In 1978 Mr. Symens and
Curtis Lamb established Commercial
Timesharing, Inc. (CTI) to create a
time-shared record keeping and billing
system for medical clinics on a multi-user
minicomputer. In 1980 CTI began
to seek engineering engagements in
the manufacturing industries of northeast
Ohio. Under Mr. Symens leadership,
CTI has become internationally recognized
for designing tire uniformity controls
and process data collection systems.
In the early 1990's CTI was contracted to build control technology for tire uniformity machines (TUO). CTI licensed this and other technology, refined it, and now offers its TTOC TUO controller and the laser-based Tire Sidewall Inspection System (TSIS) to the tire industry to improve cycle time, increase testing accuracy, and reduce down time. Innovation continued with the development of web-based applications to manage these systems—applications that allow CTI and our customers to monitor, configure and support our control systems real-time, from anywhere in the world.
Mr.
Symens sold CTI to the Poling Group
in 2002 and continues to provide leadership
and technical design as the President
of CTI.
