contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message fieldglass inc. type subsidiary industry software founded november 12 1999 ; 16 years ago 1999 11 12 founder jai shekhawat headquarters 111 n. canal st. chicago illinois u.s. area served worldwide key people jai shekhawat founder vish baliga cto rob brimm president mikael lindmark vp emea 1 number of employees 450 2015 parent sap se 2 website www.fieldglass.com fieldglass an sap company is a software company based in chicago illinois united states at 111 n. canal st. the company provides a vendor management system vms called fieldglass vms a cloud based technology used to manage the non employee workforce of contingent workers independent contractors . the business processes that such management comprises include procurement statements of work project management and payment . history edit fieldglass was founded by jai shekhawat in 1999 . 3 as of early 2014 fieldglass had more than 450 employees located between its headquarters in chicago and additional offices in naperville illinois ; mumbai india ; london sydney and other offices . 4 fieldglass is a member of the sourcing interests group sig and the illinois technology association ita . 5 in september 2010 fieldglass received a significant investment from madison dearborn partners . 6 at the time fieldglass was valued at more than 220 million . 7 staffing industry analysts 2013 vms and msp supplier competitive landscape report said that fieldglass had the highest annual flexible workforce spend under management and widest global footprint of any vms provider . for the fifth consecutive year fieldglass ranked highest in total spend under management with 27.4 billion in 2012 . 8 fieldglass was acquired by sap in 2014 and is now a subsidiary . in 2014 fieldglass was recognized in the forrester wave vms q1 2014 by forrester research inc. as the highest scoring vms provider in contingent workforce management vendor management system cwm vms functionality and market presence . 9 ceo and founder jai shekhawat will be stepping down from fieldglass as of august 31 2015 . evp rob brimm will be replacing jai as fieldglass president . notes edit executive team . fieldglass . retrieved 2013 05 09 . sap to acquire fieldglass the global cloud technology leader in contingent workforce management sap newsroom . retrieved 31 march 2014 . the man who sold vms . staffing industry analysts . 2012 . retrieved july 28 2012 . fieldglass built in chicago . built in chicago . 2014 . ita spotlight fieldglass . illinois technology association . 2011 09 14 . madison dearborn partners takes majority stake in fieldglass . crain s chicago business . 2010 . retrieved september 27 2010 . fieldglass sells majority stake to madison dearborn . built in chicago . 2010 . retrieved october 29 2010 . fieldglass tops the vendor management system vms industry for fifth consecutive year . staffing industry analysts . 2012 . retrieved july 2 2012 . the forrester wave vms q1 2014 . forrester research . 2014 . retrieved february 10 2014 . external links edit fieldglass website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fieldglass & oldid 743336524 categories software companies established in 1999software companies based in illinoiscompanies based in chicagohidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from march 2016articles with a promotional tone from april 2015all articles with a promotional toneuse mdy dates from april 2013 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 helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view