Pinnacle Bank announced that Anthony Marandos has joined the
bank as Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager.
Pinnacle Bank announced that Anthony Marandos has joined the bank as Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager.
“He is a talented banker and is well known and respected in the South County area,” said Susan K. Black, president and chief executive officer. “His commitment to community banking coupled with his local involvement is a great asset for us.”
Marandos began his career at Wells Fargo Bank as a credit analyst and loan examiner before joining Pacific Capital Bancorp in 1995, where he rose to senior vice president/ private banking division manager of their Wealth Management Group. He received his master’s degree from Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1992. Marandos resides in Gilroy with his wife.
“I joined Pinnacle Bank because I believe in community and Pinnacle Bank is representative of my belief,” he said. “Local businesses of all sizes depend on their communities, and after talking with business leaders it became obvious to me that Pinnacle Bank has become the preeminent local bank that companies and entrepreneurs are choosing to do business with. I was impressed with the breadth of products and services and that Pinnacle bankers are not only locals themselves, but highly educated and skilled in the art of community banking.”
Alien receives accreditation
Alien Technology, an industry leader in UHF Gen 2 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services, announced that GS1 EPCglobal Inc. has awarded its Accredited Test Center Program Mark to the Alien RFID Solution Center in Dayton, Ohio.
The Accreditation Mark signifies that the Alien RSC has successfully completed the EPCglobal Test Center Reassessment Audit and that it uses a standard set of test profiles to simulate real-world conditions in testing the readability of end-user products that are tagged with the EPC.
The RSC is home to Alien RFID Academy, responsible for educating thousands of industry professionals in proper RFID implementation techniques. The 23,000 square foot facility is designed to accommodate hands-on education and technology assessments by mocking typical real-world environments to help clients visualize RFID opportunities in their particular applications.
“As an Accredited Performance Test Center, the Alien RSC is able to facilitate multiple RFID performance evaluations for clients and partners in a repeatable, standardized and trustworthy environment, helping clients more efficiently and cost effectively conduct their RFID analysis with the assistance of experienced RFID specialists,” said George Everhart, Alien Technology CEO.
“We want to make it easy for end users to ensure that their tagged shipments can be read before sending them through their global supply chains,” said Chris Adcock, president of EPCglobal Inc. “The GS1 EPCglobal Test Center Accreditation Program will help end users be assured that an accredited third party has established that these shipments can be read.”
