The Titan Group, LLC 3711-B Westerre Parkway Richmond, Virginia, 23233 Contact: Lee Weisiger (804) 754-8330 Fax: (804) 754-8334 www.TitanHR.com Principals/owners: A. Lee Weisiger, Genevieve A. Roberts Year established: 2001 Headquarters: Richmond, Virginia Number of Employees: 6

Although a company's biggest asset is its talent base, managing it can be its biggest challenge. That is why partners Genevieve Roberts and Lee Weisiger founded The Titan Group, a human resources (HR) consulting firm.

"We're seeing a real trend toward HR outsourcing," Roberts notes, "and as the workforce becomes tighter as baby boomers retire and fewer college graduates enter the arena, it will become even more important to select, retain, develop, and reward talented people."

"Talent management is what maintains and grows successful companies," Weisiger adds. "We help clients identify the key competencies that make their companies successful, and translate those skills down to the job level. Then we show them how to develop and reward the right employees." Policies should also recognize the human factor — the important balance of work and life. "We know that when we take care of our own employees, they give us back 110%, and we want this similar performance and satisfaction for all our clients," says Roberts.

No other regional company offers Titan's depth and breadth of knowledge. They provide a full range of specialized training, consulting, interim management, and compensation analysis services covering every discipline that touches the employee life cycle. Both partners, and most employees, hold graduate business degrees and share their expertise and Fortune 500 experience with emerging and middle market companies.

Their exclusive offerings include Titan Management University, where managers and supervisors receive training in nine core skill areas over a six-month period, and practice new management skills along with other participants. For companies with minimal HR expertise, Titan offers the Small Business Recruiting Toolkit, an effective step-by-step guide to developing good hiring practices. And Titan produces the Greater Richmond Compensation Survey that reports on comparative compensation and benefits practices in a variety of Richmond industries.

Titan also sponsors the HR Titan of the Year Award, bestowing recognition and a $2,500 educational grant on the HR practitioner who has implemented the best strategic initiative for their organization.

Are companies doing everything they can to acquire and develop talented people? The Titan Group can help find those answers.