McLean, VA  -  January 23, 2012  -   A leading global health service company recently selected Celerity as a prime vendor for its talent sourcing and acquisition requirements nationwide. For the past three years, Celerity has helped the healthcare company accelerate business results by aligning business and technical talent around innovative strategies.

As a result of its expanded role, Celerity has opened a new office in Denver, Colorado, to provide rapid, local market service for the client.

“We are very excited to be chosen as one of ten prime vendors for this global health service company,” said Michael King, Managing Partner at Celerity. “We hope to dramatically improve our client’s business outcomes through this expanded national role spanning both coasts.”

In 2011 Celerity helped to drive quality and performance improvements for the client through technology integration and adoption, improved process efficiencies, and PMO thought leadership.

About Celerity

Celerity is a business acceleration consultancy that helps companies solve critical problems expediently.  We specialize in four core areas where companies get stuck: Technology, Efficiency, Strategy, and Talent. Our services unlock pent-up business potential to help clients seize opportunity, gain market advantage, and dramatically improve quality.

Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity operates nine regional offices with more than 600 employees and $96 million in revenue.

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Jenifer Kern

Director of Marketing, Celerity

T: 703-848-1900

Mechanicsburg, PA  -  December 6, 2011  -    Today Celerity announced it has won a three-year, $30 million contract to provide vendor management services to a large international food retailer with supermarkets in the US and Europe.

Effective September 1, 2011, Celerity will manage the client’s network of technology vendors, including ten suppliers and 75 consultants in three key locations.

“We are very excited to help this prominent retailer with its talent acquisition and management processes,” said Jim Bailoni, President of Celerity PA. “Celerity has refined its talent practices over many years and thousands of technology positions. We are thrilled to bring this level of experience to benefit our global client–ensuring they receive the best resources in their local markets.”

As part of the client’s focus on improving overall operations, Celerity will implement best-in-class human resources and recruiting procedures for diverse technology initiatives. Specific skill sets Celerity will target include business analyst, project management, and Oracle positions.

Additionally, Celerity will assist the client in creating a centralized sourcing organization supported by a modernized technology platform. Future work may include providing enterprise technology solutions for application integration efforts.

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About Celerity

Celerity is a business acceleration firm that helps private and public sector organizations solve technology challenges faster and smarter. We deliver consulting solutions and premier talent for web and mobile services, business process management, and enterprise technology requirements. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity operates eight offices with approximately 600 employees and $100 million in revenue.

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Jenifer Kern

Director of Marketing, Celerity

T: 703-848-1900

McLean, VA  -  December 1, 2011  -  After entering the Richmond market in 2007, Celerity, a business and technology consulting firm, recently crested the 100-employee mark – and is still hiring.

Given the fact that Celerity started with just three employees and one local client, this is a noteworthy accomplishment for the privately-owned firm. The company credits its success in the Richmond market to its trusted client partnerships, high-caliber consulting teams, and strong local leadership.

Managing Director, Todd Florence, is the driving force behind that leadership. “Opening a new office is always a risk, especially considering the state of the economy at the time,” said Florence. “But it was a risk the business was willing to take given our track record of successfully delivering for our Richmond clients.” Despite the high risk, Florence was confident and determined to make it work. So determined that he relocated his family, including two school-aged children, from Northern Virginia to Glen Allen in 2008 and opened the new Celerity office.

“The move to Richmond has been great for our family. We have more time with our daughters and the community has been very welcoming,” said Florence.

Four years later, Florence can look back and realize that the risk was worth the reward. Celerity’s Richmond operations have grown to $13 million in a short period of time. Its recent growth spurt is due to its expanding client base, new vertical markets focus, and its flexible approach.   

“We can engage and support our clients in a number of ways – from providing managed staffing services to project-based, co-sourced or fully outsourced consulting solutions. It all depends on what our clients need and what will work best in their environment,” says Florence.  “We understand that each client and engagement is unique, so we put our client’s business needs at the forefront. Instead of approaching our clients with a cookie-cutter solution in mind, we tailor a solution that will help resolve their core business issues,” Florence added. 

This model has resulted in a company that’s very easy to work with. Many of Celerity’s 106 consultants work onsite at various local client offices, providing a range of solutions including web design, development, and implementation; business process management and improvement; business and operational analysis; and project and program management.

The pace is not slowing at Celerity, which is fitting for a company defined by “swiftness in action.” The company is looking to add more consultants to its Richmond team, from e-commerce specialists and web developers to business process engineers, project managers, and operations analysts.

 “I’ve worked at Celerity for 8 years and in consulting and IT for more than 15 years, and have seen a lot of growth and success, but what’s going on right now at our Richmond location is really exciting. We just need to find the right talent to support our clients and our continued growth,” said Florence.

To inquire about opportunities at Celerity, contact Kathy Hinkle (khinkle@celerity.com), 804-270-2990.

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About Celerity

Celerity is a regional consulting firm focused on solving IT and business challenges through the efficient mix of tailored solutions and premier talent in web and mobile services, business process management, and program/project management. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity operates eight offices with approximately 600 employees and $100 million in revenues.

Contact:

 Todd Florence

 Managing Director, Celerity

804.270.2990

McLean, VA  -  October 27, 2011  -  Celerity VA is pleased to announce that it was recently recognized as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Companies” in the Greater Washington D.C. area. Of the 1,100 participating companies, the top 50 were selected based upon their three-year revenue growth from 2008 to 2010. With an average three-year growth of 24.5%, Celerity joined an impressive list of DC-based organizations, including many technology consulting service and product companies.

“After nine years in operation and a very difficult economy for the past three years, it is a great honor for Celerity to be again included as one of Washington’s fastest growing companies,” said CEO Michael Berkman.  “This is a testament to the resourcefulness and hard work of our talented team. They have found a way to grow our business against many odds. I am very humbled and grateful for each and every one of them for their commitment to success.”

An award reception took place on October 6, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tyson’s Corner to honor all 50 of the companies. The 50 Fastest Growing Companies award program is sponsored by the Washington Business Journal along with partner companies including BB&T Corporate Banking, BB&T Capital Markets | Windsor Group, Cherry Bekaert & Holland, Jones Lang LaSalle and The Washington Group, A member of the Mass Mutual Financial Group. The fastest growing companies were also featured in a special supplement in the Oct. 7-13 edition of The Washington Business Journal. For more information about The Washington Business Journal’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies please follow this link http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2011/10/07/the-list-2011-fastest-growing-companies.html.

About Celerity

Celerity is a regional consulting firm focused on solving IT and business challenges through the efficient mix of tailored solutions and premiere talent in web and mobile services, business process management, and project/program management. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity operates eight offices with approximately 600 employees and $100 million in revenue.

About The Washington Business Journal

The Washington Business Journal has been Greater Washington’s leading source of business news and information for more than 20 years, providing over 150,000 business executives with comprehensive news on local people and their companies, as well as industry trends, tips and strategies and award-winning critical analysis.

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Jenifer Kern

Director of Marketing, Celerity

T: 703-848-1900

Los Angeles, CA  -  October 6, 2011  -  Neotys, a leader in easy-to-use, cost effective load testing tools for web applications, today announced the Celerity Innovation Center is using NeoLoad to performance test Adobe Flex web applications before they go “live” with customers. NeoLoad has cut load and performance testing time by 50%.

“We reviewed a multitude of performance and stress testing tools and found that NeoLoad worked best for our Adobe Flex environment”

The Celerity Innovation Center develops web and mobile applications that streamline customer interactions, improve business processes and deepen user interactions. It is a rapidly growing company that has more than tripled in size during the past year. It attributes its success to its innovative spirit and staying active in meeting customers’ needs.

Celerity has chosen Adobe Flex as its primary web development platform. Adobe Flex allows customers to have interactive, dynamic, and platform-independent applications with the flexibility of desktop applications in a Web environment. Consistent with best practices, the Celerity Innovation Center performs load tests for all of its applications. These tests identify possible bottlenecks enabling the Center to maximize performance before the go-live date.

Before using NeoLoad, Celerity Innovation Center testers were manually executing tests and tediously reviewing logs and server utilization. This time consuming process involved multiple people and resources across disparate locations. To improve its efficiencies, the company began a search to find a tool to meet the load and performance test requirements for Adobe Flex applications.

“We reviewed a multitude of performance and stress testing tools and found that NeoLoad worked best for our Adobe Flex environment,” said John Scarpino, D.Sc. director of quality assurance and software testing, Celerity Innovation Center. “Now that we have used NeoLoad for more than 11 full tests, we are amazed at the incredible amount of time and resources we have saved; the tool has cut our testing time in half. With NeoLoad we’ve been able to design and run realistic tests, get actionable information and analysis from NeoLoad graphs and reports. The reports are very easy to analyze and understand and effectively illustrate any issues that we need to address. The customer service and support team has also been excellent; we received timely responses whenever we had questions.”

NeoLoad was picked due to its easy-to-use GUI interface that requires minimum scripting and provides a rich feature set for the Adobe Flex environment at a cost-effective price point.

According to Gerald Labie, Gerald Labie, CEO Neotys USA, “The Celerity Innovation Center recognizes the importance and value of faster more efficient pre-production load testing and decided on NeoLoad. Not only was this a great choice based on feature set and usability but because of the product’s ability to support Adobe Flex technologies that are pervasive throughout the Celerity’s development work.”

About Celerity Innovation Center www.celerityinnovation.com

The Celerity Innovation Center is an agile consulting firm providing turnkey and specialized solutions to corporations. Its practices include: Project Management, Business Analytics, User Experience, Visual Design, Web and Mobile Development, Quality Assurance, and Support. Clients entrust it to manage full implementations from Ideation through Deployment and Support. The company has a wide range of skills and offerings and helps organizations on or off-site with fluidity and professionalism.

About Neotys www.neotys.com

Since 2005, Neotys has helped over 1,000 customers in more than 60 countries enhance the reliability, performance, and quality of their web and mobile applications. The best-in-class NeoLoad load testing solution is flexible, easy to use with infinite scalability from the cloud and support for all web 2.0 technologies. All this is backed by a dedicated team of Neotys professional services and support to ensure your success. For more information about Neotys and NeoLoad visit: www.neotys.com or contact sales@neotys.com.

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Jenifer Kern

Marketing Director, Celerity

T: 703-848-1900