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Five Star is pleased to welcome the following staff members to our team!

Rob Schultz – Director of Production Services

Ryan Walsh – Project Manager

Sara O’Connor – Project Manager

Lou DeCroo – Technical Developer

Karyna Kerin – Technical Developer

Nicolette Telech – Office Administrator

Lou Camerlengo, President/Co-founder, Five Star and Dave Pistner, Western Hub Director, ShaleNET will be presenting “ShaleNET: A Framework for Large Scale Talent Selection and Training.” Conference information can be found at www.salt.org/fl/orlandoP.asp.

Lou Camerlengo, President/Co-founder, Five Star will be participating in an invitation-only business forum on jobs and the economy and ways the Obama Administration and the Northeast Business Community can work together. Since April 2011, the White House Business Council has held over 500 meetings with business and civic leaders in all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. The purpose has been two-fold: 1) to get feedback on what the Obama Administration can be doing more of – or less of – to support job creation; and 2) to ensure that local business leaders are aware of the Administration programs and resources that can help them grow and succeed. The feedback from these sessions has directly informed Administration policy and the President’s plan to create jobs.

PITTSBURGH, July 6, 2011/ Five Star Development, Inc. (Five Star) announced today that Marcus O’Shea, Genevieve Rosselot and Lisa Wennersten have recently joined the company. Mr. O’Shea joins Five Star as a Senior Technical Developer. He has more than 10 years of experience designing and leading web application development initiatives. Ms. Rosselot joins Five Star as an Instructional Designer. She holds a M.S., Instructional Technology from Duquesne University and has extensive experience in developing and managing training programs for the retail and restaurant industries. Lisa Wennersten joins the company as Senior Business Development Specialist. Ms. Wennersten brings fifteen years of sales and account management expertise to Five Star from industries including life sciences and professional services.

 ”We are extremely pleased to expand our capabilities in our core skill areas of training design and application development,” stated Dave Colaizzi, CEO/CTO, Five Star. “Marcus and Genevieve each bring a unique and invaluable combination of creative and design skills to our team.”

 ”As market conditions continue to steadily improve, we want to expand our reach into both existing and new markets,” stated Lou Camerlengo, President and Co-Founder, Five Star.  “I am looking forward to working with Lisa to establish new relationships in Southwestern Pennsylvania organizations for training projects, business intelligence applications, compliance program support, and IT systems roll-outs.”

Also joining Five Star as summer interns are Megan Johns, Multimedia Developer and Justin Sheetz, Instructional Designer.

PITTSBURGH, PA / February 17, 2011 – Five Star’s President and Co-Founder, Lou Camerlengo is interviewed on the topic of effectively executing business strategy. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/washcochamber/connections0211/#/27/OnePage

PITTSBURGH, PA / February 17, 2011 – Five Star’s President and Co-Founder, Lou Camerlengo is interviewed about Five Star’s role in creating a Talent Matching System for Marcellus Shale jobs. 
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2010/12/03/online-portal-educ-marcellus-shale-jobs.html

PITTSBURGH, PA / April 30, 2010 — Five Star is pleased to announce the launch of the Make it REAL- Instructional Design for Improved Performance Workshop. Designed to improve the productivity and efficiency of internal learning teams and departments, this interactive two-day workshop teaches proven instructional design and performance improvement processes to those responsible for creating solutions that improve on-the-job performance. Participants of the workshop learn when training is the best solution to achieve desired business results and to assess when other solutions are more appropriate. In addition, it provides a framework and best practices to better estimate, design, and deliver effective training programs. More information about the workshop can be found at www.fivestardev.com/makeitreal.

PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2010 - In conjunction with the Western PA Chapter of HIMSS and HFMA, Five Star recently sponsored and hosted a webinar on “Achieving and Leveraging Interoperability – The Early UPMC Experience.” In this webinar, Dr. William Hogan presented his experiences in launching an Interoperability program at UPMC. There were a total of six videos published, which can be viewed below.

PITTSBURGH, August 18, 2009 – Five Star Development, Inc. announced today that Inc. Magazine once again ranked it as one of the top 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Five Star’s ranking of 3,319 was based on the company’s revenue growth of 76.5% over a three-year period beginning in 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Five Star has been recognized.

Joined by other American independent-minded organizations like consumer electronics maker Vizio, Internet giant GoDaddy, and rental car service Zipcar, Five Star is proud to represent Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the contributions that the city has made in revitalizing the economy. “We are excited and honored to be listed as an Inc. 5000 company. Receiving this distinction for a second straight year is a great accomplishment for our employees and clients.” – Lou Camerlengo, Five Star President and Co-Founder.

Five Star CEO/COO and Co-Founder, Dave Colaizzi commented “Research shows that the combined companies recognized on the fastest-growing list have generated over 1 million jobs since their founding. We are truly excited to bring some of that economic impact to where our employees live and work in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Central Ohio, and the San Francisco Bay Area.” Five Star’s award will be presented by Inc. Magazine during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Friday, September 25th.

About Five Star Development, Inc.
Five Star Development, Inc. enables clients to execute strategy by helping them achieve and sustain a high-performance organization. Five Star’s service delivery platform, Star Performance™, provides turnkey and customized solutions to optimize and integrate the Five Key Drivers of High-Performance™; focused and aligned leaders, skilled and motivated workforces, integrated talent management systems, enabling technologies, and continuous improvement.

Lou Camerlengo, Five Star’s President, was a recent guest on the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s TechVibe Radio Show. On the show he talked about many things including Five Star’s history, his thoughts on Pittsburgh, and what’s going on at Five Star. Listen to the podcast here!