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Welcome to the RIFraft Updated!! Jan 2005

Brother, can you spare a job contact?
Most of us are embedded systems engineers and testers, with expertise in Internetworking and/or Fibre Channel Storage. If anybody reading this has any job tips at all, including idle gossip and rampant rumor, about  companies looking for high-end talent in software or hardware development, please drop me a line or post a note to the srbu mailing list (note: this mailing list is only for former SRBU employees).

How To Get A Job	Very good set of tips on making job contacts, resumes, interviewing, etc.	Contributed by Cindy Campbell
Ask the Headhunter	Lots of articles on job-hunting tips	Contributed by Cindy Campbell
Top 100 Private	Spreadsheet - top 100 private companies in MN	Contributed by Cindy Campbell
URLs for everybody!	URLs for all businesses in Minnesota!	Contributed by Cindy Campbell
URLs for big 100!	The 100 biggest companies in MN	Contributed by Cindy Campbell
NetSuds	Local networking  for networking folks.	Speaker-and-socializing get-togethers, workshops, excellent newsletter.
Lee Hecht Harrison	Cisco's outplacement services.	Website has nice tools, e.g., salary comparisons. Some services are membersonly
SW Contractors Guild	Zillions of links to contract/consult houses	Searchable by state, specialty, etc. Highly recommended
MN-jobs	Contact info for huge list of tech contract houses	You can post your resume here as well.
Contract Recruiters	List of high-tech contract recruiters, MN only

Jobsites, contract houses, recruiters

Monster	jobsite	Probably the best-known online jobsite.	Post your resume. People do look here.
techies.com	jobsite	Local jobsearch engine - free to jobseekers, employers must register.	Not much luck with resume, but good info on local tech companies. 82027
Dice	jobsite	Super search engine - fast and easy to use.	Contract and permanent. My current fave
Hotjobs	jobsite	Yahoo job site.	It's been recommended to me.
Cornerstone Consulting	contract	Well-reputed local contract house, specializing in QA, but some sw dev. Licensed Mercury reseller.	They seem to be hiring (sep2003)
Nycor	contract	Contracting house. Recommended contact - katieb@nycor.com	Engineering contract work. Recommended by JK and vicky.
iQwest	contract	Contract house - nationwide	Their skills list is very engineering-heavy
Charter Solutions	contract	Send resumes to  gene.setterstrom@chartersolutions.com	originally recommended by someone from SRBU
QBS	contract	Ron Marmo	originally recommended by someone from SRBU
Palmiter Recruiting	763-541-5444	Elizabeth Palmiter - tech recruiter - very nice person.	Lots of contract positions, but also some permanent.
Claudia Samuelson	612-721-2020	Technical recruiter, very nice to talk to. Got Marilyn her job. www.samuelsonrg.com	Works with some medical tech and embedded systems clients.
Suseela Kodali	952-595-8500	Contracting	Some of us remember Suseela from NSC and/or Ascend. Really nice person, always fun to talk to.
Steve Musch	1-888-585-8784	Technical recruiter	A number of us have worked with Steve in the past: Ted, DaveW, me...

Established Local Companies (High Tech) that might or might not be hiring

	Qlogic	SAN technologies (Fibre Channel switches). South metro.
	ATC Corp	Located in Eden Prairie
	Cardiac Science	Medical technology
	Veritas	Data protection, storage management, high availability and disaster recovery software	company doing well, doing some hiring.
	Imation Labs	Huge interoperability lab, far side of St. Paul
	Medtronic	Medical technology.
	Guidant	Medical technology
	Lockheed Martin	Aerospace, defense, space shuttle technology
	Boston Scientific	Medical devices company. Link goes directly to job posting.
	Unisys	The original mainframe company, merged with Burroughs
	CNT	Networking equipment-originally a spinoff of Network Systems. Currently emphasizing storage networking.	Stock is doing well (Nov 2004).
	Seagate	Disc drives (that's the way they spell it) and more.	Check their website.
	Wam!Net	An SSP, sort of, at the old Cray campus	Check their website.
	Digi International	Locally headquartered since 1985.  Device networking.
	Cray	I don't have to tell you what they do, right?

	Unimax	"Providing a management software framework to keep diverse corporate databases in sync."
	Bermai	Here's a startup doing an 802.11 chip -- a U of M prof. (Dr. Ramesh Harjani) is involved and they have development in Minnetonka and sales in Palo Alto.
	Compellent	Something to do with storage. Still in stealth mode. So, who IS the team "that pioneered storage area networking, storage virtualization, and the original superserver?"
	FibreStream	FibreStream manufactures Virtual Storage Gateway (VSG) products for a very large and growing networked storage marketplace. The VSG is a new product platform...	Clint Jurgens on the board.
	Constant Data	a leading provider of high availability storage infrastructure software focused on data protection and distribution.
	Pulmonetics	"Designs, manufacturers, and markets innovative products for respiratory care worldwide."
	Identix	Biometric security.
	PowerWan	"We're an exciting developer of telecommunications access  infrastructure equipment.  ...Using PowerWAN's solution, every business and home gets fully connected across the existing networks."
	Xiotech	"XIOtech integrates its SAN hardware and software into storage solutions ..."	A few jobs posted, including Sr. Eng Manager.
	New Boundary Technologies	formerly Lanovation.  Remote sw deployment and equipment monitoring software.    1300 Godward Street NE, Suite 3100     Minneapolis, MN 55413  E-mail resume ezilen@newboundary.com.  No phone calls	Looking for Tech Support [sept 2003]
	Sistina	Linux-based file system and volume management software	acquired by Redhat

Dashe & Thomson	recommended by Marjorie	custom training, among other things
LearningMasters	found in yellow pages	custom course development
Knowledge Design & Delivery	formerly Excel Instruction. Helped us with first NuSpeed training. It's in Dinkytown!  612-379-3883	"full-service training and documentation company."