Alsbridge Ranked No. 1 Outsourcing Advisor in the World

On May 9, 2011, Alsbridge ranked #1 on the list of World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors put out by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP®).  The IAOP is in its sixth year of compiling its annual ranking, which involves an independent panel of judges designed to ensure that companies are ranked based on their capabilities to meet their customers’ needs.  This year’s field of competition included household names such as KPMG, PwC, Booz & Company, Deloitte and Gartner.

“The companies on The World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors list are proven leaders and rising stars,” said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett. “They are the companies you want to partner with to achieve success and better outsourcing outcomes.”

“The application process for this award is rigorous and requires very detailed case studies and client references.  We feel the value we deliver to our clients helped drive Alsbridge to the top of the list in the rankings,” said Alsbridge CEO Ben Trowbridge. “The IAOP ranking proves the Alsbridge 3-year plan to build out a unique set of outsourcing and benchmarking services that provides clients with the most comprehensive set of consulting services available today in our market.  Over the past three years, Alsbridge has grown four distinct service lines that lead the market in outsourcing consulting, benchmarking, network procurement and hardware/software sourcing.  No other single firm has this unique set of capabilities.”

Alsbridge’s #1 ranking was based on applications received and evaluated by an independent judging panel organized by IAOP. The 2011 panel of judges, led by IAOP Chairman Michael F. Corbett, included:

• Jagdish Dalal, COP, President, JDalal Associates, LLC,
• Teresa Harris, COP, Global Partner Account Manager at Eastman Kodak Company 
• William Hefley, Ph.D., CDP, COP, Clinical Associate Professor, Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh, and Director, ITSqc, LLC.
• Kurt Kohorst, COP, Vice President, Director of Service Engineering at Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation
• Vera Marques, IT Regional Director at Hoffman-La Roche – Latin America
• Manish K. Sahai, COP, Vice President, World Service at American Express
• Kristin H. Weitz Rammer, Vice President, Technology at MAXIMUS
  

“The role of the outsourcing advisor has evolved over the last couple of years to be very data-driven and require a focus on the organizational changes needed to make an outsourcing deal sustainable,” said Trowbridge. “Alsbridge has evolved with the market to meet client’s changing needs.  We are pleased to be recognized by the judges for our leadership.”


About Alsbridge

Alsbridge provides world class sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for the CIO, CFO and CPO.  We’ve helped hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors.  Our experienced consultants leverage proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors.  Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance, application support and development, business processes and cloud services.  Our commitment to delivering value to our clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America. To learn more, visit http://www.Alsbridge.com

About IAOP

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 110,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit http://www.iaop.org