ICC Appoints New Chairman and Partner to Enhance Ability to Deliver Enterprise Solutions to Customers

Blane Walter brings strategic organizational experience to business and IT solutions provider.

2013-04-17

COLUMBUS, OH, April 17, 2013 (Press-News.org) ICC, a nationally recognized enterprise technology leader that provides business-critical application development, digital and big data analytic solutions to its Fortune 1000 national and global clients, today announced that Blane Walter has become a partner and will serve as Chairman of the Board. In this newly-created corporate role, Mr Walter will serve alongside ICC partners - CEO Steven Glaser and President John Kratz. The new appointment enhances the company's ability to deliver enterprise technology solutions for its valued clients by providing additional strategic oversight as well as growth capital.

"Blane Walter's experience in strengthening corporate strategy, shaping new markets and delivering customer value will help ICC develop a strong platform for future growth," said Glaser. "Our goal is to expand and grow at an unprecedented pace to meet the growing needs of our clients. I look forward to working with Blane and welcome him to the ICC family."

"ICC is a financially strong company with extensive capabilities, high caliber people and industry-leading customers," said Mr Walter. "I look forward to working with our internal and external stakeholders as we take ICC to the next level in its growth."

In this new role, Mr Walter will be focused on the company's strategic planning and direction, mergers and acquisitions, developing new markets, and building and strengthening relationships with key customers, partners, vendors and other stakeholders.

The company has recently received significant news coverage for its Big Data capabilities and partnership with IBM as it established the new IBM Client Center for Advanced Analytics in Columbus, OH dedicated to expanding research, development, client services and skills training in the areas of analytics, Big Data and cognitive computing.

R. Blane Walter
Prior to joining ICC, Mr Walter served as founder of inChord Communications, Inc., which he built into the largest independently-owned, healthcare communications company in the world. In 2005, inChord was acquired by Ventiv Health, the largest provider of outsourced sales and clinical services serving the pharmaceutical industry to create inVentiv Health. In 2008, he became CEO of the combined public company.

Through organic growth and more than 20 acquisitions, inVentiv Health became the leading provider of outsourced product development and commercialization services to the global pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. inVentiv's client roster consists of more than 350 leading pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences and healthcare payer companies. In 2010, Mr Walter led the successful $1.2 billion buyout of inVentiv Health by Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Mr Walter presently serves as Vice Chairman of inVentiv Health and also serves as Chairman of the Governor of Ohio's Executive Workforce Board. He is also a Partner at Talisman Capital Partners, a private capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

Prior to starting inChord Communications, Mr Walter worked as a Financial Analyst in New York City for Smith Barney in mergers and acquisitions specialty group. Mr Walter graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Finance from Boston College.

About ICC
ICC, based in Columbus, Ohio, is a leading provider of enterprise technology solutions. With a staff over 500 highly trained consultants, we are experts in Strategy, User Experience, Visual Design, Engineering, Project Management, Business Analytics and Quality Assurance. Using these skills, we develop and deploy innovative, business-critical solutions that enable Fortune 500 and mid-market organizations to improve operational efficiencies. Our Business, Digital and Technology solutions give our clients a competitive advantage that helps them drive revenues and increase margin.

ICC is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and an IBM Premier Business Partner. Clients include Nationwide, Cardinal Health, McGraw Hill, the State of Ohio, and Honda.

ICC is committed to serving its clients, community and country by developing U.S.-based leaders who work hard to strengthen the American economy. More information is available at http://www.icctechnology.com.

Media Contacts:
Theresa Hodgson
ICC
thodgson@iccohio.com
614-523-3070 x106
http://www.icctechnology.com/

Rich Mullikin
Communication Strategy Group for ICC
rmullikin@gocsg.com
866-997-2424
www.communicationstrategygroup.com

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