industry technology services it consulting founded 2003 headquarters houston texas key people ron rand ceo tammy tapp cfo william wu executive vice president george brown senior vice president heather harris vice president suzie turner vice president ivaylo petrov vice president revenue 24 million fiscal year 2014 number of employees 102 website www.randgroup.com for the think tank see rand corporation and for the global supplier of rotating equipment see dresser rand group . rand group is an it consulting and software company that implements business software utilizing microsoft products . founded in 2003 rand group was recognized in 2015 as 20th in accounting today magazine s top 100 vars list . 1 rand group is an atypical microsoft partner in that it has combined technical experts with certified public accountants to provide specialized services focused on achieving positive financial outcomes . headquartered in houston texas the company had 102 employees at the close of 2014 and four office locations two in houston one in dallas and the fourth in vancouver . 2 in 2015 rand group briefed officials with the mongolian government on applications of business technology to their petroleum and natural resource industry as part of a five day workshop put on by the us department of commerce . 3 contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 community involvement 4 services 5 industries 6 awards 7 competitors 8 publications 9 references 10 external links history edit rand group was formed in 2003 by the acquisition of the technical consulting division of hein & associates llp a regional accounting firm . between 1996 and 2003 prior to the formation the same management team provided the same service offering at hein . rand group received gold partner status in 2005 primarily as a result of its 90 % client retention rate . 4 since 2004 rand group has consistently ranked in accounting today s var 100 list and is now considered the largest texas based microsoft partner . 5 acquisitions edit to date rand group has acquired the following firms in 2003 rand group was formed by the acquisition of the technology consulting division of hein & associates llp . 6 in 2012 rand group acquired houston based smbology a growth oriented it firm offering strategic consulting user experience design and application development . 7 in january 2013 rand group acquired the sales force management and marketing automation company salesworks systems inc. 8 community involvement edit rand group is heavily involved in the local community . in 2014 president and ceo ron rand was named chairman of the board of houston public media foundation 9 rand group is the technology partner for the museum of fine arts houston and the houston symphony . the company is also an ongoing supporter of the alley theatre houston symphony houston zoo and big brothers big sisters . 10 in past years rand group has supported the national multiple sclerosis society and the cystic fibrosis foundation . services edit this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . june 2013 rand group services center around helping people apply technology for business success . this includes implementing erp and crm enterprise software such as microsoft dynamics products crm ax gp nav as well as microsoft azure cloud . net technologies and sharepoint . the company also creates intellectual property for companies that require rental management software to assist with maintenance scheduling and inventory tracking . rand group s services include application development business intelligence crm and erp implementation intranets & portals infrastructure services and sales and marketing services . industries edit rand group s technology solutions for business are tailored to the following industries construction distribution engineering procurement and construction manufacturing oil & gas professional services awards edit 2015 rand group was named to microsoft dynamic s 2015 inner circle for being one of the top 1 % of dynamics partners globally . 11 2015 for its eleventh consecutive year rand group was ranked in accounting today s list of top 100 vars coming in at number 20 for 2015 . 12 2015 rand group was given the best new partner award by bi306 13 2014 for its sixth consecutive year rand group was named to microsoft dynamics president s club 14 2008 rand group listed in sourcemedia s for 2007 15 competitors edit rand group competitors include a number of the larger it consulting and oil & gas accounting software companies including avanade p2 energy solutions and cgi 1 . publications edit ceo and president ron rand was published in the july august 2015 issue of cfma building profits the magazine for construction financial professionals . 16 references edit group press release . rand group hits top 20 in accounting today s annual var ranking rand group office locations . rand group offices us government invites rand group to assist mongolian delegation . marketwired . july 21 2015 . rand group achieves microsoft gold partner status business wire . november 18 2005 . accounting today var 100 . accounting today . july 1 2015 . about rand group . history of rand group . rand group acquires enterprise collaboration experts smbology . oil and gas news . november 15 2012 . sales force management consulting and marketing automation company acquired by top microsoft reseller rand group . prweb . january 23 2013 . houston public media foundation announces new officers . the pearland journal . oct 28 2014 . rand group supports big brothers big sisters underwrites concert series . prweb . november 16 2012 . rand group achieves microsoft s elite inner circle . media release . july 13 2015 . rand group hits top 20 in accounting today s annual var ranking . press release . july 27 2015 . solver announces 2014 top performing partner awards . solver usa . february 2015 . group named 2014 microsoft dynamics president s club . media release . august 13 2014 . source media list of top 100 pacesetters . reuters . feb 2008 . ron rand where s that invoice streamlining operations and controlling labor costs cfma building profits magazine . construction financial management association . july 24 2015 . external links edit rand group s website www.randgroup.com rand group microsoft pinpoint profile rand group pinpoint profile financial executives international fei gold partner fei.org retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rand group & oldid 717872675 categories computer companiessoftware companies based in texasinformation technology companies of the united stateshidden categories wikipedia articles containing buzzwords from june 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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