Microsoft Research provides many of the brains behind the brawn of the world's leading software provider. The unit employs more than 800 scientists and researchers focused on 55 areas of research ranging from mathematics and computer science to psychology and sociology. Microsoft Research performs both academic and product-focused research in areas such as data management, network security, and hardware development. Headquartered in Redmond, Microsoft Research also operates two labs in California, one in Massachusetts, and international locations in China, India, and the UK. Microsoft founded its research unit in 1991.

Randstad Professionals US (formerly Vedior North America) looks to conquer the North American market for staffing services. Randstad Professionals company, a subsidiary of global staffing powerhouse Randstad, provides temporary, contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement services in areas such as accounting and finance, administration, education, health care, human resources, legal, and light industrial. It also offers IT staffing services through units such as Sapphire Technologies and DB Concepts. Its former parent, Netherlands-based Vedior N.V., was acquired by one of its chief rivals, Randstad, for about $5.1 billion in mid-2008. The deal created the #2 staffing agency in the world, behind Adecco.

Convergint Technologies is a North American systems integrator with a dedicated focus in Electronic Security, Fire Alarm & Life Safety, and Building Automation Systems. We provide a wide range of product solutions in each business area, and are committed to being the industry's best service provider. Whether it is our upfront assessment process, system design, installation, or long-term support, Convergint Technologies goal is to provide the best service in the industry. Convergint Technologies specializes in providing customers with the very best building system technologies available today. As an independent solutions integrator, Convergint has established relationships with multiple leading technology partners and other industry leaders to better serve the needs of our customers. Building systems are becoming more strategic to our customers as they are rapidly converging with the IT enterprise. Convergint deploys certified network professionals to deliver seamless integration across a customer's IT infrastructure.Convergint employs hundreds of professionals in locations throughout North America, and was recently recognized by SDM Magazine as the 10th largest systems integrator in North America.

Antaean Solutions take a more figurative approach; the consulting firm prospers so long as it stays in touch with its clients' strategic needs. Serving the financial services industry, software firms, and government agencies, the company assists senior management on acquisition planning, business strategy, revenue enhancement, and IT system selection of accounting, investment trading, and bank and treasury applications. Antaean Solutions undertakes work in the US, Europe, and Asia. The privately-held firm was established in 1997 as a merger of consulting practices between now managing partners Jim Kemp and Randy Ripple.

Educational & Institutional Cooperative Service, Inc. is a not-for-profit buying cooperative established by members of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) to provide goods and services to members at the best possible value. The Cooperative is owned by its membership of more than 1600 colleges, universities, K-12, hospitals, medical research institutions and hospital purchasing organizations located throughout the United States. E&I’s Board of Directors, provides strategic and management oversight while upholding rigorous governing principles on behalf of the membership. The Board is composed of an annually elected group of nine business administrators/procurement professionals who are elected by our member institutions. There is also one member who is appointed to act as a liaison between E&I and NAEP.

BONUS Building Care is a commercial office cleaning Franchise Company founded in 1996 by Arleen Cavanaugh.BONUS Building Care’s Corporate Office is located in Indianola, Oklahoma from which it supports twenty-seven BONUS Building Care commercial office cleaning franchise branches in the U.S. operating from coast to coast. BONUS Building Care provides commercial office cleaning services to thousands of accounts nationwide through its network of over 2,000 commercial cleaning franchise owners. The cleaning industry's size and stability combined with the outstanding business programs at BONUS Building Care result in an opportunity unmatched in the entrepreneurial marketplace today. Each industry has strengths and weaknesses and we feel that the continuing stability of the cleaning industry makes owning your own commercial cleaning franchise an obvious choice for success.

Guardian Protection Services is the world's largest privately held security company. Guardian sells, installs and monitors residential and commercial security systems. Protection of lives and property is our business. We've been doing it — and doing it well — for 50 years. We are 100% dedicated to life safety.Consistently ranked by the prestigious industry magazine, Security Distributing & Marketing (SDM), as one of the top security companies in the nation, Guardian currently protects about 200,000 customers. Guardian provides security systems for existing and newly-constructed homes. Category 5 (structured) wiring and home networking technologies are also offered for homes that are under construction. In the commercial realm, Guardian provides systems for intrusion detection, addressable fire protection, closed circuit TV monitoring (CCTV), card access control, total system integration and more.

Avankia LLC, a software as a service and technology-consulting company, provides on-demand and software development solutions. It offers consulting and staffing services, including project management, business analysis, system architecture/design, technical documentation, database design and administration, Web development, client/server development, network administration and engineering, data warehousing, software testing, and application maintenance services; and offshore development solutions and services, as well as ERP resources. The company’s products include DBSync for Salesforce & QuickBooks that provides an application to integrate accounts, contacts, products, and opportunities to QuickBooks customers, jobs, products and invoices, estimates, and sales orders; TargetRecruit, an on-demand recruiting platform; and AssessRight, an on-demand technical and personality assessment solution that provides an assessment platform for screening, predicting, monitoring, and enhancing employee performance. In addition, it provides Healthcare CRM, a physician relationship management solution for staffing and consulting companies, as well as for providers, payors, healthcare services, disease management, and pharmaceutical companies. Avankia LLC was founded in 2002 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee with additional offices in San Mateo, California; and Bangalore, India.

Aerotek is a leading employment agency providing technical, professional and industrial recruiting and staffing services. Aerotek has a long history of customized recruiting and placement solutions. Our employment agency continually places best candidates at all levels of skill and expertise.Aerotek is a member of Allegis Group. In 1983, we entered the staffing business under the brand name Aerotek, then a small employment agency company focused on providing technically skilled people to the rapidly expanding engineering and aerospace industry. A year later, the employment agency topped $1.5 million in sales. Today Allegis Group is one of the world's largest privately held staffing companies. Learn more about Allegis Group. Our team includes more than 6,500 internal employees and 77,000 contract employees working with customers around the world. Our employment agency continues to grow, bringing our expertise to new industries in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Europe, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East and anywhere else our customers need us.

Argosy Education Group is Centered in the heart of downtown Chicago, the campus is within walking distance to shopping, restaurants, public transportation, as well as cultural and entertainment venues. Located on North Michigan Avenue, Argosy University is just a few blocks from Millennium Park and is easily accessible by bus or subway. If you’ve never attended classes in Downtown Chicago, you don’t know what you’re missing! At Argosy University, Chicago, it’s their priority to help you reach the next level of success. To help you reach that next level, the company offer a wide variety of programs. The Argosy Education Group, Chicago, location offers professional certificate programs, plus doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees in the following colleges: College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, College of Education, College of Business, College of Health Sciences, and College of Undergraduate Studies. This wide variety of programs available in multiple disciplines can make it easier for you to find a program that’s just right for you.

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