Not many technology professionals
would have started an IT consultancy in the immediate aftermath of the tech wreck, but Chris Dalton says
it was the perfect moment.
“I had seen enough examples of what didn’t work and knew that if we put together
the right kind of consultancy based on
what defunct dotcom firms had not
done, we couldn’t
lose,” says Dalton.
Five years later,
with a compound
annual growth rate
of 70 percent and an organically grown
employee base of more than 200, Dalton
has proven his doubters wrong.
Acquity Group has thrived in a highly
competitive arena where 90 percent of
all businesses fail, all without taking a
cent of venture capital money.
He focuses on going head-to-head with
the largest competitors, creating and
implementing solutions that satisfy market demand.
As a result, the company has built an
impressive client list that includes companies such as American Express,
McDonald’s, JPMorgan, Johnson Controls
and General Motors.
Dalton says that service excellence is a
key part of the company’s success. He
encourages his teams to deliver projects
in a quality-oriented way so that the
momentum of growth doesn’t take away
from quality.
One of the more innovative products
the company has created is Commerce
OnDemand, a hosted solution that
allows clients to offload technical
aspects of running a world-class store-front and enables them to focus on what
they do best — marketing their products.
HOW TO REACH: Acquity Group, www.acquitygroup.com or
(312) 427-2130