Robbins-Gioia Announces Change of Ownership
Program and Performance Management Firm Returns to Independent Ownership
May 22, 2012, Alexandria, VA—Robbins-Gioia (RG) today announced that it has been acquired by a management-led team of investors, a move that will establish the firm as an independent, US-owned entity once again. As part of the acquisition, Jim Leto returns to his previous position as CEO of the firm, joined by new and returning management team members.
RG was established in 1980 to professionalize the emerging field of program management and help clients achieve superior results in designing and executing large, complex initiatives. In 2005, after steady growth and significant success, the company was acquired by the Institute for International Research, which was in turn acquired by Informa (based in London), the world's largest conference and event company. The spin-out of RG to independence will allow management to refocus on expanding its services and technology business while continuing to deliver outstanding service to both government and commercial clients.
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According to Jim Leto, who served as president and CEO of RG during a major growth period from 2002-2006,
"This is an exciting moment. I am thrilled to come home to RG and help to renew and reinvigorate this talented team. RG's range of professional services covering portfolio management, program design, project management, technology support, workforce empowerment and performance management are needed now more than ever before. The passion and commitment of our employees to help their customers succeed is simply unrivalled and I feel privileged to have the opportunity to lead them once again."
Joining Mr. Leto, RG's new leadership team will be formed from selected new, returning and existing management team members. Ron Bohlin, former McKinsey partner and co-founder of Nextera Enterprises, will become chairman and chief strategy officer. Bradley King, former CEO-North America of Serco will become president of the federal division. Brian Hays, former senior vice president of SAIC will become president of the commercial division, and Christopher Heath will return to RG as chief technology officer.
"RG will continue to advance our leadership position in core program management disciplines to help our clients address emerging needs and opportunities related to new technology, performance optimization and human capital management." Leto states.
"We intend to remind the market of Robbins-Gioia's status as one of the most trusted sources of top-notch professional skills, dedicated to the principles of maintaining an independent professional perspective, putting our clients' interests first, and ensuring integrity in everything we do."
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Robbins-Gioia Announces Release of Strategic Planner;
Creating Aligned Objectives and Metrics to Drive Organizational Results
May 15, 2012, Alexandria, VA—Robbins-Gioia, LLC, the leading provider of performance management services, today released Strategic Planner, an innovative product that simplifies and automates the strategic planning process. Strategic Planner automatically generates a strategy map, performance scorecard, and strategic plan to aid communications and ensure strategic alignment throughout the organization.
Strategic Planner is based on the Balanced Scorecard and organized into four phases with specific user roles and responsibilities designated to ensure control and privacy. Strategic goals, SWOT analyses, objectives, and metrics are collaboratively developed. As members of the strategy team complete predefined workflows, everyone in the organization sees immediate updates. The performance scorecard and strategy map indicate progress toward achieving targets defined during the planning process. Strategy execution becomes a core facet of a success-focused attitude, contributing to overall performance optimization.
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"With its step-by-step process, this application truly jumpstarts the strategic planning process," said Michael Sledge, Robbins-Gioia's president and CEO. "The information is easily customized to your organizational environment—and the dashboarding capability in Strategic Planner keeps your strategy aligned and actionable."
Pivotal to organizational success, Strategic Planner is the first application in Robbins-Gioia's advanced Corporate Performance Optimization (CPO) product suite that includes follow-on applications of Portfolio Planner, Project Manager, and Capability Analyzer. Developed to communicate strategy and current performance on objectives with drill-down capability on targets, R-G's CPO suite provides the foundation for cost-effective business solutions year on year and creates aligned objectives with actionable metrics to drive organizational results.
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Robbins-Gioia Announces New Release of Jaguar
Industry-leading Software is the Fastest, Biggest Scheduling Engine in the World
March 28, 2012, Alexandra, VA—Robbins-Gioia, LLC, the leading provider of performance management services, today released its latest version of Jaguar, titled Jaguar R4. This release continues R-G's commitment to providing its clients with the fastest and most robust and scalable scheduling engine on the market. In addition to offering clients a simplified server-side configuration, Jaguar R4 performs schedule analysis using critical path methodology and supports multi-tiered architectures on Windows and UNIX servers. These new capabilities mean that clients can configure Jaguar on these systems with no hiccups—and access new graphical reporting capabilities.
Jaguar was designed from the ground up to optimize processing speed and capability across multiple operating system platforms. With scheduling capability refined to one-minute increments and PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) chart and custom Gantt chart reporting, Jaguar provides executives with the visibility they need to keep their enterprises resourced and running smoothly.
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"The Programmed Depot Maintenance Scheduling System (G097), powered by Jaguar, is the system of record and a command standard in aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul throughout the U.S. Air Force," said Marty Tucker, former Robbins-Gioia Air Force client and current R-G site manager at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. "It's hard to imagine how R-G can improve on Jaguar's overall flexibility and ability to scale and manage more than 1,300 integrated schedules involving 10 million activities. But they've sure done the job with Jaguar R4. In R-G's Corporate Performance Optimization (CPO) offering, our planned evolution of Jaguar ensures the Air Force has a robust, flexible scheduling system to meet its current and future needs."
Just one offering in Robbins-Gioia's Corporate Performance Optimization (CPO) family of products, Jaguar helps decision-makers with large, complex, inter-related projects manage and optimize their critical activities and resources. Specifically, Jaguar helps managers reduce their program planning time by 50 percent and offers up to 10 times more scheduling capacity than its closest competitor.
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Robbins-Gioia Appoints Sal Reza Executive Director, Army Services
Febuary 8, 2012, Alexandra, VA—Robbins-Gioia, LLC, the leading provider of performance management services, announced today that Sal Reza will manage all Army business as executive director, Army services.
In his new role, Reza will oversee program support of $1.8 billion in assets for the entire Army. "My focus for Army services is to enable our clients' drive to efficiency in a cost-effective manner through the use of CPO," said Reza. "CPO is the right tool at the right time for these budget-constrained, productivity-increased targets." Reza brings more than 21 years of hands-on experience in DOD and commercial automotive systems acquisition in the areas of program management, production operations, supply chain, and IT support to his role. "Based on his outstanding track record, we have immense confidence in Sal's leadership, innovation, and vision," said Mike Sledge, R-G CEO. "I look forward to working with him in finding new ways to meet our clients' objectives.
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With Sal at the operational helm, we look forward to growing and enhanced client services in 2012."
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Robbins-Gioia Appoints Jessica Shoudel Executive Director, Air Force Services
January 11, 2012, Alexandra, VA—Robbins-Gioia, LLC, the leading provider of performance management services, announced today that Jessica Shoudel will manage all Air Force business as executive director, Air Force services.
In her new role, Shoudel will oversee program support of $616.9 million in assets for the entire Air Force. "My goal is to lead my integrated team in leveraging the best practices of each project along with R-G's corporate performance optimization (CPO) offering," she said. "This comprehensive solution set will be carried forward to our clients to optimize performance in the life cycle management center, air logistics sustainment center, and operating complexes." Previously, Shoudel served as executive director of R-G's Air Force south business unit based in Warner Robins, Ga. There, she was responsible for client engagement within the Air Force Air Logistics Centers and Air Force Space Command. Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) and in Lean, Six Sigma, Professional Facilitation, and Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO21), Shoudel has been with R-G for 14 years in positions of increasing responsibility.
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"Jessica has a keen understanding of and proven record in overcoming the management challenges facing our Air Force clients today," said Mike Sledge, chief executive officer, Robbins-Gioia. "Time and again, the leadership skills she brings to organizations add significant value by helping them optimize their operational performance. I am confident that she and her team will build a strong foundation for CPO for R-G's clients."
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