Eighty-three percent of the respondents see risk management investments (which include salary and benefits for risk employees, professional services, technology costs, facilities, and travel) increasing in the next two years.

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Yet the other leaders on our list are generally smaller, growing metro areas whose expansions have been propelled by a rapid increase in employment in technology and professional management services.

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And these same professional services firms use technology in new ways to build deeper and more meaningful relationships with their clients.

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Along with my co-hosts Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nicole Lamb-Hale and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, I would like to personally thank the talented health, technology, and professional services representatives who took time out from their schedules to ensure that our Health IT sector remains competitive both at home and abroad.

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Recent research from organizations like Kennedy Information and SPI Research is providing insight into the impact of technology in client acquisition and retention for professional services firms. (For specific insights from these and other industry thought leaders, please visit our online summit.) These range from opportunity identification, to proposal development, service execution and expectations management.

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This is particularly true in STEM professions (science, technology, engineering and math) and in professional services (like investment banking and law).

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