February 22, 2007
CDG Named Top Women-Owned Business in US, Top Diversity Business, Top
Women-Owned Business in Texas
Local Business
Named Among Nation's Top 500, Texas' Top 100 in Two Categories
In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com,
the nations' leading multicultural internet site, recently
named CDG as one of the 'Top 500 Woman Owned businesses in the United States (Div500)', one of the Top 100 Diversity Owned
Businesses in Texas' and one of the Top 100 Woman Owned
Businesses in Texas'.
The Div500 is the 7th annual listing of the Nation's top 500 Woman Owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $5,345,268 to over $1.3 billion, the companies
listed on the Div500 represent the Nation's top Woman Owned earners and challenge the long-held notion that a Woman Owned business is small or insignificant. Div500 members are sought after by major
corporations wishing to increase spending with Woman Owned businesses.
The Div100 is the 7th annual listing of the Texas's top 100 Woman Owned businesses.ÊRanging in revenue size from $1,925,000 to over $867,928,125, the companies
listed on the Div100 represent the state's top Woman Owned businesses.
The Div100 is the 7th annual listing of the Texas's top 100 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $5,425,000 to over $867,928,125, the companies
listed on the Div100 represent Texas's top multicultural
earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned
or Woman Owned business is small or insignificant. Div100
members are sought after by major corporations wishing
to increase spending with diversity and woman owned companies.
The Impact of Diversity Business
Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000
corporations throughout the country have recognized that
buying products and services from diversity owned companies
positively impacts their business. Small and Diversity-owned
businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the
U.S. economy.
Woman Owned Businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force
to be reckoned with,' said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer
Consulting Associates International, the company that
built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business
segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products
and services, and generates wealth for their communities.
These are the new leaders in American business.'
Gloria Bohan, CEO of Omega World Travel in Fairfax, Virginia commented, 'This group represents the entrepreneurial spirit that drives our economy and
even more. It offers insights into a vastness of cultures
and an exchange of ideas that are so valuable in helping
me to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers'
The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 Woman Owned businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service
and professional services. Large organizational buyers
throughout the country that do business with small businesses
use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com,
the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal
that links large organizational buyers to multicultural
product and service suppliers.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com's
'7th Annual Multicultural Business Conference', taking
place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
At CDG we attribute our longevity to our commitment to client service excellence,
which we are able to provide through the skill, dedication,
and commitment of our employees. We are humbled to be
honored again with this prestigious distinction, and to
be recognized in three categories',says Deborah Driskill,
daughter of recently retired CDG founder, Cynthia Driskill.
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 diversity-owned (Women,
Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority
groups) businesses in Texas, as well as an additional
classification that represents the top 100 Woman Owned businesses in Texas in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service
and professional services. Large organizational buyers
throughout the country that do business with multicultural
and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div100 is
produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's
leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large
organizational buyers to multicultural product and service
suppliers.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “7th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For the complete list of winning companies, please visit www.diversitybusiness.com.
About CDG
CDG is a privately held national consulting firm specializing in the implementation
and maintenance of Human Resources Information Systems as well as general
human resources consulting. CDG recently became a reseller of SAS HCM software.
CDG celebrates twenty years of providing consulting service excellence
this year. CDG is a GSA Schedule 70 Vendor, a HUB vendor, a WBE, and is
DCAA Audit Approved. CDG is recognized as an award-winning company, and
counts among its recognitions the Ernst & Young Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year, Working Woman magazine's National
General Excellence Award, and The Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award.
For more information, visit www.cdg-inc.com.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 32,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest
organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States
that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government
agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology
to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the
country's largest conference on diversity education and training for
major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses
appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and
media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has
won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com)
of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.