2. What we do!
K2 provides enterprise software consultants to support projects around the world.
We work with the Top 20 Percentile of industry consultants who have a proven
ability to deliver exceptional results for our most challenging and innovative project
deliverables.
Today we are an organization of 200 Associates across 9 offices, in 4 continents,
supplying over 750 quality consultants to clients around the world.
We support global projects from concept to delivery for many of the largest most
dynamic corporations.
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3. How we do it…
We base success on our ability to understand the importance of social media and the
power of our extensive business networks, finding people is easy.
Identifying high quality consultants and specialists through our professional Networks is
key in building and continuing the trusted relationships with our clients, and results in the
project deliverables which we can guarantee.
K2 has built one of the world’s most extensive Business network of quality enterprise
software professionals, verified by our proven REQ™ methodology.
Worldwide Our network Our bench Rockstars
200,000+ 70,000 10,000 3,000
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4. QED Service Level Proposition
• Full use of our QED team and the REQ™ methodology to ensure the on-boarding of
consultants and internal benchmarking.
• Clear and tangible comparisons and due diligence across applicant consultants
across their point of entry.
• Flexible On site presence, offering peace of mind across all sourcing management
campaigns.
• Access to our Q6 relationships for expert opinion and testing of technical and project
experiences
5. REQ™ quality
K2 applies the REQ™ methodology to evaluate and grade consultants, with profound results.
Relationship Build trusted, enduring relationships with only the best consultants.
Experience Fully understand of each consultant’s skills and expertise.
Quality Repeated and thorough validation of the quality of their work.
We believe in “being the best by working with the best” and have established global quality
goals and processes to ensure the quality of the consultants and services we provide.
K2’s REQ™ process has been established for over a decade, and is trusted by many of the
leading Financial & Consulting partners, CIO’s and project directors in enterprise software
today.
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6. Our virtual bench
K2 Maintains a Global Virtual Bench for our top Consultants which our clients are able to
access through our account management team to add quality consultants to their
project teams.
Our Virtual Bench consists of those consultants we have identified and qualified through
our REQ system, and which we have existing professional relationships with.
You can be sure of the following when using people from K2’s bench
1. K2 has assessed and verified the Consultant skills and availability on a frequent basis.
2. K2 has a strong relationship with, and represents these candidates regularly.
3. The candidates availability and project requirements are accurately represented
4. K2 stands fully behind the individual, and has qualified through previous clients for the
quality of project delivery.
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7. Our history
1997 K2 Established to Provide SAP Project resource management across Europe
1999 K2 Starts providing Siebel, Oracle and PeopleSoft Vertical Market practice
2004 K2 Opens in Geneva and Providence Offices
2005 K2 Opens in Stuttgart and San Francisco Offices
2006 K2 Starts Permanent European practice for Europe
2007 John Bowmer, former Chairman / CEO of Adecco, joins K2 to Chair our board
2009 K2 Opens in Tokyo and Boston Offices
2005 K2 Rolls-out its Permanent sourcing practice Globally
2005 K2 starts Trading & Risk Management Practice across Europe
2010 K2 starts Cloud Technology Division ‘Salesforce’ Europe, USA and Asia
2010 K2 starts a Mobile Technology practice in Europe, USA and Asia
2010 K2 opens in Sao Paulo
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8. Technologies & Specialism’s...
We at K2 specialise in a number of niche Technologies within the areas of CRM,
Trading & Risk Management and Core Banking.
Market Coverage....
ERP: SAP
CRM: Salesforce (Cloud Computing), Siebel, Peoplesoft
ETRM: Openlink, TriplePoint, Allegro, Sungard, SolArc
TRM: Murex, Calypso, Sophis
Core Banking: T24, Avaloq, Olympic
Within these market areas we are able to advise and suggest a number of solutions for
our clients needs and scope for project budgeting and planned resource strategy.
Also by providing our Virtual bench of enterprise software consultants which are
accessible for client reference we can narrow down cost effective alternative to suit
their needs.
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9. PAD Methodology & Salesforce Practice
T'Quila Ltd is K2 Solutions Cloud CRM Practice, specialised consultancy delivering Social, Mobile and
Web enterprise solutions based on the Salesforce.com family of products Salesforce.com / Force.com /
Database.com and Heroku. T’Quila Ltd is a Salesforce Partner.
PAD Methodology
Objective: Evaluates the consultant's experience in 3 key domains.
(P) Process: Business analysis, solutions specification
(A) Application: Configuration, workflow implementation, screen layout, approval process,
basic automation.
(D) Development: ability to interpret solution specification to technical requirements, and to
develop Visualforce pages, Apex, Triggers, Applications, Platform…
Our consultants are given an experience rating from 1 to 5 (where 5 is highest) for each of those
criteria.
1 - Exposure only
2 - Training, 6 months experience, certification, Junior consultant.
3 - Confirmed, autonomous, at least 2 project lifecycles.
4 - Senior BA, Senior Developer, significant experience across multiple projects
5 - Principal, Enterprise architect, Technical architecture: SME.
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10. Our clients
K2 are proud to be partnering suppliers and working with a number of leading Top Tier
Investment & Consulting Companies Internationally
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11. Contact us
For further information regarding K2 Partnering, please call any offices
and ask to speak with one of our Managing Partners.
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