For Immediate Release

February 4, 2008

 

 

Tactix Consulting Group, Inc. Gains National Recognition

 

Local Diversity Business Named and Ranked 56th among Ohio’s Top 100 Diversity Owned Business List

 

Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007 In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently named <your company> as one of the “Top Diversity Owned Businesses in the State of Ohio (Div100)”. 

 

The Div100 is the 8th annual listing of the Ohio’s top 100 diversity-owned businesses. The companies listed on the Div100 represent the Ohio’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant. Div100 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with diversity owned companies.

 

The Impact of Diversity Business

“Diversity businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities.  These are the new leaders in American business.”

 

Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from diversity owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

 

Carmen Castillo, President of Superior Design International, Inc., Florida commented

 “These groups of companies represent the organizational spirit that drives our economy and even more. It offers insights into a vastness of cultures and an exchange of ideas that are so valuable in helping me to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers”.

 

Theresa Drake Ball, president of Tactix accepted this award on behalf of all of Tactix and commented “Everyone at Tactix is proud that we have gained this award as a small business.  The consultants who work on projects with our clients all work hard to achieve successful projects.  Our instructors who handle both the professional development and the technical training classes demonstrate our commitment to quality in every class that we present for our customers.  Combined with our operational staff we have built a business that we can all be proud to be an employee of.  We are thankful that our customers have allowed us the opportunity to prove ourselves as one of their selected vendors.”

 

The Div100

The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 diversity-owned (Women, African American, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the state of Ohio., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div100 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

 

Tactix Consulting Group, Inc. will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “8th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 23 - 25, 2008 at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort in Orlando, Florida.

 

About Tactix Consulting Group, Inc.

 

Corporate Offices:

Tactix Consulting Group                                          Contact Information

4424 Carver Woods Drive                                          Web Site: www.TactixGroup.com

Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-5545                         Company Email: Tactix@TactixGroup.com

888.840.2686

513.333.4140

 

Executive Management

Theresa Ball, President

513.333.4140 ext.211

Theresa@TactixGroup.com

 

Important Business Identifications:

  • TIN:  31-1374418
  • D&B number:  808808323
  • Cage Code:  0W2A8
  • VET-100:A124034

 State of Ohio Term Schedule Number:  533141-0 effective 6-30-2005

 GSA Contract Number GS-35F-0596P

catalog located through www.GSAAdvantage.gov

 

 Woman Owned Small Business Certifications

SBE/WBE from the City of Cincinnati, Ohio

Certification Number: 65504SW

 

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer

Affirmative Action Summary located www.tactixgroup.com

Section 508 Compliant

Open Rating Report on file and current

NAIC Codes: 541511,541512,541513,541518,541519,541618,541690,541990,561210,561320,561110

                        611420,611519,611699,611430,611710

SIC Codes:     7370,7371,7373,7374,7380

                        8200,8711,8742

 

History

Tactix was founded in March of 1993.  Tactix started by offering IT services to the commercial business world.  By the end of 1993 we created a thriving and profitable business.  By year-end of 1994 we launched our Training & Education business with a fully equipped training facility.   

 

We have expanded our course offerings every year to offer more areas of instruction and choice.  We offer Training in the areas of Professional Development and Technical Training.  Courses are offered in multiple formats including instructor lead, web based, and computer based training.  Our instructors travel to customer locations and we offer nine training rooms in our Cincinnati Facility.

 

Government Services through our GSA and State Schedules are now offered through our Consulting and Training Divisions.  Our relationship as a Certified Partner with Microsoft expanded into Software Advisory roles and Open Licensing responsibilities.

 

The future is looking very promising and we are expecting growth in profits, revenues, and staff again in 2007 and into the future.

 

Service Offerings

Tactix provides professional services for information technology related needs.  Our consulting division provides talented highly skilled professionals to handle outsourcing,  development service contracts, networking and/or staffing needs that our clients may request.

 

Our Training & Education division offers a wide variety of services all related to the training and education needs for the employees of our clients in a technical or managerial role including help desks and customer service representatives.

 

Consulting Services

Lines of Business for our Information Technology customer:

  • Project Management
  • Contract programmers
  • Database Design and Development services
  • Systems Programmers
  • DBA support services
  • Network engineering services
  • Testing and Implementation services
  • Web site development
  • E-commerce programming & development
  • Staffing services
  • Disaster Recovery services  

Training & Educational services

Lines of Business for training & education customers

  • Instructor lead courses in the following specialties:
    • Technical programming courses
    • Desktop software products
    • Accounting software
    • Management & Leadership Development
    • Project management
    • Human Resource development
      • Team building
      • Facilitation skills
      • Business writing skills
      • Effective communication skills
      • Conflict Management
      • Interviewing skills
    • Customer Service
    • Help desk training
    • Train the Trainer
  • Computer Based Training
  • Internet Based Training
  • Facility Management
  • Technical Writing
  • Courseware Development
  • Assessment services
  • Course material licenses
  • Scheduling Services
  • Help Desk Services
  • Curriculum Development
  • Testing & Certification Services
  • Custom Design Services
  • Courseware Sales
  • Training, meeting, and conference room rentals

 

A sampling of our Customers

  • The Kroger Company
  • Duke Energy (Formerly Cinergy) Corporation
  • Ohio Casualty Insurance
  • City of Cincinnati
  • Union Central Life

There are more than 300 additional customers who have selected Tactix as their provider of training & education and professional consulting services. 

 

Business Partnership Programs

Microsoft Gold Partner

Microsoft Open License Software Advisor

IBM Partner Program

Peachtree Partner

VUE Testing Center

Prometric Testing Center

TSA Testing Center

Kyrterion Testing Center

Citrix Business Alliance

DeskSync reseller

 

 

Memberships

Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce

Better Business Bureau

ASTD membership

GSASTD membership

The Circuit

Dayton Chamber of Commerce

DADCA, Dayton Area Defense Contractors Association

Various IT and Training user groups

 

Honors:

2007  America’s Top Businesses Award

2007 State of Ohio Top Small Owned Businesses

            2007 State of Ohio Top Women Owned Businesses

            2007 State of Ohio Top Diversity Owned Businesses

 

2006  America’s Top Businesses Award

            2006 State of Ohio Top Women Owned Businesses

            2006 State of Ohio Top Diversity Owned Businesses

 

1998 Pinnacle Award winner, selected as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Cincinnati.

 

Recognized multiple years in the Business Courier Book of Lists for the following categories:

  • Top 25 largest Consulting Companies (ranked by revenue)
  • Top 25 largest Training & Education centers (ranked by student days)
  • Top 25 largest Women Owned Businesses (ranked by revenue)

 

About DiversityBusiness.com

Launched in 1999, with over 35,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and media publications.  The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.

 

 

For additional information, please contact:

 

Theresa Drake

Tactix Consulting Group, Inc

513.333.4140 ext. 211

Tactix@TactixGroup.com