Inter-Continental Management Systems, Inc., (or ICMS,Inc)

WHO WE ARE...

Dr. Okure and team of affiliate consultants
in Weschester New York

Inter-Continental Management Systems, Inc., (or ICMS,Inc) is a multifaceted business and management consulting firm with it's head office in Albany, New York. We are also Master Servicing Agents (MSA) and provide a full range of technical, diagnostic, referral, advisory, training and assessment services to help simplify the complex problems facing our business, government and not-for-profit clients in their daily operations.  We service both large and small clients in the following areas:

• Global Business and Professional Referral Services;
• Public Policy and Economic Development Advisory Services;
• Social Media Management and Advisory Services;
• Vocational Assessment and Placement Services;
• Human Resource Training and Development Services;
• Business Planning and Development;
• Management of Micro Enterprise Programs;
• International Business Servicing Agents;
• Business Representation and Contact Facilitation;
• Regulatory Back Office Support Services;
• Expert Testimony and Opinion;
• General Research, and
• Technical Assistance Support.

We provide services through a permanent staff and a "Linked Network" of a professional pool of consultants in many fields including business, accounting, engineering, personnel, management and law. Our project teams are carefully selected from a pool of professionals, which we carefully evaluate and select based on the specific needs of our clients. Our project team members are technical experts in various fields and are put together on as needed basis depending on the particular business engagement. The engagement dictates the nature and composition of the project team which can range from one to as many as fifteen technical experts in a particular field of endeavor. We apply a professional approach and an objective criteria in putting together a project team to provide technical services to government and business clients in order to ensure that project results are meaningful and achieve cost savings for clients.

OUR MISSION...
To be a prime catalyst and facilitator for your business/organization's sustainable growth and success through our cost effective technical assistance and policy advisory services, strategic analysis and assistance for capacity building.

WHAT WE DO...
We are a valuable intellectual resource and a “one stop window” for business and organizational solutions. We provide expert advice and counseling in all areas of running a business and organization including business/organizational management, operations, situational/market analysis, site inspections, client representation.

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We are also part of a national employment network and provide job counseling and placement services. We provide vocational and self-employment readiness assessment services designed to improve the likelihood that an individual seeking self-employment as a vocational goal or an individual planning to obtain and maintain competitive employment in the job market will be successful. Specific services include: Self-employment and Job Market Readiness Evaluation; Business and Vocational Counseling; Business Site Inspections and Operational Audits; Business Plan Development; Business Representation and Advocacy Services; Brochures and Business Cards etc. We are generalists in servicing the needs of the self-employed and small businesses.

WHAT WE OFFER...

We are committed to the success of your business and organization. We guarantee that we can tailor our expertise and technical assistance to help you in every aspect of setting up and running your business. Many of our consulting services are available at only a nominal fee. Our consultants are experts in a variety of fields including business, accounting, engineering, personnel, management and law. When you obtain our services, you can be assured you will get:

• Expert advice and counseling;
• Increased knowledge on the ups and downs of running a business or organization;
• Affordable and competitive prices for our services; Multiple exposure to funding agencies;
• Strategies to operate your organization efficiently, increase business sales and reduce operating costs.
• Our company is your best source for professional, value driven low cost service.

NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES...

WE NOW PROVIDE BY APPOINTMENT ONLINE VIDEO E-ADVISORY INTERNET BASED SERVICES FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SEEKING ANSWERS TO BUSINESS PROBLEM

PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR SERVICES:

• Pay as you go
• Pay a retainer fee
• Negotiate your own rate

Service Payment Options for Small business/Micro business owners:

If you are a small business/micro business owner, you can contact us and negotiate your own service rate for answers to Startup, Operating and Regulatory problems. Send us a text message with the code "MEA Help" at 15184663169 or email us at okuret@gmail.com or icmsinc@aol.com. 

Corporate Business Partnership Opportunity

We are seeking committed corporate business partners to further our business cause of helping the self-employed grow and sustain their business passion. Contribute to a good cause by helping a small business owner operate and function better and get exposure for community service as one of our corporate partners. At your request, we will review their business operations and determine what constraints may be hindering their successful growth and financial performance.

Learn More About Our Micro-Enterprise Assistance Program

Small businesses are the pillars of our community and keep our communities thriving by creating meaningful jobs and opportunities. Many small entrepreneurs would like to take advantage of our expertise and technical assistance to turn their business dreams into business success but are unable to obtain our assessment services without the assistance of government agency and private sponsors. As a corporate sponsor, you can help make a small business owner succeed by sponsoring a business evaluation to enable the business owner learn how to operate their business more efficiently in today's competitive business environment. As a corporate sponsor you can do this either by sponsoring a full business evaluation at your expense for a small business owner of your choice today or by simply buying a small business owner of your choice a gift certificate to undergo an operations assessment redeemable with us as a way to reduce their assessment costs. Let' keep our communities growing and creating new jobs by making sure our entrepreneurs succeed in achieving their business dreams:

Micro-Enterprise Assistance Program

COVID-19 Pandemic and Opportunity for Government and Corporate Partnerships to Jump Start the Economy

With the spread of the COVD-19 pandemic into our communities, many small business owners have been totally devastated and many have closed down and may never open or recover with substantial assistance from government loan programs and corporation partners dedicated to revitalize our economy. Under these circumstances it is extremely important to ensure that our small and micro-business owners that are major employers that sustain our communities succeed. 

ICMS, Inc has a proven track record of evaluating and assisting small and micro-enterprises to start and run their businesses successfully.  

We are seeking committed corporate and government business partners to further our business cause of helping the self-employed grow and sustain their business passion. We ask lending banks and government agencies offering government recovering assistant loans to support our Micro-Enterprises Assistance Program by sponsoring a business evaluation for a small business owner eligible for assistance today.

Contact us to see how we can partner to help jump start our small business community. Email us at okuret@gmail.com or icmsinc@aol.com

 

Many small entrepreneurs regularly take advantage of our expertise and technical assistance to turn their business dreams into business success. ICMS, Inc  helps big and small business owners write winning business plans, review their business operations and determine what constraints may be hindering their successful growth and financial performance. Meet some of our self employment clients:

Richard Bloomquist

Richard Bloomquist owns a sole proprietorship massaging business called Helping Hands (or HH). The business provides a supportive environment for individuals who need massage for its benefits in relaxing and as an alternative treatment to help in the recovery from specific medical conditions and injuries

Louis Vendetti

Louis Vendetti owns a business that creates and sell specialty promotion gifts and souvenir products to individual and business consumers. Customers can choose from a catalog list of over 600,000 specialty products and can have any graphic or image imprinted onto any product or component quickly and inexpensively.

Patricia Tanksle

 

Patricia Tanksley is self employed and the owner of "The Garden Keys" or (TGK). She owns and operate a flower shop stemming from her passion and love for floral design and gift basket making. She puts together floral designs for friends, relatives and church members for major holidays as well as weddings, anniversaries, and funerals

Dr. Okure and Edward Borowsky

Edward Borowsky is professionally certified as a tool-sharpener. He owns a small business called TEJEM Sharpening Service (or TEJEM). The business sharpens all types of equipment and tool blades such as circular and chain saw blades, clipper blades, carbide equipment, and routers and drill bits.

Dr. Okure and Charles Hartman

Charles Hartman used to be a professional bowler. He now runs a small business called “Chucks Bowling and Sports Emporium” (CBSE) which sells bowling balls and bowling related equipment and supplies, including sports trophies and other types of sports equipment.

Richard Bloomquist and Dr. Okure

Billy Searles owns and operates a small business called Adirondack Woodcrafts. He uses a variety of woodworking tools including saws, sanders, drill sets, hammers, plane and chisel sets to make and sale woodcrafts such as birdhouses, picnic tables, business signs and a variety of holidays gift products based on catalog designs.


For technical assistance on how we might help you grow your business, email us at okuret@gmail.com or icmsinc@aol.com


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All rights reserved by Tom Okure, Ph.D President and CEO of Inter-Continental Mgt. Systems, Inc (or ICMS, Inc). The information included in this article may not be used, reproduced, transmitted, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written permission of ICMS, Inc. The author Dr. Tom Okure is President of ICMS, Inc, a multifaceted business and management consulting firm with its head office in Albany, New York. Dr. Okure is a writer, author, business/management consultant, public policy advisor and commentator and a change advocate.

ECONOMIC (COMMUNITY) DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SERVICES

ICMS, Inc offers expert advice and the insight and experience you need to revitalize your local economy, or improve the efficiency and viability of your programs and agencies.  We have cultivated a reputation for providing high quality, objective and well-thought out solutions to our clients in the area of economic (urban) revitalization, institutional development, program planning and evaluation, human resources training and development etc. 

We can serve as your Master Servicing Agent (MSA) for your federally funded or state sponsored programs, especially economic revitalization programs such as the Micro enterprise Assistance Program (MAP).  Our services as MSA range from designing of appropriate management and administrative systems for general program operation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting to process re-engineering, and developing networking and outreach elements for your program.  We can help you identify funding sources and capitalization arrangements, or simply evaluate the effectiveness of your existing state or federally supported grant programs.  At ICMS, we are committed to providing you excellent service backed by the integrity, knowledge and responsiveness that our clients expect from us. If you think your organization or agency can benefit from the services of a Master Servicing Agent (MSA) for your federally funded or state sponsored programs, please email us with your questions and discussion on how we can provide you with the technical assistance you need.