PwC and Aasonn Announce Joint Business Relationship to Expand Human Capital Management Services

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Nov 30, 2011, 09:14 ET

NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US today announced a Joint Business Relationship (JBR) with Aasonn, a global HCM consulting and technology services company, expanding the delivery of leading practices in human capital management (HCM) solutions to organizations worldwide.

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The relationship with Aasonn complements PwC's experience and thought leadership in key areas such as HR transformation consulting, the technology solutions that supports it, and change management by adding significant offerings from Aasonn, namely the company's services for SuccessFactors Business Execution Software suite, including talent management systems implementation and cloud based technology skills. The combination of leading performance management technology and a full service, end to end HR transformative consulting capability can result in improved HR and business performance.

"This relationship will further strengthen our ability to assist organizations with their most pressing, complex HCM needs," said Diane Youden, principal in PwC's People and Change practice. "The extraordinary breadth and depth of our combined experience will help our clients to strengthen execution of their human capital strategy and ability to drive business growth."

"This joint business relationship serves as an important step to enhancing our firm's capabilities in the growing market for SuccessFactors solutions," said Allen Peterson, CEO of Aasonn. "Our combined focus is on supporting the business execution goals of our clients and addressing their growing HCM needs."

PwC and Aasonn support a HCM approach that encompasses strategic goal alignment, competency development and outcome assessments. By working together, PwC and Aasonn can further help organizations focus efforts on strategic activities and measuring the rewards of transformational business change.

For more information about PwC's People and Change practice, please visit www.pwc.com/us/peopleandchange.

For more information about Aasonn's SuccessFactors practice, please visit www.aasonn.com/about-us.html.

About Aasonn
Aasonn is a global HCM consulting and technology services company that operates out of the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific and serves clients in more than 30 countries. Combining unparalleled SuccessFactors software experience with comprehensive HCM capabilities across multiple industries and HR functions, Aasonn collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses through the effective use of talent management software. The company built its reputation primarily as a HCM solutions consultancy and is recognized by SuccessFactors as its largest implementation partner in the world. By 2011, Aasonn served more than 900 customers' globally delivering cloud based talent management solutions that align organizations' processes and people with their business strategies.

About PwC's Advisory People and Change Practice
We help clients execute their strategies through their people and organizations. We do this by helping them develop the right: talent strategy, organizational design and operating model, support functions such as HR, IT and finance; change and communications strategies; and leadership. See www.pwc.com/us/peopleandchange for more information.

About PwC's Advisory Practice
PwC's Advisory professionals help organizations improve business performance, respond quickly and effectively to crisis, and extract value from transactions. We understand our clients' industries and unique business challenges, and look across the entire organization — focusing on strategy, structure, people, process and technology — to help clients build their next competitive advantage from strategy through execution. See www.pwc.com/us/consulting for more information.

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