PCATS Announces Hall Of Fame Inductees

Scott Hartman, president and chief executive officer of York, PA-based Rutter’s, and Gene Gerke, president of Columbia, Mo. based Gerke & Associates Inc., have been named the latest inductees into the PCATS (Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards) Technology Hall of Fame. Mr. Hartman and Gerke will be inducted at THE Tech EVENT, which will take place May 6 to 10 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas.

Mr. Hartman has been active in the technology industry since 1995 when he became involved with the NACS Technology Standards Project, which ultimately led to the creation of PCATS in 2004. PCATS was integrated into NACS in 2010. Hartman was 2005-06 NACS chairman and served two terms as PCATS chairman. He also served as NACS’ vice chairman of research and development, chairman of the Technology Committee and chairman of the Technology Standards Steering Committee.

Mr. Gerke also was an original member of the NACS Technology Standards Project team, as well as a co-founder of CSX LLC, the largest purpose-built, online database of financial and operating data in the industry. NACS acquired CSX in 2007. Gerke’s management consulting firm advises clients in areas including technology implementation and technology standards.

CBT Q&A: The pulse of local business: Uncertainty hindering business development in Columbia

The CBT asked four business consultants and two certified public accountants what they’re hearing on the street and from their clients: Cathy Atkins, president of Savant Business Development Systems; Jim Gann, director of technology business at MU’s University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Gene Gerke and Joe Weston of Gerke & Associates; Jim Marberry of Marberry & Company, PC, CPAs; and Troy Norton, audit partner with Williams-Keepers LLC.

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Retaining quality, productive employees is key to business success. Salaries and benefits can impact retention and productivity. But often it is the non-financial factors that have the greatest impact, particularly for entry level and hourly employees. This paper looks at employment as a process: from recruitment to termination, from start to finish.

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Day to day business processes serve as arteries to carry the life-blood (data and information) of an organization. Whether these business processes are efficient, inefficient, effective, ineffective, boring or exciting (rarely are they ever exciting), they are the foundation required for all companies to function; yet they are too often ignored.

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