Kit Solutions Press Room

KIT Prevention System Demonstration

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:22:38 +0000

KIT Prevention System (KPS) overview Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30- 3:30pm EST

Please join us online, Tuesday, August 30, 2011, for an overview of the KIT Prevention System (KPS) that is currently being used in 15 states. The KPS is a cloud-based data management system that collects, manages and analyzes state and federal government prevention program data for funding and outcomes. You will learn about how the KPS functionalities are consistent with the SPF five-phase prevention logic model and can be easily adapted to meet specific prevention data needs. This management and data collection system also functions as an educational tool with a built-in prevention knowledge base and logic model.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: KPS Demo

China report: Xiaoyan Zhang

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:27:40 +0000

China report: Return trip reveals changes in way Chinese do business
Pittsburgh Business Times - by Xiaoyan Zhang, CEO and founder of Kit Solutions

Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 9:34pm EDT

Xiaoyan Zhang left China to study in the U.S. in 1980. He started his company KIT Solutions, an IT company that provides Web-based data driven decision support services to state and federal government agencies for grants management, in 1996. His father is living in Beijing. Here, he blogs about his current trip to China, where he is traveling as part of the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s 10-day business trip to China:

Coalition Data Collection and Reporting on Environmental Strategies

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:40:57 +0000

As an extension of KIT's annual Learning Community meetings, we have offered our clients the opportunity to meet more often online. The LC webinars are generated from ideas suggested by our clients and we provide a platform for customers to present their ideas with the intention of creating a more knowledgeable community to better serve the industry. Below is the video for the last webinar we held. Dr. Barry Donovan, Research Scientist, with New York State OASAS and Dr. Alan Stein-Seroussi, Senior Program Evaluator, with PIRE presented on the conceptual and technical aspects of a newly developed module for collecting coalition data and techniques involved with the collection of environmental strategies data.

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Pittsburgh groups look to make inroads into China

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:39:01 +0000

By Joe Napsha
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

As Zipei "Jack" Tu sees it, China and the United States must overcome misunderstandings before economic relations can improve.

KIT Solutions Wins Multiple Contracts For Prevention System

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:13:32 +0000

KIT Solutions Wins Multiple Contracts For Prevention System
Press Release: KIT Solutions Wins Multiple Contracts For Prevention System
February 10th, 2011

KIT Solutions Wins Multiple Contracts For Prevention System

IT firm providing several northeast states with substance abuse prevention program funding, outcomes data management

Pittsburgh (PRWEB) February 10, 2011

KIT Solutions, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based provider of real-time, data-driven decision support services for health and human services organizations, was recently awarded contracts with Connecticut, Delaware, Maine and New York to provide its KIT Prevention Service (KPS).

Xiaoyan Zhang CAST-P Member of the Month

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:10:43 +0000

Dr. Zhang is the president and CEO of KIT Solutions® LLC., a high-tech company provides on-line, real-time, data-driven decision support services using Knowledge-based Information Technology (KIT) solutions for the field of Health and Human Services (HHS). In September 2010, he received Pacesetter Award from Smart Business Magazine. In June, 2008, he Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award in Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In 2007, he was appointed by the United State Secretary of Health to serve on the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse. In this same year, he received NPN (National Prevention Network) 2007 Award of Excellence.

Dr. Zhang is a recognized expert in designing and implementing web-based data-driven decision support systems that measure performance, outcomes, and results-based accountability. He has over 20 years of experience in conducting evaluation research for numerous social service programs funded by federal, state, and local governments and accumulated extensive expertise in combining social science research principles and practice with the state-of-the-art information technology. Since 1998, Dr. Zhang has assisted 17 states (PA, VA, SC, FL, RI, ME, WA, SD, CO, NY, CA, HI, NH, TN, NM, NC, and AR) in implementing a statewide prevention data infrastructure with KIT Prevention, a web-based, intelligent, and knowledge based substance abuse prevention data service that integrate Assessment, Capacity, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation. Currently, he serves as the project director for two multi-year federal contracts supporting (1) Prevention Management Reporting and Training System and (2) Federal Interagency Website on Youth, a collaborative website involving 12 federal agencies.

Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. Degree in Sociology (1989) and a business certificate from the University of Pittsburgh (1986). In 1985, he was a recipient of the Andrew Mellon Fellowship. Dr. Zhang was featured in the Corporate Culture Section of Pittsburgh Magazine in the February 2000 issue, in Pittsburgh Business Time, June 20, 2008 edition, and in Smart Business Magazine, November 2009 and September 2010 editions.

CAST-P Member Page

KIT Solutions LLC and CAST-P

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:06:17 +0000

KIT Solutions Manager Elected President of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology

Published January 24, 2011 TECHburger

Zipei Tu, manager of data governance at KIT Solutions, LLC, was recently elected president of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology – Pittsburgh Chapter (CAST-P). CAST-P is a non-political, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote China’s economic reform while bringing prosperity to both China and the United States.

Rhode Island Awards Information Management Contract to KIT Solutions

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:30:16 +0000

KIT Solutions has been selected by the state of Rhode Island to implement a statewide, integrated Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Information Management System.

Under the two-year contract, KIT Solutions will integrate the information management needs of social service professionals across the state in two behavioral health fields, substance abuse treatment and mental health.

"We were impressed with KIT's ability to provide a comprehensive solution that brought together information from both our substance abuse and mental health staffs," said Steve Dean, Administrator, Contracts and Logistics, Department of Mental Health and Retardation & Hospitals. "KIT's leadership in this area and its track record of success in other states were major factors in our decision."

Zipei Tu and CAST-P

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:01:26 +0000

KIT Solutions Manager of Data Governance Elected President of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology - Pittsburgh Chapter

Happy Holidays

jcatalfamo@kitsolutions.net (Jen Catalfamo) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:45:12 +0000

Happy Holidays from all of us at KIT Solutions!! May you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!