VIP Celebrates 12 Successful Years of Operation
HOUSTON - Yesterday, September 30th 2013, Virtual Intelligence Providers, LLC commemorated twelve successful years in operation. Shortly after the tragic terrorist attacks on 9/11, Mrs. Sonia Clayton created a new type of information technology consulting firm. She reached out to friends and colleagues who had been laid off as a result of the economic downturn following 9/11, and her first wave of consultants began offering high-quality IT support at affordable prices. VIP’s mission is to empower and enable their customers to manage the challenges of their changing environment while minimizing cost and maximizing employee performance. It is quoted, “Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.” It is through persistence, hard work, determination, drive, and sincere care of people, that VIP brings to fruition that mission statement: they meet challenges and great change to provide satisfaction and employee performance. Sonia Clayton and VIP have been the recipients of numerous awards and accolades. Here is a brief look at the past twelve years:
2013: Confirmed a finalist for LSCS Small Business Award 2013; VIP will be profiled in an upcoming issue of SMALL BUSINESS TODAY in 2013. Lone Star College System (LSCS) and VIP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish an innovative educational and commercial partnership to align corporate training needs with higher education programs.
2012: Received the Houston Fast 50 and Fast 100 List; “Award of Excellence” issued by the HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL (HBJ), and Sonia Clayton was elected as a member of the board of the Better Business Bureau (BBB); Received the title of Fastest Growing Woman Owned – Houston Business Journal; Sonia Clayton, CEO and was a finalist Woman Business Owner of the Year, by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). VIP entered an educational and commercial alliance with Lone Star College System.
2011: Received the “Award of Excellence” issued by the Better Business Bureau (BBB); VIP and NGI Services, LLC announce joint venture for Latin America; VIP participated in the World Affairs Council hosted in Houston, TX, hosting Former Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe, during his 2011 visit to Houston.
2010: VIP earned a spot on the Houston Fast 50 and Fast 100 List and Brigham Young University (BYU) Invites Sonia Clayton to the Marriott School of Business Advisory Board. “VIP Angels for Soldiers Foundation” was created to assist US Service men and women returning from conflicts or retiring from military services.
2009: VIP earned a spot on the Houston Fast 50 and Fast 100 List; received the title of Fastest Growing Woman Owned – Houston Business Journal; became officially certified as a Small Business Enterprise; Formed strategic alliance with Moody International to serve the oil and gas industry.
2008: Received the “Award of Excellence” issued by the Better Business Bureau (BBB); Received the “Smooth Jazz FM 95.7, The Wave – “Wave of Hope Award” – As their February 2008 Honoree; Awarded “The Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: ‘Female Hispanic Entrepreneur of the Year Award”; “Winner of Distinction Award”; Houston Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Business list.
2007: Established the VIP Angels for Soldiers Foundation; Received the “Award of Excellence” issued by the Better Business Bureau (BBB); Texas Governor Rick Perry/The White House recognized Sonia Clayton with the “Top Women in Technology Award”; Fox News: Sonia Clayton, “The Hispanic-Entrepreneur Honoree of the Year” Hispanic Heritage (October); Univision Radio – “Heroine of the Community Award”; Corporate Training and Development Partnership between VIP and the North Harris College Center for Corporate Training Development
2006: VIP gained their first government contract with City of Houston / Airport System SAP Implementation Support. Sonia Clayton was invited to be on the DeVry University Board. Received the “Amazing Women in Computing” Computing Award
2005: Creation of the VIP Alba Navarro Fund and VIP Education Foundation; Received the Diversity Business and Top 100 Women-owned businesses; Sonia Clayton becomes a benefactor of University of Houston Downtown.
2004: Received first award - HMSDC Emerging 10 Houston Minority Business Council Award; VIP Recognized in the Daily Court Review in “Small Businesses: Using Technology to Level Playing Field”
2003: Secured SAP Global partnership, along with IBM and Deloitte Consulting’s; VIP presented at the 8th Annual Teaching of the Community Colleges Online Conference @ University of Hawaii, Harvard, Stanford and MIT.
2002: First year of operational profitability. Went international with CEMEX’ SAP global implementation, established first European Operation in Budapest, Hungary and “The Alba Navarro, Foundation” was created in support of the mother of one of VIP’s consultants who was fighting a rare liver condition. Eventually, the foundation would remain active in support of Breast Cancer victims.
2001: Inception, just two weeks after 9/11. First clients: Shell Lubricants (Pennzoil) and Continental Airlines Corporate Security – USA Homeland Security
At the end of 2012 we said: “As we look forward to 2013 it is obvious that although the previous years were fraught with difficulties in the business arena, many of which may linger for a long time given the political and fiscal impasse in which the United States and the world at large seems immersed in, we here remain committed to do only our very best at sustaining and increasing growth, providing outstanding and successful solutions and outcomes, and doing it all with integrity, consistency and thoroughness in the conviction that time will precisely tell the difference between right and wrong, and that no matter what happens there will be no substitute for human ingenuity, creativity, hard work, discipline, honesty, and the personal decision by all of us here to strive only for the best in everything we do—personally and otherwise.” We echo our commitment and enthusiastically look forward to the next twelve years of innovation, discipline, honesty, and accomplishment with Virtual Intelligence Providers and Lone Star College-Corporate College.
Virtual Intelligence Providers LLC is a purveyor of quality and ROI guaranteed solutions and services in Business Technology and IT Support since year 2001. Our strength resides not just in the specialized knowledge, maturity, poise and flexibility of our professional force, but rather in our permanent commitment to excellence, ethical behavior, flexibility and affordability of solutions offered. Our features make up a vast array of business fields, disciplines and areas of expertise, enough to satisfy the various technological expectations or necessities of small, medium or large size organizations: ERP Project Support/Management, Implementation Support, Change Communications, Business Technology Training, Employee Performance Improvement, Staff Augmentation, Curriculum Development, IT Application Development and Integration, Network Security, IT Project Management, DB Management, even Corporate Instructional Design and e-Learning Services.
