Jacobson Companies has a history of supply chain innovation that dates back over 40 years. Jacobson was founded by Richard Jacobson in 1968 in Des Moines, Iowa. Jacobson has grown dramatically from its initial 96,000 square foot, eight story warehouse building in Des Moines to today include more than 30 million square feet of warehouse space in 27 states across the United States with approximately 6,000 employees. Throughout the past four decades, Jacobson has evolved into the company we are today; one who provides a full range of solutions spanning the supply chain and providing customers with one-stop service. Jacobson Transportation Company was formed to serve the product shipping needs of our warehouse customers. Although it started with only two people in the office and two company drivers, today Jacobson's Transportation Services serves 48 states and Canada. In the mid 1990's, Jacobson initiated a packaging division which was integrated with our warehousing and transportation divisions, allowing for quicker turn-around times to our customers.

Marriott Consulting brings results, not a better night's sleep. The firm provides coaching and business consulting to the senior management teams of corporations, government entities, and not-for-profit organizations. It assists clients with strategy development, financial planning, and productivity improvement, through retreats, workshops, Web conferences, and executive coaching. The firm also offers assessment services including customer and employee satisfaction surveys and stakeholder (such as investors, vendors, or regulatory agencies) feedback surveys.

Apollo Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various educational programs and services at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. The company offers associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in arts and sciences, business and management, criminal justice and security, education, human services, health care, psychology, technology, and nursing through its campus locations and learning centers in 39 states and the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as through online educational delivery system. It also provides program development, administration, and management consulting services, including degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services to private colleges and universities. In addition, the company offers financial services education programs and certification programs in retirement, asset management, and other financial planning areas. Further, it provides degree programs online to working learners in Canada and internationally, as well as offers education and training to professionals in the legal and finance industries in the United Kingdom. Additionally, the company provides educational and administrative services to public schools to operate full-time online high school programs. Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

ATCO I-Tek’s experience in regulated and deregulated energy markets and its flexible billing system ATCO-CIS provide a significant benefit to retail, distribution and integrated utility clients. ATCO I-Tek manages 2.4 million customer relationships, answers 1.9 million customer calls, produces 11.8 million statements, processes more than 10.6 million payments, and collects $2.9 billion on behalf of our clients each year. ATCO I-Tek offers full lifecycle management for a diverse suite of services and technologies including: workstation, server, network and security services; mobile workforce solutions; voice systems; infrastructure planning and implementation; and technical support.

George Risk was born on December 8, 1912, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. George became interested in electricity at a very early age and by the age of seventeen, he had developed “500,000 Volts of Electricity” to entertain audiences in the Cedar Rapids area. Using transformers and tesla coils, he generated 500,000 volts to operate a man-lifting magnet and Jacob’s Ladder. George Risk Industries (GRI) wants customers to be able to manage risks. The company makes burglar alarm components and systems, including panic buttons (for direct access to alarm monitoring centers). In addition to security products, GRI manufactures pool alarms, which are designed to sound alerts when a pool or spa area has been entered. The company also makes thermostats, specialty computer keyboards and keypads, custom-engraved key caps, and push-button switches. Chairman and president Ken Risk, a son of founder George Risk, owns more than half of the company.

Tangent is an AIM listed digital and direct communications company with a unique combination of proprietary technology, marketing expertise and data analytics that provides clients with unrivalled levels of efficiency, accountability, economies of scale and speed to market for their communications strategies. Tangent is a young, ambitious, fast moving and growing business, built around synergy and seamless integration and driven by a mission to challenge and continually improve the way that marketing services are delivered.

PRGX is a business analytics and information services firm. PRGX are pioneering a new suite of services called Profit Discovery. The focus of Profit Discovery is improving our clients' financial performance via a combination of audit, analytics and advisory services. The core capabilities used to deliver these services include data mining, procure-to-pay business process expertise, and our knowledge of finance operations. In PRGX Global, Inc. legacy audit business, we analyze 1.5 million data files each year to identify client overpayments to suppliers, thereby improving client profits. As part of our new strategy, we have launched business analytics and advisory services that use the 4 petabytes of data clients already entrust us with to discover more profits hidden in their procure-to-pay processes.

AchieveGlobal, Inc. provides learning-based solutions for developing skills and performances of workforce to organizations in the United States and internationally. The company provides training programs, e-learning courses, and consulting services in the areas of leadership development, sales effectiveness, and customer service. It was formerly known as Times Mirror Training, Inc. and changed its name to AchieveGlobal, Inc. in 1997. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It has additional offices in Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Huntington Beach, California; New York, New York; Salt Lake City, Utah; and San Francisco, California, as well as satellite offices in the United States. As of November 1, 2000, AchieveGlobal, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Institute for International Research, Inc.

Banister International is a leading executive search and consulting organization that specializes in helping its clients gain a competitive advantage through the acquisition of high potential talent. Banister has experienced tremendous growth and received endorsements from highly successful client relationships. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the firm has multiple offices located in North America, Europe and Asia.By limiting the number of client partnerships in each industry sector, Banister does not encounter the conflicts and recruiting restrictions experienced by many firms. This strategy allows the company to develop in-depth relationships with its customers in order to understand their strategy, organizational capabilities, competencies and culture. Truly knowing its clients and by utilizing a uniquely cultivated recruiting methodology, Banister is able to achieve outstanding performance. Banister works with hiring managers to drive talent as a source of competitive differentiation. This differentiation is leveraged to produce both top and bottom line results. Whether it's a top-grading strategy, expansion, transformation effort, backfill or the development of the nucleus of current and future leaders, clients easily answer why they have chosen Banister as their partner in talent acquisition.Banister has a proven track record of solving client problems and rapidly delivering top-quality talent. Through its breadth of services, experience, and partnerships, Banister International is able to offer its clients a true competitive advantage.

Buxbaum Group provides asset recovery, appraisal, and liquidation services, turnaround management, bankruptcy administration, and recovery consultancy to ensure maximum return for the debtors, creditors, and stakeholders of financially distressed companies. Buxbaum Group Asset Recovery specializes in "going out of business" sales as well as industrial and intellectual property liquidation. Buxbaum Group Asset Appraisal provides appraisal of product inventories and assets ranging from industrial to consumer products for clients including banks and other creditors. CEO and chairman Paul Buxbaum founded the company.

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