Tectonic Acquires Archipelago IS to Become the Leading Insight to Action Consulting Firm in the US
DENVER, Sept. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tectonic, a Denver based technology and business consulting firm and leading provider of insight to action solutions, announced today it has acquired Denver based Archipelago IS, LLC, a big data and analytics consultancy. This acquisition positions Tectonic as the leading consulting and solutions firm focused in the big data ecosystem, analytics, strategy advisory services, CRM and marketing technology across all clouds.
Tectonic helps mid-size to enterprise clients strategically integrate and modernize cloud technology for big data environments, service, sales, marketing and analytics using its innovative Insight to Action (i2a) strategies. Tectonic's global portfolio of clients includes eBay, Ralph Lauren, Angie's List, Gracenote, Mayo Clinic, USAA, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Marriott and Formica among many others.
"Our insight to action model is about helping our clients convert data into insight and use that insight to develop and execute informed business actions,'' said Blair Linville, Tectonic's founder and CEO. "Archipelago's big data expertise enhances Tectonic's capability to advise customers on the best way to leverage diverse, open source big data technologies to grow their business."
"Archipelago brings the most comprehensive, integrated suite of big data analytics services, including strategy, data management, data visualization, and data science, which combined with Tectonic's big data capability positions us to be the leading consulting and solutions firm in the ecosystem," added Linville.
The Archipelago team includes managing partners Julie Burroughs, Ankur Jain, and Mike Lampa. Burroughs who has more than 20 years of experience in management consulting and sales will serve as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Big Data Solutions. While, Jain, who has more than 15 years of experience in BI consulting and cloud computing will serve as Vice President and Chief Data Officer, and will head the delivery and innovation of Tectonic's cloud and big data solutions. Mike Lampa who has more than 30 years of experience designing and implementing business analytic solutions will serve as Vice President of Business Analytics.
Combined with Archipelago our consulting teams innovate across the entire NoSql and big data deployment process, which includes conducting assessments, building a strategic roadmap, designing an effective architecture, and implementing big data solutions. Archipelago brings a leadership position with the innovative Google Cloud Platform. Tectonic can deliver insight to action solutions across the full range of open source big data technologies such as Hadoop and NoSQL, databases including HBase, Cassandra and MongoDB, and Storm for real-time event processing. They also have deep-domain knowledge with a variety of Hadoop distributions such as Hortonworks, Cloudera, and MapR.
"We're excited to take the next step in our journey to build the premier big data solution services organization. Combining industry-leading technologies and data science expertise with the industry's leading platform for data analytics is a tremendous opportunity for our clients to innovate and realize game-changing value," said Burroughs. "Tectonic and Archipelago complement each other strategically and we are excited to join a team that is committed to customer excellence and innovation."
About Tectonic
Tectonic is a leading technology and business services company serving mid-sized business to enterprise customers with a focus on insight to action automation in the cloud. Headquartered in Denver, and with offices in Chicago, Houston, New York and Los Angeles, the company enables clients to develop valuable insight from their massive amounts of customer data, and through automation in the cloud, create action that increases revenue by affecting positive customer behavior. For more information, visit www.gettectonic.com.
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