Baltimore Business Journal articles from August 2001

Baltimore Business Journal archives from August 2001

Goodbye fun.(business slows in August, but picks up in the fall)
August 31, 2001... Summer's end brings reality back to work Steve Kozak admits it's frustrating. He spent a recent morning compiling and sending out e-mails to hundreds of members of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council. And one by one the...

Port eyes land to expand.(Maryland Port Administration expansion plans)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The Maryland Port Administration, in search of prime waterfront property near one of the port's marine terminals, has the opportunity to' buy a rare piece of available land. A portion of Point Breeze Industrial Park, an office park...

Gambling going to get hot.(Legalized gambling in Maryland)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Maryland politics and the long-in-waiting National Harbor development in Prince George's County have one thing in common: Neither can seem to shake talk of legalized gambling. Sources expect talk of casino and slot machines to rekindle in...

State ad campaign shrinks.(anti-smoking advertising campaign )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Maryland's largest anti-smoking advertising campaign in history is about to go up for grabs, but with a much smaller price tag than initially expected. Plans to award the entire campaign under one contract, which would be worth up to $24...

Eisner picks up $4M account.(with the International Broadcasting Bureau)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Eisner Communications won agency of record status for the International Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America service, an advertising account worth $4 million. Voice of America is a federally funded, international broadcasting service that...

S&P adds Ciena to index.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Linthicum-based Ciena Corp., a linthicum fiber-optics company, was added to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index after the dose of trading Aug. 29. Ciena will be added to the S&P 500 GICS Telecommunications Equipment sub-industry group and the...

Hopkins hires chief of medicine.(Myron L. Weisfeldt)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The former president of the American Heart Association, Myron L. Weisfeldt, will return to his alma mater Oct. 1 as the head of the Johns Hopkins department of medicine. Following his tenure as American Heart Association president Weisfeldt...

Tax amnesty to kick off Saturday.
August 31, 2001... A two-month tax amnesty period designed to give delinquent Maryland taxpayers an opportunity to pay up before stiffer penalties go into effect will begin on Saturday The tax amnesty period, which stretches from Sept. ito Oct. 31, allows...

Correction.
August 31, 2001... The Special Report story "When it's more than a sick day" [Vol. 19, Aug. 24-20, Page 11], contained incorrect graphic information. The total cost of depression in the United States is about $44 billion annually

Cyber squabble ends.(Michael Doughney's Web site parodying the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The longest-running cyber squabble in history is history, with a federal appeals court ordering local Internet entrepreneur Michael Doughney to cough up a Web site (www.peta.org) he had registered to lampoon People for the Ethical Treatment...

Tap black colleges.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Black and college-bound. If you know someone who falls under that category, send them to the Free State. Blackenterprise.com ranked three Maryland institutions -- the University of Maryland College Park; Johns Hopkins University and...

Dress like Vanna.(fundraising for Anne Arundel Medical Center with Vanna White dress)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Wheel of Fortune personality Vanna White is taking it off to raise money for the Anne Arundel Medical Center (www.aahs.org). Not to mislead you, White has donated a $5,000, size 4, beaded black evening dress that she wore on show for a the...

Millionaire by 40.(survey of 900 college student interns at Ernst and Young)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Everyone dreams of being rich and famous. Though fortune will likely pass most of us by, some college students believe it will stop at their doorstep before they hit their midlife crisis Ina recent survey of nearly 900 college students...

Gainers & Losers.(miscellaneous briefs)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Tired of sitting in Lombard Street traffic for 45 minutes every day? Relief is in sight. The Lombard and Howard intersection will finally open. Delinquent taxpayers Now's your chance to improve your relationship with Comptroller...

Travel agents hit by commission cutbacks.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... The latest reduction in the commission travel agents receive by booking domestic airline tickets will hit business travelers and other customers where it hurts -- their wallets. Several Baltimore area travel agents plan to raise client...

Minority contractor suing city over $5M deal.(Robert Clay Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A minority-owned contracting firm is suing the Housing Authority of Baltimore City over a disputed $5 million contract. Robert Clay Inc. wants a court order to force the Housing Authority of Baltimore City to award it a maintenance...

MSBA rule welcomes paralegals.(Maryland State Bar Association)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The Maryland State Bar Association recently approved new rules allowing paralegals and legal administrators to become nonvoting members. Leaders from both groups say the new rules go a long way in giving them the type of recognition they...

Survey: Expect higher health insurance costs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Employers can expect dramatic increases in health insurance premiums again in 2002. A year after overall insurance premiums rose on average 10 percent throughout the country, a survey by Managed Health Market Report suggests that...

MedStar invests in PET.(positron emission tomography)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Three Baltimore-area MedStar Health hospitals have joined the ranks of Maryland hospitals now offering the latest in highly sensitive imaging technology. MedStar's Franklin Square Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital and Harbor Hospital...

The Maryland Health Services.(Cost Review Commission approves nursing scholarships of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (www.hscrc.state.md.us) approved initial funding of $19,000 for Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson to fund three nursing scholarships. The funding is part of the HSCRC's nursing...

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.(donates to University of Maryland)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation recently donated $200,000 to the University of Maryland School of Medicine (www.medschool.umaryland.edu) and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (www.umbi.edu) to fund testing of...

Research to Prevent Blindness.(donates $110,000 to University of Maryland's School of Medicine)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Research to Prevent Blindness, a volunteer organization supporting eye research, recently awarded the University of Maryland School of Medicine's department of ophthalmology a $110,000 grant to research the causes, treatment and prevention of...

Angelos ditches plans for York Road center.(Peter Angelos, shopping center)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos is scrapping plans to build a shopping center in the Timonium section of Baltimore County -- for now. But Angelos is still expected to hold onto' the land at 2026-2044 York Road, said a real estate source...

REITs on the upswing.(real estate investment trusts)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Real estate investment trusts advanced in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Funds from operations per share, the standard performance measure...

State puts its abstinence campaign up for bid.(Maryland)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A $1.1 million advertising account held by a Baltimore agency is under review, and there are a lot of preliminary contenders. The Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy has issued a request for proposals from advertising agencies to...

Posthumous legal action.(Rosse and Associates)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Rosse & Associates Inc., a Columbia advertising agency that shut down after its founder and CEO died May 20, is being sued by a former vendor. In a complaint filed Aug. 3 in Circuit Court in Baltimore. City, Publisher's Development Corp....

Radio One's.(Dion Summers leaving for another Radio One station, KBFB-FM)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... One of Baltimore's top-rated radio stations will lose its program director by the end of the month. Dion Summers, program director at Radio One's WERQ-FM, is leaving to take the same slot at another Radio One station, KBFB-FM, in Dallas....

Crosby Communications.(public service work receives Ad Council endorsement)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Crosby Communications' (www.crosbymarketing.com) public service work for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development received an endorsement from the Ad Council, a nonprofit group that works to generate pro bono advertising work for human...

Warschawski Public Relations.(Corporate branding strategies account)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Warschawski Public Relations announced that it was hired by Wartsila North America, an Annapolis company that builds natural gas power plants, to handle the company's corporate branding strategies. Billings from the account were not...

Web abuse stirs ethics discussion.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Mutter the word "ethics" in some companies and eyes glaze over with intellectual boredom. But the fact remains that the proliferation of technology -- most importantly, the Internet -- has introduced more ethical dilemmas into the lives...

ToadNet goes national.(regional Internet service provider)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Severna Park-based ToadNet, a regional Internet service provider, is set to begin offering its local dial-up service in most of the continental United States as well as Canada and Hawaii. "Nationwide coverage represents a real step...

Biotech firms near funding.(Venture capital infusion)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Maryland DBED kicks in $500,000 from investment fund Two emerging Gaithersburg bioscience companies are expected to close Series B rounds of financing within the next few weeks, according to officials at Maryland's Department of Business...

Stock Snapshot: Infovista SA.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... NASDAQNM: IVTA The French-based firm with North American headquarters in Columbia has been hit like all other tech stocks this year. The firm (www.infovista.com), which develops software that monitors the computer systems used to...

BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies.(stock prices)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies This Last Week's Week's Company Name ...

Venture Corner.(IKimbo Inc., comScore Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A weekly look at business funding deals in the Mid-Atlantic region. * Ikimbo Inc., a Herndon, Va., company that provides real-time communication solutions, announced that Riggs Capital Partners invested in its third round of venture...

A boot-strapped future.(finding venture capital)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Tech firms think beyond VCs with alternative funding It was tough, Avi Hoffer admits, but not impossible. The chief executive officer of Metastorm Inc. (www.metastorm.com) in Severna Park, Hoffer presented his business plan to dozens...

Party may be over but capital is still out there.(venture financing)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Venture financing is flat Many companies that probably would have been financed 12 months to 18 months ago, are unable to raise capital. Gone are the days of "have an idea, get financed and go public as fast as you can." In fact, some...

TV, Internet to become powerful media alliance.(Web television convergence)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Do we turn on the television tonight or surf the Web? The answer is, YES. Nowadays, watching television and going online isn't an either/or proposition. We can do both at the same time! The convergence of television and the...

Channel penetration.(advertisers spend on the Internet)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... With television commercials lasting just 10 to 60 seconds, advertisers have found that they don't have enough time to deliver their message in a comprehensive manner. Instead, they turn to channel penetration: placing ads on the world's...

Rich media.(e-mails stream multimedia ads)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Taking it a step further, many Fortune 500 companies, including Armani, BMG, CBS, the NFL and Sony, now utilize rich media e-mails that stream multimedia ads directly into the body of an e-mail message. This eliminates the need for...

The future.(converging media)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Converging media solutions have become the wave of the future. They create a viral marketing frenzy by combining the strength of an intuitive Web initiative and powering that initiative by reaching huge segments of the U.S. population through...

A Conversation With... Frank Adams.(GroTech Capital Group founder)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 31, 2001... GroTech Capital Group He's seen more than most and he calls it like he sees it. As a founder and managing general partner of GroTech Capital Group in Timonium, Frank Adams has played a major role in helping some high-profile...

Survey: Tapping into Hispanic consumer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Hispanics feel their biggest hurdle is discrimination. In other words, they feel left out of die big picture. About one-third of the U.S. population (4.3 percent of Maryland's population) is Hispanic, but they still may be slipping past...

Largest telephone equipment dealers in the Baltimore area.(ranked by 2000 local sales)(Directory)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Largest telephone equipment dealers in the Baltimore area (Ranked by Baltimore local sales in 2000) Rank/ Name 2000 last Address sales year Phone / Fax /...

Taking Stock.(local company stocks)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... The BBJ Index [*] of 83 stocks closed at 1173.96 on August 29, 2001. Weekly Gainers & Losers Price Corporation 8/29/01 % Change 1. Target Logistics Inc. (TARG) $0.39 ...

Proxy Corner: A Weekly Analysis of Baltimore-Area Public Companies.(Humphrey Hospitality Trust Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Humphrey Hospitality Trust Inc. 7170 Riverwood Drive / Columbia, 21046 / (443) 259-4900 / www.humphreyhospitality.com Corporate profile Like many companies, Humphrey Hospitality Trust Inc. has begun to feel the pinch of a...

People.(employee changes, various companies)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The People section publicizes management-level hirings and promotions of area businesspeople. We also publicize elections to nonprofit and charitable organizations. We do not run professional certifications or designations. Send announcements...

Insurance: How much does your business need?(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... If fire ravaged your business, would you have enough insurance to cover the damages? What if an employee steals from you or sues you for discrimination? And your company trucks -- would you be covered if One of your trucks was damaged in an...

Business owners work more in tight market.(labor market for small businesses)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The economic slowdown has only slightly eased the fight labor market for small employers, according .to a new survey by the NFIB Education Foundation (www.nfib.com). The survey, conducted in late spring, found that 71 percent of small...

Getting an infusion of cash.(new state loan program for small businesses)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... New loan program dishes out money to small businesses A little extra cash can go along way. At least it did for small business owners Linda and John Bush. The husband and wife team own Southern Maryland Cleaning Inc., a Waldorf-based...

Shop Talk: What was your biggest obstacle and how did you overcome it?
August 31, 2001... Peter Emmons Chief Executive Officer, Structural Group I Hanover "A huge challenge to any growing company is finding goad leaders. We created a formal system of growing and developing leaders from the inside, instead of only hiring...

Presenting like a pro.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The speaker opened his presentation with a slide of a graph that was cluttered and impossible to read. "You probably can't see this but..." was his second comment. His first comment was, "I don't like giving presentations, so I hope you will...

Forget taxes on parking.(parking, transportation problems downtown)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Long gone are the days when the Gallery Garage charged $8 a day for early-bird parking. The garage, smack in the middle of downtown's business district, now charges $20 a day for parking. If you're a family of four heading out for a day...

Tummy tucks aside, it's still not a perfect world.(Americans and cosmetic surgery)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
August 31, 2001... I have seen the future and frankly, I don't like it No this won't be a treatise on how my generation is so much better than the next one or about how stem cells and cloning will turn us into a world of scientifically engineered beings....

Dishing it up.(Steve F. de Castro profile, Ruth's Chris Steak House Inc. management strategies and goals)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... Steve de Castro expands restaurant empire Steve F. de Castro, the Cuban-born Ruth's Chris Steakhouse magnate, knows what it's like to sweat out a day's work in a hot kitchen. De Castro began learning those sweat lessons early, as a...

Downtown parking rates hit new highs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... Monthly parking rates at some of downtown's most desirable locations will shoot past the $200 mark next month as garage owners capitalize on the high demand for a precious few spaces. With the need for an additional 3,600 spaces looming...

Hopkins sued for $12M.(Johns Hopkins Hospital)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Hospital released man's medical files A former patient of Johns Hopkins Hospital claims the medical institution ruined his life by giving information about his psychiatric troubles to a disgruntled former friend. He is suing the...

Towson firm nabs $5.65M.(4GL School Solutions Inc. receives first round venture capital)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... The tap has slowed, but it's still running. Towson-based 4GL School Solutions Inc., a provider of special education software and services to large school districts, secured $5.65 million in first round venture capital. The investment...

Prime shareholders OK stock split.(Prime Retail approves reverse stock split)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Prime Retail's shareholders approved a 10-to-1 reverse stock split on Tuesday -- the first step in preventing the battered Baltimore outlet center and developer. from being bumped off the New York Stock Exchange. If the directors of the local...

City gives $1 M loan to CitiFinancial.(Baltimore City Board of Estimates )(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... The Baltimore City Board of Estimates agreed to loan GitiFinancial $1 million for tenant improvements to its downtown headquarters at 300 St. Paul Place. But that loan could be converted into a grant if CitiFinancial, the consumer credit...

Calif. company to buy Iphotonics.(Solectron Corp. to acquire Iphotonics Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Solectron Corp., a California-based provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Iphotonics Inc., an optical manufacturing services company that employs 200 people in...

Port Discovery gets loan reprieve.(Baltimore City Board of Estimates approves loan extension)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... The Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved an agreement to extend the terms of its loan with the Children's Museum, a nonprofit corporation that operates Port Discovery. Under the agreement, the city's $5 million loan and Bank of...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
August 24, 2001... In the List of Largest Law Firms in the Baltimore Area [Vol. 19, Aug. 17-23, Pages 18-19], some law firm executives were incorrectly identified. The List showed only the names of the managing partners. In Miles & Stockbridge PC, the chairman...

Name game strikes out.(Cambden Yards may have difficulty selling naming rights)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... Camden Yards by another name would still be Camden Yards. That, say some sports marketing experts, is why the Orioles may have a hard time commanding top dollar for the naming rights to their renowned baseball stadium. For hypothetical...

Coleman house sold.(Gardner Homes L.L.C. purchases Monica L. Coleman home)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... The former home of Monica L. Coleman, the stockbroker who's accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars, went on the chopping block last month. Gardner Homes LLC, a Millersville custom home builder and remodeler, bought...

Lewis goes online.(Ray Lewis launches web site)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Bad-boy linebaker Ray Lewis is taking his game to the World Wide Web with the help of Baltimore-based Blue Sky Factory Inc. The Web development firm created and launched a Web site with the help of the Lewis camp. On the site...

Gainers & Losers.
August 24, 2001... Suddenly, it's time to figure out whether your kid wants a Destiny's Child or Backstreet Boys backpack. Reading up on this stuff is imperative if you want to pass the cool test. [up] Parking prices So what else is new in downtown...

Creditrust successor struggles in downturn.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... NCO Portfolio Management; the company that rose from the ashes of Creditrust Corp. had to write off nearly half a million dollars in projected revenue during the second quarter. Baltimore-based NCO Portfolio Management buys delinquent...

Whitehall nears deal for Columbia property.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Whitehall Industrial Properties, an affiliate of the Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, has a 475,000-square-foot building in the Columbia section of Howard County under contract. Terms of the pending deal for the complex at 9325 snowden...

Boxer sells city office site.(Boxer Property sells office building in Baltimore City)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Boxer Property, a Houston-based commercial real estate firm with a Baltimore office, has sold its building at 213 St. Paul Place in Baltimore City. Terms of the deal, including the buyer, were not disclosed. Mercy Medical Center was...

MacKenzie/ONCOR.(MacKenzie/ONCOR partner with Paragon Smart Technologies)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... MacKenzie/ONCOR, a Lutherville-based commercial real estate firm, has partnered with Paragon Smart Technologies (www.paragon-md.com) of, Howard County to supply technology services to tenants of certain MacKenzie buildings. Businesses...

Hard Coplan Macht.(receives Irvine Nature Center contract)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Hard Coplan Macht, a Baltimore-based architectural and land-planning firm, was selected by Irvine Nature Center, a Stevenson nonprofit environmental education center, to create a signature campus on the organization's recently acquired...

Gant Hart Brunnett.(receives Prince George's Community College contract)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Gant Hart Brunnett, a Baltimore-based architectural firm, was selected to design the renovations and expansion to Bladen Hall, a student services center at Prince George's Community College. The $6 million project will include upgrades to the...

Webvan plans auction of Arundel equipment.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Failed Internet grocer Webvan Group Inc. is planning to auction off millions of dollars worth of assets from the massive Glen Burnie warehouse where it had planned to house its Baltimore-Washington regional operations. Details of the...

Zagat lists power spots.(restaurants of New York rated)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... It's an important time of year again for some restaurateurs -- at least those whose restaurants were rated highly in the 2001 Zagat Survey. Zagat (www.zagat.com), a New York company, ranks about 1,000 restaurants in the Baltimore...

Tweeter.(opens new store in Baltimore, Maryland)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... High-end home and auto electronics dealer Tweeter (www.twtr.com) plans to open its sixth Baltimore location in September. The new store will be located in Columbia' at the Dobbin Shopping Center on Dobbin Road, and will employ about 14...

Ollie's Bargain Outlet.(to open store in Frederick Towne Mall)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... A redevelopment is bringing new tenants to Frederick Towne Mall. Ollie's Bargain Outlet will take up more than 35,000 square feet that was once occupied by County Market. The retailer operates 22 stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland...

Laser eye surgery giant to open new centers.(LaserVision Centers Inc. plans Maryland locations)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... The first major shake up in the laser eye surgery business should bring at least two new lasers to Maryland. A week after St. Louis-based LaserVision Centers Inc. bought ClearVision Laser Centers Inc. of Denver, company officials say the...

GBMC offers new surgery.(Greater Baltimore Medical Center offers endoscopic spinal fusion surgery)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... A new spinal-fusion surgery being performed at Greater Baltimore Medical Center can trim at least two days off a patient's length of stay and reduce the amount of blood a patient loses during surgery. That, in turn, means cost savings for...

Sheppard Pratt contract.(with Bon Secours Baltimore Health System)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Bon Secours Baltimore Health System is the latest Maryland hospital to secure psychiatric management assistance from Sheppard Pratt Health System. Under the terms of the two-year management contract, Towson-based Sheppard Pratt will...

Demand still high for techies.(economy not affecting some technology workers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... The sluggish economy isn't doing much to technology workers and, more importantly, their salaries, according to a recent survey conducted by Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Hewitt Associates LLC. The consulting firm questioned 198 companies that...

UB expands e-learning.(University of Baltimore to offer courses via GeoLearning Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... The University of Baltimore plans to offer its Web-based MBA and bachelor's degrees in business administration to a broader market through GeoLearning Inc., an Iowa-based provider of e-learning management platforms. The program provides...

Battelle unveils HQ plans.(Battelle Memorial Institute building east coast regional headquarters)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Ohio group chooses Aberdeen for East Coast operations A 72-year-old not-for-profit organization is moving into Harford County with aggressive plans to change the physical landscape and hopefully the economic landscape as well. ...

Stock Snapshot: GSE Systems Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... AMEX: GVP Columbia-based GSE Systems Inc. develops business technology and software for commercial use in the energy, process and manufacturing industries. The company's products are used in more than 700 applications - representing...