs, licenses and certifications.  A fully licensed Electrical Contractor, MTE also holds and maintains ISO and TSSA certifications.  In association with St. Clair College and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, MTE is a proud community partner – mentoring over 500 apprentices throughout its history.

Fully aware of the business environment from a young age while growing up with a father who is not only a business owner but a Master Electrician as well, it was a natural progression for Todd to become a Licensed Electrician and Engineering Technologist after graduating from high school.  Todd and his associates continually upgrade their skills and knowledge base to be able to offer clients the most current technology, materials and service at a competitive price.

MTE Controls Corporation offers a work force of qualified, experienced electricians, electrical engineers, technologists, industrial pipefitters and mechanical assemblers.  This willing staff of over 25 electricians and 25 pipefitters/millwrights strive to meet the most demanding of time schedules, working overtime and holidays as required, to ensure that projects are completed on time and on budget.  MTE’s team will wire, pipe, commission or install your machine to your specification.

MTE Controls Corporation provides a wide range of services including controls design, panel manufacturing, electrical machine tool and automation wiring, industrial piping (hydraulic, pneumatic, coolant, lubrication), installations, commissioning, service, maintenance, mechanical assembly/welding/fabrication and standard welding applications. 

MTE has varied and extensive experience in Automotive and Non-Automotive related systems.  Along with its sister company, Con-Syst-Int Group Inc., MTE Controls Corporation is able to offer potential customers a “one-stop shop” offering everything from concept and design through to the build, commissioning, training and maintenance.

For more information about MTE Controls Corporation, please browse our website at: www.mtecontrols.com or contact Todd Kuzniak at: 519-737-7555.

***Note: Todd Kuzniak is one of the three founding members of GLISC. Todd, along with Mike Kramer and Rick Evans are the Managing Directors of our Consortium.