2024 in Review - New Chapters for ATX
As we reflect on a successful 2024, it was a year of change, growth, and refinement and we begin the new year focused on the road ahead. We accomplished a lot, including our move to a new headquarters, our first acquisition, transition of one of our founders, and several key promotions to our leadership team.
We made a number of key changes this past year to allow us to continue our growth to the next level and meet the increased needs of our customer base. We rehomed in 2024 with a move from our downtown office to a larger facility in Biddeford, Maine to allow for continued growth of our team. We expanded our leadership team through the promotion of Jon Decowski to Partner. Jon has expanded our technical capabilities and I have been thrilled to see him thrive as the leader of our technical team. He has consistently taken on more responsibility, is well-respected by clients, and has helped us to build a culture of innovation. We also were able to promote Tom Ilic to Director of Construction and Ian Netland to Director of Caliper Analytics! We acquired the expertise of RHA banking to expand our financial services capabilities. We expanded and developed key partnerships in the construction and facilities management space along with the formalization of our partnership with Salesforce. Lastly, we established a strategic relationship with the Roux institute to help with our ongoing candidate recruiting pipeline which included the hiring of our first co-op student.
From a client services perspective, we worked with over 65 clients, executed 125 projects, and logged over 50,000 hours. Demand continued to be strong in the areas of IT Strategy and Data Analytics and we saw increased demands for implementation services towards the back half of the year along with a flurry of net new client additions to close out the year. We continued to see an uptick in onsite client services and we expect 2025 to be filled with more client face time.
We also received some awards that we would never have imagined coming our way including making The Inc. 5000 list for the second time and being selected a third time honoree for Best Places to Work in Maine. As a group, we are also all extremely proud of the impact of our 5%+ initiative where we donate 5% of profits annually to charitable organizations that make a positive impact on the world around us.
Our plans for the new year include growth of our core services including Data and Analytics, Technology Strategy, and Software Implementation Support Services. Continued AI adoption and the realization by many businesses that foundational systems, data infrastructure and governance are core to the ability to leverage these technologies will continue to fuel growth of our services. We also expect continued modernization of technology in several industries to meet the needs of the current business environment and modern workforce.
Thank you for your business and I'm looking forward to seeing you in 2025!
- Mark
2024 Favorite Read: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There - Marshall Goldsmith
2024 Most Played Song: The Underdog - Spoon (This made a return to my playlist!)