BrainTrust Establishes Office in New York City; San Francisco-Based Agency Now Has Presence On the East Coast.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 BrainTrust, a new breed of staffing agency committed to matching fast-track talent with high-growth new media and Internet technology companies, today announced the opening of a branch office in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Located in Manhattan at the corner of Broome and Bowery, the Bowery, the (bou`ərē, –`rē) [Dutch Bouwerie=farm], section of lower Manhattan, New York City. The Bowery, the street that gives the area its name, was once a road to the farm of New Amsterdam Governor Peter Stuyvesant, who is office is BrainTrust's first on the East Coast. Headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , the four-year-old agency also maintains an office in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . "A hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which of online opportunity, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of is a natural choice for our first East Coast expansion office," said Scott Thomas, co-founder and co-CEO of BrainTrust. "With the City's burgeoning new media economy and proximity to several top-tier universities, New York attracts the talented, driven candidates for which BrainTrust is known." By expanding to New York City, BrainTrust is better positioned to service its bi-coastal clients and will significantly increase its pipeline to new media talent. With deep inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ in San Francisco and Los Angeles, BrainTrust/New York also offers East Coast jobseekers access to a wider array of opportunities on both coasts. In its infancy, BrainTrust/New York is already outpacing growth expectations, and has established client relationships with companies including DoubleClick, SF Interactive, Doremus, Primary Knowledge, iQenergy and 24/7 Media. "The New York office adds an exciting dimension to our agency," said Rachel Schall, co-founder and co-CEO of BrainTrust. "With time, we expect to enjoy an exchange of candidates between all three of our offices (in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco), expanding the breadth and depth of our overall service." Wendy Koenig will head up the New York office as Director of Client Services/New York. Koenig spent five years as a research associate for R.H. Perry and Associates, a higher education search consultancy that places presidents and vice presidents with liberal arts colleges It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. Liberal arts colleges across the country. She holds a JD from Catholic University and a BA from Georgetown. About BrainTrust Founded in 1996, BrainTrust matches well-educated, highly screened candidates with companies driving the new media economy. With a reputation for candidate advocacy and expertise creating well-conceived matches, BrainTrust enjoys a strong word-of-mouth network and works with over 300 leading new media companies in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Additional information is available at www.braintrust.com, or by calling Jessica Cowley at 415/977-1180 or Carol Walker at 415/882-9494. |
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