Xenex Disinfection Services, a world leader in UV technology-based disinfection strategies and solutions, today announced that its LightStrike disinfection robots are now available for public sector
Accelerator: Ready to dig into South Texas tech, startup X-factor
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New year. New president. New perspective. New SA Inc. column!
Welcome to Accelerator, a weekly riff on San Antonio’s vibrant tech and startup scene.
We’re excited to push the throttle up on this project, which will soar into stories about the people, companies, institutions, politics, money and trends behind the news.
When I joined the Express-News last summer, the bosses assigned me to the business desk and Business Editor Greg Jefferson gave me the tech and economy beat.
I warned him that I didn’t have a wealth of tech or economics knowledge and was a terrible math and engineering student. Plus, I don’t have a STEM or business degree, and I came to journalism late after a 24-year Air Force career.
Germ-zapping robot maker gets new digs as business grows
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Lead Mechanical Engineer Deepak Jayaraj, left, and Xenex CEO Morris Miller, right,pose with one of the company s product, LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots, at their new offices north of the San Antonio International Airport, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. The company has sold the robots, that use UV rays to kill germs, to the San Antonio Spurs, hospitals throughout the country and the Texas State Capitol.Jerry Lara / Staff photographer
San Antonio’s disinfecting robot manufacturer, Xenex, kicked off 2021 by expanding both its facilities and its business.
With sales soaring 600 percent in 2020, due largely to the COVID-19 pandemic, the privately held firm outgrew its old space. But it found a new home in a business park two miles away, near Wurzbach Parkway and San Antonio International Airport.
Report: San Antonio ranks near bottom for high-paying tech jobs
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High tech, high wages.
San Antonio residents working technology jobs make more than double the median pay for all occupations, according to a new report by Austin-based data company Spanning Cloud Apps LLC.
The median annual wage stands at $81,170 for computer and math occupations, well above the $36,130 mark for all jobs.
Alas, fewer Alamo City workers are taking advantage of the pay premium than in other metros.
The study found that the San Antonio-New Braunfels region ranked No. 42 out of 53 large metro areas for the share of employment in computer and math occupations. Just 2.7 percent of area workers (28,220 people) are employed in tech jobs.