Riptide communications is reintroduced to the marketplace, and takes over its original premises at 38 West 38th Street in New York, NY.

Riptide Communications launched its new website(07/20/02)and is now reintroduced to the marketplace. Riptide Communications are Designers and developers of customized interactive communications interfaces and enterprise portals, worldwide. Initially founded in 1996 by CEO Doug Lockyer, the company has gone through some changes in recent years.

Riptide communications was established 1n 1996 and during the past six years its been growing rapidly, while going through transitions and structure changes. The major change the company had gone through accrued during 2000, a merger between Etinuum, (formerly Intek) and Riptide was finalized, in a deal valued approximately between 7 and 10 million dollars, and Etinuum Creative Services was born. New Jersey firm Lighthouse Consulting was acquired at the same time and a name change was instigated by the Etinuum Board. Etinuum became Digital Lighthouse.
During 2001, Doug Lockyer joins with John Mathewson, Former CEO of $40 Million dollar, New York direct marketer, AGC, to form Mathewson Lockyer, a consulting partnership offering technology and marketing convergence strategies for the new marketspace.

Riptide does not trade during 2001. Riptide staffs are absorbed into client firm, ProteoMetrics, as their marketing and interactive communications department when Doug Lockyer takes over post as interim CEO for ProteoMetrics

On 07/20/02, Riptide is reintroduced to the marketplace, and takes over its original premises at 38 West 38th Street in New York, NY, following the bankruptcy of Digital Lighthouse, and subsequent negotiations to re-acquire the brand.

For the Financial Services market, Riptide Communications develop Internet technologies and interactive communications supporting community building and customer support, specializing in relationship marketing strategies and technologies.

Biotech Riptide (Creative) specializes in product marketing, interactive communications including demonstrations and presentations, technical, scientific and medical illustration and software integration. A sister company, Riptide Bioscience, is established to offer advanced Bioinformatics consulting development and integration services. These services include Bioinformatics workshops, technology planning, LIMS integration and analytic applications and database development services.
Riptide established a technology center in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, employing seven full time and twenty-eight contract engineers and software integrators, specializing in large scale database application projects, e-commerce website development and software integration.