ClearEdge is proud to be members and partners of leading industry associations that are dedicated to providing members with insight, information and research that enables us to better serve our clients.
TechServe Alliance (formerly NACCB) is a collaboration of IT services, clients, consultants and suppliers dedicated to advancing excellence and ethics within the IT services industry. Through its many proprietary products and services that are built upon the collective knowledge, buying power, and action of hundreds of IT services and thousands of world-class clients, TechServe Alliance enhances efficiency and supports its companies in identifying premier IT consulting opportunities.
In addition to providing unparalleled access to industry information and best practices through both peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and subject-matter experts, TechServe Alliance also keeps its alliance companies regularly informed of critical industry data, business trends and legal and legislative developments and provides online access to an extensive library of industry-specific white papers. Committed to advancing the industry, TechServe Alliance promotes ethical business practices by sponsoring the Statement of Business Principles—an ethical code of conduct to which all members are required to subscribe. Headquartered just outside of the nation’s Capitol in Alexandria, Virginia, TechServe Alliance represents the interests of the industry before the U.S. Congress and other policymakers.
Not only is ClearEdge an Associate Member, we also provide marketing services to TechServe Alliance, including support for their national conference and trade show.
The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) is a driving force behind the growth of Illinois' vibrant technology industry.
Members of ITA benefit from unlimited access to strategic development programs, services, resources and events that support all members of their team. ITA leverages peer-to-peer collaboration and one-on-one mentoring with leaders from the technology industry to drive companies forward. In addition, ITA’s education, events, networking, access to facilities at TechNexus and much more are all focused on growing members businesses.
With over 700 member companies, ITA represents organizations from start-up to leader across the industry – software, mobile, internet, consulting, online services, electronics, telecommunications, green and across all industries – business, consumer, financial services, travel, manufacturing, healthcare, and so on – that represent Illinois’ diversity of companies “that make the technology, that make businesses run.”
ClearEdge is proud to be the exclusive marketing provider for ITA's Affinity Partner Program.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Chicago Innovation Awards shine a bright light on the creative spirit of Chicago by focusing attention on the most significant new products and services introduced in the region. The 10 winners each year are innovations that uniquely fill unmet needs, spark a competitive response in the marketplace, exceed market expectations, achieve financial success, and improve people’s lives. They emerge from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Most importantly, the Chicago Innovation Awards remind us that innovation is thriving in America’s heartland.
In support of the Chicago Tech Community and Innovation, ClearEdge is proud to be partnering with the Chicago Innovation Awards as a contributing sponsor.
Menemsha Group is a sales training and consulting organization working exclusively with IT staffing and consulting firms. They provide powerful IT staffing sales playbooks, sales training workshops and personalized coaching. Menemsha Group helps clients acquire new accounts, strategically expand existing accounts, ramp up new hire employees, shorten the sales cycle, improve sales closure rates and increases gross profit margins.
ITSMA (IT Services Marketing Association) is a membership community for marketing executives who market and sell technology-related services and solutions. ITSMA’s mission is to raise the bar for services and solutions marketing. With nearly 100 Corporate Members around the globe, including Accenture, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Verizon, and Wipro, ITSMA provides best practice insight, an active leadership community, and hands-on advisory guidance around the unique requirements for marketing technology services and solutions.
