Collaborative Fusion

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Collaborative Fusion, Inc. (CFI) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based provider of ESAR-VHP and incident management software for coordination of emergency personnel. Its current president and vice president are founders Atila Omer and Bryan Kaplan.[1][2]

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[edit] History and staff

CFI was founded in 2001 by Bryan Kaplan and Atila Omer, both former students at Carnegie Mellon University; Omer focuses on management, leaving Kaplan to deal with the technical side of the business. Collaborative Fusion is Kaplan's fourth business; he founded a software firm 11 years previously which developed calendar and address book applications, and then a web design company two years later; the latter has grown to employ 50 designers. The online toy retailer he founded five years later collapsed after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, though Kaplan claims it was only five months away from profitability.[1] Omer, a graduate of Detroit, Michigan's Wayne State University, previously worked at JPMorgan Chase before attending Carnegie Mellon's MBA program.[3]

At the end of 2007, CFI was scheduled to move to new offices on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill.[2]

[edit] Customers

The Department of Health and Human Services awarded CFI contracts for disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.[4] They also have developed and support technology programs for state governmetns, including the State of California's Medical Volunteer System, at a contracted cost of US$725,950 in the first year and an estimated average cost of $266,824 in the subsequent five years.[5][6]

[edit] Accolades

CFI was selected as one of the "2007 50 Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania" by the Pittsburgh Business Times as well as #31 of the "Top 50 Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania with Under 50 Employees" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.[7][8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Guzzo, Maria (2003-09-19), “Bryan Kaplan is an entrepreneurial veteran at age 22”, Pittsburgh Business Times, <http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2003/09/22/smallb1.html>. Retrieved on 9 May 2008 
  2. ^ a b “Moser building leased”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2007-12-22, <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/briefs/s_544008.html>. Retrieved on 9 May 2008 
  3. ^ Corporate Strategic Advisors: Atila Omer, Mobile Discovery, 2007, <http://www.mobilediscovery.com/md/corporate/AtilaOmer.html>. Retrieved on 21 May 2008 
  4. ^ Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of Health Resources and Services Administration's Award Process for a Contract With Collaborative Fusion, Inc., United States: Office of Inspector General, 2007-06-08, <http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region3/30600546.htm>. Retrieved on 9 May 2008 
  5. ^ Linthucum, Randy (2007-09-26), California Medical Volunteers (previously known as ESAR-VHP), California, United States: Emergency Medical Services Authority, <http://www.emsa.ca.gov/def_comm/2007092608A.asp>. Retrieved on 9 May 2008 
  6. ^ Linthucum, Randy (2008-03-26), California Medical Volunteers, California, United States: Emergency Medical Services Authority, <http://www.emsa.ca.gov/def_comm/2008032611A.asp>. Retrieved on 9 May 2008 
  7. ^ “50 Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania”, Pittsburgh Business Times, 2007, <http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/top25lists/>. Retrieved on 18 May 2008 
  8. ^ “2007 Top 50 Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania with Under 50 Employees”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2007-03-20, <http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07079/770715-334.stm>. Retrieved on 18 May 2008 

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