Technology Professional Services Association Selects Fathom Consulting for Certified Partner Program.

SAN DIEGO -- The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA), the technology professional services industry's premier organization, today announced that Fathom Consulting has been added to the TPSA Certified Partner Program, which offers TPSA members the resources of service providers specializing in areas of technology professional services management such as service strategy, service marketing, service sales, and service portfolio development.

"Fathom Consulting brings a fresh perspective, years of experience in similar situations, and dedicated energy to help clients focus and drive to achieve results that measurably improve their business," said Thomas Lah, executive director, TPSA.

"While professional services organizations know what challenges they face, getting to a point where they can take effective action to address those challenges is tough when the main concern is running the day-to-day business," said Cheryl Tadlock, principal, Fathom Consulting.

"Our mission in the TPSA Certified Partner Program is to add value to TPSA members by providing insight, guidance and hands-on implementation support for improving the real-world problems of today's professional services firms," added Tadlock.

Through its Certified Partner Program, TPSA is assembling a network of business partners to extend the reach of its program portfolio and add value for members. Poised to assist members with the challenges of building and optimizing technology professional services organizations, TPSA partners possess a vast array of talent, expertise, and experience. TPSA is carefully choosing partners to provide assistance to its members in major disciplines such as strategy, operations, sales, marketing, engineering, and delivery.

For more information on TPSA partners and for companies interested in being considered for the TPSA Certified Partner program, contact TPSA at [e-mail]. For professional services community resources including important industry news and key financial trends, TPSA programs and member benefits, visit www.tpsaonline.com.

About Fathom Consulting

Fathom Consulting is a management consulting firm that specializes in the IT sector. Led by Cheryl Tadlock, Fathom Consulting helps IT organizations define, develop and implement effective approaches to the many strategic and operational challenges they face in today's market. With extensive experience in IT professional services consulting, Cheryl has developed a reputation as a pragmatic, results-oriented driver of improvement initiatives.

Her focus on implementation, common sense approach and ability to impact all organizational levels has helped clients with projects ranging from formation of new professional services organizations, to defining corporate professional services strategy, to leading corporate change programs and improving complex business processes. Fathom Consulting's clients include Hitachi Data Systems, StorageTek, Managed Storage International (now Incentra Solutions), the Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, and multiple clients in healthcare and retail segments.

About TPSA

The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) is the first and only organization for executives who create, produce, deliver, manage, measure, and optimize technology services in the world's leading corporations. Member companies represent a diverse group of market segments including hardware and software products, systems integration, on-demand hosted applications, and value-added solutions. Through membership collaboration and management expertise, TPSA provides the information, concepts, models, and best practices required for success in the critical professional services component of the technology enterprise.

Leveraging its influential membership, TPSA serves as a pre-eminent thought leader and issues advocate, providing insights and trends analysis to the media, industry and business community-at-large on all matters related to technology professional services. Among its member programs, TPSA offers a Benchmark Survey with peer-group specific and industry average metrics, and The Service 50, an aggregation and analysis of publicly reported financial data, with a focus on trends in services revenues, margins, and contributions to total corporate revenue.

TPSA is part of the Point B group of associations. For over 16 years, Point B has successfully managed industry groups, including the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA). More information on TPSA can be found at www.tpsaonline.com.