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More than 100 FORTUNE 500 companies have trusted their highest value transformation work to the experts at Kickdrum. 

But Kickdrum is about more than numbers

KICKDRUM PRINCIPALS

Ryan Kennedy

Principal, PE Architect

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Tom Carter

Principal, Data Architect

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Seth Krauss

Principal, Architect

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Brian Rauch

Principal, CFO

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Nainish Dalal

Principal, Delivery Architect

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Jay Kamm

Principal, Data Scientist

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Unlike traditional diligence and development firms, Kickdrum has brought together senior executives across industries and technology sectors to guide strategy and drive executive-level business impact. 

Kickdrum’s principals have spent decades in technology leadership roles at the nation’s largest automotive, healthcare and software companies, and strategy consulting firms. They’ve also held CTO roles inside of numerous early stage startups. The mix has led them to build repeatable technology transformation playbooks that incorporate widely tested best practices that fit within aggressive timelines and budget constraints.

Decades of differentiated experience

  • 1989 - Trilogy Software is co-founded by Tom Carter to deliver enterprise software for the FORTUNE 500.

    1995 - 2003 - Seth Krauss, Jay Kamm, Nainish Dalal, Ryan Kennedy, and Brian Rauch join Trilogy to sell and deliver multi-million dollar deals to FORTUNE 500 clients such as Boeing, Goodyear, and Ford Motor Company. Trilogy becomes the nation’s largest privately held enterprise software company.

  • Trilogy restructures to focus on offshore development, and the team adapts to a new remote / distributed workforce.

  • Trilogy pivots to a private equity model. Through its Versata subsidiary, dozens of software companies are acquired and transformed. The team’s expertise grows to focus on maximizing operational excellence while radically optimizing price performance.

  • 2012 - Ryan, Jay, Seth, and Brian leave Versata to found Kickdrum, focusing on solving complex business challenges for technology executives at businesses of all sizes.

    2013 - 2014 - As Kickdrum lands its first $1M+ customer, Trilogy co-founder Tom Carter joins the team to expand enterprise-grade engineering capabilities, while Nainish Dalal joins to transform delivery and help professionalize offshore operations.

  • 2017 - Kickdrum India is founded in Bengaluru. The growing team and depth of expertise enable Kickdrum to expand services, launching a technology due diligence practice.

    2018 - 2020 - Kickdrum achieves AWS Advanced Partner status and starts Kickdrum University to continue to train and mold enterprise-grade engineers for technology acceleration and due diligence.

    2020 - Present - Kickdrum’s diligence practice gains attention, as 40+ private equity investors and their portfolio companies sign up for enterprise value assessment, acceleration, and assurance services.

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