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Formed in 1986 and currently headquartered in a state-of-the-art office facility in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Omicron has become a recognized leader the implementation and migration of Microsoft technologies. After 20 years and thousands of projects, Omicron is most proud of the stability and safety it has brought to an industry perennially plagued with instability. The average Omicron employee has been with the company between 7-10 years. Our average customer has similarly been a part of our client base between 8-10 years, and these numbers increase each year.
Our President & Founder, Randy M. Pritzker, takes pride in the fact that Omicron has stayed true to its original mission as a technology strategist and equally skillful implementer. To insure that role, Omicron manages a wide variety of unique non-disclosure relationships with many leading technology firms. Omicron has also published 17 books on subjects ranging from Distributed Processing, XML, .NET and other technology topics.
“It will be our goal and responsibility to insure the understanding and success of the factors required to complete successful technology implementations. That will require that we identify, strategize and bridge the technical, organizational, ergonomic and economic influences which influence each project. The result will be reflected in a successful project plan and the completion of that project, supported by extraordinary technical expertise.”
- Randy M. Pritzker
Omicron Consulting is a leading technology implementation firm, recognized for its expertise in software development, networks, and business solutions. This practice is designed to address next generation initiatives within the corporate and plant environment as it relates to application development and deployment, as well as the network infrastructures of these and related technologies. Omicron was a member of the Development Project at Microsoft for SharePoint Portal Server was a joint development partner with OSIsoft for over fifteen years.
Omicron Consulting has been recognized around the world for its technical achievement and for our progress as an organization. Additionally, many of Omicron's long-standing staff has affixed impressive credentials to our organization through their client work at Omicron.
- Omicron was the first Dual Gold Certified Partner for Microsoft.
- 2006 Recipient of Microsoft Excellence Award for “The BriefCase Series”
- 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year
- Certified by Microsoft in “six” Technology Solutions Areas
- Omicron was the first Gold Partner for OSIsoft.
- Omicron has repeated on INC. Magazine's INC500 List of Leading Privately-Held Firms.
- Omicron has been a repeat member of VARBusiness Magazine's TOP 500 List
- VARBusiness Magazine's 50 Fastest-Growing Solution Providers in North America.
It is the philosophies, methodologies and teams which combine to create the Omicron we enjoy today. We take pride in the willingness of our reference accounts to candidly share their experience with peers considering Omicron. Moreover, through our BriefCase Series, we have created an environment where our customers are often willing to share the lessons they have learned related to the project or technology they have embraced.
Omicron's working philosophy is to create long-standing relationships with clients/partners by taking responsibility for the success of every project. Omicron has earned prestigious honors locally and among its strategic partners. For example, Omicron was the first organization within this region to be Dual Gold Certified by Microsoft (in E-commerce and Enterprise Solutions). In addition, Omicron received a Gold Partner Certification from Hewlett-Packard; is a Gold Services partner with OSIsoft; and is a Business Partner with IBM.
Several years ago, Randy wrote a formal Mission Statement, to secure for all times the character of the firm he had begun. Perhaps most demonstrative of the nature of the Omicron culture and commitment as a technology service provider and employer is the final stanza of Omicron’s Mission Statement:
“Each day we will judge
the SUCCESS of our work
as the combination of
total CUSTOMER satisfaction
and
our own sense of PRIDE.”
Randy M. Pritzker, President & CEO
Omicron is a sharing environment for responsibility, information, expertise and success. To become an Omicron customer is finally to be a part of the true meaning of “partner”. At Omicron, partnership is not an overused word; it is the definition of our culture.
Omicron Points of Emphasis
Project Methodology
In the process of solving a wide variety of complex organizational problems, Omicron has evolved a distinctive set of methodologies for developing and implementing new technologies. Utilizing the foundation of life cycle development, Omicron approaches each project by organizing a multi-disciplined team to meet our clients' needs. Different from other organizations that are limited in scope, this structure provides a holistic means by which to construct and manage project team effectiveness. The team structure of most projects resembles our departmental alignment, able to take advantage of pre-existing team strategies, methodologies, project coordination, and interfaces. These high-performance project teams leverage the expertise of Omicron's talented group of senior computer professionals to help firms select the right approach for their needs; design systems based solutions; and develop the optimal way to implement the underlying technology infrastructures. Omicron's pragmatic methodologies help our clients achieve consistent benefits and avoid the pitfalls of implementing new technologies.
Omicron is a full life-cycle firm, whose preference is joint or total project management responsibility. Omicron prides itself on the blend of its technical expertise and advanced project management capability. Accordingly, Omicron proposes the great majority of its consulting work as project-based, with not-to-exceed limits. Omicron prides itself on the science and artistry of its scope development model. As a project-based firm, our willingness to deliver to predetermined costs and schedules is our confidence in the project methodology supported by our scope development model.
Omicron's Eagle/PM Makes "Communication" the Key to Success
Omicron believes in several core principles, beginning with its Eagle/PM Project Management Methodology. Developed at Omicron,
Eagle/PM guides all customer interactions from the initial sales cycle through to the completion of a project and the potential for its multiple phases. Each stage of the requirements discussion, whether in pre-sale or as part of a paid engagement, relates to a moving part within the
Eagle/PM process. Omicron customers are accustomed to the security which our initial scoping process, often referred to as “Due Diligence”, brings in the formation of a project. Later on, that initial foundation moves into the more complex aspects of detailed requirements, architecture and design.
The center of many projects is the production development stages for application building, software development or network infrastructure creation. This is where the science of technology building emerges. Throughout these processes, customers are presented with bi-weekly status reports, a non-stop flow of customer ready deliverables for review and online access to every aspect of their project.
Omicron’s work in the validation area has supported its sophistication and devotion to strong testing methodology. Each project is assigned a
Quality Management (QM) analyst whose job is to create the test parameters, test scripts, metrics and validations for all project releases to insure successful deployment and customer acceptance.
With effective QM and post-release support and warranty, Omicron clients expect rapid response to any minor interrupts, and never expect anything major. Omicron has built much of its reputation and the long-standing nature of its accounts on this very fact.
SmartSourcing
Omicron practices a team building methodology called SmartSourcing. At the heart of this process is the creation of an effective project plan, delineating all of the relevant tasks, dependencies and critical delivery dates. Once created by Omicron or cooperatively with our client, we facilitate a collaboration whose goal is the team optimization and project success. Omicron Project Managers work with our clients to create a team, whose skill and chemistry will support our mutual success. Projects may have a variety of objects, well beyond the standard deliverables. Knowledge Transfer programs help support client core competency development. Given the range of technologies and breadth of corporate implementations, multiple partners may be called on and must be integrated within one common project schema. Regardless of the objectives, Omicron’s
SmartSourcing process will create a project team structure to ensure success.
Cost-Not-To-Exceed Pricing
Our clients make significant investments into their information technology initiatives and need to match investments to returns. Omicron's cost-not-to-exceed pricing structure allows our clients to clearly define the level of investment prior to making a decision to move forward. Omicron engages work within a deliverables oriented, cost-not-to-exceed engagement structure. This is our way of helping to manage our clients' risk by creating a known fixed-cap for all work efforts. Our ability to engage in this manner is supported by strong project management through our
Eagle/PM methodology.
Summary
In summary, you should expect Omicron to be the often elusive blend of advanced technology knowledge, delivered through well conceived approaches and methodologies, executed by a firm whose sole focus is project deliverables and client satisfaction.
If it sounds too good to be true, take the time to meet with us and talk to our references. This is how we have remained the area’s leading independent technology firm for the past 22 years.
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