Edgewater Technology

Edgewater
Type	Public (NASDAQ: EDGW)
Industry	Manufacturing, Insurance, Healthcare, Hospitality, Oil and Gas, Retail, Financial Services
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
Key people	Shirley Singleton, President and CEO Dave Clancey, EVP Timothy Oakes, CFO Robin Ranzal, President, Edgewater Ranzal Russell Smith, SVP, Edgewater Fullscope Kristin Zaepfel, VP of Human Resources
Products	Business Advisory and Technical Services, Business Intelligence, EPM, ERP, CRM, and Big Data Services
Website	www.edgewater.com

Edgewater (NASDAQ: EDGW) is a Massachusetts-based, publicly traded business and IT consulting firm with an international reach. With more than 400 employees, Edgewater was named one of the Top Performing Public Companies in Massachusetts in 2013 by The Boston Globe’s Annual Globe 100.^[1]

History

Edgewater Technology (Edgewater) was founded in 1992 by Shirley Singleton and David Clancey. Shirley Singleton served as the Company's President from 1992 through 2002. The company grew from a five person shop to a 150 person professional services organization before being acquired in 1999 by StaffMark, a publicly traded international billion dollar staffing organization. Edgewater was an operating subsidiary focusing on project-based IT consultancy business under the StaffMark organization. In January 2002, StaffMark changed its name to Edgewater Technology, Inc., as well as its Nasdaq ticker to EDGW, moved its public company structure from Fayetteville, AR to Wakefield, MA. Shirley Singleton was then named the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.

In April 2004, Edgewater Technology, Inc. nominated Paul Guzzi, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, to serve on board of directors.^[2]
In December 2005, Edgewater Technology, Inc. appointed Nancy Leaming, the President and Chief Executive Officer for Tufts Health Plan, to serve on board of directors.^[3]
In November 2010, Edgewater Ranzal opened an office in London UK.^[4]
In June 2012, Edgewater was invited to participate in the NASDAQ closing ceremony to celebrate its 20th anniversary.^[5]

Subsidiaries

Edgewater Ranzal — Oracle EPM, BI and Big Data: In October 2004, Edgewater acquired Ranzal and Associates, a full-service Oracle Platinum Consulting Partner with expertise in delivering Business Analytics solutions that include Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Business Intelligence (BI) and Big Data.

Edgewater Fullscope — Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP and CRM: In January 2010, Edgewater acquired Fullscope, Inc., an award-winning Microsoft Dynamics consulting firm known for providing discrete and process manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning solutions leveraging Microsoft Dynamics AX software.

Acquisitions

Ranzal & Associates (October 2004): A provider of Enterprise Performance Management solutions with a concentration in Oracle / Hyperion's toolkit;^[6]
National Decision Systems (February 2006): A firm specializing in strategic business process consulting;^[7]
Alecian Corporation (July 2007): A strategic technology and business consulting firm that specializes in delivering financial management solutions;^[8]
Lynx BI Consulting, Inc. (September 2007): A provider of professional services for the Corporate Performance Management / Business Intelligence industry;^[9]
Vertical Pitch LLC (December 2007): A provider of Corporate Performance Management;^[10]
Fullscope, Inc. (January, 2010): A provider of Enterprise Resource Planning solutions for manufacturers leveraging Microsoft Dynamics AX software;^[11]
Meridian Consulting International (May, 2010): A provider of professional services for Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance;^[12]
Zero2Ten, Inc. (March, 2015): A n award-winning Microsoft Dynamics CRM partner;^[13]
Branchbird, LLC (August, 2015): An Oracle Gold Partner and Cloudera Partner specializing in Big Data and Data Discovery technologies and solutions;^[14]
M2 Dynamics Inc. (December, 2015): An Oracle Platinum Partner providing Oracle EPM and BI solutions^[15]

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