Concrete Incorporated Expands Into San Francisco.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 21, 2000 New Office to Serve Existing Clients and Capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. Growth Potential on West Coast Concrete Incorporated, a leading Internet consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , today announced the opening of its 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 office. Concrete's second office was opened to serve a growing list of West Coast clients. About the opening, Aaron Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Chief Executive Officer said, "We see increasing opportunity and demand here on the West Coast, especially in our key industry specialties - retail, construction, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare, and media and communications. And our existing and future clients will obviously benefit from the kind of service that can only be provided through a strong local presence." Concrete's past and current clients on the West Coast include Bechtel Corporation, DotTV, McKessonHBOC, News Digital and What's Hot Now. Robert Dove, Senior Vice President of Bechtel Group, said, "Concrete has been an invaluable advisor to us regarding our Internet strategy and implementation. We already have a great working relationship with the San Francisco team." The new office, located in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco has 15 employees and is currently recruiting for highly talented and experienced people. Jonathan Fox For Jonathan Fox of the University of California at Santa Cruz, see . Jonathan Fox is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. , formerly the Director of Concrete's Strategy practice, will head the new San Francisco office as General Manager. "San Francisco and the West Coast region are home to many of the world's leading companies and we see tremendous opportunities for us," said Mr. Fox. "We are offering the full range of services including strategic counseling, Internet-based product development, and application and infrastructure management. In addition, there's a rich base of talented people here and we expect to recruit excellent people who will help us grow the business" About Concrete Concrete Incorporated (http://www.concreteinc.com) is an Internet consulting firm that helps clients shape, build, and grow Internet-based ventures - its clients range from large, multi-national corporations to venture-financed start-ups. The firm's primary service offerings include: strategic counseling, Internet-based product development, and application and infrastructure management. Concrete supports these service offerings with specialized expertise in business strategy, branding, project management, software engineering, software quality assurance, design, user interface architecture, interface development, and application and infrastructure management. Corporate clients include Bertelsmann, Bechtel, The Princeton Review, Insignia ESG ESG Enterprise Strategy Group (Veritas) ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (Florida, USA) ESG Expeditionary Strike Group ESG Electronic Service Guide (used in DVB) , and Le Monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. . Venture-financed clients include BeliefNet.com, GoCollect.com, and Screaming Media. Concrete was founded as an entrepreneurial venture in 1996 and has built and spun off its own market leading businesses, Bolt.com and GirlsOn.com. Concrete is privately held and its investors include Warburg Pincus, Wit Soundview Partners, and i-Hatch Ventures. The company currently has offices in 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 and San Francisco. |
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