by Margaret Jackson Originally published February 1-7. 2002 in the St. Louis Business Journal After the economic downturn forced Sonacom to lay off six employees in November, the company has landed a number of new contracts. During the last month, the IT consulting and integration form has closed in the institutional and education markets worth […]
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2001 St. Louis RCGA Fast 50 – Sonacom IT Partners
14. Sonacom IT Partners IT consulting and integration Michael S. McNeil President A two-time Fast 50 winner, Sonacom IT Partners went through a few changes in the last year. Mike McNeil, president and partner, purchased the remainder of the company from founder Rick Oertli. Sonacom then moved its 40 employees to the St. Louis Business […]
Sonacom IT Partners selected for The Plaza in Clayton
Originally published September-October 2001, St. Louis Construction News and Review. Sonacom IT Partners has been selected to connect residents of The Plaza in Clayton’s 30-story, 387,000-square-foot luxury residential tower to voice, video and data networks, providing technology that will be limited only to their imaginations. Sonacom will provide network cabling for the 82 condominiums, customizing […]
Dierbergs Markets Checks out wireless phone systems
BY AMY SIECKMANN Originally published July 27-August 2, 2001 in the St. Louis Business Journal INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY When a page comes in, Linda Bitter, store director for the Lafayette Center Dierbergs, doesn’t alter her path as she walks through the store. She simply reaches into her pocket and answers her wireless phone. “It’s made a huge […]
Wireless LAN Tracks 30,000 Tons of Chocolate
Originally published July 2001, TRANSPORTATION & DISTRIBUTION Magazine Sonacom IT Partners–a voice video, and data services firm–and Option Technologies Inc.–a supplier of wireless data system products—-have designed and implemented a wireless local-area network (LAN) to track inventory at Lanter Co.’s Madison, IL, warehouse—-the site from which 30,000 tons of Hershey’s chocolate is distributed to seven […]
McNeil Buys Majority Stake in Sonacom IT Partners
Originally published April 2001 in St. Louis Commerce. Mike McNeil, longtime vice president of Sonacom IT Partners, purchased a majority interest in the St. Louis-based IT engineering firm from founder Rick Oertli. The announcement followed McNeil’s promotion to president of Sonacom in December. Oertli started a new career as executive vice president of Guarantee Electric […]