Whittman-Hart
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Founded by Bob BernardBob Bernard
Robert Francis Bernard was an Information Technology executive, most noted for presiding over dot-com bubble consulting flameout marchFIRST, the largest Internet professional services company of its time...
Bill Merchantz, Rich Colson, and Bill Topol in the Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
area in 1984, it specialized first in AS/400 IT consulting
Information technology consulting
Information technology consulting is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives...
. It grew steadily, for about 15 years, including some acquisitions. The company went public in 1996. In 1997, the Fortune Magazine named it one of the fastest growing companies in the US.
In 1999 the company acquired Fulcrum Solutions Ltd, a UK based Oracle
Oracle database
The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
technology specialist and, shortly afterwards US Web/CKS, a California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
-based web consulting firm, after which Bob Bernard decided to rename the business marchFIRST, inc.
MarchFirst
marchFIRST, Inc. was a short-lived international systems integrator and internet consulting company at the tail end of the dot-com boom. marchFIRST was a Nasdaq traded public company whose peak stock price reached $52...
, the business was re-corporated on March 1, 2000. This was at the height of the dot-com boom
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
in 2000.
However, the company failed later that year, shuttering dozens of locations throughout the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It changed owners up to 2003 when it was reacquired by Bob Bernard. It still operates, but is not publicly traded. Its stock symbol was WHIT.
In the last couple of years (2005–2006) WHITTMANHART has acquired numerous organizations including Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
based Infinis Inc, Philadelphia based Insight Interactive Group Inc, Maryland based Estco.net, LLC, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
based Vision Enterprises, and Los Angeles based DNA Studio
DNA Studio
DNA Studio is a Los Angeles-based Web marketing advertising agency founded in 1994 by John Moshay, Chris Gibbin and Josh Mutchnick...
.
Rolta acquired Whittman-Hart Consulting on July 29, 2008. http://www.rolta.com/media-centre/press-290708.html
WhittmanHart rebranded as Band Digital, Inc. on September 28, 2010. http://www.banddigital.com/press-release/agency-rebrand-whittmanhart-becomes-band-digital-inc
Whitmann-Hart Acquires UK Based Fulcrum Solutions Ltd http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=28502