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CORPINFO
Slow and steady does, indeed, win the
race. Since launching in the early 1980s,
Santa Monica, Calif.-based CorpInfo, an
IT firm focused mainly on the aerospace,
retail and utilities markets, has slowly but
steadily grown into a force to be reckoned
with in its markets.
With nearly 34 years under its belt, the
firm began in the technology equipment
space, assembling mainframe PCs, however
quickly saw while technology has changed
over the years, helping customers unlock
the value and full potential of technology to move their businesses forward was
the one constant, says Stephen Garden,
VP of Cloud Services at CorpInfo. “Our
co-founders still own control of the company today and have successfully navigated
through multiple waves of technological
innovation over the last three decades, most
recently pioneering investments into cloud
computing expertise,” Garden says.
Garden credits partnerships as one of
the keys to the firm’s success. “We pride
ourselves on partnering with the right
technology partners that are pioneering
innovative and game changing technology
solutions. Then we invest in training our
consultants to become world class in these
technologies,” he says. “That has been the
magic formula. Our technology partners
are companies that create massive disrup-
tion in the industry by providing a great
revenue capturing opportunity.”
And it’s working for sure. The firm
grew at 33 percent in 2016, which fol-
lowed a year of 56 percent growth. In that
same time period, CorpInfo’s billable
consultant’s staff has nearly doubled.
So, can it keep up the pace? It can if it
keeps its eye on the prize—the cloud.
“Our big opportunities are currently cen-
tered around guiding customers in devel-
oping a successful path to cloud adoption,”
Garden says. “The deeper opportunity is in
helping customers make fundamental shifts
in their business models through leveraging
cloud computing and other innovative tech-
nologies which set the stage for significant
consumer advancement in areas like the
Internet of Things (Io T) and DevOps.”
It’s also about better serving our cus-
tomers on strategic projects that drive
innovation and enable their businesses to
grow in new ways never thought possi-
ble, Garden says.
“The coming of age of cloud computing
excites us because a lot of the investment
we have been making is now starting to
pay us a dividend,” Garden says. “We are
excited about what comes next.”
The goal, Garden says, is broader cover-
age of the U.S. presents interesting opportu-
nities to help serve more clients and expand
the roles and responsibilities of the team in-
ternally to take their careers to new heights.
From a revenue perspective, “our goal
is to be an international operator within
the next three years with a team close to
500 and revenue north of $100 million,”
he says. “We also want to be helping landmark industry changers through our work.
We pride ourselves on deep domain experience. Being agnostic comes at a cost.
We’ve been able to successful transform
our company through multiple periods of
technological change. What better way to
be able to guide customers through similar
technological transformation.
Meanwhile Garden says his biggest
challenge right now—besides being
able to find ample parking for the firm’s
growing number of employees—is to
not stumble under CoreInfo’s own momentum. “There are a lot of bright shiny
objects out there for us to play with right
now,” he says. “Being selective and strategic are our biggest challenges.”
