Radio Station: WESA 90.5 – Pittsburgh’s NPR News StationBroadcast Date: July 16, 2019Interviewee: Sean Johnson, Chief Technology Officer, CemSitesInterviewer: Kiley Koscinski, Morning News Producer, 90.5 WESA A Local Startup Is Bringing Cemeteries To The Cloud Announcer:It’s The Confluence on 90.5 WESA. I’m Kevin Gavin. Cloud computing has infiltrated almost every corner of our working lives, […]
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Digitizing & Automating Your Cemetery Office
By Scott McAfee, Chief Operating Officer, CemSites. Left behind in the technology era? There are more than 100,000 cemeteries in the U.S. Each proudly serving their communities with kind, gentle, and compassionate death care services. Unfortunately, most are still using centuries-old techniques to record and manage records. Critical and historical data is still being managed […]
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CemSites brings cloud tech to cemetery management
By Julia Mericle – Technology Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times. Scott McAfee and Sean Johnson are bringing cloud technology somewhere unexpected — cemeteries. The duo co-founded CemSites, a software company that helps cemetery owners manage record keeping, GPS mapping and other operations. Since its launch in 2012, McAfee said the software has been implemented by hundreds […]
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Firm hired to create computerized map of Glens Falls Cemetery
GLENS FALLS — The city is attempting to bring the 165-year-old Glens Falls Cemetery into the digital age. The Glens Falls Cemetery Commission is spending $17,440 to purchase a new computer, software and services from CemSites Software of Pennsylvania to create a complete cemetery map of lots, plots and graves. City Historian Wayne Wright, who […]
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American Cemetery & Cremation Magazine’s Technology Touch Points, featuring Scott McAfee
The June 2017 issue of American Cemetery & Cremation Magazine is out and features a wealth of knowledge for those in the cemetery & cremation industry. A new feature in this month’s issue is the “Technology Touch Point”, where cemetery & cremation professionals can ask questions of industry leaders in the field of cemetery software. Scott […]
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Natchez historian to be honored for cemetery work
Most days, people take for granted the existence of their local cemetery. The reluctance to acknowledge them stems mostly from how the discussion of death and the passing of loved ones is uncomfortable for most people and this has led to a number of cemeteries succumbing to time and disrepair. The Watkins Street Cemetery in Natchez, […]
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CemSites Client featured in August issue of American Cemetery & Cremation Magazine
As we all know, technology enhances our daily lives and continues to get better with each passing day. Some technology that was once considered science fiction is today referred to as science. It’s no surprise then that we also expect this level of technological ease when it comes to working through the difficult time of a […]
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Management Software Bundle for Small Cemeteries
CemSites recently released Core Essentials, a cemetery record management software package prepared with small cemeteries in mind. “We bundled this offering to help smaller cemeteries manage their records in a safer and more efficient manner,” said Scott McAfee, Chief Operating Officer. “We really feel that smaller cemeteries have been overlooked by technology companies and they […]
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Green Cemeteries: On the Rise and Using Technology
With many people striving to make environmentally friendly choices regarding the products they buy, the food they eat and other resources they use, it is no surprise that green funerals are on the rise. While being buried without modern chemicals in a wicker casket—or no casket at all—seems old-fashioned, green cemeteries still utilize modern technology […]
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Why Cemetery Software Should be in the Cloud
Still hand writing cemetery records? Using Microsoft Excel or Access? Or some desktop based software package? If you are using any of those methods you are losing hours of time each any every day. Cloud software has been on the scene now for nearly 20 years it’s time for your cemetery to make up for […]
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