Chicago History
What does the word Skikaakwa from which Chicago takes it's name stand for?
Wild Onion or stinky onion
What does MSP, VMS and MSA stand for?
Managed Service Provider, Vendor Management System and Master Services Agreement
Who was the First African American Mayor of Chicago?
Harold Washington
What is the largest Tech Incubator in Chicago
1871
This Manager was the Original Karate Kid, going on local Chicago news to demonstrate her skills
Taylor Poiry
Why is Chicago called the Windy City?
Boastful Politicians
What agreement is used when a manager goes outside of the program and uses his/her own budget to onboard a contractor through an agency?
SOW or Statement of Work
MLK started college at 15 - What female secretary of State also started college at 15 and was the first Female African American Secretary of State?
Condoleeza Rice
Name one of the 3 largest Chicago IPO's in 2020
Reynold's Consumer Products - 1.4 million; GoHealth - 914 million; Azek - 879 million
What manager in Chicago worked as a plumber in Colorado prior to starting this job
Dane
Chicago is know for inventing deep-dish pizza, but it also created this delicious hostess treat in 1930
Twinkie
Give me three benefits of Contracting - why a perm Candidate should consider it?
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 when he was signed by this team
Brooklyn Dodgers
Name the 3 major Cloud Services
AWS, Azure and GCP
Who in our leadership team completed their MBA, during their first year working here
Nick Larson
What is the name of the Bean sculpture in Chicago
Cloud Gate
What is the difference between Mark-up and Margin?
Mark-up is on top of the pay-rate and Margin is calculated as a percentage off the bill rate.
What Chicago Resident was the first African American Presidential Candidate to run a Nationwide campaign finishing as the runner-up for the Democratic nomination in 1988?
Jesse Jackson
What is Microservices and Why are companies using them
Breaking an application into multiple services that are all contained in and easier to change
Scalability, Smaller and Faster deployments, easier to understand a service, improved fault isolation, Easier to change technologies.
Who on the leadership team had to see the principle due to poor shaving skills in 6th grade
Mike Gabriel
In 2020 - Motion Chicago did the most deals with this company
Ahold/ Peapod
What Benefits do we provide contractors?
Medical, Vision, HSA, 5 sick days, 401K and pretax for parking or transit
Considered instrumental in taking down Jim Crowe laws in the South and the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Name 3 of the top 10 companies that raised money in Chicago in 2020
Tempus - 300 million; VillageMD 250 mill; Amount - 139 mill; Nature's Fynd - 125 mill; Active Campaign - 100 mill; project 44 - 110 mill; Cooler Screens - 80 mill; M1 finance - 78 Mill; Shipbob - 68 million; Keeper Security - 60 mill
Who in Management is a Twin
Cam