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In the December 2020 Edition…..

• To all our clients – past, present and future 

• To our technology partners  

• Kadro’s Site Analysis & Optimization Services can help to ensure that performance issues don’t interfere with your online business.

• Meet Noah Trimble, Software Engineer

• Explore blog posts, webinars, podcasts and more

• Special online holiday savings

To Our Valued Clients

On February 23, 2021, Kadro turns 20! 

While we’ve seen a great deal of change throughout the years, one thing that has remained constant is our commitment to helping our clients succeed.

As we continue through the 2020 holiday season and prepare to exit what has certainly been a bizarre and difficult year, we want to take a moment to remember, thank and celebrate our clients – past, present and future (a subtle Scrooge reference for those following along). It was your decision to choose Kadro as a partner that has fueled our growth and success.

It began with our very first client – REEDS Jewelers – who has been our client for 20 years! Amazing to think of all those Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays we’ve shared together!  Our client journey continues with the dozens of exceptional companies whose eCommerce stories are chronicled in the portfolio area of our website.  We are also proud of our most recent site launches with our newest clients including Hungry Harvest, SeaDek, WestCMR and The Fruit Company.

We wish you a Happy Holiday season

and a prosperous New Year. 

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To Our Technology Partners 

It takes a strong, diverse, and experienced network of technology partners to provide the range of quality functionality and services necessary to succeed in today’s volatile and  expanding eCommerce environment.  With that in mind, we send out our best holiday wishes and sincere thanks to all those companies who have chosen to partner with us in delivering robust solutions to the eCommerce business community. 

It starts of course with Adobe and their industry-leading Magento eCommerce platform.  We’d be remiss if we did not again thank dotdigital for naming Kadro as Best Partner – Americas at this year’s dotties connected awards event.

To all our technology partners that span the eCommerce ecosystem, we appreciate your support and complementary commerce products which allow us to build on the Magento foundation and provide our customers with the right mix of technology solutions to meet their needs. Looking forward to even greater collaboration in 2021.

Supercharge Your Magento Website with Site Analysis & Optimization Services from Kadro

Cyber Monday was the biggest day for online shopping in U.S. history, with shoppers spending $10.8 billion, or 15% more than they spent in 2019, reports Adobe Analytics. How did your eCommerce website do? Was it running slow? Was performance inconsistent?  Need a partner who has the expertise to improve your website’s performance? We can audit your website environment and propose solutions to your site’s functionality and performance woes.

Maybe you’re thinking about re-platforming your present eCommerce website to Magento?  Still yet, perhaps you are on Magento 1 and need to upgrade to Magento 2?  Regardless of your situation, Kadro is here to help make your vision of effectively selling online a reality!

Meet Noah Trimble,  Software Engineer at Kadro

In this month’s eCommerce Insights newsletter we spotlight Noah Trimble, a back-end software developer at Kadro who is one of our skilled software engineers building Magento customizations and integrating other systems with Magento to meet our client’s needs. Noah has grown into a key member of our software engineering team that has recently delivered new eCommerce sites for Brame Speciality, Houser Shoes, Duplin Winery, MakerPlace, National Wholesale, WebbMason, and SeaDek.  Visit our Portfolio page to learn more about our client projects.

A CO-OP EDUCATION PROGRAM DELIVERING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Noah has been with Kadro now for almost three years. He came to the company as a number of employees have via the Cooperative Education Program at NC State University (NCSU).  Noah recalls, “I selected Kadro because the co-op program had informed me that previous co-op student participants always had great things to say about the company.  I did multiple co-op rotations working at Kadro while completing my B.S. degree in Computer Science at NCSU. I was pleased to receive an offer for full-time employment from Kadro during my senior year. I had already invested quite a bit of time getting to know the company, its personnel and customers during my co-op rotations and really enjoyed the people and work so I didn’t even bother applying anywhere else.” All you current and potential NCSU co-op program participants keep this in mind!  Visit our University Co-op Program page for more information. 

ENJOY WHAT YOU DO AND WHERE YOU DO IT… KEYS TO CAREER SUCCESS

We asked Noah about the Kadro work environment and the work itself. His response is rather typical of the general attitude of the staff. “I enjoy both the work environment and the work I do at Kadro. The environment is very relaxed, teamwork is good, and I enjoy all my coworkers,” he stated, “Before the pandemic, we used to frequently get lunch together, sometimes play games after work, and do other extracurricular activities as a company.”  Noah also mentioned that Kadro management really listens and responds to employee requests and suggestions. For example, Noah asked to be allowed to focus mostly on back-end software engineering work versus front-end work early in his tenure. His request was granted which has made the work he does that much more enjoyable. 

FRIENDS, FAMILY, FOOD, FUN AND GAMES

Outside of work, Noah enjoys spending time with friends and family.  He does a bit of TV watching (haven’t we all in this year of unique change and challenges), reading, listening to music, and playing videogames (also a popular pastime in 2020).  While he is into travelling and hiking, those activities have been obviously limited of late. On the gastronomic front, Noah’s enjoys many kinds of food, especially Asian and Hispanic, and is a big fan of Thai curries. Good choice Noah!