Company Triples U.S. Client Base; Grows U.S. Revenues by 47%

NEW YORK, DUBLIN & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- emergn, a global services consultancy, today announced year-to-date revenue growth of 161 percent for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2011, which puts the company on track to more than double 2010 revenue. Emergn also announced 47% year-to-date revenue growth in the U.S. compared to the same period last year.

In addition, emergn grew its global delivery team four-fold this year, compared to the prior year, and now leverages an extensive network of professionals in North American and EMEA. This represents some of the most talented individuals in the industry.

“Companies across all industries face complex business problems and unique challenges as they work to compete more effectively in their market and maintain sustained growth and profitability,” said Alex Adamopoulos, Chief Executive Officer of emergn. “As a global professional services company, we are focused on providing lasting value and performance for our customers by helping them redefine their way of working in order to meet these difficult challenges.

“This means doing more than deploying Agile or Lean methodologies for their own sake, but rather prioritizing business objectives in order to build the underlying technology and processes that will deliver immediate as well as long-term results,” added Mr. Adamopoulos. “This has been a core business philosophy that has enabled us to deliver outstanding results to our clients and drive record growth and expansion for our business in both North America and EMEA this year.”

Customer Activity

Emergn continues to add new customers in North America and EMEA across a variety of industries including airline, telecom, financial services, manufacturing and consumer products. In the U.S. specifically, emergn has grown the number of U.S. clients by a factor of three. New industry sectors include Financial Services: Wealth Management, Pharmaceutical, Transportation & Logistics, Travel and Public Sector.

Awards

Several key emergn clients were recently recognized by the 2011 U.K. Agile Awards for unique programs that have contributed to the success of Agile in the U.K. Emergn played a key role in conceptualizing and moving each of these projects forward.

• Chris Berridge, Program Manager, of Maerskline IT, the world’s largest container shipping operator, was recognized as Program Manager of the Year for enabling Maersk Line IT to entirely revolutionize its way of thinking by adopting agile and lean practices.
• Simply Business, the UK’s largest business insurance broker, was named ‘Most Agile Aware Organization’ at the 2011 Agile Awards this week. The company was recognized for engaging and embracing Agile techniques across the entire workforce, with positive results for the business as a whole.
• The Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) was recognized for “Best Use of Agile in the Public Sector” for using Agile in new and innovative ways that will fundamentally change the way government works.

About emergn

Emergn is a global professional services consultancy that blends agile and lean principles to optimize the way organizations develop and deliver solutions across the enterprise. By offering a unique blend of agile and lean methodologies, emergn operates as a thought leader in helping enterprises solve their complex organizational and IT business problems. As the leader in providing enterprise-wide enablement, emergn has secured a strong benchmark of revenue and forecasted growth, and has earned an impressive list of partners, including British Airways, Maersk, UK Public Sector, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Standard Life, Thomson Reuters, and British Telecom,.

Emergn is based in Boston, New York, London and Dublin.

For more information, visit www.emergn.com or follow emergn on Twitter at http://twitter.com/emergn

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