Menomonee Falls-based Ontech Systems, an IT providers and consulting agency, will transfer to an workplace constructing situated on Milwaukee’s far northwest aspect.
State data present Granite Haven LLC, an entity shaped by Ontech management, is the client of a two-story workplace constructing at 11800 W. Park Place.
The 54,839-square-foot constructing, situated throughout the Park Place Workplace Park, was bought for $2 million.
Ontech’s present workplace is situated at N85 W16186 Appleton Ave. in Menomonee Falls, simply 4 miles away from the Park Place location.
“We’re simply out of area at our present constructing on Appleton Avenue,” mentioned Ontech founding associate Michael Piotrowski. He began the corporate in 2004.
When the corporate moved into its present workplace area in 2015, there have been 15 staff. Ontech now employs 35 folks. The Milwaukee workplace area will give Ontech much more room to develop.
Throughout the Milwaukee workplace constructing, Ontech will initially occupy about 15,000 sq. toes on the bottom ground. That’s about double the quantity of area the corporate has at its Appleton Avenue workplace.
“I’ll be on the lookout for different tenants however so far as Ontech is anxious, we’ll have loads of area to unfold out and proceed to develop,” mentioned Piotrowski.
Mark Dohnal, president of Ontech, mentioned when he first joined the corporate almost 15 years in the past, the group took on extra of a normal consulting function.
“Companies had been simply on the lookout for somebody to unravel their issues,” he mentioned.
Now, Ontech and its purchasers have extra of a partnership through which Ontech helps companies adapt to and actually perceive trendy cybersecurity threats. Ontech was initially centered on working with purchasers within the manufacturing business, however the firm has since entered the realm {of professional} providers.
“We’ve been rising about 12% year-over-year for the previous 12 years or so,” mentioned Dohnal. “For us, it’s about adapting to new applied sciences.”
The corporate is frequently looking for IT expertise, particularly tech employees aware of the Cloud.
