KC Associates Team
Rick Phillips is an Internet and Web specialist with more than 30 years' experience in the IT industry.
During his 27 years at IBM, Phillips worked on operating system software architecture and the development of its midrange computers, including the AS/400. His last assignment was as a member of the IBM worldwide corporate task force charged with the design, architecture and implementation of IBM's Web presence on the Internet.
In 1995, Phillips founded BisMark Internet Services to provide companies with Web consulting, site development, construction and server hosting capabilities for Web information and Internet marketing. Clients have included:
Minnesota Life Insurance Company, Stellent, formerly IntraNet Solutions, Hawkins-Associates, O'Pin Systems, Network Executive Software, Pharmaceutical Specialties Inc., North Star Resource Group, Romer & Company, P.C., ShowCase Corp., Object/FX Corp., Employers Association, Insurance and Financial Communicators Association, MQSoftware, Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (SCBT/MR), The International Society of Pelvic Neuromodulation (ISPiN), Bethany United Methodist Church, Rochester Lapidary Jewelers, EXi Corp., Software Moguls, BenchmarkQA, Allen Interactions Inc., Decision Systems, Facility Management Technology, Georgia State University, Hollstadt & Associates, Inc., SKS Research and MCSB Technology.
Phillips joined KCA in 1996 and holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in physics and math.
KC Associates augments its own expertise with strategy partners that also focus on serving the IT industry. We’ve worked in concert with these groups for many years to provide higher-level strategy consulting to clients who have more complex needs.
Lumina Consulting Group: specializes in customer acquisition and business strategy development for IT products and services companies. Also offers sales and sales management consulting and recruiting.
Revenue Rocket: specializes in business growth strategy development and M&A for IT services companies. Also offers the 2020 Vision for Success program to help IT services companies improve business practices, planning and performance.
Summit Associates: specializes in actionable market assessment, strategic positioning, and business development support to increase revenues and profitability for telecommunications, storage & storage networking, and other IT firms.