The mahogany ply that I ordered for the Greene & Greene desktops arrived yesterday from Bristol Valley Hardwood in New York State. I am very pleased with the quality and price of the wood. Including shipping, it was cheaper than I could find it locally, and they were able to ship pieces via UPS that were large enough for my purposes (I needed two 31" by 55" pieces). I bought two 4′ by 8′ pieces (which UPS would not ship), and Bristol cut them for me to 1" larger than my final needed size so that UPS would ship them. This saved me from the expense of truck rate shipping. I will use the cut-off pieces that were left over for other projects in the future.
Bristol has a wide range of different furniture grade ply as well as regular lumber packaged for shipping. I’ll add Bristol to my bag of tricks for when I need good hardwood ply going forward.
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Matthew Sanfilippo is currently Executive Director of PSII (Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator) and the CenSCIR (Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure), Associate Director of ICES (Institute for Complex Engineered Systems), and Associate Director of PITA (Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
Prior to CMU, Matthew was Director of Applied Technology for Michael Baker Corporation, a large engineering and energy services firm. Matt managed a technology consulting division for Baker including Geographic Information System (GIS), software and web development, multimedia, virtual reality (VR), visualization, Global Positioning System (GPS), mapping and surveying services.
Before joining Baker, Matt was an Innovation Director for Redleaf Group, a Venture Capital/Operating Company focused on Information Security, Supply Chain, Network and Mobility Solutions. While at Redleaf, Matt managed technical due diligence for seed-stage investments and coordinated relationships between Redleaf and their partner companies after investment.
Prior to Redleaf, Matt was CIO of GZA GeoEnvironmental Technologies, a Boston-based engineering firm, and operations manager for their Internet start-up division that focused on web-technologies for health and safety and manufacturing metrics.
Matt is current board member and past Chairman of the Board for the Botanic Garden of Western Pennsylvania, a board member of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), and a former member of the Information Sciences and Technology Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania State University Beaver. Matt is also a former Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals and former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for Baker Combined Charity of Pennsylvania.
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