articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2015 equaterra type private industry management consulting sourcing advisory founded 2003 headquarters houston texas 11 offices in 9 countries key people mark toon co founder and chief executive officer ; mark hodges co founder chairman of the board and executive director corporate development number of employees 300 employees website www.equaterra.com equaterra was acquired by kpmg effective february 18 2011 . as a member of kpmg s network of member firms equaterra continues to provide global sourcing advisory services in information technology it finance and accounting f & a human resources hr supply chain management and other business processes . contents 1 history 2 rankings 3 references 4 external links history edit equaterra was founded in 2003 by mark toon mark hodges and david karabinos . 1 the firm worked with clients in 19 languages in over 60 countries . in 2005 the firm acquired insource partners a dallas based information technology consulting firm . in november 2006 equaterra announced the acquisition of avanti advisory llc an outsourcing advisory firm founded in 2001 by peter iannone past president of tpi . 2 in september 2007 equaterra acquired the largest european sourcing advisory firm morgan chambers . 3 created in 2005 equaterra public sector llc was the entity under which equaterra s public sector practice operated . 4 in 2009 equaterra announced the formation of equasiis a wholly owned company focused on market intelligence and improving operational performance through equasiis software and tools . equasiis offered sourcing and operational governance software equasiis enterprise and workbench along with research and consulting services for outsourcing service providers . 5 effective february 18 2011 kpmg llp us kpmg holdings limited uk and kpmg international acquired the business and subsidiaries of advisory firm equaterra inc. 6 rankings edit in 2009 the black book of outsourcing 7 ranked equaterra as 1 finance & accounting advisor third ranked full service sourcing advisor fourth ranked business process outsourcing advisor ninth ranked it advisor and eighth ranked hr advisor . 8 in both 2009 and 2010 the international association of outsourcing professionals iaop ranked equaterra as 2 in their listings iaop world s best outsourcing advisors . 9 10 references edit http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp privcapid 7935932 http basman.wordpress.com 2006 11 01 equaterra acquires avanti advisory to add senior executive level it outsourcing advisors to team http www.bizjournals.com houston stories 2007 09 03 daily8.html http www.manta.com coms2 dnbcompany qzz1hp http www.hroassociation.org file 4102 equaterra creates equasiis to provide software intelligence insights and services . html http www.equaterra.com equaterra is now kpmg 2159c514.html http theblackbookofoutsourcing.com http www.emediawire.com releases 2009 2 prweb2058454.htm http www.outsourcingprofessional.org content 23 196 1861 http www.outsourcingprofessional.org content 23 152 2042 external links edit official web site of the firm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title equaterra & oldid 743465486 categories companies established in 2003companies based in houstoninternational management consulting firmsmanagement consulting firms of the united statesprivately held companies based in texaskpmg2003 establishments in texashidden categories orphaned articles from october 2015all orphaned articles 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 19 53 . 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