The addition of Thomas Burzinski allows Skyline Technologies to offer IT Business consulting services not typically available to New North businesses

04/06/09  

GREEN BAY/APPLETON, Wis., (April 6, 2009) – Skyline Technologies, Inc., is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas Burzinski as the company’s Director, IT Business Consulting. Burzinski will help grow Skyline’s IT Business Consulting service offering by providing the vision, processes, and plans to deliver superior business consulting that makes a strategic difference for Skyline Technologies’ clients.  

“IT Business Consulting services are highly underserved in the small and mid-sized marketplaces, such as the New North,” said Burzinski. “Here at Skyline, we have a large team of highly-skilled and experienced professionals possessing a unique combination of IT and business experience that allow us to help our clients deliver greater business value to their customers through information technology.”  

“Under Burzinski’s leadership Skyline’s IT Business Consulting service offering will include: 

• Partnering with clients to develop business aligned IT strategies that allow them to obtain the maximum business value from their technology resources
• Improving IT operational efficiency to free up capital for innovation
• Guiding and mentoring clients in best of breed lifecycle methodologies, innovative business analysis techniques, and thorough quality assurance programs that provide measureable long term business value
• Deploying enterprise architectures that improves IT service delivery
• Providing certified program and project leaders, business analysts, and Q/A professionals with the skills and experience required to develop high quality enterprise technology solutions

“For years our company has been asked by our clients to work on strategic IT and Business issues. Only occasionally have we been able to deliver that valuable service. Now, with Tom on our team, it will become a strategic focus for our company,” adds Pat Deprey, Skyline’s CEO. “Skyline’s IT and Business Consultants will now be able to help our clients transform IT from a cost center to a value-added strategic resource,” said Deprey. 

“Deprey also explains, “For example, Burzinski has extensive expertise in forming and leading organizations from concept to organizational maturity. His leadership experience includes developing and executing Program Management Offices (PMO), business intelligence capabilities, leading national consulting practices, and forming multi-disciplined business and technology organizations. He has extensive experience in IT/business alignment efforts, strategic planning, and helping companies “run IT as a business.””  

Burzinski has held diverse positions, including VP/CIO, IT Director, Consulting Practice Director, Strategic Planner, Program Office Manager, Senior Project Manager, and Enterprise Systems Analyst.  

Burzinski is also a regular contributor to national publications, including, Intelligent Enterprise and DM Review. He also writes a monthly business and technology column for Wisconsin Business (WISBUSINESS.COM) and is a speaker at business and technical conferences around the country.  

About Skyline Technologies
Skyline Technologies, Inc. is based in Green Bay, WI since 1992 with offices in Appleton and consultants on-site at client-partner facilities. Across the north central U.S., Skyline is recognized as a world-class IT services firm specializing in software development, business intelligence, enterprise portal, web design, and online marketing support services to clients throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Between its Green Bay, Wis., headquarters and satellite office in Appleton, Skyline Technologies employs almost 100 information technology and online marketing experts.