Professional Credential Services (PCS) · A Division of Virtual, Inc.
Whether your credential is still a whiteboard idea or an established program that's reached a tipping point, Professional Credential Services (PCS) meets you where you are and carries your program from Now to Next.
The credential your members need is the one that's hardest to build.
Association leaders keep telling us versions of the same story. Members want a credential that carries real weight. Boards want revenue that doesn't depend on dues. And nobody on staff has room to design, launch, or run one more program. So the credential never launches — or it runs on spreadsheets, held together by the one person who knows how it all works.
We've been running credentialing programs for 25 years.
PCS manages certification and credentialing end-to-end, from application through renewal, for licensing boards, associations, and standards organizations. We've seen programs at every stage, including the messy ones. That's the experience we bring to your program on day one.
3 steps from Now to Next.
One team stays with you through all three steps — the people who help set your strategy are the same people who run your operations.
Get a clear read.
Take the readiness check or book a strategy session. We'll tell you where your program stands, honestly.
See your path.
A demo or roadmap conversation: license the platform and run it in-house, or have PCS run everything.
Make the move.
A structured onboarding roadmap keeps disruption low. The most common fear, solved first.
You have education and ideas, not yet a credential.
You have webinars, courses, and micro-credentials, but your board keeps asking about the vision for how it all fits together into a program. The Curriculum Design & Learning Pathway Program packages what you already teach into stackable credentials, and Credential Wallet Cards turn each accomplishment into something members can hold, show, and verify.
You have a program, and it's hit a tipping point.
Growth is stalling due to manual processes, legacy tools, or one person holding everything together. The Essential Credential System (ECS) is a turnkey platform with two pathways: run it in-house, or have PCS run it all. Onboarding follows a structured roadmap built for minimal disruption.