McGladrey Announces Acquisition of Forward Hindsight

MINNEAPOLIS (October 24, 2012) – McGladrey LLP, one of the nation's leading providers of assurance, tax and consulting services, announced today it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Forward Hindsight, Inc., including the rights to service its clients. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, the company develops and implements a broad range of technology solutions to help businesses work smarter and more efficiently. This includes the customization, implementation and support of NetSuite cloud business management solutions.

“The acquisition of Forward Hindsight positions McGladrey as a leading middle-market provider of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which is an area of significant growth for our technology practice,” said Brian Becker, national leader of technology consulting for McGladrey.

Forward Hindsight has been a NetSuite partner since 2007 and has been consistently recognized for their performance, receiving NetSuite's Americas Solution Provider of the Year for 2011. NetSuite cloud-based business management solutions provide ERP/financials, supply chain management, professional services automation, eCommerce and CRM in a single, integrated business suite.

“I’m extremely excited by the added capabilities and breadth of services our acquisition by McGladrey brings to our middle-market Forward Hindsight clients across the nation,” said Ashish Gadnis, founder. “McGladrey is known and respected for their customer focus, broad industry knowledge and ability to understand the challenges facing growing companies. This acquisition is a perfect fit.”

Gadnis will join McGladrey in the Technology Consulting division and will drive the continued expansion of the firm’s NetSuite service offering.

“Our consulting practice has experienced rapid growth over the last 24 months,” said Gary Sturisky, McGladrey’s national consulting leader. “This acquisition expands our ability to provide next generation forward-looking technology solutions to help our clients be successful and improve their organizations.”

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