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HEALTH CARE

auphin County company’s


genetic tests aim to determine
whether patients may be at risk
for addiction.
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BIGGER BOXES Demand is driving up the size of warehouses in


Central Pennsylvania, not just their numbers.
See story, page 6

ermody Properties is building a nearly 1.1 million s uare foot speculative warehouse, the largest building in the company s history, o E it 1 of nterstate in Bethel Township, Lebanon
County. Construction is e pected to be complete by June. PHOTO/SUBMITTED

TECHNOLOGY

For small medical offices, cyber risks loom


By Gillian Branstetter Insurance Group brokerage firm in Hamp- it is yet,” said Biretz. willing to prioritize it.
gbranstetter@cpbj.com den Township. Small medical practices face multiple “I insure a local independent firm. They
It’s a threat big hospitals are well aware vulnerabilities, including outdated medi- do about $45 million in revenue and I put
Hackers target large hospitals for the of, said Biretz. But as those hospitals hire cal software and staff often left untrained together a cyber package that included
same reason John Dillinger robbed banks: full-time teams devoted to network secu- in how to avoid phishing scams or use safe everything they’d run into up to $4 mil-
It’s where the money is. rity, Biretz and others are warning small, passwords – practices network security lion,” said Biretz.
“If we looked at each industry and independent practices they face many of experts call “cyber hygiene.” The annual premium came to $32,000,
asked ‘which one has the most data,’ the same risks and many don’t realize it James Murdoch Insurance sells cyber which the company decided was too high a
health care is the biggest one,” said Jesse until they’ve suffered a breach. liability insurance plans for businesses,
Biretz, vice president of James B. Murdoch “They don’t understand how big a deal but Biretz notes many companies aren’t please see CYBER page 10

FEATURES INDEX NONPROFIT


Awards ....................................14
Lancaster County
Business Record ...................15
Inside Business...................... 11 nonprofits are pioneering
Lists & Leads ..........................13 software that cuts
Newsmakers ..........................14 through paperwork
Off The Clock ........................ 23
Opinion..................................... 8 hassles for their clients.
Trending ..................................21
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HEALTH CARE

Firm fights addiction


TRAVEL WITH US! one gene at a time
By Gillian Branstetter Zone program was established to support,”
gbranstetter@cpbj.com
said Michael Gerber, a DCED spokesman.
Prescient’s “focus on providing physi-
While providers and legislators work cians and patients with reliable data to
to prevent the next overdose, a Dauphin make the most informed health care deci-
Host, County company thinks it can prevent the sions will move Pennsylvania’s life sciences
Scott LaMar next addiction. industry forward and improve the quality of
Prescient Medicine is currently in the so many lives,” said Gerber.
SMART TALK heads to the early stages of U.S. Food and Drug Admin- While headquartered in Dauphin
Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh istration approval for its LifeKit Predict test, County, the company operates several
to record a special episode celebrating which the company claims can help doctors locations in Missouri, Illinois and Florida
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’s
and other health care providers identify a and expanded into Kentucky with an
50th Anniversary
patient’s predilection to acquisition of Louisville-
February 20 addiction before he or based genetic testing lab
To purchase tickets for this motor coach she ever swallows a pill. PGxL Laboratories last
experience contact Alyssa Broda at “We’re in active discus- October. The company
717.910.2872 or alyssa_broda@witf.org
sion with the FDA to get also has plans for a new
this test approved as quickly location in California and
as possible,” said Keri Donald- another in Florida.
son, CEO and medical director of According to Donaldson,
the South Hanover Township- the company has seen sharp
Supported by based company. growth in revenue, sustain-
LifeKit Predict, said ing what he estimated to
Donaldson, analyzes a be 300 percent growth per
DNA sample to deter- quarter. Altogether, Pre-
mine whether a patient scient employs 50 people
is in a population group including temporary staff
prone to form substance and consultants.

Penn State Harrisburg use disorders or in one that


doesn’t.
Both Lifekit Predict and
LifeKit Prescript are ventures

GRADUATE SCHOOL
“It’s a pretty big deal, just by the company into the field of
the thought process that you pharmacogenetics – the study of
can reproducibly talk about relationships between phar-

OPEN HOUSE the predisposition to addic-


tion based on genes has
been around for quite
maceuticals and a patient’s
genetic makeup.
Pharmacogenetics sits

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 some time. But the way


in which we can interpret
within the very broad -
and very old - field of
6:00 p.m. • Library that information so that it
makes a meaningful differ-
personalized medicine.
A paper published in the
ence is relatively new,” said British Journal of Clinical
Donaldson. Pharmacology cites an ob-
LifeKit Predict is one of sever- servation by Pythagoras – that
al tests Prescient offers to provid- fava beans were producing fatal
ers. Founded by Donaldson in symptoms in some people
2014, the company also pro- but not others – in 510 B.C.
duces LifeKit Prescript – as the origin of the field.
designed to test a patient According to Donald-
for adverse reactions to son, research into the
myriad medications in- clinical uses of pharmaco-
cluding antidepressants and antipsychot- genetics picked up steam in the last decade,
ics – as well as a drug toxicology kit and a particularly in cancer research.
diagnostic test for Hepatitis C. “You’d give a drug and some people
Prescient recently received a tax credit would respond. Maybe even have a period
worth more than $50,000 from the Key- of time where they are cancer-free. Maybe
717-948-6250 • hbgadmit@psu.edu stone Innovation Zone, a program in the they would relapse. But another patient
harrisburg.psu.edu Pennsylvania Department of Community population would be given the same drug
and Economic Development that looks to with the same kind of cancer and not re-
RSVP encouraged but not required. support innovative companies under eight spond,” said Donaldson.
Visit: grad-open-house.eventbrite.com years old. Researchers like Donaldson have since
“Prescient Medicine is exactly the type
of businesses that the Keystone Innovation please see ADDICTION page 7
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CONSTRUCTION

Volume 34, Number 4


Harrisburg office: 1500 Paxton St., Harrisburg, PA 17104
717-236-4300 • editorial@cpbj.com
Disaster recovery firm branches out
Lancaster office: 717-285-9512 (advertising), 717-323-5277 (editorial)
York office: 717-236-4300 (advertising) • 717-854-1026 (editorial) By Rochelle A. Shenk
Contributing writer
Publisher, ShaunJude McCoach

NEWS
Editor, Joel Berg
Michael Rose started a business
Managing Editor, Cathy Hirko helping other companies rebuild
Web Editor, Becca Oken-Tatum after punishing fires. But the ex-
Reporters
perience he gained led him and
Jason Scott
Gillian Branstetter
his company into two new areas:
Photographer, Amy Spangler energy and roofing.
Researcher, Alaine Keisling The original company is Impact
DESIGN Disaster Services, based in West
Graphic Designer, John Layton Manchester Township, York Coun-
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT ty. Last year he launched Impact En-
Manager, Sherry Andersen ergy Services, and later this year he
Specialist, Carlin Luz
hopes to introduce Impact Roofing.
Coordinator, Raquel Campbell
The common thread is helping
ADVERTISING clients with structural challenges,
Senior Account Executives, Michele Engle, Lynn Stickler
Account Executives, Christiana Rathman, Gail Clough
whether they involve recovering
Classified Sales, Anthony Miranda from a fire, saving energy or fixing
Copyright 2018 by BridgeTower Media. All rights reserved. Volume 34, Number 4. Re-
production or use, without permission, of editorial or graphic content in any manner, includ-
roofs and gutters.
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Reprints@JournalMultimedia.com. Authorization to photocopy articles for internal corporate
or instructional use may be obtained from the Copyright Clearance Center at 978-750-8400. age, and a lot of that involves roof
CENTRAL PENN BUSINESS JOURNAL (ISSN 1058-3599) is published weekly except for
the weeks of Jan. 5, July 6, Nov. 23, and Dec. 28; an extra issue is published in February by
damage,” Rose said.” In the past
BridgeTower Media, 1500 Paxton St., Harrisburg, PA 17104-2633. The periodical postage is
we’ve used subcontractors for roof-
paid at Harrisburg, PA and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes
to the Central Penn Business Journal, 1500 Paxton St., Harrisburg, PA 17104-2633. ing work, but we’re starting to do so
Central Penn Business Journal cannot be responsible for the return of unsolicited mate-
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many roofs that we decided to bring
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this in-house.”
completeness of the information cannot be guaranteed. No information expressed herein
constitutes a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any securities. It’s not the only work Rose has
brought in-house since starting the
company in 2013 in his basement
with one vehicle and a single em-
ployee. He had worked for other
restoration companies before ven-
turing out on his own.
COMPANIES INDEX “It gave me the confidence and
Groups receiving significant mention in this paper
and pages on which stories begin: experience to start my own busi-
Advanced PainCare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ness,” he said.
Alliance Business Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 One project led to another, and
Barley Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
today Impact Disaster Services has
Berks County Industrial Development Authority . . . . . . . . . 6
Black Gryphon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 28 employees and 21 vehicles serv-
Blue Rock Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ing residential and commercial cli-
CBRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Community Action Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ents throughout southcentral Penn-
Cushman & Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 sylvania, as well as in Delaware and
Davenshire Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Dermody Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Maryland.
First Industrial Realty Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 In-house services include a
Harrisburg Gastroenterology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Impact Disaster Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
“cleaning room” where smoke-
Insurance Agents & Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 damaged items from a home or
James B. Murdoch Insurance Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Michael Rose is president of mpact isaster Services, based in est Manchester Township,
business including furniture, fur-
Jason Shaffer Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 York County. Founded in 01 , the company speciali es in re and water damage restoration for
Lancaster County Coalition to End Homelessness . . . . . . . . 4 nishings and office files can be commercial and residential properties, and is licensed to operate in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
McConkey Insurance & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 cleaned and restored. When Im-
Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies . . .11
Delaware. PHOTO/AMY SPANGLER
Prescient Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 pact Disaster was new, it subcon-
United Way of Lancaster County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 tracted the work to a specialist. In addition, “As we’ve grown and handled more and
United Way of the Capital Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
York County Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Impact purchased powerful fans to dry out more fire damage claims, we’ve become
a water-damaged homes, restaurants and more efficient at handling the claims and
other commercial/industrial spaces instead making the rebuilding process easier for the
of just renting them. property owner,” Rose said.
CORRECTIONS/ The name “Impact” reflects the com- He noted that Central Pennsylvania has
CLARIFICATIONS pany’s commitment to impacting custom- a number of older homes built in the 1920s
ers’ lives in a positive way at a time that can and 1930s. While the older homes are well-
The Central Penn Business Journal will cor-
rect or clarify mistakes made in the publica- be very stressful, Rose said. For home and built they may have older systems.
tion. If you have a uestion, please call the business owners that means working with “When there’s a fire, the outside may still
editorial department at 717-236- 300. insurance companies to ensure a property be intact, but there’s a lot of interior damage.
• is repaired in a timely manner, and that the Reconstruction will mean bringing it up to
CORRECTION: list on page 2 of the Jan.
proper permits are in place. For insurance meet the current building code standards,”
26 issue incorrectly listed Camp Hill-based
tlantic Community Bankers Bank by its companies that means documenting a loss, he said.
former name. It is a subsidiary of tlantic securing and protecting damaged areas, and
Community Bancshares Inc. submitting fair and timely estimates please see DISASTER page 12
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NONPROFITS

Software aims to cut hassles for Lancaster agencies


By Thomas A. Barstow Partnership  in 2015, set out to see what caster County, said the Caseworthy project something for other United Ways to adopt
Contributing writer could be done. He knew that the Lancaster has great promise. However, the agency is some day, Fatzinger said.
County Coalition to End Homelessness not quite in a position to release the pro- York County also is monitoring the prog-
Dan Jurman looked at the way Netflix, had been using software to track clients, a gram to other groups. ress, said Kelly Blechertas, program report-
Amazon and other tech companies gather monitoring effort required by the federal When the time comes, she added, “I defi- ing specialist with the York County Planning
information and then use algorithms to de- government. Agencies that help the home- nitely feel like we will be a role model for the Commission. Blechertas said York County
termine what you might like to buy or read. less can use various software providers other United Ways.” homeless-advocacy groups use a different
The head of the Community Action Part- but the Lancaster group had been using Heberlein and Jurman said there is po- system than Caseworthy, but she is familiar
nership in Lancaster County wondered why Caseworthy. tential to help groups nationwide. But Jur- with the Utah company’s software.
similar technology couldn’t help match Jurman contacted the Salt Lake City, man is careful about over-selling the soft- Lancaster County tends to be on the
families with the myriad programs designed Utah, company to see if it would be willing ware program. He said the hardest part cutting edge, generally, because of gener-
for people in need. to work on a system for use by agencies and would be getting agencies to agree to try it. ous grants and other support, as well as
“They are trying to sell things,” said Jur- nonprofits countywide. Caseworthy agreed, The work is intensive, and expensive, and high staffing levels at various agencies, so
man, CEO of the anti-poverty group. “We and the project made steady headway. it requires a great deal of cooperation and officials there have been able to develop
just want to help people.” About $600,000 in total has been invested coordination, he said. Caseworthy, she said.
People coming into his agency seeking in the project, with an initial $75,000 grant Tim Fatzinger, president and CEO of the “Lancaster took it and applied it to a lot
food assistance fill out a set of paperwork, he coming from Women United of The United United Way of the Capital Region, said he more things,” she said, adding that York
said. Then, if they want help with child care, Way of Lancaster County, he said. It took a has been following the Lancaster County County groups could benefit from the work
they have to go to another office where simi- while to work out the major bugs. project with interest. The project might be once the new program is ready to spread. <
lar forms ask some of the same questions. “It’s software, so it is going to do all sorts
“Everyone has different database sourc- of funky things,” he said. Eventually, the cost
ing clients determine what other sources
es,” Jurman said. “People would have to do to build such a system should go down, and Caseworthy project of help were available.
paperwork all over again. Not just here, but the hope is that groups using the software at a glance Background: The concept behind the
the whole system. Why don’t we have a sin- will save money by spending less time and
What: Software company based in Salt Lancaster County project is that there is
gle intake and assessment system, and then money on client intake.
Lake City, tah “no wrong door,” said Rhett Richins, vice
we could see everything they qualify for.” About 30 Lancaster County nonprofits
Specialty: Works with human services president of business development at
People could be steered to programs they are now using the system, and the United
agencies to provide custom software. Caseworthy.
didn’t know existed, and managers could Way has been helping work out lingering
In Lancaster County: Worked with agen- “If you walk into a food bank but need
better monitor programs to see what was bugs as the system is rolled out.
cies to build software that would offer a housing,” he said, “they can tell you where
working, he said. Andrea Heberlein, lead director of com-
portal, reducing paperwork but also help- to find services.”
Jurman, who joined Community Action munity impact for the United Way of Lan-

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DISTRIBUTION

Developers adding height, space to new warehouses


By Jason Scott opment to new heights. One is a 1.1 million- was successful, then the private sector came most big cities in the Northeast – stands to
jscott@cpbj.com square-foot warehouse that Nevada-based in,” he said. see continued growth.
Dermody Properties is developing off Exit Big warehouses are under construc- Gene Preston, a partner at Dermody
The growing demands of e-commerce are 16 of I-78 in Bethel Township, Berks County. tion or have been proposed all along I-78 Properties’ East Region in New Jersey,
not only driving development of more ware- The other is a 738,720-square-foot distribu- heading toward the Hamburg exit, where agrees. There are a lot of barriers to entry
houses along the Interstate 78/Interstate tion center at the I-78/I-81 split in Union Cabela’s has a store. Large real estate inves- in the New York metropolitan area, he said.
81 corridor, they also are leading to ware- Township, Lebanon County, for Chicago- tors like Dermody and First Industrial are The scarcity of land is the biggest, which
houses that are bigger and taller than ever. based First Industrial Realty Trust. behind most of the projects. is pushing more investments west of the
Tom Meagher, an executive vice presi- The average warehouse in the region has Blue Rock, which works with many insti- Lehigh Valley.
dent who heads up the Allentown office increased in size by 29 percent over the last tutional investors, currently has more than Over the last four or five years, Dermody
of contractor Blue Rock Construction, is decade to 555,236 square feet, according to 7 million square feet under construction has built or acquired more than 5 million
seeing the trend firsthand in Central Penn- CBRE Research, an arm of real estate firm across its footprint, which stretches from square feet of industrial space in Pennsyl-
sylvania. CBRE Group Inc. Maine to Virginia. That is up from about 5 vania. The bulk of that space was along the
Blue Rock specializes in warehouse and The majority of the industrial sites under million at this time two years ago, Meagher I-78/I-81 corridor.
distribution center construction. It has construction or proposed along I-78 are said. Preston said the I-78 corridor is a “natural
started to build some 40-foot-tall build- around 1 million square feet each, said Tom The majority of the company’s work is in place” for companies to want to locate a
ings that promise future tenants – namely McKeon, executive director of the Berks Pennsylvania. warehouse today. Dermody’s project off Exit
fulfillment centers handling online orders County Industrial Development Authority. “We’ve definitely seen an increase in the 16, which is slated to wrap by June, is within
– greater flexibility to operate. Infrastructure improvements at many size of projects,” he said, noting a sweet spot a morning’s drive to ports in New York and
“Not long ago, the highest building was of the interchanges along I-78, including between 750,000 square feet and 1.2 million Philadelphia. He also said warehouses in
32-foot clear,” Meagher said. “Then it went utility upgrades, and tax incentives, have square feet. the area can quickly draw workers from
to 36 and now it’s up to 40-foot clear.” helped Lebanon and Berks counties attract The company’s largest project is a 2.3 multiple counties.
Two of Blue Rock’s active projects are new warehouse projects. million-square-foot facility for Amazon on Toy maker Mattel and clothing giant VF
around the I-78/I-81 split, which has been The Berks Park 78 in Bethel Township, Staten Island. Corp. recently inked distribution deals at
seeing more warehouse construction as home of Dollar General and PetSmart dis- “What’s driving it is the need to have good the split in Union Township.
industrial land fills up in the Harrisburg tribution centers, was one of the area’s distribution centers close to major popula- “We’re seeing continued validation of
area toward Carlisle and east toward the first industrial parks, paving the way for tion areas,” Meagher said. that location,” Preston said.
Lehigh Valley. other development over the last five years, Central Pennsylvania – which already So is Jeff Thomas, senior regional direc-
The two Blue Rock projects are helping to McKeon said. has more than 165 million square feet of in-
push the average size of an industrial devel- “Once we got Berks Park 78 done and it dustrial space and highways that can reach please see WAREHOUSES page 7

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ADDICTION WAREHOUSES
effective because they’re not metaboliz- people have a substance-use disorder
ing it, or they’re taking another medica- and addiction and some people don’t?’
continued from page 2 tion that’s also metabolized through that That was the question we started out continued from page 6
same pathway and it affects the efficacy. with,” said Donaldson.
started improving on mathematical That might be a circumstance where we The paper that resulted from that re- tor at First Industrial. The company broke
models to simulate patient interactions change the medication to one the patient search, published in August, attempts to ground toward the end of 2017 on the dis-
to a wide variety of drugs. With a DNA can metabolize well based on the genetic show the efficacy of the LifeKit Predict tribution center with the 40-foot ceilings.
sample and some basic medical infor- testing,” said Shirey. tests sold by Prescient. Rather than de- The project is expected to be done by
mation, a company like Prescient can Part of a patient’s response to drugs is termining whether a patient will become the fourth quarter this year. A smaller
determine how a person will react to based on their genetic predisposition to addicted to a substance, said Donaldson, pad site next door will be available for a
a majority of the most commonly-pre- certain diseases, including heart disease, the test places people into two popula- 250,000-square-foot facility.
scribed medications. cancer and psychiatric illnesses like bi- tions – one prone to form an addiction Both Preston and Thomas said the in-
“With the genetic background infor- polar disorder. But acting on those same and one prone not to form an addiction. creased demand for new industrial space
mation plus some medication therapy connections in addicts – as Prescient Donaldson clarified that the test is not should lead to quick leasing deals with
information, plus a couple things about hopes to do – presents new difficulties. an attempt to predict who will or who tenants.
their liver and renal function, we can “Substance-use disorder is extremely will not become addicted. According to “It’s definitely shortened up,” Preston
model around 80 percent of the drugs complicated,” said Donaldson. Donaldson, LifeKit Predict “can tell you said, citing a company average of four to five
out there right now,” said Donaldson. He Addiction can be the result of mul- with a high degree of certainty whether months to lease up newly built space. The
estimated the company handles “hun- tiple genetic and environmental factors. your patient’s genes are consistent with rule of thumb had been at least a year for a
dreds” of its LifeKit Prescript tests a day. Someone raised by an alcoholic is more a population that has a substance use finished spec building.
Advanced PainCare has been using likely to turn to drinking themselves both disorder, or one that does not.” And construction isn’t slowing down.
Prescient tests for two years, said Jamie as a learned behavior and because they The test can make that determination Cushman & Wakefield recently report-
Shirey, a nurse practitioner at the prac- have inherited certain genetic aspects with a 97 percent sensitivity – mean- ed that developers finished 11.4 million
tice, which is in Hampden Township. It from their parents that make them sus- ing for every 100 tests administered, 97 square feet of construction along the I-
previously used a different pharmaco- ceptible to addiction. According to a 2008 will accurately group the patients being 78/I-81 industrial market last year. Nearly
genetic vendor. paper from the American Psychological analyzed. 19 million square feet is to be delivered
Shirey said genetic tests can help pro- Association, “at least half of a person’s “That’s pretty revolutionary,” he said. this year.
viders determine how well a patient is susceptibility to drug addiction can be Still, said Donaldson, results from Current tenant demands for new in-
metabolizing a medication and help find linked to genetic factors.” the test shouldn’t be taken as gospel. dustrial space along the corridor amount
the best medicine for that patient. Starting six years ago, Donaldson and Because addiction can be influenced by to about 25 million square feet, said Adam
Because different patients handle dif- a team of researchers began looking for many factors both genetic and environ- Campbell, executive director. Most com-
ferent drugs and different drug interac- a way to model a patient’s chances of mental, providers should always use cau- panies are seeking spaces of more than
tions on an individual basis, said Shirey, forming an addiction when taking any tion when prescribing a habit-forming 100,000 square feet.
the testing helps both patient and physi- number of drugs – from opioids to alco- substance. “With supply finally catching up with this
cian make a more informed decision. hol to nicotine. “It has to be an individualized decision ongoing demand, we should see yet another
“We might do genetic testing because “We went through and said ‘Can we go given a lot of other pieces of information solid year-end leasing number for 2018,”
that can tell us maybe a medication is not through and create a model for why some in that patient’s care,” said Donaldson. < Campbell said. <

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OPINION Central Penn Business Journal FEBRUARY 2, 2018

THE WHITEBOARD

“Dilly Dilly!” may be silly, but don’t expect it to dilly dally


Every once in a while, a light lager.” This closing line is ‘Dilly Dilly’ universe, but this overstaying the welcome to this MacManus & Masius in St
brand captures not new to Bud Light commer- phrase is ultimately up to the concept. Louis, once told me that over a
lightning in cials; the brand has been using people to decide how long it is “Dilly Dilly!” may or may not two-year period he wrote more
a bottle. The it through a variety of spots in relevant. We’ve been very lucky have the legs to sustain a run than 100 TV commercials that
most-talked- the last year. and very careful about how as long as Wassup! or the Bud- were submitted to the client
about TV com- With “Dilly Dilly,” as a catch much we push the phrase, so weiser frogs. But leading brands for review. Of those, they pro-
mercials of the phrase, Bud Light appears to we’re going to see how things like Bud Light have an insur- duced only five or six. He said
last few months have conjured the same vi- play out. We are just happy that ance policy that smaller brands that was considered par for
have been the David ral magic that sibling brand we’ve created something that’s riding a hit often don’t. the course. Only the very best
so-called “Dilly Taylor Budweiser discovered with ideas made it to the screen.
Dilly!” spots by “Wasssup!” in 2000 and the And he was one of several writ-
Bud Light, fea- Budweiser frogs (“Bud,” “Weis,” ers working on the account
turing a kingdom in which the “Er”) in 1995. Both campaigns
So do e pect the illy illy concept to go exclusively.
preferred currency seems to be ended up running for multiple for a big laugh in the Super Bowl this year with So do expect the “Dilly Dilly!”
Bud Light and group toasts are years and dozens of iterations. new material, but don t e pect Bud Light to concept to go for a big laugh in
led not by “Skoal!,” “Cheers!,” The challenge of how long to
dilly us to death with their latest hit. the Super Bowl this year with
or even, “L’chaim!,” but by the run a popular campaign that new material, but don’t expect
phrase “Dilly Dilly!” catches fire is often a tough Bud Light to dilly us to death
The spots are funny and one. Big brands like Bud Light with their latest hit. They’ll get
engaging, and designed to keep a close eye on how well fun, humorous and has some Money. the most out of it and they’ll
underline the popularity of the concept is sustaining en- cultural value.” Bud Light can afford to de- resume the search for the next
Bud Light, especially in group gagement with their audience. Goeler sounds a bit like a velop multiple ad campaigns big idea.
settings. (Bud Light is the top- They know that allowing an benevolent king when he says at once and then ride a winner. •
selling beer in the U.S.) The idea to wear out can be self-de- it will be “up to the people to Geico has been doing this for avid Taylor is president of
Lancaster-based Taylor Brand
spots end with the same copy feating. Andy Goeler, with the decide” on the campaign’s lon- years, often running as many
Group, which speciali es in brand
line, “Here’s to the friends you refreshingly simple title of VP gevity. Of course, he knows the three or four themes at once. development and marketing tech-
can always count on. Bud Light, of Bud Light, told the website customer is in charge and he is A copywriter for Budweiser’s nology. Contact him via www.tay-
brewed to be America’s favorite Thrillist, “We’re expanding the forthright that the brand fears longtime agency, D’Arcy- lorbrandgroup.com.

GUEST VIEW

Still time to rethink resolutions before you err


During your free time over the holidays, formance will simply resemble its recent an economist’s illogical humor, that good key states that a Trump presidency seemed
you may have pondered your financial and past. Actually, the near-term future of an stock markets and poor economies can extremely unlikely. However, as a result of
business future, and resolved to do some investment is more likely to resemble its co-exist — as they did during the Great Re- the election’s surprise outcome, we now
things differently in 2018. long-term past average. (Statisticians call cession, which persisted into 2012 during have a tax cut that most people never saw
If so, you may have based some reso- this reversion to the mean.) If a lackluster a bull market. There have also been poor coming.
lutions on expectations of what will or investment spikes upward, the statisti- stock markets during robust global econo- One of the best investments you can
won’t happen during this cal likelihood is that this probably won’t mies. make for your portfolio and your business
new year, as compared continue. Often, what’s “hot” abruptly It’s impossible to predict the stock mar- is to spend less and save more. Unlike mar-
to last. On a number of declines. ket because it’s truly random. Thus, inves- ket or economic events, this is something
levels, this is probably a Business owners can also fall victim to tors who attempt this are like pedestrians you can control. It just takes discipline.
mistake. Planning for the recency bias — by assuming that economic walking aimlessly, without direction. This By keeping these points in mind, you
unexpected — rather than conditions that benefit them will neces- principle is aptly demonstrated by Burton stand a better chance of making wise finan-
having firm expectations sarily continue (even though economists Malkiel, the renowned Princeton econo- cial moves — both at work and at home.
— is a bulwark of wise Tim characteristically can’t agree among them- mist, in his classic book, “A Random Walk Though you may have already made some
financial and business Decker selves on such matters). Sure, it’s good to Down Wall Street.” Based on this, it’s fool- New Year’s resolutions, it’s not too late to
planning. No one can make business investments that capitalize ish to speculate on performance by buying change them.
predict the future, least of all those who as- on current, favorable economic conditions. and selling stocks, which is dangerous. •
sume that it will necessarily resemble the But if your projections aren’t tinged with a Instead, a better course is to invest in pas- Tim ecker is president of ISI inancial Group,
recent past. Those who are braced for the bit of skepticism and accompanying con- sively managed vehicles, such as low-cost a wealth management firm in Lancaster, and
a fee-only financial planner. His weekly call-in
unexpected are rarely surprised. servatism, you could be setting yourself up index funds, as dictated by your individual
radio show, “ inancial reedom,” airs Saturdays
Even though we’re several weeks into for damage. After all, it isn’t whether there goals and financial plan. A diversified port- at 10 a.m. on WHP 580 M.
the new year, it’s not too late to retool will be another recession, but when. folio of such funds can help you reap the
any resolutions that could lead you into Historical evidence demonstrates that overall returns of the market, which his- This content is based upon information believed
troubled territory. To accomplish this, you stock market and economic performance torically is up more than it’s down. to be accurate by ISI inancial Group Inc. However,
should consider some distinct economic, aren’t always connected. Remember the Among unknowns are events that it is not intended to provide specific financial
advice. Investing involves risk, including the loss
financial and business realities, including: words of Nobel laureate economist Paul currently seem to make no sense. For
of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of
The risks created by recency bias. Those Samuelson: “The stock market has pre- example, a couple weeks before the 2016 future performance. ou should always seek pro-
who have this bias unfortunately believe dicted nine out of the last five recessions.” election, Hillary Clinton was leading Don- fessional guidance before making any financial or
that an investment’s near-term future per- This was Samuelson’s way of noting, with ald Trump in the polls so substantially in legal decisions, as everyone’s needs are different.
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GUEST VIEW

Proposed state overtime rules would create burden


Imagine you are a machinist in Harrisburg. This is what machinists in Pennsylvania costs. work best, without the government over-
You have worked your entire professional face, thanks to Gov. Tom Wolf’s unilateral Mercatus found that technology startups regulating it.
career at a small machine shop that employs decision to force employers to raise the over- would see the brunt of the unintended conse- This is why I wrote a letter to Gov. Wolf
less than 10 people. It is not unusual for you time pay threshold. quences. The study found that the proposed urging him to reconsider the Department of
and the entire shop to work Not just machinists, but nurses and other rule may cost them at least $3.7 million. Labor and Industry rule change. As a former
overtime on Fridays so that professionals who work late to satisfy cus- As a member of the House Transportation
family business owner, the governor should
an order may be completed tomers will be affected by the Department of Committee, I’ve talked to experts in the field
understand what Pennsylvania workers face
by early the next week. You Labor and Industry rule that limits the hours working on highly automatic vehicles and
and I cautioned him against any further com-
know that the shop needs they can work per week. driverless car technology. They believe this
plicated regulations.
to finish the product on A recent study from the non-partisan Mer- technology will lead to greater safety, mobil-
time to please the customer catus Center explains how overtime pay regu- ity, innovation and economic development. As our economy continues to grow, busi-
who refers your work to Greg lations increase compliance costs for busi- This level of ingenuity will not be accom- nesses may start to face an uncertain and
other larger companies. Rothman nesses, and that higher thresholds will force plished with burdensome regulations on how confusing regulatory environment because of
However, due to a new employees from salaries to hourly pay. This workers in their industry are paid. this rule change. Letting the governor unilat-
regulation that makes it costlier for your regulation is a solution in search of problem. Moreover, making serious changes to erally make such an impactful policy change
employer to allow you to stay longer, you There is no evidence that “underpayment” labor policies through executive actions threatens this future prosperity.
are forced to go home, leaving the part un- or “overwork” problems exist in the United without the input of citizens through their It is time for the government to recognize
finished and the customer unhappy that it States. Rather, the regulation would create elected representatives is a glaring example that if something isn’t broken, it doesn’t need
is taking longer than usual. Your boss soon problems for employers who would need to of government regulatory abuse. Citizens and fixing.
informs you and your coworkers that the new track employees’ work times and have a more businesses deserve an open debate and a •
regulation may force him to switch you from difficult time evaluating a worker’s ability. vote on any proposed regulation that affects Greg Rothman is a Republican state representative
a salary to an hourly wage and to not hire a Benefits for workers would also be affected their hours, wages and benefits. representing a portion of Cumberland County. He
younger machinist who would have helped as many employers would cut fringe benefits I want to protect the employee’s and em- also is partner and chairman of RSR Realtors in
increase output. to afford the pay increases and compliance ployer’s right to decide what arrangements Lemoyne.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR QUOTABLE

While it may be uncomfortable for some nies in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s nuclear to look into the issue. And more than 20 “When you have a breach, not
people to hear the facts about the negative plants contribute approximately $2.36 billion local governments and school boards have only do you have an imme-
consequences other states and commu- to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP). passed resolutions urging state lawmakers to diate hit to your revenue
nities have suffered from the premature Nuclear power helps strengthen our consider energy policy reform that correctly because you can’t conduct
closing of nuclear power plants, it would power grid’s reliability and resilience, espe- values the zero-emission power produced business, but the attorney
be irresponsible not to learn from those cially during extreme weather periods like by nuclear power plants. The negative con- general gets involved for all
experiences. Fortunately for the citizens of the recent winter storm. sequences on our economy, energy grid and the states your clients lived in
Pennsylvania, our state and local leaders We also know the terrible impact com- environment are too significant not to. and they impose many, many
want to know the facts. munities have felt even with the closing of
Pennsylvania’s five nuclear stations sup- only one facility (Vermont Yankee). Know-
steps that have to be followed
Sincerely,
port nearly 16,000 direct and indirect jobs, ing that we face a similar fate with the poten-
to inform your clients but also
Mike Pries
have an annual payroll of $360 million, and tial premature closing of Three Mile Island any fines they might impose.”
Clean Jobs for Pennsylvania Coalition
lead to about $81 million in tax revenue in the fall of 2019, hundreds of community co-chair and Dauphin County Commis- Jesse Biret , vice president of
from secondary/induced economic activity leaders, small business owners, conserva-
sioner James B. Murdoch Insurance Group
from plant and employee activities. tionists, labor leaders and elected officials
• in Hampden Township
The nuclear energy industry also purchas- have formed the Clean Jobs for Pennsylvania The letter is responding to an op ed that
es more than $1.8 billion of materials, ser- Coalition. A bipartisan group of state legisla- appeared in the Jan. 12, 2018 edition of the
vices, and fuel from more than 4,150 compa- tors has formed the Nuclear Energy Caucus Central Penn Business Journal

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continued from page 1

price. “They never experienced a breach in the


past, so they have no benchmark,” said Biretz.
Biretz said his best customers are those
who have already experienced a breach, but
by then the company has already endured a
loss of money and a loss of trust among their
patients.
Which is to say nothing of the legal liability
a practice may face.
“When you have a breach, not only do
you have an immediate hit to your revenue
because you can’t conduct business, but the
attorney general gets involved for all the states
your clients lived in and they impose many,
many steps that have to be followed to inform
your clients but also any fines they might im-
pose,” said Biretz.
The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act – or HIPAA – enforces
standards for the security of any identifying Robin Terry is practice manager with avenshire Medical Center in over Township, York County. The independent medical practice uses
medical data a hospital obtains from a pa- outside services to assist in protecting patients’ health care records. PHOTO/AMY SPANGLER
tient. Health care workers know HIPAA as the
reason they cannot keep client records where patients’ data was involved in an incident at cial information was spared, the virus may fake files and fake links meant to install mal-
others may see them or give patient data to Lower Paxton Township-based Harrisburg have had access to Social Security numbers, ware on the business’s computers. That mal-
another practice without a release signed by Gastroenterology in April of last year. insurance information, medical diagnoses ware then broadcasts the data to a third party.
the patient. While the incident is listed by OCR as a and pregnancy status. Nagle referenced a recent attack on an
“What the HIPAA security rule requires hack, the practice said it simply couldn’t iden- “Maintaining the integrity and confiden- Indiana hospital, which froze the hospitals’
is there are technical standards the provider tify activity on its servers. tiality of our patients’ personal information network until it paid a $50,000 ransom in the
is implementing, that there are administra- “We had no proof of the data breach, we is very important to us. We’re conducting a form of four bitcoin.
tive standards the provider is implementing, just had activity we couldn’t define,” said comprehensive internal review of our infor- “We can have the best plans in place. Hos-
and integrity standards that the provider is Melissa Seachrist, practice administrator for mation security practices and procedures to pitals have regulations they have to abide by.
implementing,” said Elizabeth Melamed, an Harrisburg Gastroenterology. The company help prevent such events in the future,” the Their IT department is working full time to
associate at Lancaster-based law firm Barley disclosed the activity to make sure they were company said. make sure they weren’t hacked – and they were
Snyder law firm who provides legal counseling complying with OCR’s standards. Breaches like these come not through tech- still hacked,” said Nagle.
to firms on cyber security and liability. “There was activity in our system that we nical wizardry, but often through social engi- Midstate practices that have recently joined
HIPAA also regulates how a practice re- couldn’t identify, and you only have so long neering – manipulation of people’s trust – on larger health networks can take solace in Biretz
sponds to a breach. Practices must contact to report a breach. It could’ve been the EMR the part of the hacker. and Nagle’s one assurance – there is safety in
the appropriate law enforcement, which can we use, they work through the night on our It’s one reason practices like Davenshire numbers.
include local police and the FBI, as well as systems. They could have gone into a place Medical Center in Dover Township imple- “The downside is everything is in one area,”
show evidence of steps taken to close the they shouldn’t be. It was never really defined,” ment routine checkups on best practices to said Biretz. “So if that there were to be a
vulnerability. said Seachrist. An EMR, or electronic medical ensure staff are doing their part to protect vulnerability, access to everything would be
Health care providers who discover a record, refers to data management software patient data. available.”
breach affecting more than 500 patients have used by medical practices to retain patient “We have a checklist we try to do every But big health networks can often afford
60 days to disclose it to the Office of Civil data. quarter. Are we having any problems? Have we a level of security prohibitively expensive to
Rights in the Department of Health & Human In May, a reported hack against Women’s had any breaches of confidentiality, no matter independent practices.
Services. OCR then publishes details of the Health Care Group of Pennsylvania affected how minor it is?” said Robin Terry, practice “The benefit to that is buying power and
breach on its website. over 300,000 patients. The company, which manager at Davenshire. expertise. Let’s say I’m ABC Medical Practice
The causes for these breaches can vary – a operates 45 locations in southeastern Penn- The practice, which employs 19 people and I’ve got five providers. I can invest maybe
stolen laptop needs to be reported the same sylvania and New Jersey, merged with Mont- including four providers, sees 1,600 patients 20 percent of my bottom line in security. But
as a major ransomware attack. But fines start gomery County-based Axia Women’s Health a month. It knows the benefits of keeping em- when I join a group like UPMC Pinnacle, the
at $100 per incident and go up to $50,000 per Management in April 2017. ployees informed. financial security buys me so much more [net-
incident, depending on how willfully neglect- While the company did not respond to mul- “That’s some of the things we try to do: Limit work] security,” said Biretz.
ful investigators found the practice to be and tiple requests for comment for this article, they their usage of the kinds of sites they can go on, Nagle concurs, noting many small compa-
what security measures the practice put in released a statement detailing the extent of the opening that door and making us vulnerable. nies Alliance works with make Alliance’s job
place after the breach. hack. The website hosting the statement has We’re required to change our passwords at the easier by joining a large network of electronic
The standards enforced by HIPAA, said since been removed, but an archived version minimum of 90 days, not using the same pass- medical records – or EMR. When a practice
Melamed, act on a “sliding scale.” Large hos- details the extent of the breach. word, not sharing with anybody,” said Terry. uses an EMR system – like Epic, Allscripts or
pitals are held to a higher standard of security After discovering a ransomware virus, reads Chad Nagle, owner and president of Alli- Cerner – the software company is responsible
and response than are small practices. the statement, the practice “immediately re- ance Business Technologies in Swatara Town- for ensuring the integrity of patient data it
“It depends on the resources the provider moved the infected server and workstation ship, which helps clients like Davenshire man- stores for its customers.
has and the reasonableness for having certain from our network and began an investigation age their network security needs, described But, said Nagle, medical practices also re-
standards and certain processes in order,” said with the assistance of an expert computer fo- a common scam whereby a hacker sends an tain the kinds of data other small businesses do
Melamed. rensics team to determine how the virus made email to a doctor posing as a patient. – including employee files and the business’s
Still, a breach at a small practice can have a it onto our systems and the extent to which the “If he replies to that and the email is fake, financial records.
much larger impact than some might expect. virus may have affected any of our data.” [the hacker] steals his signature and can send “Anything they’re using to grow their busi-
The two largest breaches in Pennsylvania After also contacting the FBI, the practice emails to pharmacies, to other doctors, look- ness that does not fall inside that EMR plat-
listed by OCR in the past year were reported learned the virus had access to servers for four ing like the doctor,” said Nagle. form, we want to make sure that data is en-
by midsized medical networks. Over 93,000 months before being discovered. While finan- From there, said Nagle, the hacker can send crypted,” said Nagle. <
Jason Shaffer
"Everyone has a mobile device, and if your busi-
ness website is still forcing a desktop experience
on mobile devices, you’re making a potential cus-
tomer’s experience poor."
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Data, disasters and


DISTRACTIONS
ILLUSTRATION/VARIANT

Trends to watch in Thomas A. Barstow


Contributing writer
The hurricanes that smacked Texas and Puerto Rico, the

the insurance world


wildfires that scorched southern California and the mud-
slides that buried homes might eventually hit you in the
wallet with higher insurance costs.
But several insurance-industry observers in Central Penn-
sylvania maintain that a bigger menace lurks 24 hours per
day, seven days per week – data theft.
“A day doesn’t go by that we don’t hear of some data breach,”
said Jason Ernest, deputy CEO and legal counsel for Insurance
Agents & Brokers, a trade group in Mechanicsburg. “Cyber
security really is a misnomer. It’s really about data security.”
“We are afraid businesses are not up on the issue,” Ernest
added. “This can affect anybody.”

please see INSURANCE page 12


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INSURANCE
after big companies, Ernest said. But all it “Distracted pedestrians are causing auto
takes is one breach and a business could be If you go: accidents all across the county,” Buterbaugh
continued from page 11 liable for the loss of personal data of most or Who: Pennsylvania Association of said.
all customers, he warned. Mutual Insurance Companies Ernest pointed out that a standard fend-
For those companies that have some What: Annual spring conference er-bender, which could come from hitting
protection, it usually isn’t enough, he said, Storms Where: Nittany Lion Inn, State College a deer or striking a pedestrian, is much
adding that his organization recommends The natural disasters of the past year When: March 8, 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. more costly for newer models of cars be-
a “two-prong” approach to coverage. Get make property insurance top of mind for Why: A main focus will be on insurance cause of the increased safety equipment
it, and then make sure it covers everything, people reading or hearing about the mis- issues tied to global warming and what that might include cameras and sensors to
he said. fortunes of others. But a lot of businesses insurance companies should do. avoid crashes.
“I am fearful that a lot of businesses either neglect to add business interruption insur- More information: https://www.pamic. While the technology has helped de-
don’t have it or don’t have enough cover- ance, which could be a fatal mistake, Ernest org/event-2761215 crease the frequency of crashes, the severity
age,” he said. said. of the crashes has gone up, he said.
Ernest was one of several insurance- A hurricane, for example, might spare And that means that insurance premi-
industry experts asked by the Central Penn a business’ building but take down the affected by climate change and what insur- ums are going up, Ernest and Buterbaugh
Business Journal to share advice for busi- communications and electrical systems ance companies should expect. said.
nesses as 2018 gets underway. In addition needed to serve customers. If that problem Gallagher, who spent 25 years with the So far in Pennsylvania, rates have been
to weather issues and cyber security, the lingers, a business in operation for years Pennsylvania Department of Insurance and relatively stable and lower than the national
experts identified trends in vehicle coverage could be forced to close within weeks or 15 as deputy director, said insurance com- averages, said Ron Ruman with Pennsylva-
worth noting. months, if it doesn’t have coverage for busi- panies can’t technically pass on the costs of nia Insurance Department. Ruman pointed
nesses interruption or equipment break- a disaster in another state to consumers in to a study released early in January that
Data security downs, he said. Pennsylvania. But past trends are used to showed Pennsylvania has competitive auto
Steven Buterbaugh, president of Mc- The coverage might not offer 100 percent set future rates. rates compared to other states.
Conkey Insurance & Benefits in Sprin- replacement of lost business, but it could Still, because Pennsylvania is a highly Pennsylvania’s average premium in 2015
gettsbury Township, York County, said buy enough time until the lights come back competitive state, insurers must be careful was $971, which is 3.8 percent below the
cyber security remains an issue that all on, he said. about raising rates too much, anyway, he national average of $1,009, according to the
businesses need to take seriously. Insur- Ron Gallagher, president of the Penn- added. department.
ance can be affordable, he said, so that sylvania Association of Mutual Insurance The agency also said that, during the
makes the cost easier for businesses to Companies, Vehicle insurance same period, premiums in Pennsylvania
absorb. said an annual conference being held in Ernest and Buterbaugh both pointed out increased on average by 7.3 percent. That
“They need to get out in front of cyber State College March 8 will focus on weather that vehicle insurance for consumers and busi- compares to the national average of nearly
attacks,” Buterbaugh said. patterns and what it means to the insurance nesses could start to cost more as insurance 12 percent.
A lot of small businesses – including industry. David W. Titley, a meteorology companies deal increasingly with distracted “In general, we have a pretty competitive
shops, restaurants and professional offices professor at Penn State University, will lead drivers. And they said another issue continues market,” Ruman said, “whether that be for
– mistakenly think cyber criminals only go a discussion on how the Northeast could be to grow as a problem – distracted pedestrians. individuals or businesses.” <

DISASTER bit more complicated as Morgan sought to


get the restaurant back in business.
It is the kind of challenge that led Rose
to start the Impact Energy Services divi-
continued from page 3 “We loved the existing floor plan and sion last year. It has contracts with energy
really couldn’t change it due to zoning providers such as First Energy and UGI to
Anthony Morgan, co-owner of the Black requirements, but we could make some perform energy audits for their customers
Gryphon restaurant in Elizabethtown, minor changes. We also had to bring the who request one.
hired Impact Disaster to rebuild the res- building up to code,” he said. “So many “We chose to venture into energy because
taurant after a devastating fire December people know this place, and we wanted to it’s very similar to the insurance work we
2016. The accidental fire caused $500,000 keep a familiar look but also make some handle with IDS,” Rose said. “The process is
in damage. improvements.” similar except we are working with energy
“IDS was here the day of the fire,” Morgan The improvements, most of which Mor- companies instead of insurance compa-
said. “They had another job nearby and gan says were not covered by insurance, nies.”
stopped at the restaurant to let us know included making the front deck accessible While many companies offer energy
they could help us rebuild. I was with an to people with disabilities, removing a drop audits, Rose said Impact also has the abil- What were you doing
insurance adjuster at the time, and he had ceiling, replacing carpet with tile, enlarging ity to make any renovations identified as
worked with IDS previously. I had also some windows, installing an oak top on the necessary to save energy. off the clock?
heard some good things about IDS from bar, and adding landscaping to improve Among the company’s recent clients is
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the print edition.
effort to rebuild the restaurant. “When I how well the thermostats work, and we may provide the same amount of light at a sav-
conveyed that to IDS, they were OK with need to have them look at those because ings of more than $4,000 a year. The depart- Save photos at 300 dpi as TIFF or JPG. Do not
that idea and used them as subcontractors there are some cold spots,” he said, noting ment got $2,500 in rebates from its energy embed photos in Word documents. Photos sent
for our project,” Morgan said. “That meant a that Impact pledges to fix any problems for company and expects to recoup the cost of through the postal service will not be used or
lot to me, and they helped us work with the two years after reconstruction “Since it’s an the new lights within five years, Rose added. returned. Send caption information, including the
insurance company and with the township old building, we have different heating sys- “In most cases the energy provider will name, date and location of the event. Identify
permitting process.” tems. The original part of the building [built provide an incentive or rebate to help pay people from left to right. We reserve the right not
The reconstruction began with demoli- in the 1940s] has baseboard heat, while the for the upgrades,” Rose said. “Energy pro- to publish all submitted photos.
tion — anything damaged by the fire or main part of the building, which is newer, viders want to encourage people to become This week’s photos are on page 23.
smoke was removed. The rebuilding was a has a forced air system.” energy efficient.” <
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A
CONVERSATION
WITH
JASON SHAFFER
Owner, Jason Sha er Group LLC

Q : What will the latest changes to


Facebook’s algorithms mean for
businesses’ social media strategies?
ason ha e , 35, started Jason Shaffer Group in 2012 “the day
after I got denied my dream job,” he says. The company has expe-
decreased because of clustered elements
or images, that’s a problem. If you’re selling
products online, you need to make the pro-
rienced steady growth since. He previously worked nine years for
A : Facebook simply isn’t the free adver- cess simple and not complicated to check out.
Verizon Wireless. Finding a design that delivers a good mix of
tising platform it once was. Facebook
Shaffer attended college for computer information systems aesthetics, content and functionality might take
is not a social media platform for business-
but began doing website design in 1995 while he was still in high a bit of testing and trials. If your traffic is high
es; it’s quintessentially a very strong adver-
school. He is married and lives in Harrisburg. but conversion rates are low, you might need
tising platform. Organically, reach has been
to make a few adjustments to the placement of
exceptionally low for the past few years.
media strategy and keep the sales-focused ence. If a potential customer is looking to your call to actions. Analytics plays a large role in
How can you combat this? You really
content minimal. contact you, you want it to be incredibly ongoing development of a website. Use the data
can’t. People try to find loopholes in the
simple. Try to capture emails. Emails are to your advantage. You want your website to be
algorithms to increase reach daily, but those
gold for remarketing, especially if you have a functional, appealing and overall look great but
loopholes are typically fixed within a month What remains key to a good business at the same time it needs to be working for you.
digital marketing strategy in place, but try to
or two. The best piece of advice I can offer website, even as design evolves and capture emails without using pop-ups be-
businesses is to use content that invokes trends change? cause pop-ups kill the mobile experience. What is your favorite guilty-pleasure website?
emotion. Reaction causes engagement and Mobile experience will always be key. Ev- My wife will tell you I spend too much
engagement increases reach. While they’re eryone has a mobile device, and if your busi- How do you balance creativity, content time browsing Reddit. Honestly, it draws
finally putting their foot down about this, ness website is still forcing a desktop experi- me in every time, whether I’m following the
and function in web design?
you still need to create emotional content to ence on mobile devices, you’re making a po- Realistically, you need to set business Montreal Canadiens subreddit or reading
improve reach. People love food, they love tential customer’s experience poor. If I have to goals for your website. What’s your objective? what’s trending on the internet.
to laugh (memes) and they like to see suc- pinch to zoom and navigate my way through, If you’re delivering content and visitors can’t
cess stories. Find a way to incorporate this you can guarantee my visit won’t be long. find what they’re looking for, that’s a prob-
kind of content marketing into your social You need to optimize the mobile experi- lem. If your page’s load time is dramatically — Jennifer Deinlein, contributing writer

Keep your to-do list to a minimum.


Renew online.
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Calendar PNC Financial Services Group; cost: working event for local tech com- Ackerman, lackerman@northern- Series: 11 a.m.-noon, Feb. 9;
members $65, nonmembers $90; munity; free; details: www.tccp.org. lancasterchamber.org. Elizabethtown; speaker Charles
Harrisburg Young Professionals details: www.harrisburgregional- “Chip” Wasson, senior vice presi-
annual meeting and awards: chamber.org. York County Economic Alliance Hanover Area chamber, mixer: dent and regional loan officer
5:30-8 p.m., Feb. 6; Harrisburg; SCORE small business round- 5-7 p.m., Feb. 8; Hanover; members for Orrstown Bank; free; details:
keynote speaker Una Martone, Lancaster chamber Get table: 8-9:30 a.m., Feb. 7; York; free; details: www.hanovercham- Stephanie VanderMey, vander-
president and CEO of Leadership Connected!: 8-9:45 a.m., Feb. peer group discussion facilitated by ber.com. meys@etown.edu or 717-361-1982.
Harrisburg Area, member and 6; Lancaster; facilitated speed a SCORE expert; free; details: Mike
volunteer recognition and awards; networking session; cost: $20; Bingham, mbnghm@comcast.net. Lancaster chamber YPN 2018 Gettysburg Adams chamber,
free; details: www.hyp.org. details: Paige Schober, pschober@ i o 5-7:30 p.m., Feb. 8; mixer: 5-7 p.m., Feb. 15; Straban
lancasterchamber.com or 717-397- Northern Lancaster County Lancaster; meet young business Township; pre-registration required
Harrisburg Regional cham- 3531 x246. chamber, Wellness Wednesday: professionals; cost: $10; details: by Feb. 8; members free; details:
ber 2018 Harrisburg Regional noon-1 p.m., Feb. 7; Ephrata; heart Paige Schober, pschober@lancaster- www.gettysburg-chamber.org.
Economic Forecast: 8-10 a.m., Technology Council of Central health information presented by chamber.com or 717-397-3531 x246.
Feb. 6; Swatara Township; speaker Pennsylvania, Women in WellSpan Ephrata Community SUBMITTING ITEMS
Augustine Faucher, senior vice Technology event: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hospital; cost: members free, Elizabethtown College, M&M Email calendar items four weeks in
president and chief economist for Feb. 7; Harrisburg; quarterly net- nonmembers $10; details: Liz Mars Executive Lecture advance to calendar@cpbj.com.
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NEWSMAKERS Central Penn Business Journal FEBRUARY 2, 2018

People: promotions, appointments and hires

ACCOUNTING living and commercial clients. Surgery in North lead the trusts
He is a CPA and has a bachelor’s Cornwall Town- and estates prac-
Manheim Township-based The degree from Eastern Mennonite ship. She special- tice. He was a
Walz Group named Daniel T. University. Babinsack has more izes in advanced partner with
Massey a princi- than a decade of experience colorectal sur- Mitchell & Young
pal. He will con- helping senior living provid- gery and also and has more
tinue to provide ers and nonprofit organizations performs colo- than 22 years of
audit, review and Miller Babinsack manage regulatory compliance noscopies and Wu estate planning Mitchell
business adviso- Grove City College and an MBA and financial record-keeping. general surgery. experience. He has an undergrad-
ry services to from the University of Southern He is a CPA and has a bachelor’s uate degree from Millersville Uni-
construction, en-
tertainment pro- Massey
Mississippi. Karin M. Guerrini
and Allyson R. Hornbaker were
degree from Shippensburg Uni-
versity. Padden, Guerrini, Horn-
LAW versity and a law degree from Re-
gent University School of Law.
duction and nonprofit clients. He named partners in the audit ser- baker, Knaub, Miller and Babin- Lancaster-based Barley Snyder •
was a manager in the audit divi- vices group. Guerrini was also sack joined the firm as part of its named attorney Drake D. Nicholas Ha r r i s b u r g -
sion. He is a CPA and a graduate of named a member of the finan- merger with Padden, Guerrini & a partner with its business and em- based McNees
Franklin & Marshall College. cial services industry group. She Associates and will be primar- ployee benefits groups. Attorney Wallace & Nurick
• has more than three decades of ily based out of the Upper Allen Stanley A. Smith was named a LLC named Pen-
experience in bank and credit Township office. partner with the personal planning ny Pollick con-
union auditing. She is a CPA, and business groups. Thomas J. tinuing disclo-
certified fraud examiner and
chartered global management
BANKING/ Nehilla and John M. Coles were
named partners in the real estate
sure specialist in
the financial ser- Pollick
accountant and has a bachelor’s FINANCE and business groups; Thomas An- vices and public
degree from Penn State. Horn- thony French was named a partner finance practice groups. She will
baker will provide assurance and Tioga County-based First Citi- and William C. Boak an associate work in the Lancaster office. She
Padden Guerrini management advisory services. zens Community Bank named in the litigation group. Robert J. has 10 years of township manage-
She is a CPA and has a bachelor’s Chris Pierce to its southcentral Tribeck was named of counsel and ment experience and was man-
degree from Shippensburg Uni- regional board. He is president of Sara E. Myirski an associate in the ager of South Hanover Township.
versity. Stefanie M. Knaub was South Annville Township-based litigation and employment groups. •
named a partner in the senior Heritage Poultry Management Kevin M. Scott was named of coun- Susquehanna Township-based
living services consulting group. Services Inc. He will assist the sel in the business and tax groups. Mette, Evans & Woodside named
She will specialize in all aspects lending team as it services the Stephanie E. DiVittore was named attorney Paul J.
of medical billing. She has a financial needs of the local agri- of counsel in the litigation and fi- Bruder a share-
Hornbaker Knaub bachelor’s degree from Albright cultural community, particularly nance and creditors’ rights groups. holder. He was
Manheim Township-based College. Rick Miller and Na- in the egg industry. They will all work in the Harrisburg chair of Rhoads &
RKL LLP named H. David Pad- than J. Babinsack were named office, and all were employed with Sinon’s environ-
den a partner in the tax services
group. He has nearly four de-
managers in the audit services
group. Miller has more than two
HEALTH CARE Rhoads & Sinon.

mental practice
group and was
cades of accounting, tax and con- decades of accounting experi- York Township-based Well- Manheim Township-based employed with Bruder
sulting experience. He is a CPA, ence in assurance and regulatory Span Health named Dr. Cindy Wu Saxton & Stump named Scott Alan
has a bachelor’s degree from compliance for nonprofit, senior a member of WellSpan General Mitchell a shareholder. He will please see PEOPLE page 15

AWARDS
Honors, designations and recognitions

ASSOCIATIONS Mike Firestine the Bruning Award


for leadership and outstanding
est Record: Cresswell Brothers
Inc. of Schuylkill County, and RB
Unite South Allison Hill; Grow-
ing Our Economy: Township of
venue, Chautauqua Hall, both on
the Manor Campus, West Lam-
Hampden Township-based dedication to providing credit and VetCo LLC of Pittsburgh. Also, Derry for Park Boulevard Reloca- peter Township.
West Shore Chamber of Commerce financial guidance to farmers, these KCA contractors were recog- tion Project; Growing Within Our
gave four Annual Meeting & Lun- ranchers and businesses. Fires- nized for having zero lost time due Environment: H. Edward Black
cheon Awards: Jessica Hughes, tine, of Berks County, is senior to an accident: Bill Anskis Com- and Associates Ltd. for Dauphin TECHNOLOGY
Viscul Creative, the George C. commercial relationship manag- pany Inc.; JC Orr & Son Inc. of County Heroes Grove; Small Proj-
Connecticut-based Technol-
Hoopy Award for commitment er with Fulton Bank’s Agriculture Altoona; Laso Contractors Inc. of ect Award: Township of Derry
to the chamber; Kristel Zaring, ogy Marketing Corp. gave D&H
Lending. Westmoreland County; Panzitta for Derry Township 2017 Zoning
Gift CPAs, the Les Ginanni Busi- Enterprises Inc. of Wilkes-Barre; Ordinance; and The Timothy P. Distributing a 2017 TMCnet Tech
ness & Community Connection
Award for community contribu-
CONSTRUCTION Quandel; and RB VetCo LLC. Reardon Excellence in Planning
Award: RGS Associates Inc. for
Culture Workplace Excellence
Award for best work culture and
East Pennsboro Township-
tions; James B. Murdoch, James
B. Murdoch Insurance Group, based Keystone Contractors Asso- GOVERNMENT Fort Hunter Park Master Plan Im-
plementation - Phase I.
work-life balance. D&H Distribut-
ciation presented its annual safety The Dauphin County Commis- ing is a technology distributor in
the Edward M. Messner Inspiring
awards. sioners and Planning Commis- Harrisburg.
Business Award for business inter-
action and growth; and Donald L. KCA Contractor Over 100,000 sion presented the sixth annual SENIOR LIVING
Carter Jr., Duke’s Bar & Grille, Hours with the Safest Record, the Premier Project Awards for plan- Chicago-based Senior Housing SENDING AWARDS
H.B. Alexander Trophy: Quandel ning excellence and meeting the News magazine named Willow Please send announcements
the Business Achievement Award concerning awards received
for enterprise. of Harrisburg; KCA Contractor Be- community, environmental and Valley Communities a first place
to awards@cpbj.com. We do
tween 50,000 and 100,000 Hours economic goals of the county’s winner in the 2017 SHN Architec-
not publish photos for award
with the Safest Record: Bill Ans- Comprehensive Plan. Growing ture & Design Awards for design
BANKING kis Company Inc. of Northum- Our Communities: Tri County excellence and innovation at its
recipients. Please do not send
duplicates of your release. Releases
Washington, D.C.-based Amer- berland County; KCA Contractors Community Action for Heart new luxury apartment residences, should include the municipality in
ican Bankers Association gave Under 50,000 Hours with the Saf- of the Hill - An Action Plan to The Vistas, and the new events which the company is located.
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BUSINESS RECORD Central Penn Business Journal 15

amount: $2,551 Fineline Collision and Sales LLC; 2145 Old Protechs Enterprises LLC; 105 Kreutz Road,
USER’S GUIDE Lititz Machine Co.; 910 Brunnerville Road, Baltimore Pike, Hanover, 17331; amount: York, 17406; amount: $2,907
Lititz, 17543; amount: $5,525 $2,006 Quality Program Management LLC; 103
The Business Record section provides income who cannot pay their debts.
news obtained from public records, which Ray Eager & Sons LLC; 764 W. Route 897, Frey Studios Inc., doing business as TSS Country Walk Drive, Wrightsville, 17368;
can be used as business leads. Here are Reinholds, 17569; amount: $2,917 Photography of Eastern York; 20 N. Harlan amount: $26,003
some quick explanations. If you have LIENS St., York, 17402; amount: $2,855
Randy’s Barbecue LLC; 925 Richwill Drive,
questions, please email Researcher Alaine Liens include those filed against busi- Zimmermans Slate Roofing Specialists
LLC; 726 W. Brubaker Valley Road, Lititz, Hank’s Used Auto Parts; 645 Corn Hill York, 17404; amount: $25,189
Keisling at akeisling@cpbj.com. nesses by federal, state or municipal gov-
ernments, as well as satisfied liens. This 17543; amount: $1,489 Road, Etters, 17319; amount: $1,435
Ronald N. Waltersdorff, doing business as
information may be useful to credit man-
BANKRUPTCIES agers, loan officers, attorneys, collection
H.L. Wiker Inc.; 709 Hartman Station
Hanover Railside Enterprises Incorporated;
241 N. Railroad St., Hanover, 17331;
Ronald Waltersdorff Electric; 2295 Carlisle
These include Chapter 7, 11 and 13 busi- Road, Lancaster, 17605; amount: $16,986 Road, Rear, York, 17404; amount: $45,967
ness-related filings. Creditors, vendors and agencies or vendors. Because of changes amount: $267,282
in county systems for recording tax-lien Shakey Jakes Inc.; 939 Loucks Road, York,
suppliers may find these useful. Chapter 7 YORK COUNTY Haven Home for Girls; 720 Gebhart Road,
is liquidation and usually indicates a desire satisfactions, the Business Journal may not 17404; amount: $35
have published some satisfactions. If your Janet Rosenweig, doing business as Alice Windsor, 17366; amount: $12,504
to terminate a business. Chapter 11 is reor- Shining Light Daycare; 24 Roths Church
ganization and provides the opportunity company has satisfied a lien and you have B’s; 340 Rockdale Ave.,York, 17403; Luke J. Slabonik, Hidden Hangar Inc.; Road, Spring Grove,17362; amount: $4,533
to restructure finances and remain in busi- not seen it published here, please email amount: $832 97 Rose of Sharon Drive, Etters, 17319;
ness. Chapter 13 is for those with a regular satisfaction papers to akeisling@cpbj.com. amount: $2,668 Nathan L. Shpritz, DDS; 2851 Eastern Blvd.,
BPW Transportation Inc.; 6924 Church York, 17402; amount: $7,380
Road, Felton, 17322; amount: $3,142 HSK Landscape Inc.; 8 W. Siddonsburg
BANKRUPTCIES 17020
Road, Dillsburg, 17019; amount: $3,604 South York Inc., doing business as South
Attorney: pro se C and J Lawn Care LLC; 1891 Temple
CHAPTER 7 York Diner; 2149 S. Queen St., York, 17403;
School Road, Dover, 17315; amount: Installation Doctor LLC; 2290 Industrial
CHAPTER 13 amount: $1,422
Kristen R. Stemmer, formerly doing busi- $1,384 Highway, York, 17402; amount: $7,256
ness as Interiors By Kristen Brandon T. Missouri, doing business as Southern Auto Tech Corp; 16617
C.R. Smith Radiator and Auto Repair Inc.; La Cucina LLC; 490 Eisenhower Drive,
215 Sylvan Retreat Road, Mountville, Showtime Enterprises Susquehanna Trail South, New Freedom,
2515 W. Market St., York, 17404; amount: Suite 4, Hanover, 17331; amount: $18,900
17554 19 Northbrook Lane, Shrewsbury, 17361 17349; amount: $16,686
$2,448 Laguna Steel Inc.; 721 N. Hartley St., York,
Attorney: Cynthia E. Reed Attorney: Lisa A. Rynard Strathmeyer Forests Inc.; P.O. Box 70,
Canadochly Construction Incorporated, 17404; amount: $7,420
Thomas C. Holloway, formerly doing busi- Carolyn Marie Sheaffer, doing business Dover, 17315; amount: $16,041
doing business as Canadochly Rebar Jayson Fugal, doing business as Liberty Tax
ness as Union Deposit Communication as Lovewinx by Carolyn, formerly doing Sunnyburn Welding LLC; 32 W. Telegraph
Supply; 2830 Woodberry Road, York, Service; 117 N. George St., York, 17401;
Supply business as Tasteful Treasures by Carolyn Road, Airville, 17302; amount: $4,035
17408; amount: $1,345 amount: $1,877
5360 Joshua Road, Mechanicsburg, 17050 3471 Spring Road, Carlisle, 17013
Crazy Tomato Grill Inc.; 2341 Wilt Drive, M and T Restorations LLC; 149 N. Walnut Theresa L. Duttry, doing business as
Attorney: Deborah A. Hughes Attorneys: Kara Katherine Gendron and
York, 17408; amount: $3,087 St., Dallastown, 17313; amount: $18,422 Theresa and Leo Cleaning; 693 Yorktown
Dorothy L Mott
S&S Storm Chasing & Forecasting Team Road, Lewisberry, 17339; amount:
Kent A. Seidel, doing business as M&S CTR Inc.; 425 Range End Road, Dillsburg, M and T Roof Restorations LLC; 149 N.
LLC $44,960
Rentals 17019; amount: $12,352 Walnut St., Dallastown, 17313; amount:
16 Creekside Drive, Wrightsville, 17368
3511 Fishing Creek Valley Road, $11,340 Thunderstick Enterprises LLC; P.O. Box
Attorney: John Matthew Hyams Culhanes Inc. doing business as Culhane’s
Harrisburg, 17112 274, Fawn Grove, 17321; amount: $2,200
County Wide Staffing LLC Steakhouse; 1 Laurel Road, New Norris Capital Investment; 1057 Carlisle St.,
Attorney: Craig A. Diehl Cumberland, 17070; amount: $1,441 Hanover, 17331; amount: $2,000 Trumack Enterprises Inc., doing business
760 N. Garfield Road, Bernville, 19506
as Triple M Transport; 1251 Shadowbrooke
Attorney: John Matthew Hyams Joseph McManus, doing business as Paul Ankers Garage LLC; 1006 1/2 Mount
STATE LIENS FILED Double KC Inc.; 1050 Old York Road, Rose Ave., #1, York, 17403; amount:
Drive, Dover, 17315; amount: $948
Elizabeth Browning Rosier, formerly
LANCASTER COUNTY Dillsburg, 17019; amount: $976 $45,154 V.K.P. Corp.; 1205 Oakwood Lane, York,
doing business as Pet Planet
EDG Enterprises LLC; 4848 Walters 17403; amount: $792
3131 Pineview Drive, Dover, 17315 Core Four LLC, doing business as Firepit Proface Business Solutions Inc.; 3265
Attorney: Paul Donald Murphy-Ahles Kitchen + Bar; 605 Richmond Drive, Suite Hatchery Road, Spring Grove, 17362; Lewisberry Road, York, 17404; amount: Vintage Companies LLC; 108 N. George St.,
Jess D. Brinser, doing business as Nature’s 109, Lancaster, 17601; amount: $2,578 amount: $5,061 $1,106 York, 17401; amount: $20,863
Green Landscaping Kimmich’s Painting & Wallcovering Inc.; Emig and Son Inc.; 7620 Lincoln Highway, Profus LLC; 25 Barbara Lane, York Haven, Wrights Commercial Services Inc.; 200
1069 Mahanoy Valley Road, Duncannon, 619-621 S. Prince St., Lancaster, 17603; Abbottstown, 17301; amount: $4,039 17370; amount: $3,697 Poplar St., Manchester, 17345; $5,002

PEOPLE
• Britney Sweger were named real Novotny will focus on Berks County Quarryville Presbyterian Retire-
Chesapeake Bay Foundation estate sales professionals. home buyers and sellers. She has an ment Community named Diane
continued from page 14 named Trisha Salvia its staff at- • associate degree. Martin and Steele Aston vice president of finance.
torney in Pennsylvania. She will Derry Township-based Zeustra will work as The Martin & Steele She will be responsible for all fiscal
the Pennsylvania Department of provide legal advocacy and litiga- LLC named Joseph Gugluizza vice Team and focus on Lancaster. operations. She was CFO. She has
Environmental Protection. He is a tion support. She reviewed and president of health care real estate a bachelor’s degree from Millers-
graduate of Lebanon Valley College
and has a law degree from the Uni-
drafted legislation, regulations,
technical guidance and policies
investment services. He will expand
U.S. market capabilities in support
RETAIL ville University. Joel Clausen was
named vice president of health care
versity of Dayton School of Law. with the Pennsylvania Department of the health care real estate market. Giant Food Stores named Kilene services. He will be responsible for
of Environmental Protection. She He was employed with Hines. Knitter an in-store nutritionist at health care operations and activi-

NONPROFITS has a bachelor’s degree from Elon
University, a law degree from Wid- Manor Township-based Berk-
the Lancaster
Shopping Center
ties. He was administrator of health
care services. He is a licensed nurs-
Red Lion based 18 South Youth ener University School of Law and shire Hathaway store. She will pro- ing home administrator and certi-
Ministries Inc., which owns and op- a master of laws degree from Pace Ho m e S e r v i c e s vide one-on-one fied nursing home administrator
erates 18 South Youth Center, elect- University School of Law. Homesale Realty nutrition consul- and has a bachelor’s degree from
ed Paul Dauenbaugh president, named Alison tations for Lan- Penn State and an MBA from The
Jimmy Ilyes vice president, Son-
dra Tabeling treasurer and Becky
REAL ESTATE McLaughlin a Re-
altor and member
caster-area cus-
tomers, assist
University of North Florida.
Knitter
Schor secretary. Dauenbaugh is New Cumberland based of The McLaugh- shoppers with
pastor of Pleasant View Brethren in D’Angelo Realty Group Inc. named lin Team. She will McLaughlin healthy eating tips, conduct store
SENDING NEWSMAKERS
Send announcements concerning
Christ Church. He is a graduate of Stephen Fleming general manag- focus on residential sales through- tours and lead nutrition classes. She promotions and newly hired
Messiah College and Evangelical er. He will oversee recruiting and out Lancaster County. is a registered dietitian and licensed personnel to people@cpbj.com.
Seminary. Ilyes is a service tech- expansion efforts and business op- • dietitian nutritionist and was em- Save photos at 300 dpi as TIFF
nician at Hoober Inc. Tabeling is erations. He is a professional engi- Lancaster-based Realty One ployed with Brock & Company. or JPG files. Please do not embed
a bookkeeper. Schor is a Realtor neer, Realtor and graduate of Penn Group Unlimited named Gary photos in word documents. Photos
sent through the mail will not be
State. Chris Wyman was named Hoover, Linda Novotny, Jim Mar-
SENIOR CARE
with Berkshire Hathaway and also returned. Releases should include
co-owns The Bees Knees, a home director of property management. tin and Liza Steele Realtors. Hoover the municipality in which the
goods and gift shop in Red Lion. Chris Jordahl, Mike Fleegal and is also a professional photographer. East Drumore Township-based company is located.

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Computer consultants
Ranked by local revenue
Rank Company 2017 local/total revenue Top local executive Website Local F-T/P-T employees Local/total locations Consulting expertise
Address Title Phone Headquarters
Year established locally

PHILLIPS OFFICE PRODUCTS INC. $35.18 million Peter H. Phillips www.buyphillips.com 140 6/9 Project and managed network services,
1 DBA PHILLIPS OFFICE SOLUTIONS
501 Fulling Mill Road
$35.18 million President and CEO 717-944-0400
800-538-7500
2 Lower Swatara Twp.
1940
electronic content management

Middletown, PA 17057
QUALITY COPY PRODUCTS INC. DBA $13.5 million J.K. Poet, C. Workinger www.qualitydot.com 59 2/2 DNR
2 QUALITY DIGITAL OFFICE
TECHNOLOGY
$13.5 million and B. Wurster
Managing partners
717-741-4894
800-258-9657
2 York Twp.
1981
2699 S. Queen St.
York, PA 17402
GES AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY INC. $10.57 million Carl Gehenio www.gestech.com 40 1/1 Industrial automation applications
3 2020 Greenwood St.
Harrisburg, PA 17104
$10.57 million President 717-236-8733 2 Harrisburg
1986
including controls systems and
information technology for manufacturing

RKL ESOLUTIONS LLC $9 million Joe L. Noll www.rklesolutions.com 17 1/6 VMware, Cisco, Exchange, SAN, SQL
4 1800 Fruitville Pike, P.O. Box 8408
Lancaster, PA 17604-8408
$17 million President 717-735-9109 0 Manheim Twp.
2007
Server, Xamarin, Sage X3, Sage 500,
Sage 100, Sage Intacct

ANNAGEN LLC DBA NETREPID $8 million Samuel D. Coyl www.netrepid.com 25 1/1 Evolving technology to the cloud with
5 2330 Vartan Way, Suite 185
Harrisburg, PA 17110
$8 million President 717-730-0780
800-577-6981
0 Susquehanna Twp.
2013
hosted infrastructure and software
services; helps eliminate capex and
focuses on opex relative to production
PIERSON COMPUTING $6.31 million Debra A. Pierson www.pierson.it 11 2/2 Project management of complex, multiple-
6 CONNECTION INC.
10 Long Lane
$6.31 million President 717-796-0493 25 Silver Spring Twp.
1993
location installations; technology
infrastructure installations, including e-
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 classroom equipment, servers, PCs
TARGET MEDIA MID ATLANTIC INC. $4.1 million Virginia J. Kenyon www.target-sys.com 32 1/3 Single- and multi-platform networks,
7 DBA TARGET SYSTEMS
700 Bent Creek Blvd.
$7.89 million CEO 717-795-8646 4 Silver Spring Twp.
1994
custom web-based applications, training,
system security, project management,
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050-1875 application integration, risk mgt.
COLLABSION INC. $245,000 Alex Wilson www.collabsion.com 2 1/1 Process improvement consulting and
8 14945 Sally Ann Road
Stewartstown, PA 17363
$245,000 Owner 717-817-2503 0 Stewartstown
2002
implementing cloud-based services to
automate or support processes

DBA-doing business as DNR-did not respond NA-not applicable NR-not ranked The Central Penn Business Journal's list of computer consultants is limited to those in or near Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Researched by Alaine Keisling
Perry or York counties. Information came from the individual companies and other Business Journal research. To access the Business Journal's online database, visit www.CPBJ.com/lists. Surveys available at www.CPBJsurveys.info; follow
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Website-design companies
Ranked by local website-design revenue
Rank Company 2017 website-design Top local executive Website Website samples F-T/P-T local employees Web-design specialties
Address revenue Title Phone Headquarters
Year established locally

WEBPAGEFX INC. $19 million William S. Craig www.webpagefx.com www.wheelercat.com 165/5 E-commerce, web conversion, mobile, lead
1 1705 N. Front St.
Harrisburg, PA 17102
President 717-609-0360
888-449-3239
www.midpennbank.com
www.burdimotors.com
Harrisburg
2006
generation, SEO, marketing automation,
responsive websites

JPL INTEGRATED $8.2 million Luke Kempski www.jplcreative.com DNR 124/2 Digital strategy, UX, mobile apps, responsive
2 COMMUNICATIONS INC. DBA JPL
471 JPL Wick Drive
President 717-558-8048 Swatara Twp.
1989
design, social, SEO, SEM, video, demand
generation, content marketing, advanced
Harrisburg, PA 17111-2504 analytics

WEIDENHAMMER INC. $3.5 million John P. Weidenhammer www.hammer.net DNR 126/20 Brand development, website and SEO, video
3 320 Granite Run Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601
President 610-378-8600
866-497-2227
Wyomissing, Berks Co. production, photography, illustration, print
2009

SYNAPSE PRINT MANAGEMENT $2.5 million Robert A. Deraco www.synapseresults.com www.duckdonuts 36/2 Custom UX website design, database
4 LLC DBA SYNAPSE MARKETING
SOLUTIONS
Founder and CEO 717-735-8311
888-799-2770
www.unioncommunitybank.com
www.historyoflgh.com
E. Hempfield Twp.
2007
development, user experience design,
responsive design, online branding and
2950 Old Tree Drive digital marketing, SEO, mobile, web
Lancaster, PA 17603-4082 applications

DONOVAN ADVERTISING INC. DBA $2.04 million William J. Donovan Jr. www.donovanadv.com DNR 28/4 B2C and B2B with e-commerce capabilities
5 DONOVAN CONNECTIVE
MARKETING
President and CEO 717-560-1333 Manheim Twp.
1984
180 W. Airport Road
Lititz, PA 17543-7629

SHARP INNOVATIONS INC. $1.01 million Joseph W. Sharp www.sharpinnovations.com www.srmax.com 10/4 Web design, web programming, search-
6 3 Button Buck Drive
Conestoga, PA 17516
President and CEO 717-615-2274 www.safgard.com
www.rlps.com
Conestoga Twp.
1999
engine optimization, social media, pay-per-
click advertising, mobile development, web
content, hosting, maintenance, brand
development

QUANTUM DYNAMIX LLC $598,000 Eric D. Kazda www.quantumdynamix.net DNR 8/2 Content-management system-driven
7 480 New Holland Ave.
Lancaster, PA 17602
President 717-431-6681 Lancaster
2008
website; WordPress design and
development; responsive design, email
marketing, lead-generating website design

VISCUL CREATIVE INC. $250,000 Jessica R. Hughes and www.visculcreative.com www.elevenoaksfarm.com 6/0 DNR
8 8 Tristan Drive, Suite 4, P.O. Box 66
Dillsburg, PA 17019
Randall M. Hughes
Partners
717-502-6629 www.manadaelectric.com
www.tresbonneannee.org
Carroll Twp.
2008

INVOQ MARKETING CO. LLC $150,000 Jon Martin www.invoqmarketing.com www.aim-system.com 6/1 Growth-driven design websites that improve
9 17 N. Prince St.
Lancaster, PA 17603
CEO 717-875-5442 www.dakotastorage.com
www.fashioncentsconsignment.com
Lancaster
2015
conversion rate over time and facilitate
inbound marketing; leveraging the HubSpot
marketing platform

EPHYRA GROUP LLC $97,600 Chris Reese www.ephyragroup.com www.patechcon.com 4/2 Brand-driven communication solutions,
10 415 Market St., Suite 207
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2309
Founder and managing
partner
717-585-0076 www.plus.usgbc.org
www.sbiharrisburghigh.com
Harrisburg
2012
digital and social strategy, UI/UX, user-
psychology, front-end/back-end consulting,
video/animation illustration

33 DIMENSIONS LLC $26,500 Patrick Joseph Albano www.33dimensions.com www.thecornerstonecoffeehouse.com 1/0 WordPress CMS, responsive design, social
11 P.O. Box 126
Highspire, PA 17034
Website design and
development specialist
717-829-4221 www.onlinekungfu.net
www.classicrockreview.com
Lower Swatara Twp.
2009
media integration, PSD conversions

WALTERSWORKS $23,300 Doug R. Walters www.waltersworks.com www.cardinal.ca 1/0 WordPress, Webflow, eCommerce, Magento,
12 3229 Grandview Road
Hanover, PA 17331
Owner 717-467-1227 www.cmsllc.cc
www.keystonefunctionalmedicine.com
Penn Twp.
2011
WooCommerce

THE LARAMIE GROUP $12,000 Laura M. Gifford www.thelaramiegroup.com www.bittyballet.com 1/0 Small business, affordable websites;
13 34 W. Granada Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033
Owner and consultant 717-418-2143 www.derrypreschool.com
www.theessentialkitchen.net
Derry Twp.
2007
template-based designs for efficient launch
and reasonable budgets. Wordpress-
focused for client access

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LEGAL LISTINGS
Estate of Lisa A. Stoner, late of Fairview Township, Attorney: Kristen Snyder, Jackson Law Firm, PLLC undersigned; all persons indebted to said estate are NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN than an application for
York County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters 1215 Manor Dr, Ste 202, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 requested to make immediate payment and those withdrawal of a business entity, EMJI Business Con-
Testamentary for said estate having been granted having claims will present them for payment to: sulting LLC, for the conduct of business in Dauphin NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application for
to Jerod K. Stoner, all persons indebted thereto County, Pennsylvania, with the principal place of busi- registration of a fictitious name, Lady Day for the
are requested to make payment, and those having NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters Testamentary Barbara Bingham, Executrix ness being 3215 Woods Edge, Walworth, NY 14568 conduct of business in Dauphin County, Pennsyl-
claims or demands against the same will present on the Estate of Dale R. Stoner, late of North Middle- 12 Highland Drive was made to the Department of State of the vania, with the principal place of business being 9
them without delay for settlement to Richard J. Sen- ton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Camp Hill, PA 17011 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Penn- Brookside Ave., Hershey, PA 17033 was made to the
eca, Esq., Seneca Law, P.O. Box 333, 680 Yorktown deceased, have been granted to the person named sylvania on the 31st day of December 2017. Department of State of the Commonwealth of Penn-
Road, Lewisberry, PA 17339. below by the Register of Wills of Cumberland County. Or to: sylvania at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on the 7th day
The name and address of the only person or per- of January, 2018 pursuant to the Act of Assembly of
All persons knowing themselves to be indebted James H. Turner, Esquire sons owning or interested in the said business are: December 16, 1982, Act 295.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters of Administra- to said Estate are requested to make payment TURNER AND O’CONNELL Ian Friedlander at 3215 Woods Edge, Walworth, NY
tion have been granted in the following Estate. All immediately, and those having claims or demands 915 N. Mountain Road, Suite D 14568. The name and address of the only person or persons
persons indebted to the said Estate are required to against said Estate shall present the same without Harrisburg, PA 17112 owning or interested in the said business are: Heath-
make payment and those having claims or demands delay to the person listed below or her attorney and er Brooks, address above; Lynda Keever 795-H Rhue
to present the same without delay to the Administra- file a particular statement of claim with the Court of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters Testamen- Haus Ln, Hummelstown, PA 17036; Kim Hudson, 2
trix and Attorney named below. Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Francis V. tary have been granted in the following Estate. All Lavender Ln., Newark, DE 19713, Loren Vaughn, 84
Salerno (died December 20, 2017), late of Cum- persons indebted to the said Estate are required to Lisa Terrace, Somerville, NJ 08876
ESTATE OF Johanna C. Kashi, late of Harrisburg, Debbie L. Sikes, Executrix berland County, Pennsylvania, have been granted to make payment and those having claims or demands
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (died October 3, Alisha M. Henry, Executrix Robin Zerbe, 4184 Nantucket Drive, Mechanicsburg, to present the same without delay to the Executor
2017) Administratrix - Jessica Ward. Attorney c/o Mark W. Allshouse, Esquire PA 17055. All persons indebted to the said estate and Attorney named below. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Articles of Incorpo-
- Bruce J. Warshawsky, Esquire, Cunningham, CHRISTIAN LAWYER SOLUTIONS, LLC are required to make payment, and those having ration were filed with the Department of State of
Chernicoff & Warshawsky, P.C., 2320 North Second 4833 Spring Road claims or demands to present the same without ESTATE OF Cecile C. Goyette, late of Harrisburg, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg,
Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Shermans Dale, PA 17090 delay to the Executrix or her attorney named below. Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (died January 4, Pennsylvania, for SPL Leasing, Inc. effective January
(717) 582-4006 2018) 1, 2018. The said corporation has been incorporated
LAW OFFICES OF MARK K. EMERY Executor – Jeffrey Goyette. under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law
Thumma, Elwood A. dec’d 12/30/17 410 North Second Street Attorney – Bruce J. Warshawsky, Esquire, of 1988 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Late of Carlisle Boro, Cumberland County LETTERS TESTAMENTARY in the Estate of Suzanne Harrisburg, PA 17101 Cunningham, Chernicoff & Warshawsky, P.C.,
Executor: Elwood A. Thumma, II, 250 Candlelite Dr, D. Myers, deceased, late of the Township of Upper (717) 238-9883 2320 North Second Street, McNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC
Carlisle PA 17013 Allen, County of Cumberland and Commonwealth Harrisburg, PA 17110. Attorneys at Law
of Pennsylvania, having been granted to the 100 Pine Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101

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People: after hours, out and about, and other noteworthy sightings
PHOTOS SUBMITTED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

First National Bank gave $2,500 to the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania for its Girls Jonestown Bank & Trust made a $7,500 donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital
Go STEM program, which provides hands-on training in science, technology, engineering Region. The bank also has an ongoing commitment to mentoring youth from low-to-medi-
and mathematics for scouts and operates a traveling STEM Mobile. Shown from left are um income families through the Big Brothers Big Sisters “Beyond School Walls” program,
Edward R. Barben, senior vice president and private banking team leader; Ellen M. Kyzer, where students are matched with JBT employees to gain professional and career experi-
CEO and president of Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania; and Gregory S. Conrad, senior ences. Shown are Jonestown CEO Troy Peters, left, and Maddie Young, CEO of Big Brothers
vice president and regional banking executive. Big Sisters of the Capital Region.

The M&T Charitable Foundation gave a $1,000 grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters of York
& Adams Counties. One of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ board members, Cheryl Riebling, is a
branch manager for M&T Bank and helped the agency obtain the grant through an online
application process. Shown from left are Cheryl Riebling; Joe Kirkenir, director of develop-
ment and communications at Big Brothers Big Sisters; Linda Gorter, executive director at Big
Brothers Big Sisters; and Thomas Koppmann, regional president at M&T Bank.

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