Arukor Partners

Prior to forming Arukor Communications, Amy Kotsopoulos and Judy Vedder combined their marketing and technology talents to support local political campaigns and local nonprofit organizations. They soon discovered that they worked well together developing highly successful products. And even though they have had great success with Arukor, their commitment to local causes remains strong. See Community Commitment to learn how Arukor Communications continues to give back to the community.

Amy Kotsopoulos

Amy brings over twenty years of print and Web publishing experience to the Arukor Communications’ team. Her diverse communications skills are the foundation of Arukor’s integrated marketing communications and design services. Amy’s expertise includes multimedia design and layout, editorial skills, and print production and purchasing.

Amy began her career as an assistant editor at Eaton Publishing in Natick, Massachusetts, followed by her work as a senior production editor of a peer-reviewed magazine, Personal Engineering and Instrumentation News, for PEC in Rye, New Hampshire. In this capacity, Amy redesigned the magazine and edited and laid out each issue; she worked closely with the printer during all phases of the press cycle. In 1999, Amy became a research editor at International Data Corporation (IDC) in Framingham, Massachusetts. There she managed editorial and production work for white papers, research reports, multiclient studies, newsletters, and the corporate website. Clients included Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard.

Since 1991 Amy has worked as a multimedia freelancer, producing design, layout, and copywriting, and brokering production and printing for clients. Print and online deliverables have included posters, lawn signs, advertisements, banners, brochures, programs, and website graphics. Clients include USAir, Evian Water, InBev, the Dioceses of Boston and Worcester, Vineyard Scripts, Dockside Real Estate, Project Shrewsbury, YES4Shrewsbury ballot committee, and the Junior League of Worcester.

Amy has an M.S. degree in Journalism from Boston University and a B.A. in Biology from Clark University (Worcester, MA). Amy also has a certificate in Digital Multimedia and Web Design from Clark University Computer Career Institute (Framingham, MA).

Amy, her husband, and their three sons have lived in Shrewsbury since 1992. She is a member of the Shrewsbury Oil Assistance Relief (SOAR) program, serves on the executive board of the Society of Professional Communicators, and is an elected town meeting member. As a member of the Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce, she belongs to the chamber's Schools/Business Partnership committee. She sits on the school councils for both the Walter J. Paton Elementary School and Oak Middle School and serves as their business liaison. Amy is a certified scuba diver and loves to spend her free time at the ocean.

Judy Vedder

Judy’s in-depth technology skills, analytic approach to web production, and overall problem-solving skills are at the core of Arukor Communications’ technical capabilities.

Judy began her professional career in the information technology field in 1986 as a programmer working on the Patriot Missile for Raytheon Corporation in Billerica, Massachusetts. She then performed technical consulting, project proposal preparation, and project management for Polaroid, General Electric Aircraft Engines Division, and GE’s Electric Insurance Company while on staff at General Electric Consulting Services in Waltham, Massachusetts.

In 1988, Judy was honored as an outstanding consultant for the Boston District of General Electric Consulting Services. 

In 1990, Judy began her fourteen-year career at the College of the Holy Cross located in Worcester, Masachusetts. Judy was responsible for managing large project teams that defined business and system requirements, selected solutions, and implemented these solutions. She developed project management methodology; developed and managed project budgets; and supervised vendors, technical staff, and functional consultants. Judy was responsible for the implementation of Holy Cross’s first multimillion dollar, college-wide network in 1997, as well as implementation of twenty business applications. As a director at Holy Cross, Judy was a key member of the Information Technology Services Management team responsible for strategic planning, the development of a centralized project office, and the Business Affairs Division project portfolio. Judy collaborated with division directors and the division vice-president to develop five-year planning and prioritization of technology projects.

Judy holds an M.B.A. from Bentley College (Waltham, MA) and a B.S. in Management with a concentration in Management Information Systems from the University of Vermont (Burlington, VT).

Judy is an elected town meeting member, a member of the League of Women Voters, an appointed member of the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, a Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, and a member of the Corridor Nine CEO Roundtable. Judy is a past board member of the Shrewsbury Education Foundation and a past Shrewsbury School Council representative. Judy and her husband have lived in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts since 1991, and they have two sons. She is passionate about the importance of public education in American society and about the environment in which we live. In the summer months, Judy enjoys growing organic vegetables to keep her family healthy and in touch with the age-old art of growing your own food.