LLamasoft adds new hires, opens China and UK offices

LLamasoft is hiring, a practice the downtown Ann Arbor-based firm is planning to keep up in the near term.When we last checked in with LLamasoft a year ago, the logistics company had just moved into new space in the First National Building and expanded its staff to 30 people. Today it has 50 employees and a few summer interns, thanks to a 120-percent revenue jump in 2010.”We’re hiring as fast as we can,” says Toby Brzoznowski, executive vice president of LLamasoft. “We’ll likely hit 65-70 employees by the end of the year. We’ve also opened an office in the UK and we’re opening an office in China.”LLamasoft has become a go-to solution in its space over the last 18-24 months, Brzoznowski says. That has led to increased demand across the board, with growth in the retail sector leading the way. The company has expanded its space in the First National building, including taking over another floor.”We want to stay downtown,” Brzoznowski says. “Our clients are Fortune 500 companies, global companies. They appreciate our location with the restaurants and the retail.”Source: Toby Brzoznowski, executive vice president of LLamasoftWriter: Jon ZemkeRead more about Metro Detroit’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.