Virtual Intelligence Providers
Encyclopedia
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.
and various countries.
VIP’s business model is based on reducing overhead and unnecessary expenses. 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.
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.
VIP’s niche market includes converting documentation training into e-learning platforms and corporate universities.
2007, 2008, 2009
Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Business; Houston Business Journal 2009
Top 50 Fastest-Growing Woman-Owned Business; Houston Business Journal 2008
Fast 100 Growing Companies; Houston Business Journal 2008 (ranked 43rd)
Top Women in Technology Honoree; Association for Women in Computing 2007
Female Entrepreneur of the Year; Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2007
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
Accredited with Houston’s Better Business Bureau
.
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.
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.
corporations.
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and consulting company that specializes in ERP systems including SAP and Oracle training.
History
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 StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and various countries.
VIP’s business model is based on reducing overhead and unnecessary expenses. It uses virtual connectivity models, video conferencing and remote administration
Remote administration
Remote administration refers to any method of controlling a computer from a remote location.Software that allows remote administration is becoming increasingly common and is often used when it is difficult or impractical to be physically near a system in order to use it, or in order to access web...
to communicate between employees and customers. Consultants use the virtual communication model for consulting projects to reduce expenses.
Clayton was born in Colombia and raised in Venezuela. She came to the United States at age 21 and worked for Air France
Air France
Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
and Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
before joining the world of ERP
Enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application...
/Business Technology and SAP Change Management in 1997. She is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.
Services
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.VIP’s niche market includes converting documentation training into e-learning platforms and corporate universities.
Awards
Award for Excellence; Better Business BureauBetter Business Bureau
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2007, 2008, 2009
Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Business; Houston Business Journal 2009
Top 50 Fastest-Growing Woman-Owned Business; Houston Business Journal 2008
Fast 100 Growing Companies; Houston Business Journal 2008 (ranked 43rd)
Top Women in Technology Honoree; Association for Women in Computing 2007
Female Entrepreneur of the Year; Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2007
Top Houston Woman in Technology; Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Rick Perry
James Richard "Rick" Perry is the 47th and current Governor of Texas. A Republican, Perry was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry was elected to full...
2007
Top Minority-Owned Business; DiversityBusiness.com 2005
Emerging Ten (E-10) Award; Houston Minority Business Council 2001-2004
Facts
Certified by Houston by the Houston Minority Business Council.Accredited with Houston’s Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau , founded in 1912, is a corporation consisting of several private business franchises of local BBB organizations based in the United States and Canada, which work through their parent corporation, the Council of Better Business Bureaus .The Better Business Bureau, through...
.
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.
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.
Clients
VIP has international operations in North America, South America, Europe and Australia. It serves more than 70 Fortune 500Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
corporations.