Phone kings

Norm Worthington, CEO of one the Sarasota-Bradenton region’s fastest growing business, ran into an executive hiring obstacle four years ago….
Worthington and Joe Rhem, old tech industry colleagues, co-founded Star2Star. A New Jersey native and New College of Florida graduate, Worthington has founded at least a dozen software and technology businesses over the last 30 years. Toy company Mattel bought one firm he launched, consumer software business Software Toolworks, in 1999. He also started a company while a student at Northwestern University School of Law…
A big focus for the company in 2016, wherever it does business, is to utilize data analytics more frequently for current clients and to land new ones. Star2Star is part of a program at New College, where data science students help study how to use a variety of algorithms. Star2Star also runs an internship program out of its Atlanta office, next door to Georgia Tech….