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cPrime Ranks among the Top 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies on Inc. 500.

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cPrime, a project management consulting, staffing and training firm continues to gain market share at an impressive rate, reporting a 693% growth over the last three years. cPrime provides specialized IT project management solutions for individual and enterprise companies across the Fortune 500. This accomplishment marks the second year in a row that cPrime has earned this honor.

Foster City, CA. August 25rd 2010 – cPrime, a project management consulting, staffing and training firm was recognized today on Inc. 500’s list of fastest growing private companies in the United States for 2010. This year, cPrime ranked #433 across the Inc 5000 annual ranking list, ranking 35th for the IT project management industry as a whole. Last year, cPrime was also recognized by Inc. 500, recording a growth of 1,054% over ther prior 3 year period. They continue to push through the constraints of a challenging economy and deliver portfolio, program and project management governance solutions, CIO Services, methodology implementations and thought leadership success across the IT Project Management space. cPrime shares this prestigious award with such notable alumni as Intuit, Zappos, Microsoft, Visa, Oracle and other many other inspirational companies.

For 2010, cPrime has a growth rate of 693% over the last 3 years, growing from three full-time employees in 2003 to forty eight employees in 2009, with total revenue exceeding $4.7 million. The growth is due to the rapid expansion of their project management practice supported by their prestigious training curriculum consisting of project management classes in Agile, PMP®, PgMP®, ITIL and CBAP®. They continue to serve as the single resource for all consulting, staffing and training engagements. cPrime services numerous fortune 500 companies across a wide variety of industries from retail and ecommerce to technology and government.

The recent growth has facilitated the opening of a Los Angeles Office and a national presence giving them the ability to bring their solutions to a substantially greater audience.

CEO, Zubin Irani explains, “To win this prestigious award is one that only a select few companies ever win, and for us to accomplish this great feat for the second year in a row speaks to the incredible commitment, passion and talent of everyone at cPrime”. He continues, “I’m proud of what we have accomplished as a team, and even more excited about all the great things I know we will accomplish together in the future”.

cPrime continues to specialize in IT project and program management services, giving them an edge over traditional companies who spread across numerous fields with a volume based solutions approach. They have recently become a major contributor of Scrum and Agile Development, assisting companies looking to make the transition into Agile and Scrum from traditional project management methodologies. The interest in Scrum and Agile methodologies is widespread among companies looking to adapt to today’s real-time demands. cPrime has established a national presence in the Agile space, and hopes to continue their run as the benchmark for success across the Agile project management lifecycle.

cPrime’s Project Management Training Center has quickly made its way to becoming the Premier Training Center for IT Professionals and the leader in Agile and Scrum training with more students certified in Scrum than any other company in California. They provide popular project management certification training courses for public and private sector to include the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Preparation (PMP) course and the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course. cPrime is one of the few training providers in the country that is a Registered Education Provider for both the Scrum Alliance and Project Management Institute. Professionals looking to certify their project management experience and knowledge take these courses to stay at the forefront of project management and stand out by delivering excellence in project management.

cPrime’s consulting engagements consist of portfolio, program and project management solutions for fortune 500 companies. Their consultants have an average of 15 years of industry experience and have successfully delivered complex projects from Fortune 500 Companies to start-ups and small businesses. By leveraging their consultants, a well stocked bench of readily available candidates and hand picked partners, cPrime consulting is able to provide turn-key CIO Services. From one consultant to an entire development team, cPrime’s personnel solutions are geared for total project success.

cPrime becomes a Leading Provider of Agile implementations and Agile training courses.

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cPrime’s Enterprise Agile Consulting Services and Agile Training Courses develop as interest for Agile methodology, transitioning and resources grows.

Foster City, CA July 20th 2010 – cPrime Inc., a Project Management Services Company on the cutting edge of Agile implementations, today announced the launch of a new Agile Development Training Course. cPrime has noticeably become one of the leading providers of agile implementations with the growth of their Enterprise Agile Consulting Services. cPrime makes customized Agile training and coaching available to enterprise companies onsite and on-demand. The new Managing Requirements in Scrum Course will supplement cPrime’s Enterprise Agile Development Course and will serve as the latest comprehensive addition to their full curriculum of Agile and Scrum Development Courses.

Enterprise companies have a growing interest in Agile and Scrum methodologies, which has made cPrime an enormous resource for Agile implementations. cPrime’s Enterprise Agile Consulting services help guide and implement company teams in their transition from legacy SDLC to Agile. Today, with cPrime’s launch of their customized enterprise agile training courses, large company teams get access to expert coaching and mentoring as they journeythrough their agile implementation, but individual Product Managers, Product Owners, and ScrumMasters can also access the resources they need to implement Agile across many industries.

cPrime providesfull life-cycle Agile implementations which are customized for each unique project needs.They have recently begun transitioning gaming companies to Kanban, another framework from the Agile methodology and especially helpful in game development.

cPrime’s Enterprise Agile Development Course provides an extended knowledge of Scrum to a level where project managers can create, manage, and execute a Scrum process for software development. Professionals will have the chance to work through a hands-on simulation of a complete Scrum project, from start to finish, and be ready to launch a Scrum project at their own company. cPrime then offers a more advanced Agile Course, Managing Requirements in Scrum, which is tailored for Project managers, Product Owners, and ScrumMasters already working with Agile projects. The course is a mixture of lecture and hands-on practice which demonstrates how to understand, generate, and plan the requirements on a Scrum project.

The desire for fewer failures and speedier success is driving the rapid adoption of the Scrum process framework, and the increasing need for trained people who can make agile projects successful. Scrum is designed from the start to improve responsiveness to customer needs, reduce waste, and reduce time to market.

The attention is undeniable and cPrime has taken full advantage of the interest by introducing a full curriculum of Agile Development Training Courses and becoming a key contributor of Agile development resources for companies and individuals.cPrime recently released footage of their Sr. Enterprise Agile Consultant, Dr. Kevin Thompson, who compares and contrasts Agile and Waterfall methodologies to a group of Project Managers. The video has had tremendous attention since its release and cPrime only plans to release more informational videos, tutorials and free classes as the interest for Agile Development grows.

The video, Agile, Waterfall & Uncertainty in Project Management, addresses the claim that an agile development processes, such as scrum, are more likely to be successful than traditional waterfall projects. Dr. Kevin Thompson verifies the assertion by performing a simple mathematical analysis of waterfall and agile projects. He models agile and waterfall projects that have identical requirements and shows how they fare when subjected to the same set of unanticipated problems. The results show that the agile project provides clear benefits for Return-on-Investment and risk reduction compared to the plan-driven, waterfall, project.

cPrime has taken advantage of the Agile methodology enthusiasm and plans continue to develop more Agile courses and valuable resources for Project Managers and companies excited about the methodology.

About cPrime:
cPrime is a project management consulting, staffing and training services company on the front lines of technology and methodology. cPrime is on the cutting edge of Agile implementations. Their Agile Project Management engagements help clients adopt Scrum and other Agile practices within the larger program management ecosystem. To learn more about Agile and Scrum please visit cPrime’s Scrum and Agile fact page.

cPrime Inc., a leader in Project Management Staffing expands to Los Angeles.

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cPrime Inc., a project management Consulting, Staffing and Training Services company, announces the launch of a new office in Los Angeles.

Foster City, CA May 25th 2010 – cPrime Inc., a Project Management and Agile Consulting, Staffing and Training Services company, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced the opening of a new Los Angeles office on June 1st, 2010. New opportunities in the IT space have paved the way for cPrime to transplant their success to a new lucrative Southern California market.cPrime’s rigorous recruiting process gives them the competitive advantage to build and stock a bench of quality IT professionals.cPrime will continue to provide individual and team-based resources for projects at every stage in the life cycle.

The L.A. office will be headed by Kimberly Yang, Vice President of cPrime. Yang has 10 years experience in the IT field and has been acknowledged for her outstanding performance at top IT staffing companies such as TEKsystems, Robert Half International and Kforce.As Managing Director at Kforce, she played a pivotal role of growing and developing new IT staffing offices and leading her staffing teams to pinnacle accounts such as DirecTV, Wilshire Media Group, Farmers Insurance, CBS Radio and NBC Universal. Yang will spearhead the strategic relationship development efforts across the IT space.

Yang is excited to be a part of cPrime, explaining, “A general rule of thumb for me is to constantly surround myself with people smarter, more capable and more driven – the only formula to make oneself better.  I have done just that by joining cPrime.  A firm consisting of visionaries filled with passion, intelligence and intensity is a firm that I wanted to be a part of.”

cPrime Inc. was formed in 2003 by a small group of IT project managers in the Bay Area. All were driven by a shared passion for project management and what they felt was a lack of understanding in the IT field about what makes a great project manager.

cPrime Inc., has proved itself as a leader in Project Management Consulting and Staffing by working with Fortune 1000 companies such as eBay Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., NetApp Inc., Williams-Sonoma Inc., DirecTV, Toyota Motor Corp. According to Inc 500, cPrime is ranked as one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in America, ranking 4th for fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley and 6th for the S.F. Bay Area in 2009.

As they continue to transplant their success from the S.F. Bay Area, they will strive to build another full service Consulting,Staffing and Training Practice in the greater Los Angeles Area.The cPrime expansion will focus on deploying the right cultural fit with the right blend of social and technical expertise that is required in today’s market.cPrime enables organizations to align their strategic goals and strategies to bottom line results.