Accenture has acquired Ocelot Consulting, a cloud consultancy specializing in full-stack development, data engineering, data science, and strategy and execution for cloud modernization.
The addition of Ocelot Consulting expands Accenture’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineering skills in the Midwest to help clients in North America accelerate cloud transformation—including making cloud the data backbone of the enterprise and the engine for AI-driven business reinvention. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Ocelot Consulting increases our talent base of multi-skilled engineers to help clients build a strong digital core—powered by cloud, data and AI—and to achieve new performance frontiers,” said Andy Tay, global lead of Accenture Cloud First. “Cloud is the place where most technology innovation is happening, and this acquisition is all about expanding our cloud engineering skills to help clients modernize their enterprise and accelerate business growth and innovation.”
“For the past seven years, we have focused on sharing our transformational lessons learned in agility, cloud, security and development operations with other companies in the region,” said Tyler Robert, co-founder and president of Ocelot Consulting. “By joining Accenture, we can continue to grow our presence together regionally and nationwide.”
“The combined strength of Accenture and Ocelot Consulting will accelerate client growth in industries including utilities, banking, insurance, agriculture and consumer goods,” said Taliya King, office managing director—St. Louis, Accenture. “We welcome the Ocelot Consulting team to Accenture’s Midwest region where we will deliver highly specialized capabilities at scale and at speed.”
Founded in 2016 and based in St. Louis, MO, Ocelot Consulting’s team of approximately 100 technologists joins the Accenture AWS Business Group, that consists of more than 28,000 certified professionals holding over 35,000 AWS certifications, and is recognized by AWS with 27 competencies. Accenture AWS Business Group is part of Accenture Cloud First, Accenture’s industry-leading business group focused on redefining how organizations operate and create value by using cloud, data and AI for total enterprise reinvention.
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