Aktion Associates of Maumee, Ohio, which entered the Deltek market in 1991 through the purchase of the former Central Consulting Group, was named North American Reseller Partner of the Year.. The GovCon Partner of the Year was  Premier Consulting & Integration of Red Bank, N.J. The Customer Satisfaction Partner of the Year honor went to  SilverEdgeheadquartered in Schaumburg, Ill.  Deltek also created new award categories for its VARs. That included the Net-New Customers Partner of the Year award that went to veteran Deltek VAR, Steamboat Spring, Colo.-based Full Sail Partners, which was North American Partner of the Year for 2021. Another new award was Rising Star Partner of the Year for the Americas, which went to Rhodium Digital of Calgary, Alberta. Crunchtech Solutions, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, received the Rising Star award for the resident of the world.