October 20th—Bryan Jester is a keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Oracle Federal Forum hosted by Thomas Kurian, Executive Vice President of Oracle Product Development. During the cleverly named session, Clouds with No Rain, Bryan will speak about how cloud computing has integrated with the solutions APG delivers and the potential cost savings for clients.
To read more about the event, click here.
APG is pleased to announce that APG is now part of the Oracle Partner Network (OPN) at the Platinum Level! There are many benefits of an elite level of membership that are gained through the OPN. To name a few:
In addition, all APG employees are now eligible to set up user access and begin to leverage OPN content, information, available training, metalink access, and other benefits afforded to partners and members.
This is a tremendous and important milestone and our return to OPN and resumption of our historically strong and productive relationship with Oracle is being met with great enthusiasm on both sides — APG and Oracle.
Coordination is underway through the alliance channel, existing executive relationships, and sales organization to ramp interactions, coordination, and overall information sharing on relevant opportunities in the market.
To read more about the Oracle Partner Network, click here
~John Cockrill/Chief Operating Officer
Oracle OpenWorld is about meeting up with colleagues of years past, exchanging business cards….and walking everywhere, from hotel to convention center, back to the hotel, to meetings with customers or partners, to lunches and dinners, Moscone West, Moscone South, Starbucks and always at least one stop to Beard Papa’s Cream Puff Bakery!
I had incredible luck this year networking with executives from companies APG partners with which started with the plane ride to San Fran, which coincidentally was with Mike Steivater and Eric Stockton of Oracle Public Sector Sales – Civilian. Luck continued in the taxi ride to the hotel with Bob Lam, who is a Partner with Accenture Public Sector. Monday night I attended a Federal event at Jillian’s restaurant where I was able to connect with Mark Johnson– Senior VP for Public Sector Sale, Dennis Morgan– VP for Partners, Wayne Bobby– VP for Public Sector Solutions and many others.
In line I was able to speak with Lesta Brady, VP for Public Sector Technology Solutions, and was introduced to Gerard Biggs who works the Civilian side of her group. My luck carried me home as my seat-mate on the plane was Tamara Greenspan, VP for Public Sector DoD Applications Sales. Needless to say, Oracle Public Sector Sales Reps and Sales Executives know APG is BACK as an Oracle Partner!
In the end, Oracle OpenWorld is a “connectivity” event with colleagues, consultants, Partners, Oracle Sales and each other. By any measure, this year was a total success!
~Tony DeSomma/President
Oracle OpenWorld hosted annually in the Moscone Center in San Francisco ended yesterday with an estimated 41,000 attendees. OpenWorld provides an opportunity for Oracle partners and customers to converge together and soak up everything that’s new and up-coming in Oracle’s realm. Aside from learning about the next-big-thing from Oracle during important keynote sessions, attendees have the opportunity to explore new Oracle technology and solutions in the exhibit hall, network with attendees from companies around the world who are innovating with Oracle and see new products and applications in action during demos.
This year, APG sent 8 executives and managers to OpenWorld.
I have attended OpenWorld for the past few years, and I always look forward to Oracle’s big announcements. Whether it’s a new product release, or the announcement of a new direction Oracle is taking, it’s always something juicy that we anxiously await. This year, it was the application release of The Oracle Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM), after over two years of development. The product’s purpose is to close the gap around the traditional missing elements of the existing Oracle Federal Procurement Suite. The ability to have a fully integrated Federal procurement solution including all the requisite FAR components is an exciting addition to the Oracle Federal application environment.
The full solution requires an environment of Oracle Federal Financials (Core Financial Apps including Purchasing) as well as iProcurement for self service requisitioning components, Sourcing for the RFQ type components, iSupplier for Vendor self service and Core Purchasing. CLM will be the “replacement” for Oracle’s Procurement Contracts for the Federal market, and provide the FAR capabilities that were missing and had caused a large amount of work-arounds and process solutions that have been challenging in the Oracle Federal environment.
CLM is a strong contender to round out the Oracle eBusiness Suite and provide a complete integrated solution from Procure to Pay for the Federal market. Read more about it in Oracle’s Press Release: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/173773
We were able to catch up with a number of APG clients as well as network with Oracle executives. Chris Kennedy, the CIO of The Presidio Trust (one of APG’s clients) attended OpenWorld and it was great to catch up. APG’s senior management had a number of good meetings with Oracle’s Partner Network leadership, as well as with a number of our commercial partners in attendance at the conference.
~Bryan Jester/Managing Director
As the recruiter for APG, I spend the majority of my time weeding through resumes and trying to find “the Rockstar” for the job opening at hand. Consequently, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to resume quality. To assist our blog readers who are considering applying for one of our job opportunities, I’ve put together a list of my top three recommendations for improving your resume.
1) Explain your experience: “If it’s not on your resume, it doesn’t exist.” Don’t assume that a company knows everything you’ve done at previous jobs. The best way for them to know about your work history is to spell it out for them on your resume. Highlight what you do best.
2) Keep in simple: The average time a hiring manager or recruiter looks at a resume is 15 seconds. Make sure you are able to grab their attention within those first crucial 15 seconds. Emphasize with relevant examples, and customize your resume to the specific job.
3) Search Optimization: Since most resumes are pre screened through a database, focus on including pertinent words or phrases that you want to have noticed related to what you can do. Pick no more than 10 keywords or phrases and make them bulleted and relevant to the job you are looking for.
We’ve got three new job opportunities, since my last posting in August. If you know someone who may be interested, please have them send their resume to recruiting@apg.com
Time and Labor Implementation Specialist
Location: Crystal City, VA
Available: Immediate
Length of Contract: 2+ years
Clearance Requirement: Current SECRET or eligible for SECRET Clearance
Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full Time Employment
Position Requirements:
Oracle Application Developers—HRMS
Location: Remote with limited travel to Washington D.C.
Available: Immediate
Length of Contract: 2+ years
Clearance Requirement: Current SECRET or eligible for SECRET Clearance
Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full Time Employment
Position Requirements:
Project Manager—PMP
Location: D.C. Metro area or Denver, CO
Available: Immediate
Openings: two similar positions available
Length of Contract: Project Manager for a 3 to 6 month engagement. Must have VMware deployment expertise.
Length of Contract: 2nd Project Manager for 12 month engagement. Must have Strategic Planning experience and be a strong writer
Position Requirements:
~Elisa Hillery/Recruiter
August 24, 2010 — Inc. magazine today ranked APG #1947 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children’s red wagon, are among the prominent brands featured on this year’s list.
“The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”
The 2010 Inc. 5000, unveiled today on Inc.com, serves as a unique illustration of the profound changes taking place in the U.S. economy. The Government Services sector showed the biggest gain in terms of the number of companies on the list, up 33% from last year to 335 companies. Government Services was also the second-fastest-growing sector in terms of median revenue growth, posting a 202% gain over the 2006-2009 measuring period. More than half of these companies are based in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The fastest-growing sector by median revenue growth was Real Estate, now just a tiny group of 38 young, small companies, which showed 231% median growth over the period. (There were 121 Real Estate firms on the inaugural Inc. 5000 in 2007.) Business Products & Services is the top industry by number of companies on the list (640) and total revenue ($80.7 billion), while Health is the biggest by total employment (287,726 jobs).
In addition to being ranked 1947 on the overall list, APG came in at #204 in it’s industry, Government Services.
*The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2006 to 2009. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.inc.com/5000.
2010 marks the 4th year that APG was ranked on Inc 5000′s list. We take this recognition as a symbol of our success, and happily add it to our trophy case!
~ Sarah Bassett/Marketing Analyst
APG is constantly looking for talented individuals who are looking for an advancement in their career. See below for current openings, as of August 18th, 2010. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer offering competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.
Please pass this posting to anyone you know who may be interested. Qualified resumes may be emailed to recruiting@apg.com.
Oracle Federal Financial (OFF) Functional Consultant
Location: Chantilly, VA
Available: mid to late September 2010
Length of Contract: 8+ years
Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full-time employee
OBIEE Reports Developer with Noetix:
Location: Crystal City, VA
Available: Immediate
Clearance Requirement: Current SECRET or eligible for SECRET Clearance
Length of Contract: 2+ years
Type of Employment: 1099/C2C or Full-time
Position Requirements:
Junior Project Manager
Location: D.C. Metro area
Available: Immediate
Length of contract: indefinite
Type of Employment: Entry level full-time employee only
Position Requirements:
~ Elisa Hillery/Recruiter
Welcome– you made it to APG’s blog!
The title of this posting is something we hear from prospective clients, partners and potential employees too often. The purpose of our shiny new blog is to increase awareness of our company so the next time an APG employee introduces themselves and the company, the reply will be said with certainty, “yes, of course I know about APG!”
So, for those of you who are reading this posting completly new to APG, here is a synopsis of us– in less than 150 words:
Advanced Programs Group (APG) was founded in 2004 with the intent of becoming the leading provider of Oracle consultants to the Federal Government. Achieving several large contract wins over the past few years has leveraged APG to experience significant growth and enabled us to develop an impressive base of business and client relationships across the Civilian, Dept of Defense, and National Intelligence communities within the Federal Government.
Five years later, APG has graduated from the ‘Small Business’ classification and recently moved to a new office located in Northern Virginia. APG has developed into a company that offers more than just Oracle IT Consulting. In 2009, APG expanded its service offerings to include an Information Security practice. Still led by the same entrepreneurial leadership team that founded the company, APG expects to maintain steady growth and continue to expand its services offerings.
For the record, as a company, we respond to “Advanced Programs Group”, ”APG” and ”APGIntel”. We used to go by “IAE Solutions”, but we retired that back in 2007.
This will be our own personal news broadcaster, where our news always makes the headlines. Check back frequently to catch the latest:
Comments/subscriptions/”likes”/suggestions are all welcomed and encouraged! The blog’s authors may be reached at marketing@apg.com
~Sarah Bassett/Marketing Analyst
