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 […]
Communications, Life Safety, and Security Systems in Buildings
Chapter 12 of Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Buildings Authors Rick Oertli, Bob Kramer, Michael McNeil Published 2001 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. COMMUNICATIONS, LIFE SAFETY, AND SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE part of the numerous auxiliary electrical systems which use electrical power to generate, process, store, or transmit information. Thus auxiliary electrical systems are also considered information systems. The […]
Jost Named President of Sonacom IS
Originally published March 2001 in St. Louis Commerce Sonacom Internet Solutions (IS), a new division of Sonacom IT Partners, has named Eric Jost as president and managing partner. Sonacom IS is a provider of web development services and filtered bandwidth to small and mid-sized companies. Jost comes to Sonacom from Boeing Corp., where he assisted […]
Oertli selling Sonacom to McNeil; to be CEO of Guarantee Electric
BY TOM ANDERSON Originally published December 2000, St. Louis Business Journal. Mike McNeil, longtime vice president of Sonacom IT Partners, has purchased a majority interest in the information technology engineering firm. The company’s founder, Rick Oertli, sold his 70 percent interest in the 16-year-old firm to McNeil and three other investors. McNeil, now president, owns […]
Commerce Comments, Fast 50 Statistics
Richard C.D. Fleming President and Chief Executive Officer St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association Originally published September 2000 in St. Louis Commerce High tech begets high tech. This is particularly true when it comes to the St. Louis Regional Technology FAST 50, an award that recognized the region’s 50 fastest growing high-tech companies that […]