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One of the founding principles of IMS is to be selective in the admission of members. All of our current members participate as leaders in the service sector of the economy. Our founding members were selected with great care, and we strive to ensure that newly invited members continue to reflect the standard of excellence established by our founding members.


ABB

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ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact.

The main focus of our Process Automation business is to provide customers with products and solutions for instrumentation, automation and optimization of industrial processes. The industries served include oil and gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, metals and minerals, marine and turbocharging. Key customer benefits include improved asset productivity and energy savings.

For more information, visit www.abb.us/.


Affiliated Resource Group

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Affiliated helps organizations identify, evaluate and implement solutions designed to use new and existing technology that allow our clients to drive operational efficiency, customer responsiveness, and increase profitable revenue.

Since 1993, Affiliated has helped several hundred organizations improve the value they receive from their technology and resources. Our proven processes have the flexibility to focus on a specific area while not losing site of the big picture. We're committed to our clients’ success, and we have proven ability to provide a wide set of solutions for every industry. Affiliated, where experience drives results.

For more information, visit www.aresgrp.com.


Battelle

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Battelle is a global science and technology enterprise that develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for customers. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, we have a vast science and technology reach. With the national labs we manage or co-manage, we oversee 19,000 staff members and conduct $2.9 billion in annual research and development.

Battelle provides solutions and helps develop innovative products for commercial customers by leveraging technology into competitive advantage. They also team with more than 800 federal, state and local government agencies, providing cost-effective science and technology in the areas of national security, homeland defense, energy and environment, health and life sciences and transportation and space.

For more information, visit www.battelle.org.


Broad Street Financial Companies

Broad Street Financial Companies is a private investment company engaged principally in oil & gas and real estate. William Arthur is Chairman of Broad Street Financial Companies and is a founding member of the Initiative for Managing Services. He also serves on the boards of a number of other local businesses, as well as serving on the boards of the Columbus Museum of Art, the Capital Club and Columbus Urban Growth Corp. www.broadstreetcos.com


Byrnes Sales Associates (BSA)

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BSA offers manufacturers of industrial safety products, personal protection equipment, traffic safety, homeland security, and environmental protection products a readymade sales & marketing force covering 16 states in the Midwest. We bundle these products together and market these to distributors throughout our operating territory.

We have two main offices located in Columbus, Ohio and Rockton, Ill. with satellite offices in Kansas City, Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. BSA currently operates in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, visit www.bsarep.com.



Cardinal Health, Inc.

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Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is an $91 billion, global company serving the health-care industry with products and services that help hospitals, physician offices and pharmacies reduce costs, improve safety, productivity and profitability, and deliver better care to patients.

With a focus on making supply chains more efficient, reducing hospital-acquired infections and breaking the cycle of harmful medication errors, Cardinal Health develops market-leading technologies, including Alaris® IV pumps, Pyxis® automated dispensing systems, MedMined™ data mining surveillance and the CareFusion™ patient identification system.

The company also manufactures medical and surgical products and is one of the largest distributors of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies worldwide. Ranked No. 19 on the Fortune 500 and No. 1 in its sector on Fortune's ranking of Most Admired firms, Cardinal Health employs more than 40,000 people on five continents.

More information about the company may be found at www.cardinalhealth.com.



Chemical Abstracts Service

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Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, is the world's authority for chemical information. CAS scientists curate and quality-control the most authoritative and comprehensive databases of publicly disclosed scientific information. With chemistry at the core of innovation in areas ranging from cancer therapeutics to biofuels, scientists from chemical and pharmaceutical companies, universities, government organizations, and patent offices around the world rely on CAS to provide the most complete collection of chemical information.

To help scientists navigate our ever-expanding databases, including CAS REGISTRYSM, the gold standard for substance information, CAS provides several specialized products and services, including the award-winning SciFinder® application, the STN® online database service, and the Science IP search service.

For more information, visit www.cas.org.


Columbus Regional Airport Authority

Columbus Regional Airport Authority

The Columbus Regional Airport Authority is a public entity actively engaged in connecting Central Ohio with the world. The Airport Authority oversees a wide range of assets including Port Columbus International Airport, Rickenbacker International Airport, Bolton Field Airport and Foreign Trade Zone #138. These assets contribute to the strength of our area’s diverse economy while providing passengers, businesses and the community the highest level of service, safety, satisfaction and economic benefit. Visit ColumbusAirports.com to learn more.



Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea

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Since 1991, Crimson Cup® Coffee & Tea has roasted and packaged quality, great-tasting coffee in Columbus, Ohio and taught business owners how to be successful in specialty coffee. In September 2007, we opened our very first retail store, located in the north Columbus community of Clintonville. It joins a network of over 350 independent coffee houses, grocers, college & universities, and food service operations across 25 states.

For more information, visit www.crimsoncup.com.



Deloitte Consulting LLP

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Deloitte Consulting, LLP is one of the world's leading consulting firms for business strategy, operations, technology, and human resource planning. We bring together a unique experience, scale, and capabilities to help clients address their most complex business problems. Our unique organizational structure and our collaborative approach integrate consulting with tax solutions, financial advisory services, and risk management capabilities. Clients depend on us for straightforward advice and results that create value.

With nearly 7000 Deloitte Consulting LLP employees in more than 80 U.S. cities, we understand that people are our most precious resource. We also know that serving our clients and helping them and our people excel demands a diverse range of skills, talent, experiences and backgrounds.

For more information, visit www.deloitte.com.


Gerber LLC

Gerber Financial Advisors

Gerber LLC  is an Ohio based Independent Registered Investment Advisor that dispenses advice to valued clients. Gerber provides private clients with the construction of financial plans, continuous advisory and consulting services, and recommendations on financial products where appropriate. GFA provides closely held businesses with continuous consulting services and provides many types and sizes of businesses with solutions regarding their retirement plan needs.

For more information, visit www.gerberfinancialadvisors.com



Huntington

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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $32 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its affiliated companies, Huntington has more than 138 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington provides innovative retail and commercial financial products and services through more than 300 regional banking offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of approximately 770 ATMs.

Selected financial service activities are also conducted in other states including Dealer Sales offices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Arizona; Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Florida, Maryland, and New Jersey. International banking services are made available through the headquarters office in Columbus and an office located in the Cayman Islands and an office located in Hong Kong.

For more information, visit www.huntington.com.



Limited Brands, Inc.

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Limited Brands sells lingerie, personal care and beauty products, apparel and accessories through its Victoria's Secret, Pink, Bath & Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, La Senza, White Barn Candle Co. and Henri Bendel brands.

The company's products are available in over 3,000 specialty stores nationwide, through the Victoria's Secret Catalogue and online at www.victoriassecret.com, www.bathandbodyworks.com, www.henribendel.com and www.lasenza.com. Through its La Senza brand, products are also available in Canada as well as approximately 40 other countries around the globe.

Limited Brands recorded sales of $9 billion in 2008 and employs more than 90,000 associates throughout the United States.




Nationwide

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Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with more than $160 billion in assets. Nationwide ranks #104 on the Fortune 500 list. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, life, commercial insurance, administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions and long-term savings plans.

For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.


Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

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Porter Wright Morris & Arthur’s lawyers in six offices located in Ohio, Florida and Washington, D.C., seamlessly bring together the knowledge, skills and experience to represent our worldwide clients effectively and efficiently in even the most complex legal problems and business opportunities. For more than 160 years, clients have trusted Porter Wright to help them reach their business objectives. Our clients expect responsive, top-quality legal work. We provide it promptly, attentively and cost-effectively.

Porter Wright lawyers have taken leadership roles in national, state and local bar associations, judicial societies and professional organizations. We devote our talents and our time to aspiring lawyers, legal educational programs and pro bono representation.  Porter Wright lawyers and staff are active trustees, officers and members of civic, charitable and cultural organizations. Through firm-wide and individual efforts, we help make our cities, counties and states better places to live and work.

For more information, visit www.porterwright.com.



The Ohio State University Alumni Association

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The Ohio State University Alumni Association is a member-centered organization dedicated to connecting our alumni to the university they love. Our more than 126,000 members turn this affinity into action that benefits Ohio State by serving as ambassadors, recruiting outstanding students, giving advice, and providing financial support for students and the university.

We have a global presence through more than 50 societies and 200 clubs throughout the world. But we strive to stay connected no matter how many miles separate us, showing how firm alumni friendship is for Ohio State.

Archie Griffin became president and CEO of the Alumni Association on Jan. 1, 2004. It is one of the biggest dues-supported alumni associations in the world.

For more information, visit www.www.ohiostatealumni.org.




The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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Located in Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of the largest and most diverse academic medical centers in the country and the only academic medical center in central Ohio. Driven by our mission to improve people’s lives through innovation in research, Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center saves lives and improves the quality of life by rapidly translating the latest discoveries from the research lab to the bedside. We educate a large percentage of the region’s physicians and provide advanced training and continuing education for clinicians. 

Ohio State’s Medical Center is taking a leadership role in developing the next step in the future of medicine – personalized health care. Our commitment to delivering care to meet each person’s unique needs means that:

  • We are working with individuals to help them achieve and maintain optimum health
  • We are preparing the next generation of healthcare providers to offer a new level of care for their patients
  • We are focusing our research in areas that show the most promise for addressing individual aspects of disease and disease prevention

Our six signature programs – Cancer, Critical Care, Heart, Imaging, Neurosciences and Transplantation – and our supporting programs are key to providing science-based and individually tailored patient care to people in central Ohio and beyond. Also positioning us for advancements with personalized health care is our new Biomedical Research Tower (BRT). This impressive structure nearly doubles the amount of biomedical research space at the Medical Center.

For more information, visit medicalcenter.osu.edu.



ScottsMiracle-Gro Company

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With nearly $3 billion in worldwide sales and more than 6,000 associates, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Scotts Company LLC, is the world's largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care, with products for professional horticulture as well.


The Company’s brands are the most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company's Scotts®, Miracle-Gro®, Ortho® and Smith & Hawken® brands are market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup® brand, which is marketed in North America and most of Europe exclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto.

In the U.S. the Company operates Scotts LawnService®, the second largest residential lawn care service business. In Europe, the Company’s brands include Weedol®, Pathclear®, Evergreen®, Levington®, Miracle-Gro®, KB®, Fertiligene® and Substral®.

For additional information, visit us at www.scotts.com.



Teradata

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Teradata is the world’s largest company solely focused on raising intelligence through data warehousing and business analytics. It’s our passion and it’s all we do. We deliver award-winning, integrated, purpose built platforms based on the most powerful, scalable, and reliable technology platform in the industry. Our assets include:

  • Approximately 6,000 associates in more than 60 countries
  • Strong diversified client base of over 900 customers worldwide and companies of all sizes
  • More tha 2,000 implementations worldwide

Every day we push analytical intelligence deeper into operational execution, enhancing efficiency and transforming corporate culture.  Teradata…Smarter.Faster.Wins.™

For more information, visit www.teradata.com.

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