Friday, January 30, 2015

Welcome Sajjad to the Team!

Please help us welcome Sajjad Amiri to our Chicago team!

It is always nerve-racking coming into a new company and trying to break the ice. Ensuring that new employees feel comfortable is crucial to building a positive transition within a company. We thought it would be fun to ask Sajjad a few questions to get to know him a little better.

Let’s get started!

Q: What is your official work title?

A: My official work title is System Support Specialist.


Q: Can you tell us more about your professional experience/ history?

A: I really enjoy learning more about computer networks, so I studied telecommunication engineering and continued my education toward master degree on wireless networks. After graduation, I've worked as network technician and cooperated with several IT companies to gain experience in many aspects of IT & networking technologies and protocols.


Q: What do you like to do outside of work?

A: I love sports especially climbing. It is challenging and fun. I used to do it professionally and I have a few championships in university sport climbing competitions. I also like to read books and watch movies and socialize with my friends.


Q: What are your greatest travel experience?

A: It was desert adventure trip in greatest desert of Iran. By day, Dashte-Kavir overwhelms with its scale, but by night the star-serried sky will leave you speechless.


Now on to the more personal questions.

Q: Favorite movie?

A: Actually, I can’t think of one specific movie as my favorite one. Blindness , Inception, Into the Wild, Triangle, Cast away, It’s a beautiful life are my favorites.


Q: Guilty pleasure music artist?

A: I don’t have one!


Q: What is something that inspires you?

A: For me, inspiration comes from solving big, meaningful problems with people I admire and love to work with, and seeing how the results of our job affects on others lives and their affairs. When the results are effective I’ll be most inspired.


Q: What would you say your professional goal would be now that you are employed at Percipia?

A: To become an expert in VoIP technologies.


Well there you have it! We are so happy to have Sajjad join the team and contribute to the success of Percipia.


You can send Sajjad some fan mail by tweeting @PercipiaNetwork

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Croc's Casino & Resort


On February 12th, 2015 Croc’s Casino and Resort will have its grand opening.  The 152 hotel room/ 44 beachfront condo property is located on the beautiful blue beaches of Jaco, Costa Rica. The feature that makes Croc’s unique would be the full Las Vegas style casino.
“With the management of experts of the gaming industry in Las Vegas, our Casino will be a living experience every day, with top service and entertainment in a tropical setting with ocean views.”
Here is list of features at Croc’s Casino & Resort:

  • Full casino
  • 152 Beachfront Hotel Rooms
  • Fitness center
  • Salon
  • Luxury spa
  • Dance club
  • 3 restaurants
  • Oceanfront bars
  • Retail stores


Whether you are there for vacation, business or weddings Croc’s has everything for everyone. The resort is family friendly and has a ton to offer the little ones like local adventures and water sports. Wedding packages are on their website and feature very reasonable prices for a destination wedding.

We were honored getting selected by Croc’s to install our Latitude and Parallax products at this stunning property. Click here to connect to our website to see the full list of our products.

The resort is now featuring special offers for the month of June 2015, if you are interested in visiting the new property.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Welcome Liam to the Team!

Please help us welcome Liam Doring to our Chicago team!

It is always nerve-racking coming into a new company and trying to break the ice. Ensuring that new employees feel comfortable is crucial to building a positive transition within a company. We thought it would be fun to ask Ian a few questions to get to know him a little better.

Let’s get started!

Q: What is your official work title?

A: I am a System Support Specialist.


Q: Can you tell us more about your professional experience/ history?

A: I spent a lot of time in the technical theater world, which usually involved lots of wood and metal working, as well as some electronics. I then worked repairing Segway vehicles for a rental company and finally decided to focus on linux and coding.


Q: What do you like to do outside of work?

A: I still love to see live theater and occasionally perform. I like rock climbing and I want to see Chichen Itza next.


Q: What would you say your professional goal would be now that you are employed at Percipia?


A: I am very excited to be able to travel and work with such a talented group of people! I plan on learning as much as I can from my colleagues to help secure our customers’ trust.




Now on to the more personal questions.

Q: Favorite movie?

A: My favorite movie, at the moment, is Stalker by Tarkovsky.


Q: Guilty pleasure music artist?

A: Enya, ugh, I know!


Q: What are your greatest travel experience?

A: My favorite place to visit so far has been Florence, Italy. As the hub of the renaissance, it is just filled with mind blowing art and culture. The central area still uses the medieval streets so it’s easy to be a pedestrian.


Q: What is something that inspires you?

A: I am inspired most by the potential of Moore’s law that computers will double in computing power every two years. I feel very privileged to watch humanity adopt and develop the myriad technologies around us. Prometheus, eat your heart out!



Well there you have it! We are so happy to have Liam join the team and contribute to the success of Percipia.


You can send Liam some fan mail by tweeting @PercipiaNetwork

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Things To Do - Chicago

As the temperature drops in Chicago one would think that the number events would drop as well. Chicago in the summertime is always a blast. With every weekend having an event you would never get bored. Chicago winters are exactly the same.

We recently read an article on TimeOut.com that shared 39 things you could do in Chicago.

Things To Do




Starting out on January 1st, the New Year’s Day 5K gave Chicagoans and visitors a chance to start out their resolutions on a high note. The race coordinators estimated nearly 1,500 runners to attend and about a third to walk. The course route travels north along the lakefront bike path to Diversey Harbor before returning to the North Avenue Field House.

Jan 8: The Original Mother's honors the 80th birthday of the late, hip-shaking crooner withs its annual Elvis Fest.

Photograph: Max Herman
Jan 11: Strip down to your skivvies and draw befuddled looks from clueless CTA riders during the annual No Pants Subway Ride. This event has no rhyme or reason, just to have a little fun. The No Pants Subway Ride is actually a multi city event, featuring in more than 50 cities around the world.

If you are in the Chicago area, here is the Facebook page of the meeting location!

WHERE: The meeting point is at the roof deck of the parking garage at 1210 W Arthur above the CVS. There is a staircase and an elevator entrance on Arthur past the CVS. We want to leave the venue as clean as we found it and there are limited trashcans at the site. please plan accordingly.

Event Info Here

Jan 16–18: The perpetually cursed Wrigley Field residents will showcase management and players at the annual Cubs Convention.

Jan 17, 18: Wanna get away? Plan your next excursion, near or far, at the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show.

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If you are attending any of these events, lets us know how they went!