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Since 1935, CUNA Mutual Group has worked tirelessly to deliver product and service solutions that meet the unique challenges and needs of credit unions and their members. Our vision is unwavering: to be a trusted business partner who delivers service excellence with customer-focused, best-in-class products and market-driven innovation.

Founded in 1998, Beacon Technologies offers business and technology staffing and consulting of the highest caliber. Beacon achieves these high standards by bringing intelligent, experienced people to the table to solve business problems, and by applying proven methodologies that yield tangible results. The Midwestern values of hard work, honesty, loyalty, and pragmatism underlie everything we do.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Madison, WI, Forte Research Systems, Inc. develops and markets clinical and translational research management software. OnCore®, the company's flagship product line, is the most widely adopted, enterprise-class clinical research platform among academic health centers and cancer centers in the United States.

A real estate development firm specializing in the adaptive reuse of existing vacant structures and the development of new downtown projects - goal is to do a limited number of quality developments that will be owned and managed for the long term.

5NINES was founded in Madison in 2003 and success is based on practicing good business, hiring smart people and responding to customer needs quickly. 5NINES provides commercial data center, wide area networking and Internet services as well as on-site IT integration and support services primarily to businesses in southern Wisconsin.

An internationally-recognized, nonprofit research and technology park established in 1984, located three miles west of UW-Madison campus and home to more than 126 companies that employ over 3,500 people. 37 buildings with more than 1.8 million square feet of office and laboratory space are used by a broad range of start-up companies.

An innovative "urban park" located at 1245 East Washington Ave. in downtown Madison. 6,000 square feet at the historic Gisholt Machine Co. building is fertile ground for nurturing technology entrepreneurs and companies in fields such as: information technology, engineering, medical devices and computer sciences.

One of the nation's top law firms, known for premier, sophisticated legal practices and innovative industry teams - from the most prominent legal specializations to emerging areas of the law - providing depth of understanding and thoughtful solutions to our clients' unique, every-changing and most complex business issues for more than 160 years.

A leader in next-generation data center services in the Upper Midwest, TEAM Companies works with industry leaders in providing turnkey global solutions in IT infrastructure, including colocation and design/build options. Ranked in the "Inc. 500" list of fastest-growing IT services companies: 2010, 2009, 2008.

A leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare. Ranked in the top 100 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies, CDW features dedicated account managers who help customers choose the right technology products and services to best meet their unique needs.

Design. Build. Service. If you can't afford to be without power, CSS Power will be there 24/7 to make sure that it never happens. Provides mission-critical power and infrastructure solutions to companies that demand 7x24x365 uptime to conduct business.