CEOs of four of the region’s fastest-growing companies shared lessons learned in college that prepared them for their roles today. Here's what Kinesh Doshi, founder and CEO of Accion Labs, had to say:
Kinesh Doshi, founder and CEO of Accion Labs, prides himself on his ability to turn a 60 slide PowerPoint presentation into three slides. When dealing with customers, partners or employees, he gets right to the point. He never gets on a plane for business if a phone call will do.
Read MoreWhen considering the gender imbalance in technology-related professions, consider the words of a British man who goes by “Replicant Fish.”
“Men will always have a bigger, more natural connection with tech than women will. It’s not a sense of men keeping women out. Men are more naturally into these things,” he states amid the recurring misogyny of one of his YouTube posts, while alleging that women prefer the confines of, say, the cosmetics industry.
Read MoreWednesday, June 27th was officially the day that Accion Labs said hello to their new office spaces in the DDI Plaza of Bridgeville, PA. “It was a three-year process but finally we pulled the trigger and agreed on a location, and we settled on the DDI Plaza,” stated Operations Manager, Jennifer Wells.
Read MoreWHY IT'S A COOL OFFICE: Formerly located in Upper St. Clair, Accion Labs recently moved to its 9,000-square-foot office, located off Interstate 79 in Collier Township, allowing easy access from many parts of the city. The office's modern feel is a fit for Accion’s vision of emerging technologies, driven by its focus on technological innovation and digital transformation.
Read MoreIn an era when cutbacks are more common, Accion Labs has grown to a point where change became necessary.
The technology firm cut the ribbon recently for its new headquarters in Collier Township after relocating from cozier space on Boyce Road in Upper St. Clair.
Read MoreAccion Labs, VP of HR/Operations, Amy Halter discusses technology with Mandi Pryor on Spotlight on Pittsburgh.
Read MoreBusiness leaders speaking at an April 18 Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Bethel Park said the Pittsburgh region will need to attract and retain talent thise next decade in order to avoid a potential workforce shortfall.
Read MoreThe Pittsburgh-headquartered global technology firm that specializes in working with technology companies and IT organizations in the emerging technologies, today announced its move to its new location at DDI Plaza I, 1225 Washington Pike Suite 401, Bridgeville, PA 15017.
Read MoreAccion Labs announced its global expansion to include Accion Labs Canada, based in Markham, Ontario, On November 1, 2017. Markham is known for being the “Silicon Valley” of Canada with many prominent companies headquartered there, including: IBM’s Head office, AMD Technologies, Honda Canada, BMW Canada and Honeywell Canada, to name a few.
Read MoreAccion Labs made the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing American Companies for the second year in a row. Their 2017 placement was 4,937. Accion Labs provides Information Technology consulting and managed services such as cloud hosting, Big Data analytics and web development.
Read MoreThe Pittsburgh Technology Council announced on Monday the finalists for the Tech 50 Awards.
The awards recognize excellence in the Pittsburgh region. They will be handed out during a ceremony Oct. 12 at the Wyndham Grand Hotel. Accion Labs was nominated for the second consecutive year in the category of Solution Provider of the Year, Consulting and IT services
Read MoreAs a typical Western Pennsylvania fourth-grader, Brayden Wells enjoys football.
“I like baseball more, though,” he’ll admit.
That is OK with former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Will Allen, as no matter what Brayden’s sports preference, he is helping to spread the word about the foundation that bears the retired athlete’s name.
Read MoreAshutosh Bijoor, CTO of Accion Labs often explains software development as something more tangible, like building a sprawling housing development. Now picture a scenario in which all the building materials — the bricks, the drywall, the gutters and shingles — become available for use not just by construction professionals but by virtually anyone, at any time, anywhere.
Read MoreTwo area elementary school teachers are bringing new equipment to the classroom thanks to an Upper St. Clair-based technology services firm.
Accion Labs Inc. donated $1,000 through DonorsChoose.org , a nonprofit organization that allows for direct giving to public school classroom projects.
Read MoreIn five years, Accion Labs has grown from three employees in a “rustic” Upper St. Clair office park to more than 1,000 on four continents. Accion Labs is an information technology services company that creates software for clients in the healthcare, supply chain logistics and financial industries, as well as other fields. The company also helps place candidates in a wide variety of technology positions. There are 22 employees at the Upper St. Clair office and about 40 embedded with various client offices downtown.
Read MoreThe article highlights the culture of innovation and action within Accion Labs which provides immense value to its clients. It further states that by working on emerging technologies & fostering a culture of execution, high responsiveness, and transparency, the global technology firm has become one of the fastest growing companies in Western Pennsylvania.
This feature has been published in the September issue of the publication.
Accion Labs ranked number four out of 100 of the fastest-growing private companies in Pittsburgh per the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Read MoreThe story of Accion Labs Inc. goes back to three men and a maybe.
In 2011, the trio of Tony Kernan, Sandesh Sukumaran and chief executive officer Kinesh Doshi founded the Upper St. Clair-based company based on their idea to help streamline the process of software development to bring products to market more expediently and at lower cost.
Read MoreAccion is helping many companies transition their technology to the latest platforms that can handle it all, he said.
In addition to working for other companies, Accion is looking into commercializing its own technology, Sukumaran said.
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