Mindlance Completes Acquisition of RFW Staffing >>>
Hoboken, NJ - March 1, 2008 - Mindlance, Inc., a global provider of business and technology consulting services, today announced it has completed an asset acquisition of RFW Staffing based in Raliegh, NC. RFW Staffing is a leading provider of staff augmentation services to major clients in the Research Triangle Park region. With this acquisition, Mindlance has acquired all existing contracts and a resource pool of highly trained and experienced professionals with proven track records of providing high quality services.
RFW Staffing President Mark Watkins founded the company in 1987, and Mr. Watkins will join Mindlance as the Regional Sales Manager for the Raleigh office. "Since 1999 Mindlance has experienced phenomenal growth and built an excellent track record of long-term partnerships with both clients and employees in the targeted verticals. I am confident the company is in very capable hands and will continue to provide the highest level of service that our employees and clients have come to expect", said Watkins.
"RFW Staffing has an excellent reputation and has worked with many of the Triangle region's largest companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Talecris BioTherapeutics, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Verizon, Progress Energy, Teleflex Medical and many more. Their strong client list and expertise in the Life Sciences industry is what initially attracted us to them and I am very excited about building on the strong foundation Mr. Watkins and his team has created", said Vikram Kalra, Managing Director of Mindlance.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance Finishes Third Quarter with Strong Growth
Adds 4 new clients, and expands sales/services team >>>
HOBOKEN, NJ – October 22, 2007 - Mindlance, Inc. a global developer and provider of information technology solutions, announced today that it finished its third quarter plus strong quarter to quarter and year to date growth far ahead of 2006. The company is experiencing momentum driven by strong demand for technology services within its life sciences and financial services verticals.
“We are thankful that we have been able to optimize our market position as well as attract great people for our sales and delivery teams," said Rajat Paul, Managing Director of Mindlance. “Our surge in growth is the direct result of the hard work by each one of our employees across various practices."About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance to Sponsor I-many Summit >>>
Edison, NJ – October 16, 2007. To demonstrate the value and benefits of technical consultants who understand the business and the software that runs it, Mindlance Life Sciences, will showcase its life sciences solutions as a sponsor of the 2007 I-many Summit, in Charleston, SC on November 5-8th. The I-many Summit is the industry’s most comprehensive annual conference on commercial and government contract management, featuring 4 days of panels, workshops, sessions and systems demonstrations.
With an expected audience at the conference of approximately 350 leaders dedicated to the contract management industry, the annual I-many Summit will provide a great forum to discuss business trends and best practices. Jeff Lee, Vice President of the Mindlance Life Sciences division, stated: “The 2007 I-many Summit conference offers Mindlance a unique opportunity to be part of a strategic gathering of contract management thought leaders and users of I-many’s leading enterprise contract management solutions. As a sponsor of the I-many Summit, Mindlance can connect with an audience that is ready to improve the contract management process and life cycle. It will provide a great forum to introduce our Life Sciences service offerings to pharmaceutical contract management professionals."
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance Life Sciences Names Sean Downey Practice Director >>>
Hoboken, NJ — October 10, 2007 – Mindlance, Inc. a global provider of business and technology consulting services, today announced that Sean Downey has joined the company as Practice Director in its rapidly growing Life Sciences division. Sean will have overall responsible for the Government Contracting and Wholesaler Demand Management practices.
Sean brings over 10 years of enterprise systems implementation experience working on over 40 commercial and government contracting packaged software implementations for many of the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers. "I am thrilled to have Sean join our Life Sciences management team and bring vast knowledge and experience in the government contracting industry.", said Jeff Lee, Vice President, Life Sciences at Mindlance, Inc. "Government contracting and compliance will continue to be an ever changing and emerging practice for our Life Sciences division, so Sean’s unparalled combination of technical and business expertise in this area will enable rapid acceleration of this practice."
Sean joins Mindlance after seven years with I-many, Inc. in various lead technical positions. He spent five years as a Senior Technical Consultant and Senior Architect and two years as Senior Manager of Technical Professional Services, where he managed a technical team of 15+ resources and led, advised or managed 20+ I-many CARS projects, 10+ I-many Medicaid projects and 20+ I-many Government Pricing Projects. Prior to I-many, Sean held senior engineering, operations and information technology positions in the chemical and paper industries. Sean holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and MBA in Finance from Rutgers University.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
A Top Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Company Selects Mindlance Life Sciences to Implement Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) Requirements Into Their Government Pricing Operations. >>>
Edison, NJ – September 10, 2007 – Mindlance, a premier global provider of business and technology consulting services, announced that it has been selected to complete the analysis and implementation of Deficit Reduction Act requirements for a leading medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturer. Mindlance’s Life Sciences division will be responsible for the end-to-end implementation of these complex requirements into the company’s I-many Government Pricing system.
On July 6, 2007, CMS published the Final Rule to the Deficit Reduction Act. Many of the requirements included the Final Rule need to be addressed in the company’s policies, procedures and systems. Since the DRA Final Rule becomes effective October 1, 2007, changes must be incorporated in time to meet the first monthly reporting requirement in November, 2007 and the first quarterly requirements in January, 2008.
“The implications for pharmaceutical manufacturers to accurately and efficiently implement requirements from the final DRA ruling are enormous. Given the accelerated time frame to implement these DRA requirements, it will require Mindlance’s expertise with the I-many Government Pricing system and our in depth knowledge of the final DRA ruling." said Jeff Lee, VP of Mindlance Life Sciences Practice.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance ranked as one of the fastest growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine >>>
Hoboken, NJ – September 10, 2007 - Mindlance, Inc., a global developer and provider of information technology solutions, announced today that the company has been recognized again as one of the nation’s fastest growing private companies.
"Our team is thrilled to make the Inc. 5000 list. We consider making the list a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team in providing value-based consulting services in each of our targeted verticals" said Vik Kalra, Managing Director of Mindlance, Inc.
The Inc. 5000 is the first-ever expansion of the 25-year-old Inc. 500, which is Inc. magazine's annual ranking of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in America. In comparison, the Inc. 5000 gives a broader view of the plethora of private companies that start, grow and prosper in the United States. According to Inc. 5000, the companies are ranked by percentage revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2003, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, and independent--not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies--as of December 31, 2006.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance names John Maloney as Vice President for Offshore Software Development Services >>>
Hoboken NJ – July 16, 2007 – Mindlance today announced the addition of Mr. John Maloney as Vice President for Offshore Services. Mr. Maloney brings significant technology services and solutions practice development experience to the Mindlance team. His role will be to continue to build the service organization across various practices, in the U.S. as well as India. He will be responsible for setting-up mid-sized dedicated offshore development centers for U.S clients in India. At present, Mindlance has offshore centers in Gurgaon and Bangalore India.
“We are very excited to have John take the leadership role in expanding our capability in a unique and proven service offering. He will help our clients realize value by leveraging Mindlance offshore capabilities in India to open dedicated development centers which act as a true extension of their IT organization.” said Vik Kalra, Managing Director of Mindlance, Inc.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance Life Sciences Names Vinit Makol Director of Technical Services >>>
Hoboken, NJ — July 15, 2007 – Mindlance, Inc. a global provider of business and technology consulting services, today announced that Vinit Makol has joined the company as Director of Technical Services in its emerging Life Sciences division. Vinit will be responsible for hands-on leadership and management of all technical consulting services provided to our customers.
Vinit brings over 10 years of enterprise systems implementation experience working on over 25 packaged software implementations for many of the leading branded and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in the U.S. "I am delighted to have Vinit join our Life Sciences management team and bring additional deep technical expertise to our emerging organization.”, said Jeff Lee, Vice President, Life Sciences at Mindlance, Inc. "Technical consulting services is the foundation of our service offerings, so Vinit’s expertise in contract management and the software that runs it, will be invaluable in the onboarding and training of our new employees to empower them them to provide professional services to our customers.”
Vinit joins Mindlance after three years as an independent consultant working on I-many software. Responsible for implementing, upgrading, customizing, tuning and supporting I-many CARS, Medicaid and Government Pricing for leading branded and the worlds largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturer. Prior to that, he spent one year at Caregain as lead implementation architect, leading implementation projects at Blue Cross-Blue Shield and Mellon Healthcare. Caregain is the leading software vendor in the Consumer Directed Healthcare industry. Prior to Caregain, Vinit spent six years with I-many, Inc. in various lead technical positions where he managed a technical team of 15+ resources and was responsible for the development of Professional Services tools for integrating I-many applications.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance awarded Deloitte Technology Fast 50 NJ Award for the third consecutive year >>>
HOBOKEN, NJ, July 11, 2007 – Mindlance, Inc. has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New Jersey, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002–2006. Mindlance has made the list three consecutive years.
Mr. Rajat Paul, Managing Director, credits client-centric, innovative service delivery processes with the company's 282% percent revenue growth from 2002 through 2006. Mr. Paul said, "Our continued phenomenal growth is a testament to the innovative spirit and verve of our entire staff."
"Deloitte's New Jersey Technology Fast 50 companies have shown the strength, vision and tenacity to succeed in today's very competitive technology environment," said Paul Mlynaski, Partner, Deloitte Tax LLP in New Jersey. "We applaud the successes of Mindlance, Inc. and acknowledge it as one of the very few to accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past five years."
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $5,000,000 in 2006, be headquartered in North America, and be a company that owns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify. Companies from the 16 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com .
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Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
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Mindlance Names Jeff Lee Vice President of Life Sciences >>>
Hoboken, NJ — July 9, 2007 – Mindlance, Inc. a global provider of business and technology consulting services, today announced that Jeff Lee has joined the company as Vice President of Life Sciences. Jeff will be responsible for leading Mindlance’s Life Sciences division to deliver a full range of consulting services to the Life Sciences industry.
Formerly Director of Technical Services at Edge Dynamics and Senior Director of Professional Services at I-many, Inc., Jeff adds extensive services management experience and deep domain expertise in life sciences. "I am excited to have Jeff join our executive team and bring additional veteran leadership to our rapidly growing team," said Vik Kalra, Managing Director at Mindlance, Inc. "Customer success and expert execution are our highest priorities, and I believe Jeff's 13 years of experience, which includes management of services teams across more than 100+ life science customers, will help ensure that we continue to deliver world-class services and solutions to our customers."
Jeff joins Mindlance after one year as Director, Technical Consulting with Edge Dynamics. Edge is the leading software vendor in pharmaceutical demand management space, helping manufacturers realize the benefits of using EDI 852 and EDI 867 data. Prior to Edge, Jeff spent nine years with I-many, Inc. I-many is the leading software vendor in the Pharma commercial and government contract management industry, where he was the first person hired to start I-many Professional Services division. He spent 4 years as Senior Technical Consultant and 5 years as Senior Director and Director of Technical Professional Services. Jeff was involved with 50+ I-many CARS projects, 40+ I-many Medicaid projects and 30+ I-many Government Pricing projects. Prior to I-many, Jeff spent three years as a consultant implementing I-many CARS at Bristol-Meyers Squibb and designing a chargeback system for CIBA. Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance opens another office in Metropark, New Jersey to provide dedicated services to the Life Sciences clients >>>
HOBOKEN, NJ - July 4, 2007 - Mindlance, Inc. a global developer and provider of information technology solutions, announced today it has opened an office in Edison, New Jersey as part of a new initiative to expand its presence in the Life Sciences services vertical. Mindlance employs 25 people in the Metropark office and expects to add more professionals as it expands within the Life Sciences vertical. The Metropark office is located in the 510 Thornall Street, Suite 210 Edison, NJ 08837
"The entire Life Sciences sector continues to gain momentum and we are leveraging our resources, people and services to optimize our growth," said Jeff Lee, VP of Mindlance Life Sciences Practice. "We have a team of great people and view our move into this dedicated practice office as a catalyst for growth at the major pharmaceutical companies."
MindLance Life Sciences can be reached at 732.662.9850
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance Plans to Invest Heavily in Global Delivery Center >>>
Hoboken NJ – January 8, 2007 - Mindlance today announced their intention to make an additional investment into their Global Delivery Center. Based on the growth of global sourcing services, Mindlance is committed to providing leading global IT services from their Global Delivery Center in India. “Forrester, Garner, and other leading market research organization project continued momentum in outsourcing to India during the coming years,” said Sudhanshu Tripathy, Director, Mindlance Offshore Services. “Our ability to leverage this trend will depend on the quality and scalability of our Global Delivery Center.” Mindlance has committed several million dollars to upgrade and improve their delivery capability over the course of next year. Most upgrades will be related to equipment and infrastructure to support the latest applications and internal methodologies for executing assignments.
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com
Mindlance sets up a dedicated development center for a top-five global bank. >>>
About Mindlance, Inc Mindlance is a global business and information technology consulting firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey and was founded in 1999. It has three major service offerings: Technical Professional Services, Staff Augmentation Services and Offshore Services.
Mindlance has more than 40 customers including top global companies in financial services, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, as well as government. Mindlance is a certified minority-owned business and has been consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S.
The company delivers value through the combination of right people, processes, technologies and program management solutions. Its proven approach include: applying domain expertise in specific industry segments, utilizing a highly skilled technological workforce, leveraging a proven global delivery model that offers onsite, offsite and offshore development options, implementing quality processes and methodologies while staying cost-effective. The company may be visited at www.mindlance.com