Community News: Laura Thomson Promoted to OmniTI Principal
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Many congratulations to Laura Thomson of OmniTI for her promotion to principal responsible for the "Customer Engagement Experience".   From the official press release:   As principal, Thomson is responsible for ensuring that OmniTI builds and delivers the most appropriate web-based solutions to meet the specific requirements of each client. Thomson's new role has expanded to include guaranteeing optimal quality during every OmniTI customer engagement. This includes ensuring that all client solutions are scalable, highly secure and able to perform on a level that exceeds customer expectations. She is also responsible for growing OmniTI's web development and client services teams as well as internal training.   Laura has authored the book "PHP and MySQL Web Development" (best seller) and co-authored the book "MySQL Tutorial". For more information about OmnitTI and the services they (and Laura bring to the table, check out their website.
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Stuart Herbert has posted about an opening with the company he works for in the UK that's looking for developers/managers/etc to help fill out their new expansion:   We're expanding the team in our Cardiff city-centre office (right in the heart of Europe's youngest capital city). We're looking for exceptional people with a proven track record in designing, delivering, and managing web-based solutions to large organisations. If you're a project manager, software developer, web site designer with XSL experience, or a systems administrator, maybe we have the right opportunity for your next role.   You can get all of the details about the company from from their website.
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Reshuffle after demerger Morse has shaken up things at the top with a number of board changes including the appointment of Kevin Alcock as its new chief executive.â¦
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In a new post to her Oracle blog today, Alison Holloway shares the presentation she gave at this year's Melbourne Opensource Developers' Conference titled "Working with PHP and Oracle".   I don't think the organizers are going to post the presentations, so I wanted to make it available here.   The talk covers things like the free Oracle tools available, the OCI8 extension, connection management, improving performance, and some Oracle resources. You can grab the PDF download here.
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By The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 21--Diane Birsner has been hired as the office and customer relations manager at Excellence Northwest.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of OmniVision Technologies (OVTI) rose more than 8 percent to $13.13. The move comes after the Sunnyvale, Calif.
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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. on Thursday named former ABC Entertainment President Susan Lyne as its new chief executive, replacing Sharon Patrick.
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Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation, has announced the launch of the Nineteenth Century Collections Online project.
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David Terry, interim head of planning at Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York, has accepted the post of director of planning at Omnicom Group's TBWA\\Chiat\\Day in New York. The Texas native has worked at agencies known for the discipline: Ogilvy & Mather, Merkley + Partners and most recently BBH, under global planning chief Emma Cookson.
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It certainly has not been a banner year for DDB Chicago. The Omnicom shop has lost business representing about $500 million in billings, a chief creative officer who began in January left in July, the shop is under pressure on its Capital One account from sibling BBDO Atlanta and, as a result, morale is sagging.
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[World News]: London, Dec 16 : British Prime Minister Tony Blair moved quickly to fill the political vacuum created by David Blunkett&#39;s resignation as home secretary, appointing Education Secretary Charles Clarke in his place.
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HARTFORD -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell appointed her current deputy chief of staff, Brian Mattiello of Torrington, as the new chief of staff of the Department of Children and Families on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. , still reeling from the legal woes of its founder, has named board member and former ABC entertainment president Susan Lyne as its new chief executive and president, replacing Sharon Patrick, a chief architect of the company.
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Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) today announced that Ellen  Siminoff has been elected to Journal Communications'  Board of Directors, effective immediately. The addition of Ms. Siminoff  increases the size of Journal Communications'  Board of Directors to nine members.
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Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (NYSE: PCL) has promoted Laura B. Smith  to vice president and treasurer. In this role, Smith will oversee Plum  Creek's corporate planning and treasury  functions.
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By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  May 24--Columbia Public Schools got a cyber facelift yesterday.   The district Web site, www.columbia.k12.mo.us, has been revamped in an effort to make it easier for patrons to navigate.
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A big congratulations goes out to John Coggeshall today on his new position with Zend!