User:Astyra

Astyra Corporation (www.astyra.com) is an award-winning staffing, outsourcing and consulting firm. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, Astyra Corporation provides highly skilled people to fill opportunities at various clients throughout the United States. Clients range from government agencies and financial institutions to engineering firms.

History The company was founded in 1997, as Automation Concepts by two college roommates who had an idea to start a company that provided technology solutions to large organizations. The company was rebranded as Astyra Corporation in 2004, with a greater focus on staff augmentation.

Company Name The name of a coastal Greek town, Astyra was conquered by Alexander the Great and pressed into service by Alexander to produce bronze and silver coins. Astyra was significant because its coinage would be used by Alexander as the single unit of monetary exchange throughout his entire empire - in other words, all money would be created by and outsourced from Astyra. Therefore, it is a fitting name for a company whose brand is emblematic of its specialty - the outsourcing of a multitude of business and technology applications. Astyra Greek coinage is very rare and considered to be some of the finest made examples of the period.

Corporate Recognition and Brand In 2011, Inc. 500|5000 ranked Astyra Corporation the 1876th fastest growing private company in America. Diversitybusiness.com ranked Astyra Corporation in a selection of categories. "Top 500 African-American Owned Businesses in the U.S", Astyra ranked No.159, no. 34 in the category "Top 100 Diversity-owned Businesses in Virginia", and No. 44 of the "Top 100 Privately-held Businesses".

Astyra Corporation was recognized as the best place to work in Richmond for young professionals by HYPE, Richmond in 2010. Astyra Corporation makes it easy to remain up-to-date on the latest news through quarterly newslettersfacebook and twitter or CEO, Ken Ampy's tweets.