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Corporate Timeline

2010
The Black Book of Outsourcing ranks Headstrong as top vendor in financial markets and wealth management IT outsourcing
2009
Headstrong acquires iXpartners
Headstrong Philippines named Best-Midsized BPO by International ICT Awards
Headstrong Ranks 57th in 2009 Global Outsourcing 100 by IAOP
Headstrong acquires Lydian Data Services
Sandeep Sahai takes President and COO position
2008
Headstrong acquires Eagle Investment and Misys Summit Debt & Derivative systems delivery team experts to strengthen its Platform Centers of Excellence.
Business 500 List includes Headstrong as one of North America’s Largest Solution Providers
Headstrong sets up Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Hyderabad
Headstrong Ranks 33rd in The Global Outsourcing 100 by IAOP
Headstrong and Gallagher Financial Systems Form Strategic Alliance
Headstrong is recognized in The Global Services 100 by Global Services magazine and neoIT
2007
Headstrong Ranked Among Top 100 Technology Providers to the Financial Services Industry by American Banker and Financial Insights, an IDC company.
Headstrong Recruitment Ad Garners Times of India Award.
Headstrong Completes Divesture of Metamor Enterprises Solutions.
Headstrong Positioned in the Niche Players Quadrant for Magic Quadrant North American Offshore Application Services, 2007.
Headstrong Services India Private Limited inaugurates its 150,000 square feet state-of-the-art Capital Markets Center in Noida, UP.
Headstrong is named again to The Global Outsourcing 100 by The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
TechSpan India Limited changes its name to Headstrong Services India Private Limited.
Headstrong is recognized for two consecutive years in The Global Services 100 by Global Services magazine and neoIT.
2006
Headstrong Delivery Centers in Bangalore is certified for ISO 27001:2005 by BSI Management Systems.
The Global Delivery Center in Manila is re-certified for ISO-9001:2000 Quality Standard by TUV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg.
Headstrong Philippines receives the Cyberservices Pioneer Award for foreign-owned third-party software developer from the Philippine Commission on Information and Communication Technology.
Headstrong joins The Bond Market Association to participate and lead on industry-wide issues in a shared forum.
Headstrong is recognized as one of IBM’s leading Regional Systems Integrators.
Headstrong surpasses 2,000-employee headcount worldwide and continues to experience over 40% revenue growth.
Headstrong is recognized as one of the The 2006 Global Services 100 by Global Services magazine and neoIT.
Headstrong is named to The Global Outsourcing 100 by The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
2005
Headstrong launches STRIDE CROSS Analysis, which enables buy-side and sell-side institutions to measure potential savings from using an internal crossing engine.
Managing Offshore and neoIT name Headstrong to "The Offshore 100 List".
2004
Bangalore FSD is awarded SEI CMM Level 3 Process Maturity rating.
Noida Global Delivery Center is rated CMM Level 5.
The Global Delivery Center in Manila is appraised at CMMI Level 3.
Headstrong, Inc. acquires assets of Elind, Inc. to bring internal matching services to capital markets practice.
Arjun Malhotra, former TechSpan CEO and Chairman and co-founder of HCL Technologies, is appointed CEO and continues in his position as Chairman of Headstrong's Board of Directors.
2003
The Global Delivery Center in Manila is certified for ISO-9001:2000 Quality Standard by TUV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg.
Headstrong merges with TechSpan; adds 400 professionals and two offshore centers in India.
Headstrong consolidates to form two distinct business units supporting both North America and International with full-service portfolios embracing consulting services, systems integration and application outsourcing.
2002
Headstrong releases third generation of dPACE (Plan, Activate, Control, End) project management methodology to support distributed projects.
Kevin Dougherty assumes the role of President and CEO worldwide.
2000
Headstrong acquires Chicago-based Faber Consulting, strengthening the focus on business intelligence.
The company receives US$191 million in equity financing – $173 million from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and $18 million from H&Q Asia Pacific – and changes name to Headstrong.
James Martin & Company acquires Manila-based NCR Professional Services group, embracing outsourcing and NCR Teradata data warehousing and enterprise analytics.
Gantthead.com is launched worldwide as the premier community for Information Technology Project Managers.
1999
James Martin & Company acquires Interim, strengthening offshore QA & Testing competencies.
1996
HCL James Martin Inc., a joint venture between HCL and James Martin & Company, is formed to provide systems redevelopment solutions, including Year 2000 renovation.
1992
PACT Group is acquired, strengthening assets of the Global Delivery Center in Manila, Philippines to support application maintenance outsourcing and related activities.
1991
James Martin & Company launches business product innovations in the United States like the integration of rules and Object Oriented methods, the first hypertext methodology, and the value stream approach. The company evolves into a leading systems integrator.
1990
In a transaction with Texas Instruments, James Martin Associates divests its European business and changes its name to James Martin & Company.
1984
James Martin Associates takes a leading role in the developing Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) industry. Texas Instruments contracts James Martin Associates to design, architect and manage the build of one of the most ambitious and powerful development tools – IEF (now called CoolGen), which is still in use by numerous companies today.
1983
James Martin Associates launches international expansion, opening offices in Amsterdam and Dublin.
1982
James Martin Associates signs contract with Texas Instruments to develop and publish the first methodology for translating business needs into system solutions – Information Engineering Methodology (IEM).
1981
The company is founded in London as James Martin Associates under the leadership of Dr. James Martin, who today serves as Chairman Emeritus of Headstrong.