User:Arolwes1/Centriq training
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Company type | Privately Held |
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Industry | Education and Information Technology |
Founded | 1989 |
Headquarters | Leawood, KS |
Area served | Kansas City, MO |
Key people | Kevin Grawe (President), Ted Parker (Vice President of Sales and Marketing), Steve Harmon (Partner), Dean Bezdek (Vice President of Operations), Jessica Oliver (Director of Operations), Justin Ruby (Sales Manager)[1] |
Products | Corporate I.T. Training, Career Track I.T. Training & Web 2.0 Productline |
Number of employees | 45 (2009) |
Website | Centriq Training |
Centriq Training is an Information Technology and Web 2.0 training provider in the Kansas City, MO area. Centriq has been in operation since 1989 when it was founded as the Network Institute of America. It is the largest I.T. training company in the area having trained upwards of 3,000 I.T. professionals from more than 400 companies in 2008 [2]
Centriq Training is a Microsoft Gold Partner [3] providing training to both corporate clients and career changing individuals at its two locations in Leawood, Kansas and Topeka, Kansas. Centriq has a staff of more than 20 instructors operating in 18 classrooms in the two locations. On the technical training side Centriq Training courses cover all areas of technology including network administration and programming. Centriq offers technical solutions on Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe Systems, Citrix, Novell, VMware, Java, Security, ITIL and Project Management[4]
In 2009, Centriq introduced a line of Web 2.0-based products focused on training individuals and companies on the utilization of social media in various facets of business. The first program to be introduced was a 2.0 for Sales training course. This course trains both individual sales people and corporate sales departments to utilize social media tools in their business. Other innovative products the Web 2.0 program offers include 2.0 for Marketing, 2.0 for the CEO, 2.0 for the Job Seeker and 2.0 for the CIO. Centriq’s Web 2.0 training covers various social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Jigsaw and more [5].