President: Catherine Lazarock clazarock@symplicitycom.com
Client Manager: Dave Bahls dbahls@symplicitycom.com
Sales & Marketing Coordinator: Caitlin Brown cbrown@symplicitycom.com
Mobility Manager: Dee Cox dee@symplicitycom.com
Mobility Coordinator: Nichole McDonald nmcdonald@symplicitycom.com
Sales & Marketing Intern: Jessica Pool jpool@symplicitycom.com
Project Administrator: Kay Rose krose@symplicitycom.com
We would like to welcome Nichole McDonald and Jessica Pool to the Symplicity team!
Nichole McDonald is going to be a great help in our Mobility Management product. She will be focusing on assisting our clients with ordering services and hardware and managing cellular bills and services. With her prior experience in Customer Service and Loss Prevention at JCPenney, we know that Nichole will be a great asset to our team.
As a Symplicity Sales and Marketing Intern, Jessica Pool will be helping us out with many tasks. With our growing company, we felt we could use another set of hands to keep our marketing and sales materials and database up-to-date. Jessica attends Grand Valley State University and is using the internship to fulfill senior credit requirements.
This month’s issue of Business Update Publication featured Symplicity Communications, Inc. in their segment on mobility management. Check out the article below to find out how Symplicity could save your company money in cellular expenditures. You can view the entire publication at www.businessupdate.com.
On January 5, Symplicity celebrated it’s fourth year in business! In 2007, the company was founded by Catherine Lazarock, who conducted business from her home. Over the years, Symplicity has grown in many ways. The company now employs six individuals, operates two branches, helps companies all over the world, and has seen triple digit growth for the past three years! In addition, Catherine and Symplicity have won several awards including the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs Woman of the Year Award in 2010, the Grand Valley State University 2010 Outstanding Internship Supervisor of the Year Award, and the Corp! Magazine Michigan’s Economic Bright Spots Award. Symplicity was also chosen as a top three finalist for the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce EPIC Awards.
It is at this time that we want to thank our customers and partners for helping Symplicity to become the successful company that it is today. We could not have come this far without your continued support. Thank you and Happy Birthday Symplicity!
The West Michigan Technology Association (WMTA) Holiday Party On December 2, the staff at Symplicity celebrated the holiday with the West Michigan Technology Association (WMTA) at the Rock Fire Grille in Grand Rapids. The event had a wonderful turnout and many prizes were given away including a Wii Gaming System, donated by Symplicity Communications and Infusion Communications Group and two gift certificates to Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course, donated by US Signal.
Symplicity Comunications - A Top Women-Owned Business Symplicity Communications, Inc. has recently been selected as a finalist for the Grand Rapids Business Journal’s “Top Women-Owned Businesses”. This year’s celebration will mark the fifth awards event since 2001, which will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. At the event, all finalists, including Symplicity, will be honored and the winners within each of the four revenue categories will be announced. Symplicity will waits with anticipation as March 2nd approaches for the chance of being honored with this wonderful title.
locations. Thank you, Spartan Distributors for your continued support!
“Spartan Distributors has greatly benefitted from our relationship with Symplicity. They take the time to understand our business, and recommend products that are a good fit. With their direction, we now have the best combination of equipment and carriers seen in my fifteen years on the job. Not to be overlooked, the savings achieved while maintaining or improving the level of service has been amazing.” John Grahs, IT Administrator Spartan Distributors
Inforum West Michigan
United Bank of Michigan
Colliers International
Trinity Health
Member First Mortgage
Encore Plastics Corp
Green Valley Agricultural, Inc . Bucher Hydraulics
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Topic: Help Desk and User Support Management Date: February 17, 2011 Time: 11:45am—1:30pm Location: ITT Technical Institute
Register at rsvp@wmta.biz. This event is free to members and first-time guests or $15 for returning guests. For more info on this upcoming event, visitwww.wmta.biz.
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Join Inforum and Symplicity tonight, November 30 at the University Club located at 111 Lyon Street in Downtown Grand Rapids from 4:30 until 8:00pm for the Inforum Holiday Shopping event. The cost is $20 for members and $35 for non-members in includes two glasses of wine, and Hors d’oeuvres.
Inforum Holiday Shopping Event
Symplicity Communications, Inc. is on a roll with their second new hire in the past three months. This past July, Symplicity welcomed Vice President Lorie Munson to the team and in August, we brought on Dave Bahls as Client Manager. Dave has extensive experience in sales, marketing, and even entrepreneurship. In prior positions, he has been responsible for printed marketing materials, working with vendors, and staying in contact with clients. At Symplicity, he will put these skills to use as he works with clients to provide them with superior telecommunications services. Welcome to Symplicity, Dave.
Last Wednesday, Kay, Caitlin, and Catherine of Symplicity Communications, Inc. attended the Athena Scholarship Fundraiser put on by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. This event was held in the beautiful private dining room of Cygnus 27, atop the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. The ladies of Symplicity along with other attendees enjoyed spa treatments from the students of Douglas J Aveda Institute and a chance to browse through the showcase of Beijo handbags and LaTasia jewelry.
This fundraising event contributes to the Athena Scholarship, which awards women over the age of 30 with funds to contribute to their pursuit of higher education. Since 2000, the program has provided over $30,000 in scholarship funds, which has been obtained mainly through event sponsorships and individual contributions. View more photos from the event!
This month, Symplicity Communications is pleased to welcome a new member to the team. Lorie Munson will join our Symplicity family as the Michigan Region Vice President. A West Michigan native, Lorie has 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, providing her with skills in management, event planning, and entrepreneurship to name a few of her areas of expertise. After graduating from Western Michigan University, Lorie went on to work at companies such as ITS Communications and Voice Data Systems providing her with more than 18 years of experience in the telecommunications field. “We are confident that Lorie’s experiences over the years will be beneficial to our clients. She possesses the skill and knowledge to get our clients the best value and service in the market based on the needs of their company,” says Catherine Lazarock, President.
Lorie can be contacted at lmunson@symplicitycom.com or 616.717.5750.
In June, Symplicity Communications, Inc. was recognized at the Corp! Magazine breakfast event as one of Michigan’s Economic Bright Spots Award winners! Companies that received these awards were businesses that have continued to grow despite a downturn in the economy. Along with Symplicity, other recipients of this award included companies such as Henry Ford Health Systems, Burke E. Porter Machinery Co., C/D/H of Grand Rapids, DK Security, Open Systems Technologies and many others. These influential businesses have helped drive Michigan’s economy in order to make our state a better place to live and work. Learn more about all of the award winners here.
Inforum—A professional women’s alliance, is an organization that aims to empower professional women to “lead and succeed”. The organization puts on numerous programs throughout the year providing social, educational, and networking opportunities to women business owners. These events allow women entrepreneurs to learn more about other women-owned businesses in their area so that they can continue to empower the women within their community. On Thursday, June 17, Inforum held a networking dinner event at the Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids. The event entitled “An Evening with Entrepreneurs” provided attendees with a beautiful dinner and the chance to learn from influential West Michigan women entrepreneurs. After dinner, a panel discussion was held in which four entrepreneurs shared their professional struggles and experiences in opening and owning a business. The panel included Amy Engelsman, CEO of Proos Manufacturing, Joan Epperson, President of Global Business Solutions & Associates, LLC, Dr. Barbara Helms, Owner of Helms Family Optical, and Catherine Lazarock, President of our very own Symplicity Communications, Inc.
Read more about this event on Inforum’s web site or check out a radio interview to hear several panelists give their thoughts on the event.
Symplicity would like to congratulate all of the nominees, finalists, and winners of the First Annual Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce 2010 EPIC Awards. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday, May 19 at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids. For more information about the winners, please visit the Chamber Website. Again, congratulations and thanks to the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce for putting on such a magnificent event. We were so pleased to be a part of it! Watch the video below to see how the finalists define success.
