Sharpe Consulting LLC provides management consulting and system integration services. The company offers project management and recovery; technology selection; implementation; quality assurance and testing; and identity management solutions. Additionally, it provides mergers and acquisitions advisory, due diligence, management buyout, and benchmarking services. The company’s clientele includes New York Life Insurance Company, Merrill Lynch, Thompson, Wyeth, Sun Microsystems, and Columbia Capital. It has strategic alliances with GE Access, AmberPoint, Sun One, and KnowNow. Sharpe Consulting is headquartered in Olney, Maryland.

Marketing information firm J.D. Power and Associates (best known for its car ratings) awards badges of excellence in dozens of categories based on yearly customer satisfaction surveys. J.D. Power and Associates, Inc. studies are independently financed and then sold for use in marketing. Only top-rated performers can license the use of the awards. J.D. Power also provides its ratings for the financial, home building, and travel industries. In addition to surveys, the firm offers forecasting and other market research services. J.D. Power has half a dozen offices in the US and another 10 internationally. J.D. Power and Associates, Inc. was founded in 1968 by its namesake, James D. Power, III and is owned by publisher McGraw-Hill.

EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) is transforming the way the world uses energy. We help commercial, institutional and industrial organizations use energy more intelligently, pay less for it, and generate cash flow that benefits the bottom line. Our technology-enabled energy management solutions help meet the needs of utilities/grid operators that deliver energy and are responsible for maintaining the real-time balance between supply and demand. We bring proven expertise and innovative ideas to both groups through a full suite of energy management solutions. EnerNOC, which stands for Energy Network Operations Center, has won numerous awards for its technology, customer service and industry leadership. We serve customers throughout North America and are continuing to grow and expand.

Analytical Management Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 by L. Alex Staley, with the initial vision to provide alternative solutions to meeting project management and controls needs for large programs. With that vision in mind, AMS set out to recruit and develop the nation’s best expertise in project planning and scheduling, financial controls, and project management systems. With the addition of Laurence E. Smith in 1998, one of the pre-eminent risk management consultants in the world, AMS was able to continue to expand its practice areas, by providing more sophisticated consulting capabilities in the area of project risk management. AMS continues to focus on our core business: The Project Life Cycle. By providing senior level consulting expertise to organizations in areas they require assistance, AMS continues to build successful business relationships that our clients can leverage toward their continual success. With emphasis in the areas of program planning, scheduling, and financial controls, risk management, and dispute avoidance and resolution, AMS will continue to lead the nation in providing the highest levels of technical and management expertise combined with a personal commitment that is unparalleled.

Gunderson Dettmer has become the nation’s leading business law firm for entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies and venture capitalists. Building upon the idea that “best of breed” wins, we are a different sort of law firm—a business law firm consisting solely of business lawyers. The primary focus of the firm is to assist our clients in solving business problems, executing business strategies and achieving critical business objectives. The firm’s structure and internal systems, including the firm’s partner compensation system, have been intentionally designed to enable us to work together in extremely focused and effective client and transactional teams. Every law firm claims to deliver incredibly cost-effective advice of unequalled brilliance. We believe the success of our clients.

Enterprise’s fundamental commitment to give people living in poverty an opportunity to move up and out. We believe that these opportunities are best provided in communities with a diverse mix of affordable and market housing options, access to jobs and social supports, and a strong commitment to the environment and civic participation. Enterprise is a leading provider of capital and expertise for affordable housing and community development. Enterprise works with partners – developers, investors, government, community-based nonprofits and others – to reach our common goal.

Universities Research Association (URA) is a consortium of 89 research-oriented universities organized in 1965 to oversee and operate selected national research facilities. The URA and the University of Chicago are the prime contractors in charge of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), one of the world's largest high-energy particle accelerators. (The URA was the sole contractor from 1967-2006). The URA also manages the $100 million Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory Project. URA receives funding primarily from the US Department of Energy, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Universities Research Association, Inc. membership mostly consists of US universities but also includes institutions from Canada, Italy, and Japan.

SIFE is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. Participating students form teams on their university campuses and apply business concepts to develop outreach projects that improve the quality of life and standard of living for people in need. An annual series of regional and national competitions provides a forum for teams to present the results of their projects, and to be evaluated by business leaders serving as judges. National champion teams advance to the prestigious SIFE World Cup. In addition to the community aspect of the program, SIFE’s leadership and career initiatives create meaningful opportunities for learning and exchange among the participants as well as the placement of students and alumni with companies in search of emerging talent. Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a global student organization that fosters economic education and free enterprise. SIFE is active on more than 1,375 university campuses (about 800 in the US) in about 40 countries. Student organizations partner with businesses (including Best Buy, Dell, and Wal-Mart) to sponsor outreach programs, community economic improvement projects, and competitions.

Health Industry Insights (formerly Life Sciences Insights) provides information technology research and advisory services targeted to customers in the health care and life sciences industry. Health Industry Insights offers business intelligence and custom research services, as well as assessment and strategic consulting services. In addition, Health Industry Insights produces conferences and other events for industry players. Health Industry Insights was started in 2004 as part of IDC, the market research and advisory arm of technology publisher International Data Group.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK national charity dedicated to protecting the marine environment and its wildlife. In addition to lobbying governments and educating the public on the plight of the seas, the conservation organization annually publishes its Good Beach Guide, which rates British beaches on the cleanliness and quality of their water. Marine Conservation Society created a dust-up in 2004 with the publication of its annual Good Fish Guide, which recommended that Brits stop eating such fish as cod and haddock, and switch to pollock and flounder, in order to ensure future availability of the species that are traditionally consumed in the UK's favorite fast food, fish and chips. MCS was formed in 1983.

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