Atlanta-based Top 100 Firm Aprio has acquired Syzygy Solutions and its IT staffing firm Velossent. This is the latest in a string of acquisitions for the firm, the
Twenty-five team members from Syzygy Solutions and Velossent will join Aprio’s Advisory Services group. The three executives from Syzygy and Velossent — CEO Mitch Nelson, chief operating officer Jeff Kramer, and chief information officer Scott Sarris — will join Aprio as managing directors of digital transformation advisory services. Nelson will also serve as managing director of Aprio talent solutions. These two service groupings sit under Aprio’s Advisory Services, led by partner Marc Rosenkoetter.
Financial terms of this deal were not disclosed.
Syzygy Solutions has been an Aprio client since 2014, and it’s during this time that the seeds for future collaboration took root.
“We knew we wanted to combine with a firm that would help on our growth trajectory and that shared our entrepreneurial spirit — Aprio became the obvious choice,” said Nelson in a statement. “Our established digital transformation service offerings backed by Aprio’s comprehensive accounting and advisory services will enable us to drive value for Aprio’s clients and deepen relationships with our existing clients.”
Syzygy Solutions is both a digital transformation provider as well as cybersecurity provider. Aprio had its eye on the company because its service offerings complement the firm’s data and analytics and business technology consulting services as well as its privacy and security risk assessment and attestation services, including ISO, SOC, PCI, and HITRUST.
Velossent specializes in placing top-performing developers, engineers, technology leaders and recruiters with desirable companies in the industry. Velossent’s IT staffing will expand under Aprio to include accounting and finance staffing, which will be called Aprio Talent Solutions.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has made digital transformation a business imperative. Companies need to develop and execute on a digital roadmap that will create competitive advantage and increase profitability while providing peace of mind,” said Richard Kopelman, CEO and managing partner of Aprio. “Syzygy and Velossent’s combined solutions provide the people, process and technology capabilities for companies to thrive in the next era of digitization, knowing their environments are secure.”
Syzygy, now as Aprio, will continue its longstanding relationship with Secureworks, a managed security solution provider based in Atlanta.
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