Two Join 3coast Executive Team

3coast announced the addition Gloria M. Hinton and Jeffrey R. Glenn to its executive management team. Gloria M. Hinton, CPA, joins 3coast as its new Financial Controller. Ms. Hinton brings more than 12 years of experience as a CPA. As 3coast controller, she will be responsible for all financial aspects of 3coast and its contract administration. Prior to joining 3coast, Ms. Hinton held the position of controller for Hurricane Glass, Inc., Municipal Emergency Services/Four Alarm Fire Equipment, Data Duplicators, Inc., and Caesar J. Thibodeaux, Inc. Ms. Hinton received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Gloria M. Hinton, CPA, joins 3coast as its new Financial Controller. Ms. Hinton brings more than 12 years of experience as a CPA. As 3coast controller, she will be responsible for all financial aspects of 3coast and its contract administration. Prior to joining 3coast, Ms. Hinton held the position of controller for Hurricane Glass, Inc., Municipal Emergency Services/Four Alarm Fire Equipment, Data Duplicators, Inc., and Caesar J. Thibodeaux, Inc. Ms. Hinton received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.

“Gloria is a welcome addition to our team. Her professional certification as a CPA and her expertise are a great match for the position,” said George Black, president and CEO of 3coast.

Jeffrey F. Glenn joins 3coast as its director of Sales & Marketing and will oversee the day-to-day operations of these teams. He is charged with expanding 3coast’s presence in the business and technical consulting markets as well as growing and mentoring 3coast account management team.

“Jeff’s strength in mentoring and training, as well as revenue generation, will enable 3coast to continue its rapid growth,” said Black. “At the same time enabling us to expand our account management team and to improve our delivery of PartnerIT services to our customers. Jeff is committed to 100% customer satisfaction and aligns perfectly with 3coast’s values.”

Prior to joining 3coast, Mr. Glenn held the position of Corporate Sales Director for Lantana Communications, where he was responsible for sales and partner development. Previously, he held the position of Regional Sales Manager at Inter-Tel Technologies, Sales Manager at Avaya, and was an account executive for Lucent Technologies and AT&T. Mr. Glenn holds a B.S. in Business Management Computer Science from East Texas Baptist University.

About 3coast

Founded in 1980 as Robert Shields & Associates, 3coast is a Houston-based business technology services firm that solves business problems and helps companies grow, through technology. 3coast offers enterprise resource planning (ERP) services, business technology advisory services and managed IT support. As a strategic partner, 3coast examines each client’s business vision and then innovates technology solutions to support that vision.

3coast also offers IT staffing services with focus on software engineers, network engineers, developers and consultants specialized in PeopleSoft, Oracle, JD Edwards, Java and .NET. 3coast connects with highly skilled candidates from across the globe and offers contract staffing, contract-to-hire, permanent placement and payroll services. For three years, 3coast has been recognized by the Houston Business Journal and FastTech 50 as one of Houston’s fastest-growing technology companies. In 2007, 3coast was acknowledged by Inc. magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing U.S. companies.