CEO of Alsbridge No. 1 Outsourcing Advisory Firm to Speak at NASSCOM Global Summit in India

Unveil F&A and Outsourcing Provider Tool Box

Award winning global sourcing advisory and benchmarking firm, Alsbridge, Inc. today announced, Ben Trowbridge, CEO of Alsbridge, will speak at the 2011 NASSCOM BPO Strategy Summit in India. Suppliers, buyers and analysts will come together in this landmark industry event to discuss current trends and new definitions of business process excellence. On August 24th, Ben will meet with industry thought leaders to discuss best practices in benchmarking and will showcase Alsbridge’s Finance and Accounting benchmarking capabilities.

Alsbridge is ranked the #1 advisory firm in the world and is the only one that provides both sourcing strategy (for outsourcing and shared services) and benchmarking services backed by a market leading database. With functional expertise in all components of F&A, Alsbridge sells benchmarking projects to enterprise buyers to assess F&A operations against current trends in the marketplace in terms of price and performance.

“Our innovative teams have been at the leading-edge of price benchmarking, setting the industry standard for the past decade,” said Alsbridge founder and CEO Ben Trowbridge.” Their experience, expertise and deep databases of information across functional areas and industry verticals will greatly enhance any companies’ operations.”

ProBenchmark, which is an Alsbridge subsidiary, has a long list of Tier 1 and Tier 2 ITO service providers as clients of its online pricing tool and is now expanding its offering to the BPO market as well.  The tool is sold as a SaaS offering and is used by the customers to run scenarios and ensure their pricing – both in deal pursuits and with active clients – is competitive in the market.

“Our software-driven parametric modeling engine is the most reliable and cost effective way to set the right price for your F&A services,” says Howard Davies, Director of ProBenchmark (an Alsbridge company). “We have a strong understanding of all key F&A provider capabilities, culture, service levels, and pricing norms.”

About Alsbridge Inc.:

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. This 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.  This year, Alsbridge was ranked the #1 outsourcing advisor in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).

About NASSCOM:

NASSCOM® is the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT-BPO industries in India. NASSCOM is a global trade body with more than 1200 members, which include both Indian and multinational companies that have a presence in India. NASSCOM's member and associate member companies are broadly in the business of software development, software services, software products, consulting services, BPO services, e-commerce & web services, engineering services offshoring and animation and gaming. NASSCOM’s membership base constitutes over 95% of the industry revenues in India and employs over 2.24 million professionals.