Raymond James Consulting solves turmoil of corporate change

By MaryJo Regier, Editor
Reprinted from the Rocky Mountain News Business and Industry Section (Tuesday September 17, 1996)

Restructuring, downsizing, right-sizing, benchmarking, empowering. Competition, the global market, and Wall Street have made corporate change a hot topic.

Toss in some bleeding edge technology, add a few inundated employees and voila! You have created a breeding ground ripe for corporate turmoil.

That's when companies call in Raymond James Consulting, Inc., a growth-impressive young Denver-based firm that truly integrates management consulting with information technology consulting services.

RJC's research shows that corporations are tackling numerous change programs at once, while investing heavily in unnecessary technical solutions. Companies are confused about whether to invest time and money in new technology, such as client/server architectures, graphical user interfaces, database systems/applications, project management, and training. They need help sorting out the myriad of options available.

"Most companies have a huge investment in yesterday's technology," says RJC's President Carl Fitch.

"They need to be brought up to speed, while salvaging what's in place. There's no set way to handle these cooperate problems, but we have experts with specialized skill sets to aid in achieving the best strategic solution possible."

RJC puts a premium on specialists with up-to-date skill sets, and are on the lookout for experts in the areas of management consulting, client/server conversion, and implementation through documentation and testing. They boast 240 computer science, architects, developers and business consultants from various backgrounds.

"We're not throwing resumes at people and hoping for the best," says Vice President Brad Weydert. "Usually the business problem isn't what the technical people are trying to solve and vice versa. With our highly-skilled consultants, and by partnering with industry leaders in hardware and software, and even our competitors with desirable skill sets, we can insure our clients that their right hand will know what their left hand is doing, which is a total business solution.