Akraya Wins 2009 NCMSDC Supplier of the Year Award

March 29, 2010 - PRLog -- (Sunnyvale, CA): Akraya, Inc., multiple award-winning, fast growing provider of IT, Engineering, Creative & Marketing talent is proud to announce that it was named the winner of the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council’s Supplier of the Year Award in the Class 3 ($10MM to $50MM annual revenue) category.

The NCMSDC Supplier of the Year Award recognizes outstanding suppliers that have demonstrated excellence in their services and shown growth in sales and job creation.

“The 2009 NCMSDC Supplier of the Year Award, Class 3, distinguishes Akraya, Inc. as a certified MBE that has demonstrated excellence in its services and products and has shown growth in sales and job creation” said Scott A. Vowels, President of NCMSDC. “This year’s Supplier of the Year Awards competition was particularly rigorous and reflected the talent and leadership present within today’s minority businesses.  Without a doubt, Akraya, Inc. and our other NCMSDC award winners recognized at the gala represent the best in corporate supplier diversity and supplier excellence in 2009, and it is with great pride that I count these fine individuals and companies as part of the NCMSDC network.”

In 2009, Akraya was named 26th Fastest-Growing Staffing Company in the US and 24th Fastest-Growing Private Company in Silicon Valley, and 9th Largest Women-Owned Business in the Bay Area. In addition, Akraya also became an Inc. 5000 honoree and was named one of the Top 10 Staffing Firms to Work For in the US by Staffing Industry Review Magazine.  Akraya has received several awards for their community efforts in 2009. Akraya President, Sonu Ratra was chosen as the winner of the “Enterprising Women of the Year Award” as well as the Soroptimist Ruby Award for Women Helping Women, and also received the “Stevie Award in the Women Helping Women category” and Akraya was named “Women-owned Business of the Year in Silicon Valley.”

Akraya President, Sonu Ratra received the Supplier of the Year Award on March 19th, 2010 at the 32nd Annual Awards Gala hosted by the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council (NCMSDC), a non-profit organization with a long history of promoting minority supplier development in the marketplace.

“We are very excited about being named Supplier of the Year by NCMSDC” said Sonu Ratra. “This award means a lot to the Akraya team since it recognizes the excellence in our customer service and the strong relationships we built with our clients. At, Akraya, our goal is to become a true partner to serve our clients’ corporate staffing needs and provide a higher level consultant quality while significantly shortening the hiring process. To be recognized for our work by an organization like NCMSDC that has significantly contributed towards the development of  minority businesses over the years is truly rewarding.”

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Akraya, Inc. is a multiple award-winning, fast growing provider of IT, Engineering, Creative & Marketing talent. We have extensive experience supporting Enterprise clients like eBay, Cisco, Oracle and Roche as well as hot emerging companies like Facebook. Akraya is a woman-owned and minority-owned certified business and also a certified Bay Area Green Business. To find out more about Akraya, please visit www.akraya.com.