Fieldglass Wins Chicago Innovation Award for its InSite Product Suite
Fieldglass' Unified Approach to Human Capital Earns Recognition from Distinguished Award Organization
Chicago—October 28, 2008—Fieldglass, Inc., provider of the leading unified platform for acquiring contingent workers, service providers and direct hires, today announced it has won a Chicago Innovation Award for developing a unique approach to acquiring human capital through InSite®, its software-as-a-service product suite. Fieldglass will be honored later this evening at a ceremony held at The Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago.
As a Vendor Management System (VMS) provider, InSite enables organizations to acquire contingent workers and service providers. With the addition this year of InSite Recruiter, Fieldglass customers can now leverage known talent pools such as alumni and retirees, acquire full and part time employees and directly source specialized contingent labor.
“We developed InSite Recruiter with our customers’ current needs in mind, but also their future needs as well,” said Jai Shekhawat, CEO, Fieldglass. “We are grateful to these awards for recognizing Fieldglass and the other exciting technology companies here in Chicago for their commitment to innovation.”
This year marks the seventh annual Chicago Innovation Awards competition, which was co-founded in 2002 by Kuczmarski & Associates and prominent local journalist Dan Miller, as an annual program to honor significant innovations introduced by Chicago-area companies. This year’s winners were chosen from a pool of 307 nominees judged on the success of new products, services, business models or processes that uniquely satisfied unmet needs in the marketplace.
ABOUT FIELDGLASS, INC.
Fieldglass, Inc. is the provider of InSite®, the leading unified technology platform for the acquisition of all human capital, including contingent workers, service providers and direct hires. InSite helps companies tap into known talent resources, such as alumni, retirees and interns and determine the right worker composition across all labor types.
Global 2000 firms use InSite Contingent, InSite Services and InSite Recruiter to acquire and manage workers around the world. Fieldglass customers, including Allstate, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Metavante and Wyeth, realize program efficiency, control costs, improve worker quality and ensure compliance with corporate and government regulations. For more information, visit http://www.fieldglass.com.
ABOUT THE CHICAGO INNOVATION AWARDS
Kuczmarski & Associates and prominent local journalist Dan Miller established the Chicago Innovation Awards in 2002 as an annual program to honor significant innovations introduced by Chicago-area companies. Each year, the Chicago Innovation Awards honor 10 winners who have introduced products or services that uniquely fill unmet needs, generate a competitive response in the marketplace, exceed market expectations and achieve financial success. For more information, visit http://www.chicagoinnovationawards.com.
ABOUT KUCZMARSKI & ASSOCIATES
Kuczmarski & Associates is one of the foremost consulting firms in the United States specializing in helping companies accelerate growth through innovation. Over the course of the past 24 years, it has helped its clients generate more than $7 billion in new revenue. K&A specializes in consumer-based consulting and assists clients in developing strategies, building frameworks, outlining processes, and designing training programs to enhance product and service innovation. Kuczmarski & Associates brings an approach to innovation in which it is seen as a process that can yield predictable results from year to year, allowing managers to plan for the impact of innovation on the bottom line, and to measure progress each step of the way. The firm’s founder, Thomas Kuczmarski, teaches innovation at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and is the author of five books on innovation and leadership. For more information, visit http://www.kuczmarski.com.
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