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www.HartfordBusiness.com • October 23, 2017 • Hartford Business Journal 25 listening to you What better banking's all about sm . making it simple basic respect fast response personal service working together local loan decisions time respecting your Allen Miles Executive Vice President, Senior Lender Richard Hanchett Senior Vice President, Commercial Lender Sean Millane Commercial Lender Christopher Fager Assistant Vice President, Commercial Lender Wayne Webster Vice President, Commercial Lender Are you looking to expand your business, buy or build a new facility, or purchase equipment? Westfield Bank can help your business take flight with our team of local business banking experts. We're just the right size to provide the resources you need with the service you deserve. To learn more, call 800.995.5734 or visit westfieldbank.com/soar. Member FDIC With a $35 million lending limit per business entity, we'll help you soar. iTech Solutions Inc. What does your company do? ITech is a national IT, healthcare, clinical/sci- entific and engineering staffing and consulting firm that specializes in identifying technology talent to staff client needs across a wide variety of industry specializations including short- term, long-term and project-based positions. How do you instill your family values in your employees? We are very careful during the hiring process to hire people with the same core values as our company. Also, we are firm be- lievers in 'actions speak louder than words' so every day we try to set the example for our employees by ensuring the following values are demonstrated by all family mem- bers: integrity, commitment to excellence, add value and be adaptive, and be account- able/own what you do. What are your most significant accom- plishments in the last year? • Developing the next level of manage- ment for the company. • Hiring a chief growth officer to help with new business and products. • Developing new product offerings to our clients (Agile in a Box, Security Consulting and Services and Microsoft Stack Reporting). • Continuing to exceed at our core busi- ness and receive awards and recognition for that success. What is the one family value you want passed onto each generation in your business? Integrity. Headquarters: Farmington Industry: IT Recruiting, Consulting and Services Year Founded: 1995 Founder: Chris Lukas Generation Currently Running Company: First No. of Full-Time Employees: 187 No. of Part-Time Employees: 0 Family Members Currently Employed at Company: Kay Lukas, President; Chris Lukas, Chief Operating Officer; Taylor Lukas, Marketing; Allie Lukas, Data Analysis Company Website: www.itechsolutions.com Itech Solutions' Kay Lukas (center) and Chris Lukas (top row, left) celebrate an industry award. Itech employees volunteer for various organizations. FAMILY BUSINESS Awards 2nd Place Full Time Employees 76–199