Adayana, Inc. Acquires VERTEX Solutions.Expands Base for Global Growth in Government, Commercial and Non-Profit Sectors WASHINGTON -- Adayana, a global performance-solutions company based in Minneapolis, Minn., and VERTEX Solutions, a learning-services consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a in Falls Church, Virginia Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population was 10,377 at the 2000 census. This city is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. A much larger number of people reside in Greater Falls Church , have finalized an agreement to merge. VERTEX Solutions, an Adayana company, becomes a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Adayana, Inc. Established in 1996, VERTEX develops innovative learning systems and interactive technology for organizational learning Organizational learning is an area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories about the way an organization learns and adapts. In Organizational development (OD), learning is a characteristic of an adaptive organization, i.e. and performance enhancement. The company has more than 100 employees and currently does business with more than 50 agencies of the U.S. government, including the Departments of State, Defense and Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . "VERTEX has a well-earned, highly respected reputation in the Federal government sector," said Mike Jackson For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see . For other people named Mike Jackson, see . General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. , COO, Adayana. "Its vertical-market focus and results-oriented approach to individual and organizational development is highly complementary with Adayana's global strategy." This is the second time in three years that Adayana has successfully acquired and integrated a vertical-market learning-services and performance-improvement company. Adayana and Indianapolis-based ABG ABG abbr. arterial blood gas ABG 1. Arterial blood gas 2. Axiobuccogingival–dentistry , Inc., a leading learning and performance-solutions company in the agriculture, food and life sciences sectors, merged in 2005. "Becoming an Adayana company provides VERTEX with a stronger capital base and greater opportunity for global growth," said Jeff Kidwell, who remains president of VERTEX. "Previous collaboration with Adayana has been extremely beneficial for our clients and our organization. Joining Adayana presents more opportunities to expand our services, develop and attract employees and accelerate our growth." With the VERTEX acquisition, Adayana will have more than 250 employees in 12 U.S. locations and India. The company serves clients in three vertical markets - the Federal government sector through VERTEX; agriculture, food, life sciences and non-profit sectors through ABG, and the automotive aftermarket through Adayana Automotive. Adayana's comprehensive performance improvement services include blended learning solutions, content development, strategic and marketing consulting, technology integration and channel messaging. |
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