ARMA CEO Tomi Bannister Completes Tuck-WBENC Executive Program Sponsored by IBM

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Oct. 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Tomi Bannister, President/CEO of Automated Resource Management Associates, Inc. (ARMA,) completed the 2013 Tuck-WBENC Executive Program earlier this month. The weeklong intensive executive learning experience, sponsored by IBM, was held at Dartmouth University’s Tuck Graduate School of Business in Palisades, NY.

The Tuck-WBENC Executive Program, created in 2003, empowers women entrepreneurs by addressing their unique needs in business, and fostering a sense of sisterhood for this year’s 62 participants. Tuck professors and top industry insiders lectured women entrepreneurs with step-by-step tactics on corporate governance to transform their businesses by improving strategic planning, organization, operations and resources, and systems and processes. To enhance the relevance of the experience, the course used ARMA’s business plan as a case study in the curriculum. True to Tuck’s collaborative and IBM’s innovative reputations, the program’s engaging social network allowed these participants to meet virtually before the program began and will help them maintain their connections throughout the year from anywhere in the world. Already, the participants have been sharing online resources which continue to strengthen one another in business.

Tomi Bannister is excited to use the teachings from the program, as well as tips and suggestions from exchanges with her “Tuck Sisters,” to drive her business forward. “The Tuck Executive Program was a great experience for me,” Ms. Bannister reports.  “I am confident that the knowledge and relationships will have a great impact on the success of my business in the future.  I can’t recommend it highly enough.”

ARMA, headquartered in Silver Spring, MD, and founded by Tomi Bannister in 1990, is an IT and telecommunications contracting company that provides a broad range of performance-based services to various agencies within the U.S. Government and to the private sector through budget-responsive and expert-engineered solutions to meet and exceed the critical requirements of their clients. ARMA has cultivated an excellent reputation for customer satisfaction, responsiveness, creativity and cost effective services.

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the leading authority on and advocate for women-owned businesses as suppliers to the nation’s premier corporations and government entities. WBENC certifies women-owned businesses with a world-class, rigorous process recognized by corporations and government agencies, and is authorized by the Small Business Administration to certify Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB). The WOSB Program provides government-owned procuring agencies a tool to help meet their WOSB contracting goal of 5% of prime contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.  For questions about WBENC certification, contact support@wbenc.org.  For press inquiries, contact Lynthia Romney at 914-238-2145.  Or visit the organization’s web site, www.wbenc.org.

Automated Resource Management Associates, Inc. (ARMA) is a woman-owned, SBA 8(a) graduate, WBENC and ISO certified business serving the federal government and the private sector on a contract or fee basis, with extensive experience delivering unparalleled quality service. More information is available at www.armainc.com.  Follow us on Twitter at @armainc (http://twitter.com/#!/armainc).