Entec Systems
Provides the Factory
with Cutting-Edge Tech
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Entec's CEO Anthony Ennas |
Another founding member, Entec Systems has been retained to manage The Work Factory (TWF), computers and have them humming with the latest in technology. The company also has plans for training seminars to keep TWF members abreast of the many options in back office software. Entec CEO Anthony Ennas says, “Between the Microsoft suite of office programs and the advancements in ‘remoting-in' to access your files here at the Factory from your home office, members will have the same IT support of large corporations.”
Ennas had worked for a number of computer service companies in the Richmond region when he decided to start his own business, Entec Systems, three years ago. But he had no interest in replicating the traditional business model. The companies he worked for all had offices, receptionists and other useless overhead, he says. They also had engineers who spent a lot of time during regular business hours “sitting there and surfing the Web all day and doing nothing.”
Ennas, 34, was determined to avoid those pitfalls. He worked out of his home, and as the company grew. He let his engineers work out of their homes as well. Now he's up to five techies, a salesman and a part-time employee, and he still sees no need for an office. Everyone stays linked through voice and e-mail service on their hand-held Treos. “We're very mobile. Our guys are always on site or in their cars going somewhere.” No downtime playing solitaire at the office.
Increasingly, Entec's business consists of serving other businesses that want their employees to be mobile. The fact that Entec is a virtual organization itself gives its engineers first-hand familiarity with the solutions to their clients' problems. To bolster their peripatetic workstyle, the company uses much of the same technology it recommends to its clients—the same servers, the same telecommunications service, the same Web-collaboration software applications.
When the crew does need to assemble, Ennas says, they assemble at The Work Factory for weekly meetings. Running a virtual enterprise keeps Entec employees close to the customer, and it keeps overhead expenses low. “Instead of having to spend the money on leased space, we can put that money into hiring another engineer,” says Ennas. “That's how we've grown.”
