Founded in 1989, Preferred Resources Inc. is a provider of recruiting and contract staffing services for the information technology (IT) community. Based in St Louis, Mo., the company provides services, such as staff augmentation, business planning, project management, project outsourcing, project outsourcing, business planning and business process re-engineering. The firm places IT professionals into contract assignments and permanent positions for profiles like application design, software architecture/development, project management, business analysis, quality assurance, network architecture/engineering and network administration. Preferred Resources Inc. has been awarded the 2010 St Louis Award for information technology staffing solutions and information technology executive placement.