Here is a list of our top ten blog sites. They all relate to SigEx Ventures, the Foundry School and the founders Chris Cantell and Frederic Artru. We invite you to visit them as well for news on other Sigex Ventures companies and SigEx Foundry projects.
1. http://frederic-artru.blogspot.com
2. http://sigexventures-sigexfoundry.blogspot.com
3. http://sigexventureseurofund.blogspot.com
4. http://silviasigexfoundry.blogspot.com
5. http://diana-sigex.livejournal.com
6. http://sigexventures-avenirdesmedias.blogspot.com
7. http://sigexventures-futureofmedia.blogspot.com
8. http://sigexventures-beapartofit.blogspot.com
9. http://sigexventures-nanodata.blogspot.com
10. http://sigextogo.blogspot.com
by Silvia Baldin
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
HREdgeSelect Delivers Profits
SigEx Telecom provides technology experience processoring to help HREdgeSelect deliver TechSource Internationl’s non-coemployment service model, called HREdgeSelect. Non-coemployment clients choose to access HREdgeSelect’s services except for insurance, but because of that distinction those employees have to be handled differently for things like taxes. SigEx Telecom will essentially become the back-end support for the HREdgeSelect division of TechSource. HREdgeSelect provides administrative services to global clients typically requiring multi-language support. For more information, visit http://techsourceinternational.com
About HREdgeSelect
Employee Development and Retention
Why Employee Development and Retention? (26% improved daily output)
A SigEx Foundry Scholl study of 1,200 employees found they could improve their daily output by at least 26% if they received more direction, support and training.
Services:
• managing and engaging employees
• interviewing
• Harassment prevention program and training
What you can expect:
Increased hiring skills
More involved employees
Clearer understanding of the company’s vision and mission
Pertinent growth ideas
Performance Management
Companies that use performance management systems demonstrate 34% higher sales per employee and 90% higher sales growth than peers.
Source: Compensation and Benefits Review, 1995 McDonald & Smith
Businesses that optimize HR practices and maximize people and performance techniques increase their value by up to 39%
Services:
Performance management process
Progressive counseling procedures
Employee reward and recognition program
What you can expect:
Effective and fulfilled employees
Higher performance levels
Enhanced employee satisfaction
Increased job loyalty
Personalized rewards program
Improved business results
New Hire Support (Recruitment Support)
Why Recruitment Support? (100% profit growth)
Companies that use effective employee selection practices experienced 100% higher profit growth than peers that used less effective techniques.
Source: Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, 2006 Services:
New hire forms kits
Interview process and procedures
Candidate background screening
Candidate drug testing
What you can expect:
Consistent hiring practices
Improved interviewing skills, better hires, better job fit
Improved employee job satisfaction
Improved job performance
Improved business performance
Payroll Administration Why Payroll Administration? (7 to 25% reduction of time spent on paperwork)
According to the US Small Business Administration, business owners spend between 7% and 25% of their time handling employee-related paperwork.
Services:
Administrative processing (payroll processing, W-2 preparation and delivery, tax processing and payment, paid time off processing, health and welfare plan processing, time and attendance solutions)
Unemployment claims support
Payroll and HR-related reports
What you can expect:
Reduced time and effort in processing payroll and complying with government regulations
Avoid late fees by filing payroll and unemployment insurance taxes on time
One place to review your company’s payroll information
Timely and accurate payroll
Employees get a real time view of their information
Policies and Procedures
Why Policies and Procedures? (85,000 workplace discrimination charges)
In one year, the EEOC received 85,000 charges of workplace discrimination.
According to Jury Verdict research, the average jury award for employment practice liability cases was $250,000
Services:
Policy and procedure audit
Risk assessment
Labor law posters
Employment practice liability insurance
Employee relations consultations
Separation counseling procedures
Employee handbook
HR forms library
What you can expect:
Structure and organization
A detailed summary of employment practices
Lower exposure to employee litigation
A fair work environment
New Hire Support (Recruitment Support)
Why Recruitment Support? (100% profit growth)
Companies that use effective employee selection practices experienced 100% higher profit growth than peers that used less effective techniques.
Source: Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, 2006
Services:
New hire forms kits
Interview process and procedures
Candidate background screening
Candidate drug testing
What you can expect:
Consistent hiring practices
Improved interviewing skills, better hires, better job fit
Improved employee job satisfaction
Improved job performance
Improved business performance
HREdgeSupport™
1. HREdgeSupport™ Select clients retain their own benefits, and Gevity processes payroll and taxes using the clients’ Federal Employer ID Number
2. Adapted from The SigEx Foundry School research
About SigEx SuperPBX, SAS
SigEx SuperPBX, SAS is the fastest growing tele-broadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through online TV broadcasting, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx SuperPBX, SAS generates revenues through it's premium offerings, such as free TV and video services; free unlimited global calls and video conferencing through it's multi-networks, SigEx SuperPBX, SAS has captured many add-on services for it's clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions. SigEx SuperPBX, SAS is quickly becoming a leading tele-broadcaster on the Internet and mobile phones for telecommunications, online TV and video entertainment. SigEx SuperPBX, SAS has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced public relations services. SigEx SuperPuperBX, SAS is quickly becoming a leading telebroadcaster on the Internet and mobile phones for telecommunications, online TV and video entertainment.
About The Foundry School, Inc.
The Foundry is an advanced research and development center appointed by it’s client SigEx Ventures, Inc. to re-train engineers and business professionals to be a part of emerging Enhanced Communications industry. The Foundry provides advanced public relations, business, management and leadership training in the international corporate structures encompassing new media technologies for PR practitioners and high-growth agencies on an international basis. The Foundry invests in development and manages successful new international agencies, while providing freedom to allow high-growth multi-lingual programs for Fortune 1000 clients. See more at http://thefoundryschool.tv
About TechSource International, Inc.
TechSource is the International Interim Personnel Agency that specializes in Administrative, Public Relations and Marketing Communications Services for the managing and launching of businesses and practices in the high tech industry. We provide staffing needs for those difficult “crunch” times, when a client is going through a transition of a merger,/de-merger, acquisition, IPO, major incremental growth or just changing current in-house staff or agency. TechSource provides the option of on-site or off-site personnel, full or part-time, short term or long term – whatever is needed to suit the client’s needs – each situation is unique.
About the Founder
Christopher founded TechSource International, Inc. Christopher brings over 18 years of experience and ownership in advanced technologies in super-computers and distributed communications architectures, large voice and data over IP (VoIP) installations, comprehensive high-tech structuring including: legal and financial structures, regulatory requirements, investor relations and marketing communications, technical business modeling, recruiting and team management.
Christopher’s primary focus towards his ventures is to concentrate on strategic Fortune 500 sales opportunities which are able to sustain growth and profitability -- critical for initial start-ups.
From 1995 to present Christopher had developed and/or acquired a series of agencies that now make-up MultiPath Communications International, Inc., TechSource International and Cantell Communications International, which are located in Silicon Valley, Southern California and Sarasota, Florida. MultiPath Communications focuses on providing excellent public relations, investor relations, marketing communications and advertising support for today’s telecommunications and advanced storage technologies companies. With locations covering both the East Coast and West Coast markets, the agency network is poised to provide services nationally and internationally. Additional domestic and global capabilities are always available via MultiPath’s network of partners and consultants.
Christopher and his Multipath teams have planned and/or executed effective campaigns for all of the following technology companies (please see Attachment A for a more comprehensive list and descriptions): Archive Technology, Broadcom, ConnectCom Solutions, Conexant, Cubic Memory, Inc., eSynch/Kissco Software, Kingston Technology, Knowledge Revolution, Moss Software, NewPort Communications, Oak Technology, OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association – client members include: Hewlett-Packard Company, Imation Corporation, Maxoptix Corporation, Micro Design International, Panasonic Technologies Inc., Philips Components, Plasmon, Ricoh Corporation, Roxio, Inc., Software Architects, Inc., Sony Electronics, Inc., Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Unaxis Balzers AG, Verbatim Corporation), PrinTrak, PurchasingNet, Inc., Qlogic Corporation, SigmaRAM (client members include: Toshiba America Electronic Components, Sony Electronics, Mitsubishi Electric, Integrated Silicon solutions, Inc., and GSI Technology), Simple Technology, Sony Electronics Corporation of America, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Toshiba America Information Systems, Zy.com.
During and after the sale of New England Software, from 1990 through 1995, Christopher provided international technology licensing and marketing services, financial services and international structuring services for global clients, primarily focused in the United States, Canada and Brazil. Throughout that time, Christopher lived primarily in Brazil for 3-6 months while maintaining residence in Weston, Massachusetts, USA.
Between 1989 and 1992, Christopher founded New England Software, which marketed numerically intensive libraries and mechanical analysis design programs for super computers for Cray, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Convex and IBM for projects in aerospace, automotive, energy, construction, process plant, computer/PCB, and other industries involving complex mechanical systems. Christopher secured co-operative software and technology supplier agreements to IBM Corporation with extensive sales in international markets. He was offered an opportunity for New England Software to be acquired, which was in line with his long-term objectives, and he sold his interest in the company in December 1992.
In 1987 Christopher co-founded Multipath Corporation, which became the industry’s leader in fast matrix solvers and numerically intensive memory management solutions and provided consulting services to develop computationally intensive labs. Multipath marketed and had over 100 technology contracts and strategic technology license development agreements with most of the major super-computer companies and United States government stealth laboratories (95% super-computer market penetration), including: Cray, IBM, Intel Super-Computers, Intel Semi-Conductor (i860), Silicon Graphics, Convex; and customers; such as, Mitre, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Boeing, Ford Corporation (Crash Group), MIT and MIT Labs, University of California, Berkeley and San Diego, Stanford University, Massachusetts General Hospital (Orthopedic Surgery), Corning Glass Works, MAYA, Jet Propulsion Labs, Mitsubishi Electronics, as well as numerous other corporate and GSA and stealth works sites (Christopher has a US Security Clearance). Multipath Corporation received an offer to acquire many of its assets and sold their interest in most of Multipath.
Prior to 1987, Christopher held engineering and sales and marketing positions with Intel, General Electric, Apollo Computer (now Hewlett-Packard), and Floating Point Systems (acquired by Cray, who has since been acquired by Silicon Graphics). Christopher has had the opportunity in his career to receive extensive training and experience with Intel for nearly a year, which included comprehensive design and sales training classes for most of Intel’s chips, boards, systems, operating systems, programming and network architectures.
Christopher attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts with a full academic scholarship, graduating in 1983 with a BS in computer science and a minor in chemical engineering. Christopher also studied business administration and law.
Christopher retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies as well as active participation in projects, which include: server farms in Silicon Valley and Canada, optic networks, voice and data over IP and interactive technologies.
About HREdgeSelect
Employee Development and Retention
Why Employee Development and Retention? (26% improved daily output)
A SigEx Foundry Scholl study of 1,200 employees found they could improve their daily output by at least 26% if they received more direction, support and training.
Services:
• managing and engaging employees
• interviewing
• Harassment prevention program and training
What you can expect:
Increased hiring skills
More involved employees
Clearer understanding of the company’s vision and mission
Pertinent growth ideas
Performance Management
Companies that use performance management systems demonstrate 34% higher sales per employee and 90% higher sales growth than peers.
Source: Compensation and Benefits Review, 1995 McDonald & Smith
Businesses that optimize HR practices and maximize people and performance techniques increase their value by up to 39%
Services:
Performance management process
Progressive counseling procedures
Employee reward and recognition program
What you can expect:
Effective and fulfilled employees
Higher performance levels
Enhanced employee satisfaction
Increased job loyalty
Personalized rewards program
Improved business results
New Hire Support (Recruitment Support)
Why Recruitment Support? (100% profit growth)
Companies that use effective employee selection practices experienced 100% higher profit growth than peers that used less effective techniques.
Source: Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, 2006 Services:
New hire forms kits
Interview process and procedures
Candidate background screening
Candidate drug testing
What you can expect:
Consistent hiring practices
Improved interviewing skills, better hires, better job fit
Improved employee job satisfaction
Improved job performance
Improved business performance
Payroll Administration Why Payroll Administration? (7 to 25% reduction of time spent on paperwork)
According to the US Small Business Administration, business owners spend between 7% and 25% of their time handling employee-related paperwork.
Services:
Administrative processing (payroll processing, W-2 preparation and delivery, tax processing and payment, paid time off processing, health and welfare plan processing, time and attendance solutions)
Unemployment claims support
Payroll and HR-related reports
What you can expect:
Reduced time and effort in processing payroll and complying with government regulations
Avoid late fees by filing payroll and unemployment insurance taxes on time
One place to review your company’s payroll information
Timely and accurate payroll
Employees get a real time view of their information
Policies and Procedures
Why Policies and Procedures? (85,000 workplace discrimination charges)
In one year, the EEOC received 85,000 charges of workplace discrimination.
According to Jury Verdict research, the average jury award for employment practice liability cases was $250,000
Services:
Policy and procedure audit
Risk assessment
Labor law posters
Employment practice liability insurance
Employee relations consultations
Separation counseling procedures
Employee handbook
HR forms library
What you can expect:
Structure and organization
A detailed summary of employment practices
Lower exposure to employee litigation
A fair work environment
New Hire Support (Recruitment Support)
Why Recruitment Support? (100% profit growth)
Companies that use effective employee selection practices experienced 100% higher profit growth than peers that used less effective techniques.
Source: Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, 2006
Services:
New hire forms kits
Interview process and procedures
Candidate background screening
Candidate drug testing
What you can expect:
Consistent hiring practices
Improved interviewing skills, better hires, better job fit
Improved employee job satisfaction
Improved job performance
Improved business performance
HREdgeSupport™
1. HREdgeSupport™ Select clients retain their own benefits, and Gevity processes payroll and taxes using the clients’ Federal Employer ID Number
2. Adapted from The SigEx Foundry School research
About SigEx SuperPBX, SAS
SigEx SuperPBX, SAS is the fastest growing tele-broadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through online TV broadcasting, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx SuperPBX, SAS generates revenues through it's premium offerings, such as free TV and video services; free unlimited global calls and video conferencing through it's multi-networks, SigEx SuperPBX, SAS has captured many add-on services for it's clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions. SigEx SuperPBX, SAS is quickly becoming a leading tele-broadcaster on the Internet and mobile phones for telecommunications, online TV and video entertainment. SigEx SuperPBX, SAS has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced public relations services. SigEx SuperPuperBX, SAS is quickly becoming a leading telebroadcaster on the Internet and mobile phones for telecommunications, online TV and video entertainment.
About The Foundry School, Inc.
The Foundry is an advanced research and development center appointed by it’s client SigEx Ventures, Inc. to re-train engineers and business professionals to be a part of emerging Enhanced Communications industry. The Foundry provides advanced public relations, business, management and leadership training in the international corporate structures encompassing new media technologies for PR practitioners and high-growth agencies on an international basis. The Foundry invests in development and manages successful new international agencies, while providing freedom to allow high-growth multi-lingual programs for Fortune 1000 clients. See more at http://thefoundryschool.tv
About TechSource International, Inc.
TechSource is the International Interim Personnel Agency that specializes in Administrative, Public Relations and Marketing Communications Services for the managing and launching of businesses and practices in the high tech industry. We provide staffing needs for those difficult “crunch” times, when a client is going through a transition of a merger,/de-merger, acquisition, IPO, major incremental growth or just changing current in-house staff or agency. TechSource provides the option of on-site or off-site personnel, full or part-time, short term or long term – whatever is needed to suit the client’s needs – each situation is unique.
About the Founder
Christopher founded TechSource International, Inc. Christopher brings over 18 years of experience and ownership in advanced technologies in super-computers and distributed communications architectures, large voice and data over IP (VoIP) installations, comprehensive high-tech structuring including: legal and financial structures, regulatory requirements, investor relations and marketing communications, technical business modeling, recruiting and team management.
Christopher’s primary focus towards his ventures is to concentrate on strategic Fortune 500 sales opportunities which are able to sustain growth and profitability -- critical for initial start-ups.
From 1995 to present Christopher had developed and/or acquired a series of agencies that now make-up MultiPath Communications International, Inc., TechSource International and Cantell Communications International, which are located in Silicon Valley, Southern California and Sarasota, Florida. MultiPath Communications focuses on providing excellent public relations, investor relations, marketing communications and advertising support for today’s telecommunications and advanced storage technologies companies. With locations covering both the East Coast and West Coast markets, the agency network is poised to provide services nationally and internationally. Additional domestic and global capabilities are always available via MultiPath’s network of partners and consultants.
Christopher and his Multipath teams have planned and/or executed effective campaigns for all of the following technology companies (please see Attachment A for a more comprehensive list and descriptions): Archive Technology, Broadcom, ConnectCom Solutions, Conexant, Cubic Memory, Inc., eSynch/Kissco Software, Kingston Technology, Knowledge Revolution, Moss Software, NewPort Communications, Oak Technology, OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association – client members include: Hewlett-Packard Company, Imation Corporation, Maxoptix Corporation, Micro Design International, Panasonic Technologies Inc., Philips Components, Plasmon, Ricoh Corporation, Roxio, Inc., Software Architects, Inc., Sony Electronics, Inc., Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Unaxis Balzers AG, Verbatim Corporation), PrinTrak, PurchasingNet, Inc., Qlogic Corporation, SigmaRAM (client members include: Toshiba America Electronic Components, Sony Electronics, Mitsubishi Electric, Integrated Silicon solutions, Inc., and GSI Technology), Simple Technology, Sony Electronics Corporation of America, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Toshiba America Information Systems, Zy.com.
During and after the sale of New England Software, from 1990 through 1995, Christopher provided international technology licensing and marketing services, financial services and international structuring services for global clients, primarily focused in the United States, Canada and Brazil. Throughout that time, Christopher lived primarily in Brazil for 3-6 months while maintaining residence in Weston, Massachusetts, USA.
Between 1989 and 1992, Christopher founded New England Software, which marketed numerically intensive libraries and mechanical analysis design programs for super computers for Cray, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Convex and IBM for projects in aerospace, automotive, energy, construction, process plant, computer/PCB, and other industries involving complex mechanical systems. Christopher secured co-operative software and technology supplier agreements to IBM Corporation with extensive sales in international markets. He was offered an opportunity for New England Software to be acquired, which was in line with his long-term objectives, and he sold his interest in the company in December 1992.
In 1987 Christopher co-founded Multipath Corporation, which became the industry’s leader in fast matrix solvers and numerically intensive memory management solutions and provided consulting services to develop computationally intensive labs. Multipath marketed and had over 100 technology contracts and strategic technology license development agreements with most of the major super-computer companies and United States government stealth laboratories (95% super-computer market penetration), including: Cray, IBM, Intel Super-Computers, Intel Semi-Conductor (i860), Silicon Graphics, Convex; and customers; such as, Mitre, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Boeing, Ford Corporation (Crash Group), MIT and MIT Labs, University of California, Berkeley and San Diego, Stanford University, Massachusetts General Hospital (Orthopedic Surgery), Corning Glass Works, MAYA, Jet Propulsion Labs, Mitsubishi Electronics, as well as numerous other corporate and GSA and stealth works sites (Christopher has a US Security Clearance). Multipath Corporation received an offer to acquire many of its assets and sold their interest in most of Multipath.
Prior to 1987, Christopher held engineering and sales and marketing positions with Intel, General Electric, Apollo Computer (now Hewlett-Packard), and Floating Point Systems (acquired by Cray, who has since been acquired by Silicon Graphics). Christopher has had the opportunity in his career to receive extensive training and experience with Intel for nearly a year, which included comprehensive design and sales training classes for most of Intel’s chips, boards, systems, operating systems, programming and network architectures.
Christopher attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts with a full academic scholarship, graduating in 1983 with a BS in computer science and a minor in chemical engineering. Christopher also studied business administration and law.
Christopher retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies as well as active participation in projects, which include: server farms in Silicon Valley and Canada, optic networks, voice and data over IP and interactive technologies.
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