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SOLICITATION # CH16012 BUSINESS PROFILE This section should constitute the Offeror's response to the items described in Section 6 of the RFP. An Offeror's response must be a specific point -by -point response, in the order listed, to each requirement in the Section 6 of the RFP. 6.1 — Business Profile Provide a profile of your business including: year started, organizational structure, J� client base (including any focus by region, market sector, etc.), growth over the last three (3) years, number of employees, employee retention rates (specific for employees that may be associated with the services related to the RFP) over the last two (2) years, etc. Businesses must demonstrate a minimum of three (3) years of experience providing cloud solutions for large scale projects, including government experience, to be eligible for award. Carahsoft Technology Corp. was started in Reston, Virginia in 2004. Carahsoft remains headquartered in Reston Virginia employing over 500 people that specifically support the Public Sector (Federal, State, Local, and Public Funded Educational Entities Nationwide within the United States.) Carahsoft has built a reputation as a customer focused organization with depth of experience in government sales, marketing, and contract program management. Carahsoft is one of the largest sellers of Cloud (including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) to U.S. the Public Sector. Carahsoft's organizational structure allows for very focused and individualized support of any customer. The Executive Management team at Carahsoft is responsible for all aspects of day to day running of the organization. Reporting to the Executive Management Team are Directors. It is the Director's primary responsibility to oversee a particular technology area(s) and to monitor and manage all aspects of the staff, customers, and business within that area. An example of a Technology Area at Carahsoft is the VMware Virtualization practice. A host of technology offerings that use VMware at their core are supported by a single business unit overseen by a single Director that has reach back and access to the Executive Management staff. The Director's are then supported by a group of Team Leads. Each Team Lead Oversees a business area (typically defined by customer type (i.e. State Customers) or technology type (i.e. Virtual Desktop). Each team lead oversees a staff that is responsible for executing and managing the activities within that business unit. At its' core, this organizational structure is lean and efficient, lacking layers of middle management, and empowering individuals with decision making capability in order to support all customers quickly an efficiently. Carahsoft boasts an excellent employee retention rate. Specific benchmarks that we track include employee retention at 2 years of employment and 4 years of employment with rates of 65% and 90% respectively. Carahsoft has been providing cloud solutions since opening its doors in 2004. US Public Sector entities have relied on Carahsoft to provide a wide variety of cloud technologies. Carahsoft serves as the cloud distributor and provides access to the core cloud technology with the core technology being supported by companies such as SalesForce, Google, ServiceNow, etc. Carahsoft currently support a state-wide implementation of Service Now's cloud technology within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This implementation is known as the Enterprise Information Help Desk and manages all incident requests. Additionally, in 2013, Carahsoft has contracted with the State of Ohio to provide a cloud solution built around the technology from Salesforce. Ohios' Department of Administrative Services has contracted for Carahsoft to provide a variety of services including Service Cloud, Radian6 and Marketing Cloud as well as others. Both the Ohio and Pennsylvania cloud solutions are still being provided to these organizations. Contracts similar in scope and size of this NASPO Cloud RFP: carahsoft 12 carahsoft