The Walz Group Announces Its New Affiliated Company Walz IT, LLC

LANCASTER, Pa. - Aug. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- The Walz Group, a tax and audit group that has been serving companies in the Lancaster area since 1978, has launched a new affiliated company Walz IT, LLC to provide technology and business consulting services. The new company will be led by president Bill Hicks, who brings over 25 years of IT consulting experience, including directing Arthur Andersen's successful Lancaster-based Business Consulting Practice (1990-2002). Walz IT will have offices in Lancaster and King of Prussia, PA.

Managing President of the Walz Group Brett Tennis said, “We are thrilled to announce the formation of Walz IT to our community, to be led by an industry veteran. This new affiliated company compliments our core tax and accounting services, and allows us to serve our clients in a higher capacity.”

President of Walz IT, LLC Bill Hicks said, “Walz IT bring a hand-on, practical approach to addressing our client's challenges through a combination of skilled resources, innovative tools and industry expertise."

Walz IT’s primary consulting services include:

·         IT strategy: Guide client teams through IT strategy related activities, including IT assessment and planning, IT/ERP education, M&A IT synergies, tool selection, contract negotiations, change readiness and assimilation, health check, and process improvement services.

·         Salesforce: Leverage the popular Salesforce.com, FinancialForce and Force.com platforms to automate, streamline, and integrate customer facing and back-office related applications (sales, finance, customer service, and more).

·         Analytics: Transform transactional data into valuable competitive knowledge through the deployment of leading reporting and analytics tools (SQL Server, QlikView, Tableau) to enhance data accessibility, visibility, and integrity.

·         Project management: Assist clients through their packaged and custom systems planning, design, and implementation endeavors; utilize practical administrative and reporting tools; and augment client teams with subject matter, tool, and project management expertise.

Walz IT sponsors a Quarterly Technology Forum bringing together senior executives to network with their peers and explore the application of technologies within their business. The inaugural Quarterly Technology Forum will be hosted at Lancaster Country Club on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 5:00pm. Speakers include Brett Tennis, Managing President of Walz Group, Bill Hicks, President of Walz IT, LLC, and Steve Graham, COO of Graham Media Partners. Mr. Graham will present how to leverage LinkedIn for social selling by enhancing both personal and company pages. For more information, please see the Walz IT website (www.walzIT.com).

About the Walz Group

Founded in 1978, the Walz Group provides business and financial services to companies in the constuction, manufactoring, professional services, and nonprofit industries in Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania. The Walz Group’s services include auditing, accounting, tax, payroll solutions, and business consulting. For more information, please visit www.walzgroupcpa.com/.

About Walz IT, LLC

Walz IT, LLC delivers "Ultimate Solutions" by combining skilled resources, innovative tools and industry expertise required to tackle our clients’ IT Strategy, Salesforce, Analytics and Project Management challenges. For more information, please visit www.walzIT.com.