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V O L . X X I I N O. V I I A P R I L 4 , 2 0 1 6 8 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E bernsteinshur.com CELEBRATING 1OO YEARS We welcome excellence in practice. Bernstein Shur is proud to welcome Hallie Flint Gilman as a shareholder and member of the firm's Energy Practice Group. With more than 10 years of experience in the energy sector, Hallie's practice focuses on providing legal support for the development and operation of energy infrastructure projects in Maine and nationally. She knows generation and transmission projects inside and out, and has extensive experience as regulatory counsel, general counsel, and in executive leadership for renewable energy developers. Tyler Tech: Maine's workforce hardworking, 'loyal' Y A R M O U T H — Tyler Technologies Inc. officially broke ground on the expansion that will bring 575 addi- tional jobs to Maine, but the ground- work has been in place for some time. President and CEO John S. Marr Jr., whose father John Marr Sr. started precursor company Process Inc. in 1962 in Falmouth, told a group gathered at the groundbreaking on March 24 that Tyler has a deep com- mitment to Maine. Marr and Robert Sansone, vice president of human resources, cited the state's educated, hardworking labor pool. At Tyler's Maine sites, Sansone noted that the "loyal" work- force has an average tenure being 8.44 years, while more than one third of the workforce, 37%, has been at the company a decade or longer. Marr said the company had a "quiet" profile before gaining wider notice with its plans to add onto its building, at 1 Tyler Drive in Yarmouth. It also has two sites in Falmouth and one in Bangor. Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL), which has its headquarters in Plano, Texas, will double its Maine workforce, from about 550 at four Maine sites, over the next 10 years. Marr, the company's leader, works out of the Yarmouth office. The company produces software for cities, counties and schools. Earlier this week, for instance, it added as a client the city of Walnut Creek, Calif., a prosperous suburb northeast of San Francisco. Last year, it had sales of $591 million, up from $493 million in 2014. Net income was $64.9 million, up from $58.9 million in 2014, according to Yahoo Finance. Overall, Tyler Technologies has about 3,600 employees. Positions to be added in Yarmouth will include entry level positions in tech- nical support, as well as more senior positions in sales, marketing, finance. At the recent event, Marr made a point of thanking the state and Yarmouth officials for facilitating the expansion. He said the company was committed to expanding in Yarmouth, even when weighed against the development-friendly Dallas area. Combined with that, the juggernaut of development in the Dallas area also means fierce competition for workers. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Cisco Systems all have major sites nearby. Even amid that competitive environment, Tyler was ranked No. 11 on the Dallas Morning News' "Top 100 Places to Work 2015," citing free Starbucks coffee, an on-site personal trainer and yoga classes. In Yarmouth, Marr said Denise Clavette, who has been the town's director of economic development since January 2015, was instrumental helping the company get necessary approvals. Clavette helped coordinate a related move as well: Patriot Insurance, which leases space in the same complex, plans a new site on the grounds of the Down-East Village motel complex. At the groundbreaking, a ceremony attended by about 150 people was held inside (in the building once occupied by shoe company Cole Haan), and then moved into the blustery, chilly outdoors for the formal groundbreaking. Excavators and bulldozers were hard at work clearing the site. The additional 94,000 square feet will include additional conference rooms, a fitness center and work stations "that are private but allow for easy collabora- tion" among workers, Sansone said. The expanded site will have capacity for 750 employees (up from 210 at that site), with other new employees working at other sites in Maine. Tyler will move into the larger quarters in November 2017. At 370 Route 1 in Falmouth, Tyler has 311 employees and that site will remain. A second, leased site in Falmouth, at 358 Route 1, with about 50 employees, will be consolidated into the new site. A Bangor location has about 40 employees. — P e t e r V a n A l l e n P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y T Y L E R T E C H N O L O G I E S I N C . Tyler Technologies Inc. President and CEO John S. Marr Jr., at the groundbreaking, cited Maine's hardworking workforce. An absolutely wonderful experience! I can't say enough about Katahdin Trust." 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