Business roundup: Kannapolis native’s firm receives $9.5 million federal research grant
February 9th, 2010
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a three-year, $9.5 million research grant to South Shore Clinical Consulting (SSCC), a Cornelius-based research firm founded by Kannapolis native Brent Lambert.
The Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center (VA CSPCRPCC), located in Albuquerque, N.M., will administer the grant awarded to Lambert’s company.
Lambert is a 1984 graduate of A.L. Brown High School, and he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has been involved in clinical research for more than 20 years, most recently in monitoring and project management through his consulting firm, which was incorporated in 2001 to provide cost-effective, senior-level clinical monitoring and project management services to the pharmaceutical industry.
Located on the south shore of Lake Norman, SSCC currently employs several dozen experienced regional clinical research consultants, and has ongoing working relationships with more than 100 consultants throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Lambert’s experience includes stints as a Clinical Research Scientist at Glaxo-Wellcome, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development and a Research Triangle Park-based contract research firm.
The VA and its Cooperative Studies Program chose SSCC to provide Good Clinical Practice (GCP) monitoring, training and data review services for multi-therapeutic clinical trials conducted at VA facilities and associated non-VA facilities throughout the U.S. and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
U.S. veterans participate in many clinical trials throughout the VA health-care system, and receive treatment for conditions ranging from combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, acute renal failure, prostate cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and others.
Lambert’s mandate is to ensure clinical trials in the VA Cooperative Studies Program are conducted in compliance with scientific and ethical principles embodied in the Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
Lambert is also co-founder of Carolina Pharmaceutical Research, a multi-therapeutic clinical research facility in Statesville.
His roots to the area with the growing N.C. Research Campus remain deep. His parents, Barry and Betty Lambert, still live in Kannapolis, as does his grandfather, Harget Moore, a 92-year-old World War II veteran.
For more information, visit www.ssclinical.com.
TranqWool Knitting Provisions open
Jenni Pfaff has opened TranqWool Knitting Provisions, 310 Mocksville Ave., provides yarn, patterns and supplies for fiber artists.
Pfaff, who graduated with an English degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, worked in corporate marketing for BB&T for “more years than she’d like to admit.”
She’s been a knitter for 15 years.
She moved to Salisbury last June to get married. After asking about yarn shops in the area, and finding none, she decided to open one of her own.
She is married to Brian Pfaff, has one son, Danny Woomer, and three step-children, Taylor, Forrest and Boothe Pfaff.
TranqWool also offers classes for beginners or those looking to learn a new skill. Open Knit Night is Thursdays from 6-8 p.m.
For more information, call 704-431-4527. Hours are Tuesday-Sat, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m
Thomas Built Buses names new president
Kelley Platt has been named president and CEO of Thomas Built Buses. Platt, who joined Daimler Trucks North America LLC, in 1989 as Freightliner manager of treasury services, played a pivotal role in the company’s 1998 acquisition of Thomas Built Buses.
Most recently, Platt served as general manager of business excellence, where she was responsible for product quality, business processes and customer satisfaction.
Platt has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Colby College and an MBA from Duke University. She and her family have relocated from Portland, Ore., to High Point, where Thomas Built Buses is headquartered.
John O’Leary, who joined Thomas Built Buses in 2002, served as president until 2010. O’Leary moved to a new role as senior vice president, service and parts, for Daimler Trucks. He will serve as a member of Daimler Trucks’ operating committee and will participate in overall company management.
Spain-Marsh joins Cozart Lumber
Cozart Lumber & Supply Co. has hired Gail Spain-Marsh as a cabinet design specialist.
Spain-Marsh previously worked for Stock Building Supply as a cabinet designer for eight years, and brings experience in designing and selling installed cabinetry to the professional builder and serious do-it-yourselfer.
Spain-Marsh is available to take job site measurements, make cabinet designs on 20/20 software, and provide solutions to your cabinet needs.
Cozart Lumber and Supply Co. is located in Rockwell. Visit www.cozartlumber.com for more information.
Fisher part of physician executives group
Dr. Ada Fisher of Salisbury has been selected as a member of the American College of Physician Executives.
This certification recognizes Fisher’s administrative experience as a service line chief in occupational health services at the Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury; medical director of Amoco Oil Co., a Fortune 500 company; a 16-county substance abuse detoxification director at the John Umstead Hospital in Butner; and founding medical director for the Plain View Health Center in Greenevers, serving the poor as well as migrant laborers.
Though retired on disability from the Hefner VA Medical Center, Fisher remains active in helping veterans and others obtain medical disability benefits, participates in some continuing medical education, works with Work Force Investment Act dropout participants through tutoring and mentoring and serves on the Republican National Committee.
Signworks has new print capabilities
With a 3,000-square-foot expansion, and one of the largest commercially available flatbed printers on site, Signworks of North Carolina is gearing up for a fantastic new year.
Established in 1991, Signworks encompasses all aspects of sign manufacturing and banner printing. It provides design services for artwork and logos, installation and maintenance/ repair services for existing signs, and rebranding packages for companies looking to update their image.
The big changes started after Signworks earned the contract to produce the sign packages for a national bank.
Signworks volunteered to provide signs for Extreme Makeover’s Home Edition build in Lexington, as well as donating banners for each company involved with the project.
With new materials becoming available, and new methods of printing being explored, Signworks decided to invest in a new printer, a Hewlett-Packard FB950.
Fitting a 1.5 ton, 14-foot wide printer in the existing space would have been almost impossible, so the facility was expanded.
Signworks products can be seen in city of Lexington signs, Hospice of Davidson County, the Lexington Barbecue Festival, Southgate Plaza in Thomasville, Mr. Gatti’s and Carolane in Salisbury. Signworks has printed banners for Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Other businesses have had Signworks create vinyl graphics for their vehicles.
Call 336-956-7446 or visit www.signworksofnc.com for more information.
RCCC course shows how to start a business
The Small Business Center at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is offering a course that gives entrepreneurs step-by-step instructions on how to start a small business.
The Small Business Center will offer the REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) course 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Feb. 16 through April 13. There is a $65 fee for the 10-session course. The class will meet at RCCC’s Cabarrus Business & Technology Center, 660 Concord Parkway North in Concord.
The course will provide in-depth instructions on starting a small business in Cabarrus or Rowan County. Students will go from business idea to business start up, with the goal of completing a written business plan.
The course will help students identify their strengths as an entrepreneur, assess the feasibility of their business idea, and examine important factors, such as start-up costs, effective marketing techniques, legal considerations, funding and others. It aims to help entrepreneurs gain the knowledge and confidence needed to launch their dream business.
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