Dr. Harris Pastides, David Lockwood, and Dr. Andrew Sorenson Inside USC's Innovista, the wet laboratory complex and high- tech office park, two Columbia companies, TM Floyd & Co. and VC3, have signed on to occupy 31,000 square feet of floor space.

TM Floyd is an IT consulting group for the healthcare and property & casualty insurance industries. Columbia's Terry Floyd is managing partner and founder.

VC3 is an IT services organization for commercial and public clients. Sandy Reeser has been president since 2005.

The announcements and private reception were held on the fifth floor of Adesso, the condominium building across Blossom Street from Horizon II.

Rosemary Bryant, Ashley Gosse, Rhonda Hewson, and Katie Devos Tom Stepp, Lee Bussell, and Patricia Moore- Pastides Walter Alessandrini John Folsom William Hubbard and Heather Mitchell Sandy Reeser Fran Robinson Terry Floyd