INTEGRATOR
CONNECTION
integrate the two companies. The process has
its roots back in June 2012 when SDI closed a
private investment with private equity firm LLR
Partners to fund the firm's growth through acquisitions and expansion into commercial markets.
That growth continues on the fast track.
"We don't expect everything to happen overnight, but the key is to bring together the best of
A CLOSER LOOK
Company name: SDI (System Development Integration LLC)
Website: www.sdienterprises.com
HQ location: Chicago
Principals: David A. Gupta, founder and CEO
Year founded: 1996
Number of employees/Associates: 250
Residential/Commercial split: 99% commercial, 1% residential
Top technology brands deployed: Verint, Honeywell, Intergraph
both worlds from the two companies, establishing universal practices and meshing the teams
together," Gupta says. "We are doing things
ranging from establishing uniformity of HR
policies and benefits to implementing sales best
practices."
What SDI Wants in a Partner
Gupta looks for partners with risk-mitigating
technology delivery methodologies and SMEs
in planning large-scale projects, specializing
in areas like cut-overs, large data migrations,
system/vendor transitions, etc. "Critical environment needs are different from typical organizations — from their broad range of highly
complex legacy/hybrid/digital systems, to their
elevated performance requirements, such as
uptime, response time and high-capacity," Gupta
says, noting that SDI's solutions are specifically
geared for these environments.
Another key for a partner is having a single-
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