Sonoma Partners Snags Top Workplace Award

Chicago (May 23, 2011) - Chicago-based Sonoma Partners, one of the leading resellers of Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Customer Relationship Management), scored a coveted spot on the 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces competition run by Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces.

The annual contest, which recognizes the nation’s best small and mid-sized company work environments, is featured in Inc.’s June issue. Since 2003, Winning Workplaces, an Evanston, IL-based nonprofit organization, has recognized firms that attribute much of their business success to their commitment to exemplary people practices and outstanding workplace cultures.

What Sets Sonoma Partners Apart?
Known for its innovative recruiting, training and retention strategies, Sonoma Partners provides perks that build positive morale and boost performance. Some of the company’s unique offerings include:

• A flexible work arrangement named SWEET, which allows employees to work when and where they want (including
  work-from-home at your discretion and the ability to flex your schedule around personal commitments)
• Paid time off for each employee’s birthday
• A unique office environment (no Dilbert-like cube farms)
• Free drinks and snacks
• Monthly company events, including company lunches and happy hours
• Casual dress at the office, shorts and sandals are encouraged
• Generous medical and dental plans, the best and most expensive plans eligible for our purchase

Sonoma Partners Principal Mike Snyder maintains fostering a fun work environment goes beyond offering great perks. “While most of our competitors force their employees to become road warriors, at Sonoma Partners we leverage a remote delivery model and provide everyone with a super flexible work environment. This combination allows employees to truly maintain their work-life balance. We believe that happy and motivated employees provide the best possible results for our customers, which is key to our long-term success.”

About the Top Small Company Workplace Award
Winning Workplaces and Inc. received nearly 350 completed applications for the contest. A national panel of experts in leadership and small to mid-sized business judged the finalists. Selections were based on specific metrics and qualitative assessments of the finalists’ success in creating the kind of workplaces that engage employees and deliver bottom-line results.

About Sonoma Partners
Chicago-based Sonoma Partners provides technology and business process consulting services to enterprise and mid-sized companies, with a focus on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and enterprise mobility solutions. Founded in 2001, the company has worked exclusively with Microsoft Dynamics CRM since the Beta release of version 1.0. Microsoft twice awarded Sonoma Partners as the Global Microsoft CRM Partner of the Year. The company’s unmatched expertise in Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers a rapid path to value and return on investment. Sonoma Partners has extensive experience in several vertical industries, with a particular focus on professional services.

Jackie Lampugnano
Walker Sands Communications
312-546-4127
Jackie@walkersands.com