Utopia has announced the recent filling of management jobs in Illinois.

The company is a global leader in enterprise data lifecycle management (EDLM) solutions, announced today the hiring of Mr. Tony Poidomani as their chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Poidomani will be responsible for all financial activities of the company and will be a key member of Utopia’s executive team and participate in overall corporate strategic planning.

“Utopia is delighted to attract a CFO with the ability and level of experience that Tony brings to us”
Mr. Poidomani has over 22 years in operations and finance in leadership roles at large companies such as McMaster Carr, Quaker Oats, True Value, and Hospira. Prior to joining Utopia he was the CFO for Adesso Solutions. Mr. Poidomani specializes in fast growth enterprises leveraging skills in working capital management, financial compliance, controls, funding, and integration work.

“Utopia is delighted to attract a CFO with the ability and level of experience that Tony brings to us,” said Arvind J. Singh, president and CEO at Utopia. “His experience in fast growth environments combined with his broad-ranging financial and compliance expertise will be instrumental as we drive towards Utopia’s long-term growth objectives. He is a great addition to Utopia’s executive team.”

“This is an exciting and important time to be joining Utopia,” stated Poidomani. “Utopia has made major strides in delivering enterprise data management services to companies around the globe. Utopia’s impact on its customers’ businesses is evident from its sales growth, high client satisfaction, and the talented group of people it has attracted. I am eager to contribute and help the company achieve its long term business objectives.”

Mr. Poidomani is a Certified Public Accountant with a MBA from Loyola University-Chicago. He also is a professor at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Lake Forest, Illinois where he teaches accounting to MBA students.

Magenic has announced they are hiring for management jobs in Illinois.

Magenic, a Microsoft-focused IT consulting firm, announced the hiring of Jay Gleischman to the role of General Manager of the Midwest region.

Gleischman, has over 20 years of consulting management and application design and development experience working for Fortune 100 clients worldwide. Prior to joining Magenic, Jay was the founder and managing partner of 4Gen Consulting and a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Jay has extensive architectural and deployment experience with Microsoft technologies and major software packages including SAP and Oracle. He has led major development and business initiatives in Automotive, Healthcare, Financial Services and Insurance, Consumer Products and Manufacturing and built and led major consulting units for 4Gen and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Jay is a former US Army Infantry officer and holds a BA in History and Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He resides in Evanston, Illinois with his family.

Magenic, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a custom software development company that specializes in planning, designing, building, and maintaining an enterprise’s mission critical systems. We are a recognized authority in .NET application development. Magenic provides the following Microsoft-focused optimized service offerings; Application Development, User Experience Engineering and Design, Quality Assurance & Testing, Support & Maintenance.

A food bank has filled crucial non-profit jobs in Illinois.

Northern Illinois Food Bank (NIFB) is taking the important issue of proper nutrition to a higher level by establishing a Community Nutrition Center and hiring Kelly Brausseur as its Director. Brausseur will develop the Food Bank’s Community Nutrition Program, which will be housed in NIFB’s new facility currently being constructed in Geneva. Northern Illinois Food Bank recognizes the difficulty faced by many in providing proper nutrition to their families with limited resources.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.), two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. The U.S. is also seeing record numbers of children who are plagued by the side effects of carrying extra pounds. Obesity has been proven to contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association (A.D.A.) reports that 90-95% of diabetes cases are type 2. Many cases of type 2 diabetes are believed to be preventable. (more…)

Ashley Ellis has announced they are recruiting for a new office and will be looking to fill staffing jobs in Illinois.

Ashley Ellis, an IT staffing/recruiting firm, announced today the opening of their satellite office located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. This expansion benefits local job seekers and employers, providing more convenient access to Ashley Ellis staffing and recruiting services, as the company continues to grow.

As employment in the IT sector steadily improves and the battle for talented IT professionals becomes fiercer, employers are increasingly turning to outside sources to solve their hiring challenges. This new office provides the advantage of a city-based location to facilitate face-to-face interaction between the company’s clients, contract IT staff, and job seekers.

Katy Gallagher, COO at Ashley Ellis, states that, “Many city employers prefer to outsource their hiring to people who understand and know the city. The addition of our Chicago branch provides an excellent platform to better serve our clients in the city.”

Complementing the Naperville, Illinois branch, this strategic expansion completes the next step in their expansion plan after having opened a new branch in Atlanta, Georgia, in July 2010. Additional branches are due to open in Houston and Dallas TX in the first quarter of 2011.

Contact information for the Chicago office is as follows:

200 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-242-3387