ProfessionaLink found a firm which had completed an identical project for another company just 6 months earlier: they were able to get straight to the issue, delivered outstanding results and got enthusiastic buy-in to their recommendations from top executives. They helped us figure out how to cut our product launch time in half and reduce our IT costs by a third. Ironically the firm PL found was only 20 miles away from our headquarters, but we would never have found them without PL's help. Also, since the original work was completed for a very reasonable fee, we had budget left over to ask the consultant to help us with implementation.
Chief Information Officer, Leading Insurance Company
We had already received a proposal for an e-Strategy project from a well-known large firm, but we decided to see if ProfessionaLink could help us. They delivered two excellent candidates who provided excellent proposals. Even after our original choice amended their proposal - and substantially cut their fees - we still chose one of PL's offerings. In effect, they gave us a better resource for half the price.
Director, e-Business, Major Mutual Fund Company
We needed a quick turnaround on a project that was way behind. We asked ProfessionaLink to help us find a systems integration company that could reliably, positively meet our deadline. To our surprise, they completed their work in about two thirds the budgeted time.
Director, Member Relations, Engineering Association
We urgently needed a specific expert for our project for a Swiss client. They had to have a strong background in pharmaceuticals, deep knowledge of both FDA and EU regulations, an understanding of how to translate those regulations into Good Manufacturing Practices, and speak fluent German. ProfessionaLink found me two excellent candidates in under 48 hours.
Senior Partner, Consulting Firm
We needed an expert resource to help us assess the market for a new technology with which we were relatively unfamiliar, but which could have a major impact on our core business model. ProfessionaLink helped us in several ways: they helped sharpen up the project description/deliverables, they facilitated several conference calls and helped resolve some misunderstandings by the consultants behind the scenes. The net result is that we had a choice of two real experts in the arcane issues we were exploring.
Director, Leading Packaging Company
ProfessionaLink Offering
ProfessionaLink's service covers the full range of corporate need for advisory services, except for law firms. We focus on consulting firms which have between 20 and 200 professionals since most of the firms with well developed intellectual capital and 'bench depth' in specialty areas fall into this range. We also work selectively with specialty practices of larger firms, if they are properly organized to offer the same benefits as specialty 'boutique' firms.
Services Covered
a) Change Management
b) Distribution
c) E-Commerce
d) Finance
e) Human Resources
f) Information Systems/Services
g) International Business
h) Government Relations
i) Legal Support/Dispute Resolution
j) Manufacturing
k) Marketing and Sales
l) Mergers & Acquisitions/Joint Ventures
m) Operations
n) Privatization
o) Project Management
p) Strategy
Consulting Firm Pedigree
ProfessionaLink selects consulting firms who specialize in a particular industry, a specific functional area, or both. These firms often are established by former partners of larger firms who have developed a specialty, or by former leading executives in major corporations. They bring relevant expertise to deliver outstanding results efficiently. Firms are classified according to specialty, geography and size.
Membership of ProfessionaLink's growing network of consulting firms is by invitation or referral only; we do not advertise or use mass-marketing techniques to attract consulting members. This requires significant work on our part to find these consulting firms, assess their capabilities and check references, but it pays off in terms of quality service delivered to our clients. As of early 2001, we have over 500 firms in our database.
