Rich Sypniewski is managing director and CEO for SAGIN LLC in Chicago. SAGIN is a management consulting firm based in Chicago.

Carrie Wismer Yakola released the second book in her Celestial Trilogy for Children series: Lucy’s Shooting Star, which explores the night sky with a precocious little girl named Lucy who becomes fascinated with shooting stars. Carrie lives in York, Maine, with her husband, daughter and cat. The other books in the series are Full Moon Maxi and Clayton and the Planets (all published by AuthorHouse). The books have been well received and have distribution in 22 states and 12 countries thus far. Carrie’s Web site is filedby.com/author/carrie_yakola/2124894/works/.