Consulting Magazine - December 2015

Established in 2009, BlueLine As-
sociates utilizes its vast experience
in business and IT operations to pro-
vide Business Process Management
services to fundamentally transform
people, processes and technology.
“We partner with our clients to help
them succeed through: business
process transformation, creation of
best-in-class data/information man-
agement strategies, systems and
organizations and implementation
and optimization of technology,”
says Rob Blanchette, a Partner at
BlueLine Associates. “We believe
in a data-driven approach to prob-
lem solving; executed through un-
paralleled hard work, commitment,
and passion for perfection. We dif-
ferentiate ourselves from our com-
petition by truly partnering with our
clients from strategy through im-
plementation and by providing sig-
nificant value in the form of ROI.”
With 168 percent growth, BlueLine
comes in at No. 17 on the Fastest
Growing Firms list. Blanchette sat
down with Consulting to discuss
the firm’s performance.

Consulting: What were the main factors that contributed to your exceptional growth rate?

Blanchette: Most of our growth is due to our delivery of ROI to our clients. More than ninety percent of our projects have a three to four-times ROI within the first 12 months after implementation, and often our clients reinvest the savings back into BlueLine for additional projects. We have built a reputation of being a firm that is ful-ly-committed to exceeding our clients’ goals and expectations. Our clients trust that when they bring us on a project, we are going to get the job done.

Consulting: How is 2015 shaping up for your firm?

Blanchette: 2015 has been a fantastic year for us! We have grown our customer base more this year than ever before, as well as relocated our headquarters to a larger space in Cary, North Carolina.

Consulting: How would you describe your firm’s outlook for 2016? Where do you see the most opportunities?

Blanchette: We see a lot of op-
portunity in insurance as well as in
pharmaceutical/ healthcare. How-
ever, opportunities are truly endless
seeing that we can apply our prov-
en business process improvement
methodologies to any project, for
any client, in any industry, around
the globe. The largest opportunity
for us will be to expand our services
into complementary areas, such as
Development.

Consulting: What do you see as the biggest challenges for your firm in 2016?

Blanchette: We are always cognizant of growing strategically, so we want to continue our practice of hiring the right talent while keeping our focus on delivering exceptional value to our clients and maintaining our small firm culture.

Consulting: What does being named one of Consulting’s Fastest Growing Firms mean to your firm, your employees and your clients?

Blanchette: It is an honor to have been named to Consulting’s Fastest Growing Firms list. We would not be here without our exceptionally talented and dedicated team, so it is a testament to them and their hard work. As for our clients, I believe it reaffirms what they already know about us… we are a talented group that is not comfortable with the status quo. Our goal is to continue to move up this list and we will not rest until we reach our goal.