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Andrew Freels |
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Grassi was founded in 1980 by Louis C. Grassi, with only an empty filing cabinet and a desk. Since then, Grassi has grown to become one of the nations largest accounting firms with more than 360 employees and nine office locations in the U.S. and Italy. Our team of experienced CPAs, CFOs, business consultants, forensic accountants, valuation experts, trust and estate specialists and tax advisors offer strategic advice and customized solutions to overcome all obstacles standing in the way of your greatest success. We do this through our commitment to add Strength in Certainty to every business decision and financial move you make.
Safety National is a prominent specialty insurance and reinsurance provider with over 80 years of experience. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., it benefits from the strength of one of the worlds top insurance groups. The company focuses on building strong relationships and providing long-term solutions for its customers. Safety National specializes in long-term insurance and reinsurance solutions, particularly in managing high-exposure claims. It offers MAP Client Services®, a suite of online risk control resources designed to help policyholders improve their safety and compliance programs. The company is highly rated by major financial agencies, holding an A++ rating from A.M. Best and an A+ rating from Standard & Poor’s. The corporate culture at Safety National emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, aiming to reflect the communities it serves. The company is committed to corporate social responsibility through sustainability practices and charitable efforts. Safety National actively seeks talented individuals who share its dedication to excellence and growth.
Fisher Barton is a prominent manufacturing company with over 50 years of experience, founded in 1973 by metallurgist Richard L. Wilkey. Headquartered in Watertown, Wisconsin, the company has grown to employ more than 900 people worldwide. It operates as a group of independent manufacturing companies, including Fisher Barton Blades and Thermal Spray Technologies. The company specializes in materials and surface engineering, offering a diverse range of products such as industrial knives, lawnmower blades, agricultural knives, and thermal spray coatings. Fisher Barton is recognized for its metallurgical expertise, supported by an in-house lab that enhances product development and quality assurance. The company serves major clients, including John Deere, and has been acknowledged for its excellence in supply and innovation. Fisher Barton continues to focus on technological advancements and employee development to maintain its leadership in the industry.
With headquarters in the greater St. Louis region, UNCOMN provides Industry-Leading B2B Management and Technology Consulting Services. We are a diverse group of engineers, architects, analysts, hackers, and geeks who thrive on finding elegant solutions to wickedly complex organizational, logistic, process, data, and technical problems. In everything we do, we pursue truth, goodness, and beauty. We put people first and hire for the long-term, not for the contract. We put the right people in the right roles. We work with rigor, transparency, and excellence – doing whatever it takes while upholding unquestionable integrity, from start to finish. And we do so with the intention of making our team, clients, and communities better along the way. At UNCOMN, we arent just about profits and the bottom line. We uphold service before self, giving over receiving and social impact over siloing. Its our duty as industry experts to lead by example, share what we know and help create strong, vibrant communities in which we are proud to live and serve. We invest in and mentor for SixThirty CYBER, a business development program that offers cyber security-based technology startups with up to $250,000 of services each year. Through these services, the St. Louis regions top executives and chief information security officers provide hands-on training, mentoring and network opportunities to the startups key stakeholders.
Blue Jay Racing is a student-run design team open to all undergraduate students. The program was founded in 2004. The team competes annually in three international events put on by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Students design, build, and race a single seat off-road vehicle against a total of ~200 teams representing 14 nations and nearly 4,000 young engineers. The award-winning program offers student engineers an educational experience that goes beyond what the classroom can offer. Aside from the technical knowledge gained, the team-based skills learned through such a rigorous endeavor develops leaders well prepared to enter industry and academia. At each competition the team competes in four of six dynamic events (Acceleration, Maneuverability, Rock Crawl, Suspension and Traction, Hill Climb and Sled Pull) as well as three static events (a sales presentation, design presentations and a cost report). To cap off the competition, the team will also race in a grueling four-hour endurance race. Team members learn as much at competition as from designing and building their vehicle throughout the rest of the year. In addition to their own learning it is also important to the team that all members participate. At competition the team is always working, whether repairing their vehicle or planning and preparing for the next days events. With so much to do and so little time every member contributes to the teams success.