Company History | Webster/Rochester | Finger Lakes

ShewTech Associates designs and implements web sites that have the right blend of technology, navigation, visual appeal, and relevant content to meet the goals of the businesses that own them. Our sites fit well with our customers’ resources and long-term strategy as well with their marketing efforts and plans.

We help businesses and nonprofits understand what it means to have a web site in their organizations. We teach our clients how to take full advantage of their sites without breaking the bank or consuming extraordinary amounts of their time.



Company History
ShewTech Associates began as a part-time endeavor in 1998 and has been in full-time operation since January 2000. The company founder and president, Mary Anne Shew, spent her 25-year corporate career in leadership positions at companies such as Kodak, GE, and Xerox. Her personal philosophy of learn something new every year led to starting her own company to help business owners improve their bottom line and customer service through web sites and other business services.

For more information, review Mary Anne's LinkedIn profile or follow her on Twitter.

Credentials
Mary Anne’s formal education includes a BA in Mathematics and a Masters in Business Administration. She is a Certified Attribute Index Analyst, Certified DISC Index Analyst, and Certified VALUES Index Analyst.

Continuous Education
Mary Anne is a permanent student of life and business. She attends conferences 4-5 times a year to continually update her knowledge, skills and contacts in the Internet and business coaching industries.

Understanding that the best way to learn something is to teach it, she has developed and delivered dozens of speeches, seminars and workshops on a wide range of business topics.

She also reads 30-40 books a year on related topics as well as follows the blogs of leading thinkers. She has started and manages several book discussion groups. And she is a member of the Business Builders chapter of BNI-NENY.

Community Leadership
Mary Anne has served in various roles for business and community organizations such as Rochester (NY) Chapter of NAWBO, Western NY Chapter of PDMA, and Writers and Books. She was twice president of the Rochester (NY) Professional Consultants Network. She is an avid networker who loves to connect people and share information. She never leaves home without her business cards!

Awards and Recognition
In October 2008 Business Vitality LLC was named Business of the Month by the Webster Chamber of Commerce in recognition of Mary Anne's contributions to the community and quality of life in the areas. Mary Anne has been recognized with the Team Excellence and CIO Leadership Awards while working for Xerox as well as nomination for the 2001 and 2004 ATHENA Awards sponsored by the Women’s Council. As a result of Shew’s work on their web site, Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care won the 2000 Freeman L. Parr Award for Outstanding Communication Achievements in the Field of Commercial Arboriculture. She was a 2001, 2002, and 2004 Rochester Business Alliance Startup Resource Award recipient.

Flexibility
Through Business Vitality LLC, Mary Anne Shew also delivers human performance improvements for companies and individuals through creativity, inspiration, and leadership. She works closely with her clients to define what success looks like before starting, and she focuses on helping them achieve specific goals and results.

Creativity
In her spare time, Mary Anne can be found either at her sewing machine creating quilt masterpieces or messing about with fabric at one of the greater Rochester area’s many lovely quilt shops.

Where in the World is Webster, NY?

For site visitors who may be wondering where Webster, NY is, ShewTech Associates is located in the Greater Rochester Metro area of beautiful upstate New York. This region is blessed with:

• Abundant natural resources (Lake Ontario, Finger Lakes, Genesee River, Erie Canal, parks)
• Soul-refreshing cultural attractions (RPO, MAG, Geva, Strong National Museum of Play, GCVM)
• Brain-expanding colleges and universities (UR, RIT, ESM, SJFC, Nazareth, RWC, Brockport, Geneseo, MCC)
• Dining (restaurants), entertainment (Seabreeze, Six Flags ) and sports (baseball, soccer, hockey, lacrosse) for every taste and budget
• Shopping (Eastview, Marketplace, Webster Towne Center)
• An industry-leading supermarket chain (you have to see a Wegmans to believe it)
• Not to mention the world’s best ice cream.

The Rochester economy is famous for the Big Three (Kodak, Xerox, B&L) who began and remain here. But the backbone of our resilient community is now the thousands of small- and medium-sized businesses representing virtually every industry. Manufacturing, telecommunications, biotechnology, alternative energy, printing/publishing, optics/imaging, and food/beverage are areas of major growth. These are complemented by the talents of thousands of consultants and small businesses (NAWBO, BBA, RHBA, SBC). Government and nonprofit organizations provide all kinds of resources to start-ups, high-growth enterprises, and established companies (GRE, COMIDA, HTR), as do dozens of associations, trade groups, and chambers.

If that weren’t already enough, within an hour’s drive is the second-largest wine region in the United States, the Finger Lakes. So-named because of their long, narrow shapes carved by receding glaciers eons ago, more than a dozen lakes provide the right growing conditions for a wide range of award-winning wines, with great places for water sports, camping, picnicing, and just relaxing.

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