Columbus, Ohio (March 21, 2007)—Redemtech, a leading provider of Technology Change Management (TCM) services, announced it has hired Barbara Scott to head a new IT Asset Management consulting practice. The new practice provides assessment and consulting services to improve inefficiencies and address vulnerabilities in asset management practices, and it helps organizations implement measurable processes that close security gaps, increase asset utilization, and improve decision making.
“Many companies invest millions in technology but lack the processes to track those assets through their lifecycle and collect the data required to analyze utilization and cost of ownership,” said Bob Houghton, president of Redemtech. “Under the direction of Barbara Scott, we are able to offer a proven method for assessing asset management practices and implementing processes that enable more effective use of technology and greater cost control.”
Scott joins Redemtech from a FORTUNE 200 financial services company where she served as senior manager for technology operations and established the foundation for a global IT asset management (ITAM) program with responsibility for assets valued at more than $100 million. She has also served in technology and business leadership positions for Data Return, Corporate Express and United Electric. Scott is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and achieved IT Asset Management Certification from the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM).
“IT Asset Management is just emerging as a core management practice and that creates huge opportunities to improve efficiency, with corresponding reductions in costs,” Scott said. “Redemtech’s strong, consultative relationship with clients and mature, measurable processes for managing IT change, create the ideal business partner for companies looking to bring more discipline, standardization and accountability to IT asset management functions enterprise wide.”
Consulting services will be initiated through a Practice Assessment, which analyzes the maturity and complexity of ITAM processes to uncover inefficiencies and develop a roadmap for implementing enterprise policies and processes. Scott will also work with Redemtech clients to increase the value and utilization of the wealth of data generated by Redemtech as it manages the recovery, refurbishing, secure transport, data destruction and disposition of IT assets.
“For ITAM to mature as a business discipline, enterprises must move toward centralized processes that provide the visibility required to accurately quantify key metrics, such as asset utilization and total cost of ownership,” Scott said.
For Redemtech customer K12, a rapidly growing education company that provides students across the United States with computers used to access their Web-based educational programs, IT asset control and optimal hardware utilization is critical.
“Our business depends on the ability to effectively manage IT assets; however, there are very few resources we can tap into to improve this critical area of our operations,” said Gene Rigoni, senior director of operations for K12. “Redemtech’s Asset Management consulting practice provides the expertise we have been seeking from a partner that we trust.”
The IT Asset Management practice adds to Redemtech’s recently announced Security and Asset Protection Practice and existing Environmental Practice to create a full suite of professional services to support Technology Change Management.
“Five years ago, companies came to us with stockpiles of obsolete technology seeking help in disposing of those assets responsibly and without risk,” Houghton said. “Today, our clients are looking for ways to improve how they manage those assets, drive greater financial return from IT investments and close security gaps. Our advisory practice allows us to fill a void in the market and increase the value of the services we deliver.”
About Redemtech
Redemtech Technology Change Management (TCM) services help organizations increase IT asset utilization and assure regulatory compliance during technology transitions. Redemtech provides an outsourced solution to TCM that uses best practices and automated technologies to implement and manage processes for deploying, redeploying and decommissioning computer systems. Redemtech clients can realize a 40 to 70 percent reduction in asset recovery and disposition costs, while achieving 100 percent warranted data security and environmental compliance assurance. Redemtech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micro Electronics, one of the largest privately held technology companies in the United States. |
