Spring 2009 issue of Horizons

CLIENT SPOTLIGHT Bick Group (cont.)

Sustainable Company Over the past 45 years, Bick Group has continually adapted its services to provide clients with facilities and technology that will sustain them into the future. Andy Parham, who was named CEO in January 2008, credits the firm’s success to three fundamental behaviors and values: 1. Bick Group is passionate about providing customer solutions. Employees assess the client’s business issues and find solutions that address their unique issues. 2. Bick Group is committed to seeing its 80 employees thrive and works to place people in roles that reflect their unique strengths. 3. Bick Group strives to honor God in everything it does, treating clients, vendors and partners in the way it would like to be treated. “It is an exciting time to be at Bick Group because there is tremendous growth in the data center space. At the same time, our industry is in a period of transformation as clients evaluate and begin to adopt new utility computing alternatives. We are helping our clients navigate through the complicated and critical decisions that are required for their businesses to remain competitive in this new IT infrastructure age,” said Parham. Bick Group’s vision is to one day serve every CIO in the world. With offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, the majority of the firm’s work is national, and it is targeting work internationally in the near future. “We have defined our business as providing meaningful value to CIOs and will continue to adapt what we offer to provide that value. 2008 was one of our best years as a company, and it looks like 2009 will be another solid year of growth,” Parham concluded. Sustainable Partnership RubinBrown has been contributing to Bick Group’s success since 2001. The firm provides audit and tax services for the company, as well as tax services for the Bick family. The two firms approach client service in a similar manner – focusing on customized solutions that help sustain the client’s business operations.

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