Leadership Move

Mr. Rick Sebastian, President/CEO, Human Technologies Corporation announces a leadership move at HTC. Mr. Paul Huening, General Manager, Property Management Group has recently been promoted to the position of Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Government Affairs for the Corporation.

Mr. Huening is responsible for all marketing and sales activity for HTC. HTC provides an array of products and services to the Federal, State and local government. HTC also provides products and services to commercial customers both locally and nationally.

Mr. Huening earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Syracuse University, Utica and joined Human Technologies Corporation in September 2002.

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Employees Recognized

The Board of Directors of Human Technologies Corporation (HTC) recently held their 54th Annual Meeting and honored several employees for their long term commitment and service to the company.

Those recognized were:

Twenty-five years of service: John Cannucciari, Production Worker, Northern Apparel; Barney Mosal, Production Worker, Northern Apparel; Brian Delaney, Production Worker, DMS.

Twenty years of service: John LaFlair, Production Worker, DMS; Herbert Williams, Team Leader, Food Service.

Fifteen years of service: Lester Williams, Screen Printer, Graphtex; Thomas Toolen, Production Worker, DMS.

Ten years of service: Daniel Hall, Production Worker, DMS; Anthony Thong Mai, Production Worker, DMS; Enrichetta Pagliaro, Production Worker, Northern Apparel; Carlton Gruby, Janitor, ProClean West; Michael McMullen, Janitor; ProClean East; Betty Clark, Utility Sewing Machine Operator, Northern Apparel; Barbara O’Connor, Coordinator-Billing & Business Operations, Mental Health Connections-Utica; Patricia Lazore, Production Worker; Northern Apparel

Human Technologies Corporation Board Elects Officers for 2008

The Board of Directors of Human Technologies Corporation (HTC) held its 54th Annual Meeting on January 30, 2008 at the Radisson Utica Centre Hotel.

Officers of the Board were elected to serve for the 2008-2009 year term. Jim Brockway, Vice President & Regional Manager, M&T Bank, was elected Chairman, Michael Reese, Executive Director Mohawk Valley Economic Development was elected Vice-Chairman, Barry Depot, Operations Manager, Wal-Mart Distribution Center was elected Treasurer and Rose White, Executive Director of Hope House, was elected Secretary.

Others Directors include Andrea LaGatta, Director of Development at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, James Hill, Retired, Business Development Representative, Partners Trust Bank, Harrison J. Hummel, III, President, Hummel’s Office Plus, Donald A. St. Louis, Retired-Business Owner St. Louis Gas, Nancy Pattarini, CEO, Paige Marketing & Communications, Immediate Past Chair.

William Nicholson, Retired, Niagara Mohawk, has completed his tenure serving on the Board of Directors.

Corporate Officers are Richard E. Sebastian, Jr., President/CEO, Paul Huening, Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Government Affairs, Robert Payne, Vice President, Manufacturing & Operations, Barbara DeAngelis, CFO and Linda Forth, Director of Human Resources.

Sewing Graduates

Human Technologies Corporation graduates it’s second class of students in their Industrial Sewing Program . From left to right: Instructor: Sue Anna, Production Leader from HTC Manufacturing, Students: Richard Ellis, Kim Phillips and Douglas LaPlante

Oneida County Honored by
NYS Industries for the Disabled (NYSID)

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced that New York State Industries for the Disabled (NYSID) has honored Oneida County as its “2007 Local Government Agency Customer of the Year.”

“ Oneida County government’s support of NYSID’s services and products makes good fiscal sense for agencies serving county residents,” Picente said. “By procuring services and products from vendors that employ workers with disabilities, we are not only upholding our high standards for products and services, we are contributing to the lives of workers with disabilities who are able to retain employment.”

NYSID has called Oneida County government “a leader in providing effective, efficient services to meet the needs of its community while also creating a growth-oriented business climate. On the leading edge of growth and innovation during our state’s formative years, Oneida County is still a leader in today’s information age -- a county where value of quality workmanship, pride in community heritage, and a commitment to making government work on behalf of the people endures and flourishes.”

In a little over one year’s time, the county has steadily increased its usage of NYSID agencies’ products and services in several departments including the Departments of Central Services, Mental Health, Buildings & Grounds, Airport, Records Management, and Social Services. This escalating support has grown by more than 200% within 18 months -- an amazing increase in employment of people with disabilities at NYSID member agencies, including Utica-based Human Technologies Corp.

“Working with NYSID benefits both county residents by securing high quality services at extremely reasonable costs and by providing employment opportunities for workers with disabilities,” Picente said.

HTC Awarded Grant from First Source Federal Credit Union

Human Technologies Corporation a private 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit company employing people with disabilities is pleased to announce that it has received a grant for $5,000 from First Source Federal Credit Union for the purpose of assisting with the purchase of new equipment for its Graphtex Operations.

This grant helps to offset the costs of new embroidery equipment and will enable HTC to expand the operational capability and capacity to service all accounts and particularly the US Forest Service, where HTC will produce apparel for 20,000 Forest Service workers nationwide. The acquisition of this equipment will also dramatically improve operating efficiencies throughout the entire Graphtex Division of HTC.

It is a top priority for HTC to fulfill its mission by providing opportunities for individuals with disabilities to participate in full community life and to be engaged in meaningful and productive work. The acquisition of this equipment contributes to the creation of more job opportunities for people with disabilities.

Pictured above, Mike Parsons, President and CEO of First Source Federal Credit Union presents grant check to Lealo Tyler, Rebecca Fogg and AnnaMarie Lombardo from Human Technologies Corporation.

Contract Awarded To HTC from US Department of Agriculture

Human Technologies Corporation, a private 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit company employing people with disabilities, has been awarded a multi-year contract from the US Department of Agriculture US Forest Service to manage the Uniform Allowance program for approximately 20,000 Forest Service workers nationwide. This contract administered under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) program is the first of its kind and will serve to create and enhance up to 16 jobs locally for people with severe disabilities and another 225 nationwide through HTC’s not-for-profit supplier network.

This contract will fully utilize HTC’s current textile manufacturing, embroidery and packaging capabilities and results in new warehousing distribution and
E-commerce fulfillment functions. HTC is expanding into the 3rd party logistics field and will be able to offer federal, state and commercial customers complete supply chain solutions.

In addition to manufacturing some of the clothing items here in the Mohawk Valley and contracting with other not-for-profits throughout the country, HTC will completely manage the spending allowances for each Forest Service employee. The management of theses allowances required significant technological infrastructure to be created and enhanced and HTC has partnered with Xonitek Systems from Binghamton, New York to assist with building the backbone for the allowances as well as a state of the art E-commerce store to be used by each Forest Service employee.

Rick Sebastian, President/CEO of Human Technologies Corporation says “this contract represents a turning point not only for HTC and our capabilities, but more importantly for people with severe disabilities. We will be creating here and throughout the entire country jobs that add meaning and value to a person’s life and jobs that are and will be in demand in other types of industry. As we grow in our ability to bring solutions to customer’s supply chain needs, we create even more opportunities for people with disabilities to be a go to and highly trained workforce. We accomplish three major principles of our business, exceed customer’s expectations, create job opportunities for people with disabilities and engage in social innovation.”

HTC is committed to enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities and others who have barriers to employment and employs approximately 330 people throughout the Mohawk Valley. HTC serves more than 30,000 customers locally, regionally and throughout the country in its apparel, textile manufacturing, specialty printing, janitorial, and behavioral health services lines of business.

HTC Awarded Community Foundation Grant

Human Technologies Corporation, a private 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit company employing people with disabilities, is pleased to announce that it has received a grant for $40,000 from the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties for the purpose of assisting with the purchase of new equipment for its Graphtex Operations.

This grant helps to offset the costs of new embroidery equipment and will enable HTC to expand the operational capability and capacity to service all accounts and particularly the US Forest Service, where HTC will produce apparel for 20,000 Forest Service workers nationwide. The acquisition of this equipment will also dramatically improve operating efficiencies throughout the entire Graphtex Division of HTC.

It is a top priority for HTC to fulfill its mission by providing opportunities for individuals with disabilities to participate in full community life and to be engaged in meaningful and productive work. The acquisition of this equipment contributes to the creation of more job opportunities for people with disabilities.

HTC is committed to enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities and others who have barriers to employment and employs approximately 330 people throughout the Mohawk Valley. HTC serves more than 30,000 customers locally, regionally and throughout the country in its apparel, textile manufacturing, specialty printing, janitorial, and behavioral health services lines of business.

Pictured above, Jan Squadrito Senior, Senior Program Officer from the Community Foundation presents grant check to Lealo Tyler, Rebecca Fogg and AnnaMarie Lombardo from Human Technologies Corporation.