Centric Consulting Earns Microsoft Agentic Business Solutions Specialization
Centric earns Microsoft's Agentic Business Solutions Specialization, recognizing AI-powered automation expertise across Power Platform and Copilot Studio.
The ERC, the Employers Resource Council, recognized Centric Consulting as a 2026 NorthCoast 99 award winner.
The NorthCoast 99 award honors 99 great Northeast Ohio workplaces for top talent. This is the fifteenth time that Centric Consulting has received the prestigious NorthCoast 99 award.
The NorthCoast 99 award doesn’t just recognize great Northeast Ohio workplaces. It recognizes great places to work for top talent — people that drive results, provide competitive advantages, and allow businesses to innovate and grow. Winning companies are determined based on how their policies and practices align with criteria that increases the probability of attracting and retaining top-performers.
NorthCoast 99 winners participated in a rigorous application process that asked for detailed information on how their organization addresses top-performer attraction, development, and retention in the areas of employee engagement and talent development; employee well-being; organizational strategy, policies, and benefits; talent attraction, acquisition, and onboarding; and total rewards.
Centric’s learning and talent development mission cultivates a culture of upskilling, reskilling, and cross-skilling. Employees can access thousands of courses through LinkedIn Learning, guided by personalized strategic plans that align with professional goals and client delivery.
Last year, Centric also earned a special category award for employee engagement and talent development.
“An innate curiosity, a desire to help others, and a willingness to learn are all traits that consultants at Centric typically possess, so it comes as no surprise that learning and talent development are priorities in our organization,” said Kindra Helm, Centric’s Cleveland Practice Lead. “Our talented team of educators and facilitators deserves all of the credit for staying innovative and providing a platform that supports our learning journey through a rapidly changing landscape.”
About Centric Consulting
Centric Consulting is an international management consulting firm that solves its clients’ toughest problems through deep expertise, tailored solutions, and cost efficiency. For 27 years, the firm has deployed strategic advisors and top talent across the United States and India to tackle complex business and technology challenges in AI, cyber risk and compliance, data analytics, people and change, Microsoft, Salesforce, and more. Centric takes a practical approach to AI, starting with a business problem and delivering agent-augmented solutions to help your teams move faster and work smarter.
A remote-first company with more than 1,200 employees, Centric has been honored with over 100 awards for its commitment to employees, clients, culture, and communities, and has been recognized 11 times by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms.
About ERC
At ERC, we work with leaders to build better workplaces and solve the challenges that don’t come with easy solutions — like pay, employee relations, training, and engagement. For over 100 years, we have been a trusted resource for organizations in Northeast Ohio and around the country. ERC is also the creator of the annual NorthCoast 99 awards program, honoring the 99 highest-ranking workplaces in Northeast Ohio each year. Learn more at yourERC.com.
