Fortium Partners announced that Cindy Johnson has joined as an Engagement Partner in Northern California. Johnson is an experienced IT consultant, CIO and CTO who has led over a dozen business and IT strategies for major companies, as well as 8 organizational turnarounds. She has successfully led complex engagements that eliminated costs, consolidated infrastructure, and outsourced functions to reduce costs by over 40%. Johnson is a proven turnaround expert, having implemented systems enabling $400M and $1.2B in first-year revenues for projects in the semiconductor and oil industries. Fortium's CEO said her dynamic leadership will be a major strength for clients needing large-scale turnarounds.
Expected effects of Trump’s Outsourcing policies on Outsourcing PlatformD2E CONSULTING
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VMworld 2013: Transform IT Into a Service Broker – Key Success Factors VMworld
VMworld 2013
Moderator: Heman Smith, VMware
Paul Chapman, VMware
Kevin Lees, VMware
Rich Pleasants, VMware
Jeffrey Ton, Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
What does today’s combination of high valuations, turbulent public markets, disciplined buyers, disruptive technology and record megadeals mean for the value of your software company? What does the Tech M&A landscape look like as we head into the second half of 2018? How should technology company owners, investors and executives be thinking about M&A?
Join us July 12 for the Tech M&A Monthly Midyear Update, a detailed analysis of the key deals, trends and valuation metrics across all six technology sectors and 30 subsectors. Plus, an update on this year's Top 10 Disruptive Technology Trends—how have trends like AI Enablement, Smart Logistics and Connected Health driven deals this year? What’s next? What do these complex, interrelated trends mean for your company's future?
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VMworld 2013: Transform IT Into a Service Broker – Key Success Factors VMworld
VMworld 2013
Moderator: Heman Smith, VMware
Paul Chapman, VMware
Kevin Lees, VMware
Rich Pleasants, VMware
Jeffrey Ton, Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
What does today’s combination of high valuations, turbulent public markets, disciplined buyers, disruptive technology and record megadeals mean for the value of your software company? What does the Tech M&A landscape look like as we head into the second half of 2018? How should technology company owners, investors and executives be thinking about M&A?
Join us July 12 for the Tech M&A Monthly Midyear Update, a detailed analysis of the key deals, trends and valuation metrics across all six technology sectors and 30 subsectors. Plus, an update on this year's Top 10 Disruptive Technology Trends—how have trends like AI Enablement, Smart Logistics and Connected Health driven deals this year? What’s next? What do these complex, interrelated trends mean for your company's future?
Global Tech M&A Monthly: Mid-Year Report - July 2013Corum Group
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There’s no easy trick to realizing the value of a technology company, let alone building a valuable tech company to begin with. But there are specific things that owners and executives can do throughout the life of the company to increase valuations when the time comes for an exit. Join Corum’s global team for their perspectives as dealmakers and CEOs themselves--what they’ve seen drive real value in actual transactions, and how companies like yours can put these best practices to use. Plus a look at key deals and valuation metrics in the Internet, Consumer and IT Services sectors, and much more.
For more information visit: https://www.corumgroup.com/
IT outsourcing strategy needs to ensure a plan of action. Assessing, analyzing, and evaluating the task will help in further optimization. Companies must ensure the outcome in place through assessing with mind-expanding questions and employing a ready-to-use-tool to find out “what to do next?”
What to expect?
Specific IT outsourcing strategy checklist
Decision matrix on IT outsourcing
Dual method to evaluate right partnership
Strategic checklist to optimize
Tech M&A Monthly: Private Equity Panel - Feb. 2013Corum Group
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BI Governance Framework : Making it a reality. ✓ What changes does the new “Normal” require of older governance frameworks? ✓ Who should run BI governance?
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Join us for predictions about the M&A market for 2018, plus a scorecard from 2017; the new Top 10 Disruptive Technology Trends driving deals in 2018; deals, trends and valuations across all six technology sectors and 30 subsectors; and our annual Luminary panel featuring IBM, Salesforce and more. Don’t miss the premier event each year for software company owners and CEOs.
Tech M&A Monthly: Megadebt and Hypervaluations - June 2013Corum Group
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Meanwhile, companies like Tumblr, Waze and Eloqua are commanding huge valuations, and buyers as varied as Yahoo, Facebook and Oracle are paying a premium when they have their sights set on an acquisition. What's driving these "hypervaluations" and how can you take advantage?
All this, plus our monthly look at the deals, trends and valuations across six software markets.
Global Tech M&A Monthly: Mid-Year Report - July 2013Corum Group
2013 has been a remarkable year for tech M&A so far, marked by record setting deals, landmark transactions and increasing valuations. What markets have benefited the most? Who is best poised going into the second half? The Corum research team will give an in-depth look at the market--deals, trends and valuations 6 technology sectors and all 26 subsectors. Plus, reports from the M&A trenches on deals just completed.
2014 Tech M&A Monthly - 10 Ways to Increase the Value of Your CompanyCorum Group
There’s no easy trick to realizing the value of a technology company, let alone building a valuable tech company to begin with. But there are specific things that owners and executives can do throughout the life of the company to increase valuations when the time comes for an exit. Join Corum’s global team for their perspectives as dealmakers and CEOs themselves--what they’ve seen drive real value in actual transactions, and how companies like yours can put these best practices to use. Plus a look at key deals and valuation metrics in the Internet, Consumer and IT Services sectors, and much more.
For more information visit: https://www.corumgroup.com/
IT outsourcing strategy needs to ensure a plan of action. Assessing, analyzing, and evaluating the task will help in further optimization. Companies must ensure the outcome in place through assessing with mind-expanding questions and employing a ready-to-use-tool to find out “what to do next?”
What to expect?
Specific IT outsourcing strategy checklist
Decision matrix on IT outsourcing
Dual method to evaluate right partnership
Strategic checklist to optimize
Tech M&A Monthly: Private Equity Panel - Feb. 2013Corum Group
Private Equity now accounts for 40% of the largest deals, often outbidding the strategic buyers. And with a staggering $1 tillion in uncommitted funds, this trend will continue driving up valuations and impacting the competitive landscape. Is your market on their radar? How can you get direct interest from Private Equity? What about from a portfolio company? Find out from our live panel of leading global PE firms, including Accel-KKR, Riverside and Carlyle.
BI Governance Framework : Making it a reality. ✓ What changes does the new “Normal” require of older governance frameworks? ✓ Who should run BI governance?
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Innovation is accelerating as we begin 2018. Companies across sectors are making acquisitions to keep up with the technological disruption rippling across all industries, driving high valuations and strong buyer demand. As you build out your strategic plans for the New Year, join the largest tech M&A event of the year, as Corum Group looks back at last year, and ahead to the year to come.
Join us for predictions about the M&A market for 2018, plus a scorecard from 2017; the new Top 10 Disruptive Technology Trends driving deals in 2018; deals, trends and valuations across all six technology sectors and 30 subsectors; and our annual Luminary panel featuring IBM, Salesforce and more. Don’t miss the premier event each year for software company owners and CEOs.
Tech M&A Monthly: Megadebt and Hypervaluations - June 2013Corum Group
June's Tech M&A Monthly webcast will examine two of the trends helping drive today's very hot tech M&A market. Debt is cheap and companies are taking advantage, including Apple's record $17B debt issue recently. We'll hear more about how this "megadebt" trend is shaping M&A.
Meanwhile, companies like Tumblr, Waze and Eloqua are commanding huge valuations, and buyers as varied as Yahoo, Facebook and Oracle are paying a premium when they have their sights set on an acquisition. What's driving these "hypervaluations" and how can you take advantage?
All this, plus our monthly look at the deals, trends and valuations across six software markets.
1. Fortium Corporate Turnaround Superstar Cindy Johnson Joins Fortium.
Dallas, TX August, 2015 – FORTIUM PARTNERS, the world’s fastest-growing
provider of IT turnaround and leadership services announced today that corporate
turnaround trailblazer Cindy Johnson has joined Fortium Partners as Engagement
Partner in Northern California.
An IT consultant and esteemed CIO and CTO of multi-billion-dollar firms, Johnson is
laser-focused on aligning technology vision with business strategy to drive results.
Having led more than a dozen business and/or IT strategies for marquis companies
such as Hewlett Packard, LSI Logic, Husky Oil and Apple Computer, as well as 8
organizational turnarounds, she is the proven “hired-gun” executives want on the
job when corporate performance—and so much more—is on the line.
Johnson, a trusted partner/advisor to brand name firms like IBM Global, SAP,
Network Appliance, Applied Materials and Cadence Design Systems, has successfully
led many complex engagements including the integration of two $500MM
corporations where she eliminated 55% of costs , consolidated nine global data
centers down to two, and outsourced specific functions to gain additional network
capabilities not built in-house to meet time-to-market requirements, and led
competitive-bids that reduced costs by more than 40%.
A proven turnaround expert, Johnson led two major initiatives to effect wholesale
improvements... one in the semi-conductor industry and the other for a heavy oil
upgrader refinery. In both cases, Johnson implemented all systems required to “go
live” in under seven months enabling revenue generation of $400M and $1.2B in
first-year revenues respectively after prior failed attempts before her arrival.
“Bringing Cindy Johnson's capability into Fortium Partners is a major step for us, “
said Tim McCracken, Fortium Chairman and CEO. "Her dynamic leadership quality
has been a key factor in countless large-scale turnarounds, and that's just the
strength and "calm in the face of adversity" our clients have come to expect from
Fortium.
Johnson commented, “I love what Tim McCracken and the Fortium leadership team
has accomplished; they've put together the strongest group of large-company
CIO/CTO superstars anywhere, allowing Fortium to offer a highly differentiated and
sophisticated IT-leadership-for-hire value proposition that extends around the
world.”
About Fortium Partners:
FORTIUM PARTNERS is an IT turnaround and technology services firm focused
on providing world-class IT leadership to clients who wish to find solutions to
complex IT issues or difficult-to–solve operational challenges. FORTIUM serves
public and private companies across a variety of industries, placing expert
project teams and operational leadership resources in technology-related
2. roles. All FORTIUM Partners have 25 or more years of technology experience,
most recently in a senior leadership role.
Headquartered in Dallas, TX, Fortium Partners also operates offices in Los
Angeles; Orange County; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Atlanta, New York; Washington,
D.C.; Philadelphia; Chicago; Detroit; and London, U.K.
For more information, contact:
Burke Autrey / 972-827-8137 / burke.autrey@fortiumpartners.com /
www.fortiumpartners.com