AHEAD,
a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions, today announced that it has
acquired
Platform Consulting Group. The acquisition
brings cloud native application development expertise to AHEAD's professional
services organization.
"Platform's expertise in software
development will accelerate our ability to deliver transformational outcomes
through application modernization and migration," said Eric Kaplan, CTO, AHEAD.
"We're excited to welcome Platform to the AHEAD family."
Headquartered in Denver, Colo.,
Platform Consulting provides services to enterprise clients focused on cloud
native applications and modern development frameworks. Founder and president of
Platform Consulting, Chris Birtwhistle, has an extensive background running
world class professional services teams at VMware, Pivotal Software and EMC. As
part of the acquisition, he will lead AHEAD's Cloud Applications and Platforms
practice.
"We're thrilled to join AHEAD and
offer our clients a full range of support up and down the technology stack,"
said Birtwhistle. "Applications are the essential element of today's CIO agenda
and connecting Platform's strengths in cloud native development with AHEAD's
exceptional track record in transforming infrastructure, will instantly create
an industry leader with true end-to-end capabilities."
AHEAD excels at engineering
enterprise cloud infrastructure, using automation and analytics to streamline
operations, and now with the acquisition of Platform, modernizing and migrating
applications at scale. This is the fourth M&A transaction for AHEAD in the
last six months, including acquisitions of Link Solutions Group and Sovereign
Systems, and the November 2019 merger with Data Blue.