Category: Press Release

HILLIARD, Ohio (Sept. 18, 2018) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has promoted Joel Raymond to software manager.

In his previous role at VARGO^®, Raymond served as a senior software engineer, where he assisted with software design, development and support and had a significant impact on the company’s COFE^® (Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine) warehouse execution system software, a leading waveless fulfillment solution that synchronizes and sequences all resources — people and equipment — and responds to dynamically changing requirements within a fulfillment center. As software manager, Raymond will oversee the design and development of VARGO^® software and manage a team of software engineers.

“Joel has proven himself time and time again as senior software engineer,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “We’re confident that Joel’s skills and work ethic will carry through seamlessly as his responsibilities are elevated to the next level.”

Raymond grew up in Lancaster, Ohio. In 2011, he graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Art in Computer Science.

Raymond currently lives in Gahanna, Ohio. (ZIP Code 43230).

HILLIARD, Ohio (Sept. 6, 2018) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has welcomed Timothy Hodson to the team as an application support engineer.

In this role, Hodson will provide on-call support to VARGO^® customers and will create, maintain and execute test plans to further maximize customer satisfaction with VARGO^® products. His responsibilities also include reviewing existing code and making modifications as necessary.

“We’re excited to welcome Tim to the VARGO^® team,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “His solid experience as a systems engineer has set him up for success at VARGO^®, where he will undoubtedly work hard to ensure our customers get the most out of our products.”

Before joining the VARGO^® team, Hodson worked for four years as a systems engineer at ClaritySoft CRM, an account management software company. In that role, he was responsible for project planning, requirement analysis, database management, technical implementations and product demonstrations.

Hodson grew up in South Haven, Mich., before moving to Gahanna. He graduated from The Ohio State University in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and minors in business and computer science.

Hodson is a member of the Columbus Ruby Brigade, a group of professionals and students who share a passion for Ruby programming language. Hodson currently lives in Gahanna, Ohio. (ZIP Code 43230).

HILLIARD, Ohio (Sept. 7, 2018) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has welcomed Michele Becker to the team as a project manager.

In this role, Becker will serve as a key member of the VARGO^® systems integration team, providing critical project management support to fully integrated systems projects.
“Michele brings a vast wealth of project management experience to our team,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “We are looking forward to the level of leadership and organization she will bring to our systems integration team.”

Before joining VARGO^®, Becker served for five years as an accounting assistant at Schonhardt and Associates, a Columbus-based management, accounting and consulting firm. Previously, Becker worked for six years at Smiths Medical, where she was a research and development engineer. She also has worked at Inland Fisher Guide, a division of General Motors, as a quality and reliability engineer.

Becker grew up in Pittsburgh, Penn. She graduated from the University of Dayton in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Technology. She is a past member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, a professional society dedicated to the support of industrial and systems engineering professions, and the Society of Women Engineers, a nonprofit organization centered around providing women engineers a place and voice within the industry.

Becker currently resides in Dublin, Ohio (ZIP Code 43016).

HILLIARD, Ohio (July 30, 2018) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has named Georges Sauty de Chalon as the company’s new implementation and business analyst.
Sauty de Chalon will support solution functional and interface requirements gathering, project management functions and onsite COFE® implementations between VARGO® and its customers. COFE® (Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine) is VARGO®’s warehouse execution software that drives waveless order fulfillment for VARGO® clients’ distribution centers across the country.

“Sauty de Chalon’s background as a business analyst is a natural fit for VARGO®,” said Bart Cera, CFO and COO. “His addition to our growing software team allows us to continue to scale to meet our growing business demands.”

Before joining the VARGO® team, Sauty de Chalon worked at Sogeti USA, an IT services company in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a senior business analyst and test lead on Agile Scrum implementation.

Born in New York, N.Y., and raised there before moving to France at age 8, Sauty de Chalon earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the ESSEC Business School in Paris, France, and a Master of International Management from the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a Professional Scrum Master 1 certification from Scrum.org.
Sauty de Chalon and his wife, Lauren, live in Columbus, Ohio (ZIP Code 43215).

COFE^® 3 and COFE^®View will see increases in efficiency and responsiveness

DUBLIN, Ohio (July 12, 2018) — VARGO^®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has announced updates to its COFE^® warehouse execution system software and COFE^®View, VARGO^®’s business intelligence and reporting and management platform.

The updates will maximize its customers’ user experience and guarantee continued efficiency and accuracy in data reporting.

“With these updates, we want to continue to make our customers’ user experience a top priority and ensure that COFE^® and COFE^®View, the application tool that allows customers to access information from COFE^®, are driving the highest level of accuracy and efficiency in their facilities,” said Michael McSweeny, director of software development at VARGO^®.

“At VARGO^®, we are constantly looking at technology upgrades to see how we can incorporate the latest user functions into our technology in order to increase efficiencies and provide superior results for our customers,” said Bart Cera, COO and CFO at VARGO^®.

The reiteration of COFE^® — COFE^® 3.0 — will include several updates:

• Upgrades to the technology stack code and the operating system to take advantages of changes in the hardware systems of customers
• Increased efficiencies
• Better use of server hardware
• Easier administrative functions for end users

Previously accessible from a computer with a wired connection, the new browser/mobile-based COFE^® View  will now be  accessible on mobile devices, allowing users to access COFE^® View’s reporting and management tools from anywhere inside a distribution center, as well as outside the facility from any device that has access to a browser with sufficient credentials to access such information.

“Our customers are going to be able to access data from multiple platforms — at their desks, on their mobile devices, even at home. The new COFE^®View interactive and engaging approach to how it delivers data is easy to use and visually appealing,” McSweeny said. “The graphical format of the data will show in a snapshot just how things are moving through a distribution center and will allow managers to make real-time decisions.”