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Intrafinity's Web-based solutions are the gateway to success - John Carbrey wins BDC's Young Entrepreneur Award for Ontario
Intrafinity's Web-based solutions are the gateway to success - John Carbrey wins BDC's Young Entr...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nOct. 20, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- TORONTO, Oct. 20 /CNW Telbec/ -- Pursuing his passion for technology, self-taught Web prodigy John Carbrey anticipated the demand for paperless, web-based solutions while still in his teens. Since launching Intrafinity nine years ago, his company's game-changing suite of enterprise Web content solutions has captured clients throughout North America, including organizations as diverse as universities, hospitals and world-leading private sector companies. For his success, John Carbrey, 27, has earned BDC's Young Entrepreneur Award for Ontario and will be honoured at a ceremony tonight in Ottawa.Investing in developing a technology framework which drastically reduces the time it takes to develop software solutions and drawing on top-notch web professionals, Intrafinity provides an integrated suite of Web-based tools and applications that create, publish and manage digital content and enable collaboration for portals, websites, communities, document management, event coordination, mentoring, and online learning.John spent his summers during high school teaching himself how to program and then develop Web applications. \"I was really passionate, diving into anything I could get my hands on.\" At 16, he built his first website, winning a prestigious MIT-affiliated award that placed him as a top young Web architect. In 2001, after selling products to customers that included one of the largest hospitals in the United States, he launched Intrafinity.Putting the focus on qualityStarting out on his own, John was joined early on by a business partner and mentor, Chris Duff, who had more than 20 years' experience in the IT industry. \"His experience and ingenuity have really contributed to our success.\" Today, Intrafinity's solutions have been specialized for a wide range of private sector corporations such as Intel, government organizations such as Cancer Care Ontario, educational institutions such as Michigan State University, associations such as Retail Council of Canada as well as healthcare organizations, municipalities, and school districts.Building strategically to enable the company's growth, Intrafinity's revenues have doubled over the last two years. \"Our strategic focus on Intrafinity's software framework and expert talent allows us to produce and implement enterprise class web so...