Menlo, Inc., an innovator in managed information technology services, has been certified as a 2020-2021 Healthy KC Company by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. This is the first time the company has received the certification.

“In the times of COVID-19, access to health and wellness programs for our employees has never been more important,” Brad Sandt, president and CEO of Menlo said. “It is our opportunity to provide a healthy environment for our employees so they can thrive both inside and outside of the office. Their well-being is key to our company’s growth and success.”

Healthy KC is an initiative launched by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City. In order to qualify for certification, businesses must excel based on five pillars; healthy eating, active living, tobacco cessation, work-life integration, and design-built environment. In these fields, Menlo was able to achieve gold-level status.

“We are excited to achieve Gold-Level status this year,” Richard Bustamante, Director of Finance and Human Resources at Menlo said. “We will continue to find ways to improve policies to maintain and exceed the high certification standards for future years.”

Menlo is one of 35 businesses to be Gold-level certified, and of those, one of just two based in the technology industry.

Menlo, Inc. is the parent company of K12itc and Civic ITC. We provide genius technology services and solutions to schools and communities nationwide.

The civic-focused technology company and MARC establish cooperative purchasing agreement for managed IT services available to communities in the MARC Region.

Last month, Civic ITC – a Kansas City based technology company for community organizations – and the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) launched a cooperative purchasing agreement for technology infrastructure and managed services.

The new cooperative purchasing agreement is available to all communities in the MARC region. It will provide the region’s municipalities advanced technology infrastructure and outsourced IT services at a discounted rate.

“The structure of our model will change the game for local government in Missouri and Kansas,” said Brad Sandt, President of Civic ITC. “We have a built a technology model for community organizations that can bundle IT infrastructure, connectivity, and support into one efficient package.”

This is MARC’s first cooperative purchasing agreement focused on outsourced technology.

“We are excited to launch our partnership with Civic ITC, “said David Warm, executive director at  MARC.  “Our members have repeatedly expressed hardships keeping up with ever-changing technology needs and IT staff turnover.  This partnership with Civic ITC will encourage sharing services and best practices across jurisdictional boundaries to reduce costs and enhance network security for our members.”

Today, Civic ITC provides managed services to several community organizations throughout the metro, including the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

KANSAS CITY, MO. (Sept. 19, 2018) – An innovator in managed information technology services in the education sector is expanding its offering to serve communities, including municipal governments, chambers of commerce and other civic-related entities, while also establishing a parent company for its IT verticals.

Brad Sandt, founder and president of K12itc, announced the establishment of Menlo, Inc., an overarching holding company that will allow for future growth for the rapidly expanding company.

The creation of Menlo, Inc. opens the door for the launch of Civic ITC, which will provide IT infrastructure management, connectivity and maintenance for local communities, organizations, cities and counties – a sector that has long struggled to keep pace in the rapidly changing IT world.

“Our technology and our managed services will disrupt the status quo for civic-minded institutions,” Sandt said. “There’s a real need, and we’re primed to fill it. We have the vision, the technology and the formula, and now its time introduce it into a new space.”

K12itc focuses solely on schools, while Civic ITC will have the same laser focus for community-based organizations. The same technology and full-service offering that K12itc has offered schools through its product, Albert, will now be available to communities in the form of a new product, Sam. This product was exclusively designed to solve the unique challenges that can arise in the civic IT space.

“Just as Albert has done for schools and school districts, Sam will be a game changer,” Sandt said. “Eight years ago, we identified a void in IT services in the education space, and we continue to change the landscape. The next horizon is Civic. We have done our due diligence, and we’re ready for a new challenge.”

With the addition of Civic and Sam to the portfolio, Menlo, Inc. will serve as the anchor of these two separate, yet inter-linked operations.

“We are a family owned small business that is on a rapid trajectory,” Sandt said. “It’s time for us to create an organizational structure to reflect our growing family of companies.”

Sandt will serve as President of Menlo, Inc., as well as both Civic and K12itc. The name Menlo is a nod to the famous Menlo Park, which served as an inspiration to Thomas Edison’s research, and shares the same name as Albert Einstein’s famed jacket style.

Menlo Inc. is the genius parent company of K12itc and Civic ITC. Its purpose is to create better technologies to solve problems for clients in school districts and communities, nationwide. Because when organizations spend less time on technology, they can spend more time doing the things they do best and achieving their goals.