please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2010 this article contains content 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 . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message centriq training type privately held industry education and information technology founded 1989 headquarters 8700 state line rd. suite 200 leawood kansas area served kansas city mo key people kevin grawe president ted parker vice president of sales and marketing steve harmon partner dean bezdek vice president of operations jessica oliver director of operations justin ruby sales manager 1 products corporate it training & career it training number of employees 45 2010 website centriq training centriq training is an information technology training provider in the kansas city missouri area united states . centriq has been in operation since 1989 when it was founded as the network institute of america . it is the largest information technology it training company in the area having trained upwards of 3 000 information technology professionals from more than 500 companies in 2010 . 2 centriq training is a microsoft gold learning partner 3 providing training to corporate clients and career changing individuals in leawood kansas . centriq has a staff of more than 20 instructors operating in 16 classrooms . centriq training courses cover all areas of technology including network administration and programming . centriq offers training on microsoft cisco adobe systems citrix vmware java security itil and project management . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 1989 1992 1.2 1992 1996 1.3 1996 2001 1.4 2001 present 2 courses and subject matter offered 3 authorizations and partnerships 4 partnership with the university of phoenix 5 company divisions 5.1 corporate it training 5.2 career it training 5.3 centriq connections 6 teaching environment 7 references history edit centriq was founded in 1989 as the network institute of america . centriq has undergone various changes of ownership but has remained under the same management for 20 years . 1989 1992 edit as the network institute of america the company became the first authorized training center in kansas city and focused on corporate i.t. training for various companies in the area . kevin grawe joined the team in 1989 and is president and part owner of centriq training . 1992 1996 edit in 1992 the network institute of america became affiliated with us connect a national consortium of leading microsoft partners changing its name to us connect kansas city . continuing as a corporate it training company us connect kansas city also trained office copier dealers in the transition from analog to digital technology . its main client the national office machine dealers association nomda was headquartered in kansas city . 1996 2001 edit in 1996 the us connect consortium was purchased by ikon office solutions . the kansas city office was established as the district office for education services . this office led the initiative of establishing ikon education as a national training company . 2001 present edit the kansas city office of ikon education was re acquired by the original company partners in 2001 and renamed centriq . in 2005 centriq acquired foss training 5 a training company focused primarily on the education of career changers for entry level i.t. jobs . this acquisition created centriq s career i.t. training division later re branded as the techsmart kc program in 2010 . centriq is the longest operating and largest it training company in the kansas city area . 6 courses and subject matter offered edit microsoft cisco citrix comptia crystal reports java linux oracle vmware security wireless adobe systems & business skills project management business analysis and itil authorizations and partnerships edit centriq is the only training company in the kansas city area that has all of the following authorizations microsoft gold partner 7 citrix authorized learning center 8 cisco sponsored learning organization 9 ec council partner prometric authorized testing center 10 pearson vue 11 and kryterion . partnership with the university of phoenix edit centriq courses on both the corporate it and techsmart kc sides of the company can be applied towards a degree with the university of phoenix . the largest private university in the united states the university of phoenix has 224 880 full time students nationwide . this partnership between the university of phoenix and centriq training was established in 2009 and serves to aid those who wish to continue their education an avenue to do so after the completion of their technical certifications with centriq . 12 company divisions edit corporate it training edit the corporate i.t. training division of centriq training focuses on providing technical training services to corporate clients who wish to train their internal it employees . with customers such as cerner sprint nextel and hallmark cards centriq serves more corporate clients than any other training company in the kansas city area . centriq training offers 55 in classroom instructor led training courses for corporate it professionals that are not offered anywhere else in kansas city . 13 corporate courses are typically taken on a weekly or daily schedule . clients can choose to pursue certifications from vendors such as microsoft citrix cisco pmi and comptia following the completion of their coursework . in 2010 centriq introduced the centriq choice program 14 to corporate clients . this program offers 3 training options to clients including local instructor led training local ilt remote ilt and high definition ilt . centriq choice gives local companies a choice on how they receive training but also makes courses available to clients in any market worldwide . 15 career it training edit centriq provides it training to individuals seeking to attain technology job skills and certifications to begin a career in the information technology field . this program named techsmart kc in 2010 serves career changing customers with a four month training program in the areas of application development or network administration . courses are available both during the day and in the evening . centriq then aids graduates in their job search with the centriq connections program . in 2010 centriq trained approximately 220 students through the techsmart kc program . 16 centriq connections edit centriq connections is a program that assists techsmart kc graduates with the acquisition of a job following graduation . by providing resume and interview counseling as well as serving as a medium between students and partnered employers such as h & r block vinsolutions and blue valley school district . since 2007 centriq claims to have placed graduates at over 250 different kansas city area companies . 17 teaching environment edit centriq has 16 classrooms and upwards of 21 instructors that teach their courses . the centriq campus features five level 6 hardware equipped classrooms . 18 references edit management profiles centriq foss training profile . kansas city business journal . microsoft profile of centriq training partnerships centriq foss merger . kansas city business journal . monday august 8 2005 . top computer training centers of 2008 kansas city business journal . 2008 . microsoft gold partnerships citrix partnerships cisco sponsored learning organizations prometric testing pearson vue university of phoenix corporate articulation about centriq training centriq choice program centriq course schedule techsmartkc employers of centriq graduates microsoft learning virtualization strategy technology portal education portal companies portal a centriq training student works with hardware . a centriq career track graduate speaks with an employer at the centriq connections career fair . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centriq training & oldid 729869326 categories companies established in 1989companies based in kansasinformation technology companies of the united statestraining companies of the united states1989 establishments in kansashidden categories orphaned articles from december 2010all orphaned articlesarticles with a promotional tone from february 2014all 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 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