8/97 Kevin Kelly starts BigBuzz as an extension of his recording studio.
4/98 The first seeds of the soon to be restructured BigBuzz are sown.
8/97 Kevin Kelly starts BigBuzz as an extension of his recording studio.
4/98 The first seeds of the soon to be restructured BigBuzz are sown.
5/98 Mike Furst becomes actively involved as systems administrator for the fledgling company. Mike previously worked at General Electric and Grumman Aerospace on the Eagle Lunar Lander
9/98 Edward Henne (VP of Business Partner Relations for an established software company) joins the nucleus of BigBuzz a business development consultant.
12/98 Bigbuzz is incorporated fulfilling a years worth of planning.
1/99 BigBuzz moves into 500 square feet of office space in Plainview and begins to lay foundation of the new company.
3/99 BigBuzz signs its first large-scale e-commerce site which sets the stage for future development.
4/99 BigBuzz enters into strategic alliance with collocation hosting facility.
5/99 BigBuzz takes the next step in strategic growth plan by relocating into 1800 square feet of space within same office complex.
7/99 BigBuzz brings on additional in-house resources to fulfill need for expansion including leaf programmer.
2/00 Chuck Killorin is promoted to Vice President of Creative Services.
2/00 Edward Henne officially joins BigBuzz team as VP of Business Development.
3/00 A series of “BIGBUZZ” license plates are issues to management and result in an inexpensive way of advertising.
4/00 After hours “Quake Break” begin at BigBuzz to help relieve any stress from day’s workload.
5/00 BigBuzz becomes and official Allaire Alliance Consulting Partner for Cold Fusion.
5/00 BigBuzz sings contract with Dreamworks Records to develop website for their newest recording artist, “Kina”.
6/00 Work commences on web application and propriety products. BigBuzz schedules release of version 1 of “Taskman”, a web enabled project management tool.
7/00 BigBuzz launches version 2 of it’s website.
9/01 Joe Potenza joins the BigBuzz team as Senior Level Programmer.
1/02 BigBuzz begins major office renovation. New office design to include lounge area reserved for BigBuzz Clientele.
6/02 Kevin Kelly, President and CEO of BigBuzz purchases one of the first Mini Coopers in the United States; dubbed “Mini Buzz”.
7/02 New office renovation completed including custom designed and built furnishings by members of the BigBuzz staff.
9/02 BASF Corporation selects BigBuzz as vendor of choice to redesign and launch their new plastic portal web application.
12/02 Simon Free and Jason McGuigan join BigBuzz team; Simon as part of the Programming staff and Jason as a world class Macromedia and Graphic Designer.
2/03 BigBuzz is invited to speak at Long Island Flash Users Group, the 3rd largest MacroMedia group in the world.
5/03 Gregory Cranz joins the BigBuzz Team as senior level programmer.
5/03 BigBuzz team takes well-deserved beak and plans road trip to see Matrix Re-loaded.
6/03 BigBuzz launches new Plastics Portal for BASF Corporation.
7/03 BigBuzz receives Flash Forward Nomination for 3d work on BASF Virtual Vehicle.
9/03 Gary Levanti joins BigBuzz Team as Project Coordinator.
9/03 BigBuzz completes first large scale Intranet Community application with expected future deployment in multiple locations.
10/03 Version 3 of BigBuzz’s “Taskman” Project Management application goes into development.
11/03 BigBuzz begins preliminary development on distribution system to be released in 2004.
01/04 Version 3 of BigBuzz’s website is launched.
