that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message virtual intelligence providers l.l.c. industry information technology founded september 30 2001 headquarters houston tx united states area served north america south america europe australia key people sonia clayton founder president ceo number of employees 55 june 2009 website www.vip global.com virtual intelligence providers l.l.c. is a houston based information technology and consulting company that specializes in erp systems including sap and oracle training . contents 1 history 2 services 3 awards 4 facts 5 clients 6 references 7 external links history edit sonia clayton founded virtual intelligence providers l.l.c. also known as vip september 30 2001 . originally it consisted of a small consultant team including phds business administrators graphic and instructional designers and system engineers working from home . it moved into an office space in 2002 and has expanded to 55 employees scattered across the united states and various countries . 1 vip s business model is based on reducing overhead and unnecessary expenses . 2 it uses virtual connectivity models video conferencing and remote administration to communicate between employees and customers . consultants use the virtual communication model for consulting projects to reduce expenses . 3 clayton was born in colombia and raised in venezuela . she came to the united states at age 21 and worked for air france and continental airlines before joining the world of erp business technology and sap change management in 1997 . she is fluent in spanish portuguese french and english . 4 services edit vip provides it business services including erp project support management end user training implementation support change communications business technology training application development staff augmentation curricular development translations technical writing and e learning platforms . vip specializes in erp systems including sap and oracle training . 5 vip s niche market includes converting documentation training into e learning platforms and corporate universities . 1 awards edit award for excellence ; better business bureau 2007 2008 2009 6 fastest growing woman owned business ; houston business journal 2009 top 50 fastest growing woman owned business ; houston business journal 2008 7 fast 100 growing companies ; houston business journal 2008 ranked 43rd top women in technology honoree ; association for women in computing 2007 8 female entrepreneur of the year ; houston hispanic chamber of commerce 2007 9 top houston woman in technology ; texas gov. rick perry 2007 top minority owned business ; diversitybusiness.com 2005 emerging ten e 10 award ; houston minority business council 2001 2004 10 facts edit certified by houston by the houston minority business council . 11 accredited with houston s better business bureau . 12 certified by city of houston s affirmative action and contract compliance program as a minority business enterprise mbe and women business enterprise wbe in march 2009 . 13 vip created and or contributes to three charities including the vip education foundation the alba navarro fund and angels for soldiers . the vip education foundation works with underprivileged magnet schools training senior students on the use of sap to give them marketable skills for the workplace . vip donates the sap education portals training materials and trainer time to help the cause . the alba navarro fund is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping latin america liver patients . angels for soldiers is a volunteer based nonprofit that trains and helps reactivate into society disabled military personnel returning from afghanistan and iraq . 14 clients edit vip has international operations in north america south america europe and australia . it serves more than 70 fortune 500 corporations . 15 references edit a b beachy debra 2004 10 29 . price point virtual intelligence providers has taken an unusual tactic in the it industry competitive pricing . houston business journal . retrieved 2009 06 30 . mission statement . vip . retrieved 2009 06 30 . ray lisa 2004 08 12 . small businesses using technology to level playing field . daily court review . beddow john . capper russ . 2005 08 27 . the business makers with sonia velasco clayton . the business makers radio show . retrieved 2009 06 30 . products and services . vip . retrieved 2009 06 30 . awards for excellence list . bbb . retrieved 2009 06 30 . top 50 fastest growing woman owned businesses pdf . houston business journal . retrieved 2009 06 30 . dead link 2007 top women honorees . awc . retrieved 2009 06 30 . entrepreneur of the year pdf . houston chronicle . retrieved 2009 06 30 . vip awards news releases . vip . retrieved 2009 06 30 . hmbc . hmbc . retrieved 2009 06 30 . bbb company accreditation . bbb . retrieved 2009 06 30 . vip news releases . vip . retrieved 2009 06 30 . vip charities . vip . retrieved 2009 06 30 . vip clients . vip . retrieved 2009 06 30 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title virtual intelligence providers & oldid 647120522 categories information technology consulting firms of the united statescompanies established in 2001hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010articles with a promotional tone from august 2009all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 16 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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