Sentinel Technologies is pretty picky where it sets up shop. So much so that not just any place in Michigan with a killer tax break would do. That explains why the Chicago-area IT company established its office and 11 new jobs in Ann Arbor recently.
"It's a thriving, upbeat community," says Brian Osborne, executive vice president of Sentinel. "There is a vibrancy to the community we liked and that's not always the case in Michigan."
Sentinel must have drunk the Ace Duece Kool-Aid since it expects to hire five to eight new people locally by next year and reach $5 million in sales.
"We expect to double that, at a minimum, in the second year," Osborne says.
Sentinal makes its money selling, installing and designing uses for Cisco Systems. It also dabbles in data networks, voice networks, wireless networks and security systems,
Source: Brian Osborne, executive vice president of Sentinel Technologies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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