AMSA awarded contract with E&I Cooperative Services to improve campus operations for software and data ecosystem for Higher Ed institutions

AMSA's white glove service for student application fraudulent prevention, data migration, data conversion and data integration will significantly reduce project timelines, and create savings for Higher Ed.

Atlanta, GA — Well-known IT software and consulting firm, A.M. Simpkins & Associates (AMSA), is pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract with E&I Cooperative Services (E&I). This is a major milestone for AMSA which is already a highly successful data integration giant. E&I has over 80 years of experience connecting procurement professionals in education with product and service suppliers. They pride themselves on establishing strong member relationships and superior contracts, helping member schools save more and their business partners expand their market reach.

Together, AMSA and E&I deliver unsurpassed value to higher education institutions through innovation and technology, creating long-term savings for member institutions. E&I is the only member-owned, non-profit sourcing cooperative exclusively focused on serving the education community. E&I is uniquely equipped with the knowledge, experience, and passion to meet the specialized needs of educational procurement, and helps more than 5,800 member institutions make informed, analytics-driven decisions to capture more spend and optimize their education dollars.

With AMSA being added to E&I's portfolio, organizations can select and utilize the ready-made contract for S.A.F.E (Student Application Fraudulent Examination), data migration, data conversion, data brokerage, and real-time data integration services. This contract extends to additional solutions and services provided by AMSA including their newest product S.A.F.E (Student Application Fraudulent Examination). The S.A.F.E application provides fraudulent student application detection and prevention services for any Admission CRM systems (Slate, Salesforce/ SFMC, Ellucian Recruit, Element451, Embark Campus, NetSuite, etc…).

About E&I Cooperative Services

E&I Cooperative Services (E&I) is the only member-owned, non-profit procurement cooperative exclusively focused on serving education. E&I delivers unsurpassed value and an exceptional experience to its members through a broad portfolio of competitively solicited contracts with industry-leading suppliers as well as innovative sourcing solutions. The Cooperative empowers its members to make informed, analytics-driven decisions to capture more spend and optimize their education dollars. For more information, please visit www.eandi.org.

About A.M. Simpkins & Associates

A.M. Simpkins & Associates is a minority-owned company with over 150 years of combined experience working in higher education. It is owned by former NFL linebacker Maurice Simpkins who tamed the gridiron and now the tech field. AMSA is making strides in the industry through strategic partnerships and can provide services to any HED community college or university. They specialize in integration, innovation, and automation for higher education institutions. Their proprietary platform, AMSA Connect, is a cloud-based solution that securely extracts, transforms, integrates, and loads data into targeted systems, and offers a unique integration management platform for providing institutions insight and enhancement of their integration data and operations.

The innovative approach of their over 50-member team specializes in Ellucian Colleague, Ellucian Banner, Oracle's PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite, Workday, and other higher education related systems including Salesforce, Slate, Canvas, Blackboard, Anthology and more. Integration-as-a-Service by AMSA allows software partners the ability to deliver an enterprise-wide integration solution, providing connectivity to operational applications through defined integration platforms and data sources.

NFL football veteran Maurice Simpkins founded AMSA with the same unharnessed passion that he had on the sports field. This led him to create a venue that would improve business processes and operations for higher education institutions. As a successful IT entrepreneur, Mr. Simpkins has amassed the expertise of dynamic, top-tiered professionals to offer services that far exceed their competitors. His tenure reflects over 20 years in Higher Ed IT.

To date, AMSA touts 500 plus total projects. Their seamless and comprehensive services stand head and shoulders above the crowd of competitors. They are the proud recipients of over 100 awards for their impeccable service. Their long list of extremely satisfied clients includes Dallas Baptist University, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, Stillman College, Howard Community College, Sandhills Community College, Bradley University, Coker University, Aims Community College, Des Moines Area Community College, Lincoln University, Columbia College, and many more.

For more information, please contact, Laqwacia Simpkins at phone: (470) 735-3821 xt. 101 or Email: [email protected] or visit website: www.amsaconnect.com