. strong results type public industry strategy consulting operations consulting business process technology services and outsourcing founded 1981 as james martin associates headquarters headstrong fairfax virginia key people sandeep sahai ceo number of employees 4 000 2011 website www.headstrong.com headstrong a genpact company is a company with presence across north america europe and asia pacific operating in more than 14 locations . it was formed in 2000 when arjun malhotra led techspan was merged with james martin associates by dr. james martin who sat as headstrong s chairman emeritus until his death in june 2013 . 1 arjun malhotra became chairman & ceo of headstrong in 2004 . beginning from the start of 2010 sandeep sahai the president of the company became the ceo . in 2011 headstrong has been acquired when by genpact for us 550mn . 2 and formed genpact headstrong capital markets 3 contents 1 history 1.1 headstrong in the 21st century 1.2 the birth of techspan 2 references 3 external links history edit in 1981 dr. james martin together with dixon doll established the information technology consultancy firm doll martin worldwide dmw in london . the company was later renamed james martin associates jma whose clients included the united states and united kingdom governments . jma signed a contract with texas instruments in 1982 to develop and publish the first methodology for translating business needs into systems solutions information engineering methodology iem . a year later jma launched international expansion opening offices in amsterdam and dublin . headstrong in the 21st century edit 2006 saw headstrong surpassing the 2000 employee headcount and continuing to enjoy 40 percent growth . headstrong is recognized as one of the 2006 global services 100 by global services magazine and neoit 4 and is named to the global outsourcing 100 by the international association of outsourcing professionals iaop . 5 headstrong joins the bond market association to participate on industry wide issues in a shared forum . in 2008 headstrong was recognized in the global services 100 6 and ranked 33rd in the global outsourcing 100 receiving such accolades from the two award giving bodies for the third consecutive year . 7 headstrong was also included for the first time in the varbusiness 500 as one of north america s largest solutions providers . also this year headstrong set up its hyderabad center of excellence coe in the banjara hills and formed an alliance with gallagher financial systems . the american banker s 2009 fintech 100 places headstrong at the 48th spot up from 68 in last year s rankings . 8 the birth of techspan edit techspan was formed in 1998 . the name techspan included the initials of the original team span sandeep puneet aloke and nicki . as span url was unavailable they added tech and the tagline technology spanning the globe . arjun malhotra the ceo gathered players in india s it industry including aloke paskar bonnie singh curt terwilliger harsh singh lohit nicki mehra nagesh puneet pushkarna and sandeep sahai to meet the standards of goldman sachs which was keen on investing in the country s it outsourcing sector . kpmg s managing partner and ceo of metrius keyur patel was instrumental in providing the early projects like cisco macromedia adobe and apple to techspan as off shore partner . headstrong executive leadership and management and mgdc leadership techspan merged with headstrong in october 2003 and the new name of the joint entity continued as headstrong . references edit http www.guardian.co.uk technology 2013 jun 27 oxford university tribute james martin genpact to acquire headstrong for us 550 million https www.linkedin.com company headstrong http www.globalservices100.com http www.outsourcingprofessional.org http www.globalservicesmedia.com content general200801223624.asp http designtaxi.com news 18325 headstrong ranks 33rd in the global outsourcing 100 http www.americanbanker.com article.html id 20081112ege9065b http www.bobsguide.com guide news 2006 aug 18 headstrong demonstrates continued record growth.html http www.fenwick.com fenwickdocuments outsourcing offshore.pdf http articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com 2002 07 17 news 27342339 1 techspan partner independent software vendors external links edit official website online community of it project managers companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title headstrong company & oldid 703789670 categories information technology companies of the united statescall centre companiesbusiness process outsourcing companiesinformation technology consulting firms of the united stateshidden categories vague or ambiguous time from april 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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