TechSherpas is Pleased to Announce the Addition of its Technical Mentoring Program and Consulting Services
TechSherpas, the premier technical training and certification company in the Gulf States Region, today announced its latest venture in becoming a Technical Mentoring and IT Consulting Company.
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 13, 2004 -- In recent years, TechSherpas has seen
significant changes in learning technology. Information Technology learning has
progressed from classroom training to computer-based training to online training
and now to TechSherpas instant-mentoring/consultative training applying the
latest cutting-edge technologies. On September 24, 2003, TechSherpas announced
its membership in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions
program.
"With the extensive customization of learning strategies
currently being delivered, we felt it imperative to strengthen our offerings by
offering mentoring and consultative solutions to meet the demand of our
clients," said Margaret Iuculano, President, TechSherpas. "Learning objectives
are deemed to be most valuable when they have a direct link to corporate goals
and strategies. Our training programs are most effective when they are directly
tied to departmental performance measures. By offering mentoring solutions, we
can best determine to needs of each department, then develop our training
objectives to compliment the leaning objective."
In today's economy,
TechSherpas must identify the role of technology training with regards to
performance support. In some cases, executing training programs without
identifying the needs may not be the best way to effect change. Rather, the
optimum solution might be a performance support tool, improved documentation,
redesigned work processes, higher recruiting standards or a knowledge management
system.
Businesses today face unrelenting pressure to deliver enhanced
value to their shareholders. With IT being one of the largest components of
capital expenditure for many organizations, it is imperative that the focus of
IT resources and investment be on generating value.
From insight to
implementation, TechSherpas’ carefully constructed blend of IT services spans
strategy to integration and is specifically designed to support organizations
across every facet of their business needs. We work with both private sector and
government clients in the following way:
•Cross-sector experience,
expertise and independence are why clients look to us to provide advice on
strategic IT issues.
•A proven track record of close collaboration with
clients, working in partnership to deliver IT and business transformation
programs.
•Define and deliver technical solutions that are designed to
serve the business needs of our clients.
"With the addition of our
mentoring and consulting services, our goal is to deliver IT solutions to
complex business problems," said Margaret Iuculano, President, TechSherpas. "The
resolution of a difficult business problem is often reliant on the delivery of a
unique information systems (IS) project. Yet the majority of such IS projects
fail to deliver business benefit within budget or schedule. So businesses
increasingly want assurance that the right IS solutions are defined and
delivered reliably – but struggle to achieve this."
TechSherpas provides
a combination of experience, independence and insight to enable our clients to
succeed when faced with difficult projects. We do this by offering a range of
services focused on the key aspects of a project.
TechSherpas maintains a
proprietary methodology that integrates consulting solutions with education and
learning. The ‘ADD + E’ methodology focuses on Microsoft solutions, integrating
process (Through Microsoft Operations Framework), technology (.NET framework),
and people (TechSherpas’ certified educators and consultants). The ‘ADD + E’
Methodology is designed to assess the environment, deploy, secure, and optimize
the infrastructure; and develop the application. The "+E" is educating the
stakeholder.
Consulting Practice Competencies focus on Assessments within
Microsoft Operations Framework/ ITIL Security, including HIPAA, FLBA,
Capacity/Availability, and Others. Infrastructure implementations include
operating systems, Windows 2003/SMS, Internet/Intranet Servers, and Internet
Security and Accelerators. Application Development includes a structured
approach to plan, define, design, test, and deliver Visual Basic .NET, Visual
Studio, Visual J#, C#, Visual InterDev, Visual C++, .NET Framework, and
others.
TechSherpas' mentoring program will conduct individual learning
assessments by involving learners in defining their objectives and the steps
needed to achieve their outcome; effectively making our training programs more
relevant.
TechSherpas is a Microsoft® Gold Certified
Partner for Learning Solutions, which means that they have demonstrated superior
levels of successful implementations, capabilities and certification. Microsoft
Gold Certified Partners are required to meet rigorous requirements for
certification and expertise. TechSherpas has reached the status of Gold
Certified Partner for Learning Solutions by demonstrating increased levels of
developer certification, deep real-world experience, and by providing completed
customer reference projects that were independently verified by
Microsoft.
Through engagement with Microsoft, Microsoft Gold Certified
Partners have in-depth access to a variety of exclusive resources and early
product information. Resources include priority access to a support team of
Microsoft certified systems engineers, non-disclosure evaluation of new products
and technologies, as well as planning tools and events to keep up to speed on
the latest Microsoft product developments and future
direction.
TechSherpas employs Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs);
individuals who have passed certification exams designed to validate their
mastery using Microsoft tools and technologies. A recent study of Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) and their supervisors by Jack McKillip,
Ph.D. at Southern Illinois University, rated MCPs as highly effective workers on
the job and IT supervisors rated MCSEs as more competent on all global
dimensions as compared to non-certified systems engineers. Be sure to ask for a
MCP on your next project.
This year Microsoft will continue to invest in
certification and enhanced resources and support for Microsoft Gold Certified
Partners as part of our ongoing commitment to provide customers with choice and
best of breed product solutions via Microsoft Gold Certified Partner companies
such as TechSherpas.
Nondisclosure Agreement Notice
The information
contained within this document is covered by the nondisclosure agreement between
Microsoft and TechSherpas. Do not disclose the contents to unauthorized
people.
For more information, press only, contact:
Randy
Dempsey
Vice President, Media Development
TechSherpas
5840 West Cypress
Street, Suite A
Tampa, Florida 33607
(813) 287-8876 ext. 222
Direct
(800) 470-6616 ext. 222 Toll Free
(813) 289-3284 Fax
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http://www.techsherpas.com
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