2. Pride History
• Pride Technologies was founded in 1983 as a technology firm
focused on providing hardware and service solutions to large
corporate accounts in the New York metropolitan area.
• By the mid 1990’s, Pride Technologies had 25 branches across the
United States and was the only minority-owned firm to offer true
national coverage and access to major technology lines.
• In 1997, Pride Technologies divested the hardware business to a
Fortune 500 company and focused on the services business. The
service offerings included contract CIO placements, Help Desk
Outsourcing, Application Development and Contract Personnel
placements.
• In 2003, Pride Technologies launched a new growth strategy to
expand locations and offerings. One of these new strategies was an
elite partnership with Hewlett-Packard that Pride enjoys today.
3. Pride Corporate Overview
• Founded by Leo Russell in 1983. Leo remains majority
owner.
• Multiple business units:
− Pride Technologies of Ohio − Pride Accounting Services
− Pride Vendor Management Service − Pride Technologies of NY
− Pride Global Finance − Pride BPO
• Minority-owned business
• Large corporate focus: Cardinal Health, Limitedbrands,
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, LexisNexis
4. Areas of Focus
• Hewlett-Packard Elite Partner
− Servers, storage, software, and services
• One of 16 national Blade Server focused partners
• Blade Elite partner/Virtualization Elite partner (in process)
• Enterprise Storage partner
− Print, Desktop, and Laptops
• Virtual desktop expertise
• VMware Enterprise partner
• Data Domain Enterprise partner
5. Areas of focus
• IT Contingent Staffing Services
− “Traditional“ services
• Contingent staffing
• Contract-to-hire resources
• Direct placements
− Vendor Management Services
• In-house developed application (SIMBA)
• Funded by sub-contractors
• Req. flow management, electronic time sheets, prompt vendor
payments
• 100% minority spend achievement
6. Unique Service Offerings
• Virtualization services
− Servers, storage, and clients
• Pre-sales consulting and design
• Post-sales implementation and support
• Infrastructure lifecycle management
• Flexible capacity-on-demand program
− More products eligible, extended terms available
• Local warehouse capabilities
