Looking for Lori?  Follow me at www.twitter.com/lorileavitevans . 2011-present In early 2011, Abrige's CEO Lori Evans started a new venture aimed at people in their careers, as employed and during their transitions- Careeradex. Alignment and engagement are fundamentals of business strength for Abrige and its clients. In addition to being an important step in serving leaders, Careeradex offers a means to even better enable Lori's mission of helping leaders lead better. Careeradex.com launched in March 2012 and we look forward to seeing Abrige clients, and their people, there. 2010 Abrige leadership focused on existing Abrige corporate performance and new business through its C-Secure division (www.csecure.com) throughout 2010. We focused especially on a new inventory management system that incorporates complete business management, which is what Abrige is well-known for. We also nurtured our new Alignmentsoft relationship to add an even more people-orientation to what we offer. September 2009 Abrige EXECUTE, REPORTING, CUSTOMER SERVICE and new INVENTORY MANAGEMENT applications come together in the most robust yet simple, SaaS (software as a service) offering for machine owners, operators and bottlers around the World. Abrige Corp. CEO elected to AWB Board of Directors Lori Leavitt Evans will serve on the Board of the Association of Washington Businesses. Ms. Evans also sits on the Whatcom Museum Foundation Board as part of her "community outreach from our global company."   August 2009 Abrige PERFORMANCE is further enhanced to allow for a Reviewer to read, comment on and track performance evaluations before they are submitted as final to HR. Abrige Corp.'s Lori Leavitt Evans and Authentic Personal Brand's Dr. Hubert Rampersad sign a joint venture to bring "Authentic Brand Performance, Inc."  (website comng soon) to the World.  While Abrige aligns roles to strategy, Authentic Brand Performance aligns people to their roles in a way that can best ensure big wins for both employee and company. Authentic Brand Performance consulting services and technology benefit all organizations recognizing the success to be acheived when people are empowered.  Benefits are significant for non-profit, government, corporate, small company or start up venture. June 2009 Europe calls!  Lori and the Abrige team put their heads down to combine existing applications with our expert inventory management, reporting and vending machine technology knowledge to create the World's best Remote Intelligent Vending solution.  Our C-Secure Systems division, with its new partnership, will now also be one of the largest vending solutions providers in Europe.   March 2009 H2O Express through our C-Secure Systems division, is enabled with a tailored machine service portal, log and command center.  Also see http://www.csecure.com/   Feedback: "This has given us more calm than anything in quite some time!" Abrige DISCOVERY is updated to incorporate easy upload templates so that users can fit technology to their work, and not the other way around.  This better enables our customers to add or update their content, reducing the need for consulting services.  This is but one of many upgrades Abrige has made during the U.S. recession.  We just keep getting better...for you. January 2009 Abrige EXECUTE for RMS has improved its Service Portal and Service Log to better serve our water vending machine customers through C-Secure Systems.  The Service Portal continuously tracks maintenance needs based on the actual production from the machine and based on parameters unique to each customer, location and machine.  This Portal also offers a complete Asset Management solution.  The Service Log provides a service pro a means to track the service performed, turn off an alert, comment on supplies needed or special handling and more. Alerts are triggered sent via SMS directly to cell phones or via GPRS to the server.  Emails are delivered instantly from the server. Service Reports give management insight into machine and service pro performance.  All information is provided in an easy Web-based format, and is timely so that corrective actions can be taken before bigger issues develop. December 2008 Abrige STRATEGY gets a new Strategy Map, in addition to its Map of Strategic Relationships. Abrige expands its reporting and business intelligence applications to more closely integrate with each Abrige and Abrige-powered application, including Abrige PERFORMANCE, Abrige EXECUTE, C-Secure TRACKING and the EXECUTE dashboard for remote monitoring systems. November 2008 Collaborative-Action and Lori Evans lead the first "ASK Lori" to support colleagues, partners and customers in better connecting their people to performance.  This first ASK focused on personal and professional productivity. October 2008 Senior Services receives a customized workflow for their Abrige PERFORMANCE application. August 2008 The Abrige-powered information systems for C-Secure Systems are enhanced with a dynamic Service Portal and Service Log to help ensure safety and quality control of machines. June 2008 Make Mine a Million $ Business, a business growth program founded by Count Me In, has selected Abrige as one of a handful of women-owned businesses in Washington State for the 2008/9 program year.  For more information see www.countmein.org. March 2008 Senior Services is the largest non-profit agency of its type, serving over 50,000 seniors and their families each year. Senior Services has engaged Abrige to enhance and automate the individual evaluation process across all locations, including a subscription to Abrige PERFORMANCE, and create a system to better align employees with annual strategic goals. January 2008 Abrige is now a certified WBE (women business enterprise-WA) and DBE (disadvantaged business enterprise-U.S.).  Partners interested in working with Abrige for government contracts should contact lori@abrige.com. December 2007 Namusa Corporation engages Abrige to begin preparation for a manufacturing turn-around, starting with a business summary and including marketing, systems and finanacial planning.  Namusa, a major employer in Namibia (up to 15,000 people) is an importer of quality cotton clothing from Namibia, Africa to the United States under the American Growth Opportunity Act. Abrige Corp. editorial is published by Business Management US, online. The ad and editorial, both focused on measuring innovation and engaging people to improve how knowledge is shared and innovative ideas are acted on, can be found on the Abrige site soon (please come back soon or contact us). October 2007

RAINSHIELD, Inc., a roofing specialist and provider of home exterior renovations in NW Washington State Abrige Corp. selects Abrige Corp. to design a new website that will improve performance through greater visibility, information for customers and sales.

August 2007

SPIE, an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light, hires Abrige to assess communication and cross-boundary collaboration as part of a performance improvement initiative. A specific focus was on public relations.

C-Secure Systems, a division of Abrige Corp., leads a successful demonstration of C-Secure Tracking Vehicle Communication, Security and Intelligence for Namusa Corp. 

Ecos Water, Inc., a manufacturer and retailer of fully certified water vending machines,hires Abrige’s design team, Abrige CREATIVE, to redesign their website for improved look, navigation and optimization. Brochures, manuals and related site downloads will be included.  

Abrige completes Human Resources and technology readiness assessments as part of due diligence for potential buyers of Avalanche Ranch, a rustic lighting manufacturer/retailer.

California DMV selects the team of Performance International and Abrige Corp., along with the DISCOVERY gap assessment software, as first runner-up for their Human Resources Performance Assessment, Improvement and Strategic Alignment Initiative.

Washington State Attorney General's Office selects Abrige’s Design team, Abrige CREATIVE, as first runner-up for their 7000 page website redesign.  

Cascade Regional Blood Services (CRBS) engages Abrige for a HIPAA review and assessment.

Mycom North America launches their new customer service portal designed and developed by Abrige. This portal offers maintenance troubleshooting and self-help as well as interactive support between customers and the Mycom customer service representatives.  

Aqua Polar engages Abrige’s design division, Abrige CREATIVE to design water and ice vending machine product panels and sales brochures.

RAINSHIELD, Inc. hires the Abrige design team, Abrige CREATIVE to redesign their website and optimize the content, keywords and titles for search engine optimization (SEO).  

Aqua Polar engages Abrige for financial and business development support to help grow new partnerships and sales opportunities, especially in the Unites States and Canada.  

Abrige patent published for its CPM software that uniquely connects people to business performance (filed December 2003)