Online Tech hires 4, plans for 50% growth
Online Tech is not only cleaning up in its own backyard, it is now taking on business in other growth-generating regions. The result? Job creation and new expansion opportunities for the Ann Arbor-based firm.”We’re getting about twice the business outside of Michigan as we did a year ago,” says Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech. “We dominate Michigan and now we are dominating the Midwest. You have to own your own backyard first.”The data storage company has hired four people since we last checked on it early last year, rounding out its staff to 20 employees and six independent contractors. One of those hires includes a former intern. The company hopes to hire another 2-4 people within the next 6-9 months as it capitalizes on double-digit growth. Projections peg that growth as high as 30-50 percent.Online Tech originally focused on digital information storage at data centers in Ann Arbor and Flint, but it has been diversifying as of late. It’s now offering cloud computing and fixed-price IT services. The company plans to build 10 new data centers in the Midwest, including a few in Michigan.”That’s what’s driving the interest and growth of our industry,” Ness says.Source: Yan Ness, CEO of Online TechWriter: Jon Zemke
Online Tech is not only cleaning up in its own backyard, it is now taking on business in other growth-generating regions. The result? Job creation and new expansion opportunities for the Ann Arbor-based firm.
“We’re getting about twice the business outside of Michigan as we did a year ago,” says Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech. “We dominate Michigan and now we are dominating the Midwest. You have to own your own backyard first.”
The data storage company has hired four people since we last checked on it early last year, rounding out its staff to 20 employees and six independent contractors. One of those hires includes a former intern. The company hopes to hire another 2-4 people within the next 6-9 months as it capitalizes on double-digit growth. Projections peg that growth as high as 30-50 percent.
Online Tech originally focused on digital information storage at data centers in Ann Arbor and Flint, but it has been diversifying as of late. It’s now offering cloud computing and fixed-price IT services. The company plans to build 10 new data centers in the Midwest, including a few in Michigan.
“That’s what’s driving the interest and growth of our industry,” Ness says.
Source: Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech
Writer: Jon Zemke
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