Tech Start-up Receives Funding and Looks to Hire Five Local Developers

Tech Start-up Receives Funding and Looks to Hire Five Local Developers

Founder Aims to Repeat Success of Previous Venture

February 19, 2008 – There is a new addition to the IT business community in Sault Ste. Marie, and they’re hoping to find five local developers to help grow their business. SoloID Inc. is a new new software company headquartered in the North and are looking to hire five qualified software programmers.

“We need five developers who are skilled with writing ASP.NET in C#, VB.NET or Java, and have a passion and interest in programming to make the project successful – and maybe change their lives in the process” says co-founder Steve Hulaj.

These programmers would be instrumental in helping build the company. Ideally, SoloID is looking for individuals with basic programming skills who want to learn how to build large scale applications that would help SoloID’s customers simplify their lives.

When asked how he got started as an entrepreneur, co-founder Steve Hulaj said, “my first company started in my basement and grew to have customers in over 45 countries. It grew to have offices in Europe and eventually was publicly traded.” Having retired years ago, Hulaj, a young 43-year-old decided it was time for another new adventure. Since he loves Northern Ontario, he decided to establish an office in the North and hire talent from Sault Ste. Marie to help build his company and the IT community.

For those interested in finding out more about SoloID and their current career opportunities, visit www.soloid.com and send in your resume. But hurry, SoloID hopes to fill the five positions within the next few weeks!




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About Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre was founded in 1999 as a catalyst for economic development activities in the IT and knowledge based sectors in the Algoma District. It works closely with community partners to enhance and improve IT sector opportunities.

The Innovation Centre is focused on three core areas: the operation of a business incubator to encourage the establishment and growth of technology start-ups; the provision of support services to the SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) IT community and the development of strategic markets such as the highly successful GIS project. The Innovation Centre has developed and implemented an award-winning GIS product, which serves a number of municipal customers and is responsible for the growth of private sector GIS firms in the Algoma District.

Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
1520 Queen Street East, NW 307
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2G4
Telephone: 705-942-7927
http://www.ssmic.com

For More Information Contact:

Jessica Portelli
Communications Manager
Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
1520 Queen St. E., Rm. NW307
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2G4
705-942-7927, Ext. 3122
jportelli@ssmic.com
www.ssmic.com
www.itssm.com

Steve Hulaj
Founder SoloID Inc.
steveh@soloid.com