DTG and HudsonMann Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Diversity And Affirmative Action Solutions
Washington, DC May 5, 2006
The Diversity Training Group, the premier provider of comprehensive diversity
strategy, consulting and
training and harassment prevention training and support, has formed a strategic
alliance with HudsonMann
Inc., a leader in Affirmative Action training and outsourcing, the companies
announced today.
Under the alliance, the companies' Diversity and Affirmative Action services
will be offered jointly to current
and future clientele. DTG and HudsonMann represent over 25 years of experience
as leaders in their fields.
Mauricio Velásquez, President and CEO of DTG noted, “We are just stronger and
better firms standing
together than apart - HudsonMann is a leader in their side of the industry and
DTG is a leader in our side of
the industry. Both firms add tremendous value to each other and our clients.”
Combined service offerings will be developed over the next few months and
introduced at the National
SHRM Show taking place June 25th through 27th in Washington, DC. Additional
information will be made
available at HudsonMann's Annual Client Seminar that takes place October 26th
and 27th in Charleston, SC.
"Our clients in the HR community have expressed a need to bridge the gap between
Affirmative Action
compliance and Diversity as a good business practice," said Sherry Rest,
Director of Client Services for
HudsonMann. "Tapping into DTG's expertise and energy on the subject of diversity
is a natural fit for us and
the needs of our clients.”
DTG has specialized in the planning, design, and implementation of
organization-wide diversity and
mentoring training initiatives since its founding in 1996. DTG has trained over
400,000 professionals from a
variety of well-recognized and respected companies, including: British
Petroleum, Hewlett-Packard, KPMG,
and the United States Coast Guard.
In the past 15 years since its conception by Joe Hudson, founder and CEO,
HudsonMann has been a
trailblazer in Affirmative Action solutions. HudsonMann supports clients in all
50 states and Puerto Rico
including such notable companies as Abbott Laboratories, General Electric,
Mohawk Industries, and NCR.
ABOUT DTG
The Diversity Training Group, http://www.diversitydtg.com, in business for over
ten years, continues to act
as an innovator and leader in organizational improvement. DTG features lively,
interactive and results-driven
workshops; comprehensive solutions; and realistic, proven methods for
organizational change. Mauricio A.
Velásquez , the President and Founder of DTG and the DTG team of
consultant-trainers, serve as executive
coaches, mentoring trainers, and expert witnesses, and assist organizations with
diversity marketing, selling
and customer service. Mr. Velásquez is a nationally recognized author, speaker,
consultant and commentator
appearing in local, regional, and national publications, television, and radio
including the Wall Street Journal,
New York Times, Managing Diversity Newsletter, Diversity and The Bar,
Franchising World, the Society for
Human Resource Management (SHRM), Hispanic Today, and U.S. Today - a local
Washington, D.C., news
program.
ABOUT HUDSONMANN
HudsonMann Inc., http://www.hudsonmann.com, is a Human Resources Enterprise that
provides training,
consulting services, and outsourcing to the HR community. HudsonMann provides
Human Resources support
and software solutions for clients all over the United States. HudsonMann is
committed to helping HR
departments succeed in today's dynamic environment. HudsonMann has been
consistently recognized for its
leadership in HR Outsourcing and Affirmative Action. In 2005 Neil Dickinson,
President of HudsonMann,
was awarded by the Charleston Regional Business Journal as a community and
business leader in their annual
Forty under 40 awards.
For more information, please contact: Sherry Rest, HudsonMann, Director of
Client Services,
srest@hudsonmann.com; or Suzy Carpenter, Diversity Training Group, Director of
Operations,
suzyc@diversitydtg.com.
