About Our Sponsors

IBM Global Business Services: Resources transformation services and solutions to large, complex organizations around the world. With more than 2,000 professionals in 42 countries, IBM's Human Capital Management (HCM) consulting practice helps organizations design, build, and implement solutions in the areas of Workforce Transformation; Learning; Knowledge and Collaboration; and, HR Strategy and Transformation. IBM's Public Sector HCM practice is dedicated exclusively to helping federal, state, and local governments solve their most challenging HR problems. IBM has worked extensively with each of the services and multiple Department of Defense agencies to implement service delivery models grounded in innovative and effective organizational design, policies, process flows, and technology that are tailored to the specific needs of an organization. These solutions have helped our clients drive measurable improvements in workforce effectiveness, mission readiness, and operational efficiency through innovations in the HR and Training domains. For more information, please visit us at www.ibm.com.

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for nearly a century. Today, the firm is a major provider of professional services primarily to US government agencies in the defense, security, and civil sectors, as well as to corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen offers clients deep functional knowledge spanning strategy and organization, technology, operations, and analytics—which it combines with specialized expertise in clients’ mission and domain areas to help solve their toughest problems.

The firm’s management consulting heritage is the basis for its unique collaborative culture and operating model, enabling Booz Allen to anticipate needs and opportunities, rapidly deploy talent and resources, and deliver enduring results. By combining a consultant’s problem-solving orientation with deep technical knowledge and strong execution, Booz Allen helps clients achieve success in their most critical missions—as evidenced by the firm’s many client relationships that span decades. Booz Allen helps shape thinking and prepare for future developments in areas of national importance, including cybersecurity, homeland security, healthcare, and information technology.

Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs more than 22,000 people, and has annual revenues of approximately $5 billion. Fortune has named Booz Allen one of its “100 Best Companies to Work For” for six consecutive years. Working Mother has ranked the firm among its “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers” annually since 1999. More information is available at www.boozallen.com.

C² Technologies, Inc. (www.c2ti.com) is a nationally recognized leader in performance improvement, dedicated to improving the effectiveness of productivity-driven organizations. Founded in 1989, our 300-strong workforce provides strategic human capital management, training, mission-critical support services, and information technology solutions to meet the specific needs of our civilian, defense, and private-industry clients. C²'s solutions are as diverse as our clients, giving us an opportunity to incorporate best practices from each industry into our services.

The C² Human Capital practice specializes in the design, development, and implementation of products and solutions that are tailored to our clients’ unique organizational needs and challenges. Following a data-driven approach, our practitioners strive to help our clients become more responsive, efficient, and effective, and align their human capital resources to meet organizational objectives. Our solutions include:

Strategic Workforce Planning - HR Policy Research and Development - Job Analysis - Succession Planning - Recruitment and Selection - Compensation and Classification - Organizational Development and Transformation - Performance Management - Change Management - Employee Relations - Diversity Management - Leadership and Management Development - Outplacement and Career Development

For over 26 years, the Center for Organizational Effectiveness (COE) has been a trusted partner helping federal agencies measurably improve efficiency and effectiveness. COE works collaboratively to gain a deep understanding of each organization’s mission and values so that a solution to one problem does not create more challenges in other areas. We help align strategy, processes, and people to perform at their best. Our approach is always holistic, never shortsighted or piecemeal; our process is designed to illuminate and amplify organizational resources, not consume or squander them. We are committed to measuring—and optimizing—the efficacy of our strategies and tools, all of which are time-tested to deliver results that matter. Our suite of performance management software is the first in the industry to be built from the ground up to meet the unique requirements of federal agencies. Headquartered in the Washington DC area, COE offers performance management, strategic human capital consulting, organizational assessment and business process re-engineering, as well as program evaluation and information technology consulting through the GSA MOBIS and IT schedules, the OPM TMA contract, and the Army PEO-EIS Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Engineering BPA, contract no. W52P1J-11-A-0022. Visit us at www.center4oe.com, or for more information about our suite of performance management software, visit www.goalowner.com.

ClearanceJobs.com, the largest security-cleared job board, specializes in defense jobs for professionals with security clearances. Defense candidates can register for free and search thousands of defense industry jobs. For recruiters and hiring managers, ClearanceJobs.com makes finding and hiring security-cleared defense candidates fast and easy. Also, through The Cleared Network, recruiters can build networks of career minded, security-cleared professionals and communicate directly with them individually or in bulk. Learn more at www.ClearanceJobs.com.

Permuta Technologies provides enterprise business solutions tailored for Department of Defense (DoD) organizations on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. Permuta’s DefenseReady software supports high-tempo DoD organizations on the ground from planning to deployment. We enable force mobilization preparation and management – providing a critical tool at the local level to manage the personnel and resources DoD organizations need to achieve mission success. For more information, please visit www.DefenseReady.com.

Monster Government Solutions (MGS) leverages the unmatched recruiting resources of the Monster Worldwide network to connect government and education employers with quality job seekers. Our solutions are specifically created for the Federal, State and Local, and Education sectors and include strategies that attract, assess, hire and retain diverse candidates.

Grow your people. Grow your business. Grow your bottom line. Talent moves where it’s appreciated. But appreciation does more than keep people happy. It reveals hidden talents and inspires people to grow. O.C. Tanner is uniquely qualified to help you engage employees in the growth of your business, align what you appreciate with corporate goals and values, and determine your greatest potential for growth. We start by understanding the possibilities—and then create a solution for you to appreciate people who do great work. Because celebrating success inspires people to invent, to create, to discover. And when people are inspired, companies grow. www.octanner.com

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. With more than 370,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is engineered to work together as a single system. Oracle's industry-leading products give customers unmatched benefits including unbreakable security, high availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership. For more information, visit oracle.com.

STG International, Inc. (STGi) is a woman‐owned minority business, founded in 1997 to provide human capital management, medical, and professional services to Federal and private sector clients. Thanks to steady, exponential growth, STGi now employs more than 1,700 professionals in 38 states and territories, with headquarters in Alexandria, VA, and additional offices across the country. Dedicated to the Human Mission, STGi proudly supports the nation’s most fundamental imperatives; including Head Start training and technical assistance, medical care for Soldiers, and government‐wide recruitment, among others. Learn more by visiting www.STGInternational.com

TALX, the provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions, has the unique position of serving more than 90% of the Federal Government. As a leading provider of human resource services, TALX offers Web-based solutions in the Hiring, Pay Reporting, and Compliance areas. Innovative solutions that reduce risk and enhance the financial well being of agencies and their employees include assessments, workforce analytics, garnishments, tax credit identification, onboarding, I-9 management, paperless pay, W-2 management, employment verification, and unemployment tax management services.