Category: Press Release

HILLIARD, Ohio (Nov. 20, 2018) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has hired Charles Yazoume Lamien as a project manager on the systems integration team.

In this role, Lamien will serve as a key team member, providing project management to support existing projects and new business development efforts. He will plan and organize resources to complete projects on time and within budget. Lamien will also monitor and control activities in order to meet project deliverables.

“Charles brings a vast wealth of hands-on experience to our systems integration team,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “The skills and knowledge he has developed in the material handling industry are sure to benefit VARGO® as we continually search for new ways to optimize our processes and solutions for our customers.”

Before joining VARGO®, Lamien was as a project manager of the modifications and upgrades group at Intelligrated, a material handling automation and software engineering company based in Mason, Ohio. Prior to that, Lamien worked as a controls engineer at Dematic, a supplier of automated supply chain technology, software and services based in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Lamien grew up in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in western Africa. He graduated from a technical high school in Ouagadougou in 1998 before receiving a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National School of Engineering in Lomé, Togo, Africa in 2003. In 2013, Lamien earned a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Lamien currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio (ZIP Code 45245).

HILLIARD, Ohio (Nov. 20, 2018) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has welcomed Nathanael Bell-Pactat as a software support technician to the quality assurance and implementations team.

In this role, Bell-Pactat will support, review and maintain proprietary VARGO® software. Bell-Pactat will also provide on-call customer support to assist VARGO® customers with operational and system-related issues.

“We’re looking forward to having Nathanael on our team,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “His work background and education have prepared him for a successful career at VARGO®, and we’re excited for him to continue to learn and grow with the company.”

Before joining VARGO®, Bell-Pactat worked for 15 months as a BT officer at Suncorp Group, a provider of financial services and solutions, in Sydney, Australia, where he managed the infrastructure for the company’s superannuation platform.

A native of Oxford, Ohio, Bell-Pactat graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics. He graduated from Talawanda High School in Oxford in 2012.

Bell-Pactat lives in Columbus, Ohio. (ZIP Code 43240).

HILLIARD, Ohio (November 20, 2018) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has promoted Abid al-Ikashi to lead quality assurance engineer.

Al-Ikashi will plan, coordinate and perform quality assurance processes for new features, enhancements, bug fixes and installations for all VARGO® solutions. He will develop testing tools and processes, lead customer support and installations, and also provide onsite support to VARGO® customers.

“Abid has proven himself as a valuable and hardworking employee during his time with VARGO®,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “We are confident he will continue to play a major role in ensuring VARGO® customers are receiving the highest quality service and support.”

Al-Ikashi joined VARGO® in 2017 as a software engineer and worked as an onsite support technician, focusing on quality assurance and product testing. Prior to that, he worked as an application developer at a Grove City company and as an IT manager and programmer at a company in Baghdad, Iraq.

Al-Ikashi grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, where he graduated from Al Mansour University College with a Bachelor of Science in software engineering. Al-Ikashi also holds the Cisco Certified Network Association (CCNA) levels on and two Industrial certifications from Cisco. He is a member of Central Ohio GameDev Group for aspiring video game developers, and he is a lead game developer for Wild Beard Games, LLC, an independent game development company.

Al-Ikashi lives in Westerville, Ohio (ZIP Code 43081).

HILLIARD, Ohio (November 20, 2018) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has promoted Vicki Rosemeier to senior project coordinator.

In her new role, Rosemeier, who has worked at VARGO® since May 2008 as a project coordinator, will oversee systems project financials and provide support to the engineering and project management teams.

“We’re extraordinarily thrilled to offer Vicki the role of senior project coordinator at VARGO®,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “The leadership and organization she showed in her previous role will undoubtedly propel her into success in this new role.”

Rosemeier’s background also includes working as a store manager at Global Living Furniture and an executive assistant to the director of programming at Online Computer Library Center. Rosemeier originally worked at VARGO® in the late 1970s as an administrative assistant.,

Rosemeier grew up in Ecorse, Mich., and Hilliard, Ohio. Rosemeier currently lives in Hilliard (ZIP Code 43026).