Sectors

“Round, round, get around, I get around.”
– The Beach Boys
 

Pretty much from A to Z.

Through the years, our leadership team has gained experience with just about every vertical out there. While we’ve included a list of past clients here, outlined below are some of the key industry sectors in which we’ve worked along with a sampling of representative clients.

Yeah, we know – it’s a pretty exhaustive list. But that’s what happens when you hang around for a while and do really good work.

 Sectors and Representative Clients

  • Agribusiness: N.C. Pork Council, N.C. Farm Bureau
  • Automotive: Anderson Automotive
  • Industrial Biotechnology: Novozymes
  • Infrastructure and Construction: S. T. Wooten Corp., Skanska USA, Law Engineering, Kimley-Horn, Hanson Aggregates, PCS Phosphate
  • Defense: ARA
  • Economic Development: The Research Triangle Foundation, Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp., Global TransPark, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce
  • Education: Duke University, Meredith College, WGU North Carolina, , the Lerner School, Piedmont Community College, Friends of Higher Education
  • Energy
    • Petroleum: Colonial Pipeline, N.C. Petroleum Marketers Association.
    • Electric utilities: ElectriCities, Touchstone Energy, NC4E
    • Biofuels (first and second generation): Novozymes
  • Engineering: Zapata Inc., Law Engineering, Kimley-Horn
  • Environmental and Waste Management
    • Solid waste: Waste Industries
    • Low-level radioactive waste: Chem-Nuclear Systems
    • SARA Title III, Section 112(r), RCRA: Mallinckrodt, GE, the Manufacturers and Chemical Industry Council of N.C., DSM
  • Financial Services: Bank of Floyd, BB&T, First Bank, Gemini Real Estate Advisors, StellarOne Bank
  • Green Technology: Novozymes, Anua (Bord na Mona), Green Assets
  • Healthcare + Life Sciences + Pharma/Biotech

    • Hospitals and healthcare systems: Atrium, Cone Health, Haywood Regional Medical Center, Johnston UNC Healthcare, N.C. Healthcare Association (NCHA), Stanly Regional Medical Center, WakeMed, Wayne Memorial Hospital.
    • Medicaid, rural health and government agencies: N.C. Community Care Networks, N.C. Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, Community Care of N.C., Advance Community Health (Wake Health Services), Mecklenburg County Public Health
    • Pharmaceutical research, manufacturing and development: Antibody Solutions, GSK, Goody’s, Novo Nordisk, Lederle-Praxis (Wyeth), Eisai, PPGx, Piedmont Pharmaceuticals, Biogen, DSM
    • Clinical research and development: Merge eClinicalOS, IBM Watson Health, IBM Clinical Development, PPD, Quintiles, NovaQuest, Medable, Emergent BioSolutions
    • Medical devices and informatics: Misys Healthcare (Allscripts)
    • Diagnostic testing: LipoScience, PPGx (DNA Sciences)
    • Integrated care: The ICARE Partnership
    • Long-term/progressive care: The Pines at Davidson, St. Joseph of the Pines.
    • Research and professional associations: American Board of Pediatrics, N.C. Healthcare Association (NCHA); N.C. Institute of Medicine, N.C. Partnership for Children (SmartStart), N.C. Pediatric Society, N.C. Academy of Family Physicians, N.C. Society of Ophthalmology, U.S. Lactation Consultants Association (USLCA)
  • Information Technology: Merge eClinicalOS, HCL, IBM, Nortel, N.C. Information Superhighway
  • Insurance: N.C. Insurance News Service, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee, Cigna, HealthAmerica
  • Manufacturing and Consumer Products: John Deere Commercial & Consumer Equipment, Hamilton Beach-Proctor Silex, Austin-Nichols (Wild Turkey), Schlage, AW Automotive, Bahlsen (Austin Quality Snacks), GE Aviation, GE Medical, GE Plastics, Technimark
  • Professional Services:
    • Law: McGuire, Wood & Bissette
    • Leadership development: Farr Associates
    • Management consulting: Toffler Associates
    • Learning and design: eParamus
  • Real Estate: Allen Tate Realtors,  Highwoods Properties, BrightDoor, Marketecture
  • Transportation: Arup, Atkins, N.C. Turnpike Authority, Raleigh-Durham International Airport Authority, Regional Transportation Alliance, RS&H, Stantec, S. T. Wooten Corp.; Wilbur Smith Associates