Web Game: Good Choices for Teenagers
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Nettech Hires co-founder of Logic Works, Leon Podolsky
Leon Podolsky, co-founder of Logic Works Inc., is the new vice
president
of research and development at this company, which enables wireless
data applications. Podolsky, who had also worked at the Sarnoff
Center,
brought to market the leading client/server relational database
modeling
and design tool, ERwin, and stayed at that company when it became
a division of Platinum Technology and later Computer Associates. He
has a BSE in computer science and electrical engineering from
Princeton
and a Wharton MBA.
“His expertise in building database and Internet products outside
the wireless space adds a new dimension to our development
organization,
especially as wireless and Internet technologies converge,” says
CEO Boris Fridman. “He strengthens the management team with his
experience in running a large development organization for a public
company.”
Nettech Systems Inc., 600 Alexander Road, Princeton08540. Boris Fridman, president. 609-734-0300; fax, 609-734-0346.Home page: https://www.nettechrf.com.Top Of PageWeb Game: Good Choices for TeenagersWeb designers don’t usually deal with angels and devils,but for this religiously-oriented computer game, programmers drewwings and cloven hooves. Princetec has programmed an interactivesocialgame for teenagers, the Choice Game, which sells for $19.95 andteachesvalues and making the right choices in life(https://www.thechoicegame.com).”An angel comes on the screen and guides the teenager in the rightdirection, and a demon character tries to mislead the teenager,”says Mohan Reddy, president of Princetec Inc., a 65-employee softwareconsulting firm that has expanded from Jefferson Plaza to 3,500 feetat Route 1 South. About 15 people are working in the office and 50are at client sites.Princetec ordinarily works on more mundane projects. For Internetapplication development and E-commerce, it has such clients as Lucent,AT&T, and Chase Manhattan Bank. “We get called when they needto implement a system very quickly,” says Reddy. “They wantto bring in talent without training people. We hire people who aretrained in latest technology and they get going in the project withoutany learning curve.” Princetec is hiring people skilled in Javascript, XML, HTML, website design, and Oracle.Reddy co-founded Princetec with Srini Nemani and Raj Sajankila. Agraduate of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Class of 1975, he grewup in HyderAbad (South India) where his father worked for thegovernment.Raised in the Roman Catholic Church, Reddy wants to open a shelterin Trenton and equip it with computer networks to help homeless andpoor people get back into mainstream jobs.An experience at St. Paul’s Church on Nassau Street put him in touchwith Kathy DiFiore, who developed the concept of the game for afoundationshe created 18 years ago to help unwed mothers. DiFiore appealed tothe congregation at St. Paul’s and when Reddy responded she invitedhim to Lady’s Rest, a daytime shelter, to set up some computers. WhenDiFiore found out what Reddy did for a living, she asked him to gethis company to complete the game and get it to market. Reddy put sixpeople on the project.””We did it on a pro bono basis,” says Reddy. The bonus, forthe company, is that the employees learned new skills. “If thegame does well, we will get paid back.” The game has both asecularand a church-related version, and the latter is being marketed throughparochial schools. Reddy — who has one grown child and oneteenager— admits that the Choice Game may not immediately top teens’wish-lists.”Parents are to guide them,” says Reddy. “They shoulddirect the kids to play the game.”Princetec Inc., 4365 Route 1 South, Princeton08540.Mohan Reddy, president. 609-720-9800; fax, 609-720-9899. Home page:https://www.princetec.com.Previous StoryNext StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
