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04.07.10

Abacist Group To Present At Adapive Planning Breakfast Seminars

Abacist Group has been invited to speak at three Adaptive Planning Breakfast Seminars in April.  Bill Aiken, Principal and founder of Abacist Group, will share best practices for financial management solutions.  He'll be joined by current Adaptive Planning users who will share real-world perspectives on how their finance organization transformed their planning and reporting processes.

Bill will be presenting in the following cities:

• San Antonio - April 20, 2010
• Dallas - April 22, 2010
• Houston - April 28, 2010

 For more information and to sign up for this complimentary seminar, please click here.

 

 11.04.09

Abacist Group Earns Adaptive Planning Partner Certification

Abacist Group was recently certified as a Value Added Reseller for Adaptive Planning, following a string of successful implementations and high client satisfaction. The official partnership will enable Abacist Group to expand our CPM Software Implementation and Management services to help you achieve high performance and sustainable growth.

Adaptive Planning is a leader in budgeting, forecasting, and reporting solutions. Their enterprise software provides an affordable alternative to traditional budgeting tools, while offering a high degree of functionality.

 

 

07.27.2009

Abacist Group Welcomes New Hires

Abacist Group is proud to welcome two new analyst-consultants to our team.

Chip McCoy joined Abacist Group upon graduating from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.  Chip, who grew up in Litchfield, Connecticut, was captain of the track and field team at W&L and majored in Business Administration and Accounting.

Drew Brown, a native of Plano, Texas, returned to the Dallas area following graduation from The University of Texas at Austin. While at UT, Drew served the Longhorn community as President of the Texas Cowboys and majored in Business Honors and Finance.

 

 

06.30.2009

Abacist Group Opens New Office at Watters Creek in Allen, Tx

 Today, Abacist Group relocated its headquarters offices to accomodate growth in demand for our services.

We are pleased to announce, effective July 1, 2009, our new headquarters in Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm in Allen, Texas.

Watters Creek is a unique location in North Dallas featuring world-class design alongside natural beauty.  The development has been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council for its environmentally-sound construction and finish-out, and is home to the first LEED certified retail development in the state of Texas.

Please visit us at our new location:

Abacist Group

825 Market Street, Building M

Suite 250

Allen, TX 75013

 

 

06.01.2009

Free Webinar: Leverage Planning, Forecasting & Analytics to Outperform the Competition during the Economic Storm

Top performing organizations leverage Planning, Forecasting and Analytics best practices as a competitive advantage. Now more than ever, a disciplined approach to Corporate Performance Management will enable your company to weather the economic storm and compete more effectively.

By attending this webcast, you'll learn:

• How the Oakland A’s leveraged planning & analytics to outperform the competition

• Characteristics of top performing finance organizations

• Practical financial tools and techniques to help you outperform

• How to automate your revenue planning to see your business in a whole new way – by location or by SKU using Host Analytic's Corporate Performance Management solution

Abacist Group helps companies enhance their Corporate Planning and Performance Management acuity. Prior to founding the Abacist Group, speaker Bill Aiken was responsible for managing a $7 Billion P&L for PepsiCo, where he worked in the Finance organization for a decade, helped gain market share against strong competitors like Coca-Cola, and grew the top-line while expanding profit margins.

Register today to gain valuable takeaways that will help you manage your business in uncertain economic times.

 

 

04.30.2009

Dallas Executive Seminar: Secrets to Transforming Finance to be held May 19, 2009

Adaptive Planning & NetSuite will host a free breakfast seminar for finance executives on May 19, 2009 at the Westin Galleria in Dallas, TX.

Bill Aiken, Principal and CEO of Abacist group, will be a featured speaker at this engagement.

Attend this seminar and learn how your organization can deliver real-time financial control, comprehensive visibility, collaborative planning and forecasting, and rapid what-if analyses. Hear case studies that reveal how real-world finance teams have been able to transform their operations, enhance their role in corporate strategy, and navigate their company through rough waters—while simultaneously cutting IT costs.

This seminar will be hosted by NetSuite and Adaptive Planning—leaders in on-demand financial systems for companies of all sizes. They will be joined by Abacist Group, a business performance management consulting firm, who will outline best practices from experience with financial performance management implementations. You'll also learn first hand how the latest innovations in accounting, planning and reporting technologies are changing the game for growing companies like Shared Technologies.

During this free seminar, you'll learn:

• The secrets to leapfrogging both antiquated accounting systems and Excel-based planning and forecasting 
• Steps to slash budgeting time by 90% and enable timely "what-if" analyses 
• Tactics for getting instant business visibility 
• How achieving a single version of the truth is easier than you think 
• How Software as a Service will keep IT costs in check 
• Financial best practices for companies of all sizes
  

Please email bill.aiken@abacistgroup.com for more information or if interested in attending.

 

 

03.23.2009

World Class Corporate Planning Performance Management

Bill Aiken, Principal and CEO of Abacist Group, will be presenting "World Class Corporate Planning and Performance Management" at a series of upcoming seminars hosted in Texas by Adaptive Planning.

Bill is scheduled to speak at the following seminars:

• Houston 3/24 
• Austin 4/23 
• Dallas 5/19 

Please join this complimentary executive breakfast seminar and learn best practices for improving the agility and accuracy of your financial planning, reporting, and what-if-analysis.