"This expanded offering keeps pace with the growth and progression of our company," said Linium's CEO Joseph Burke. "We are excited to expand our Linium brand within the financial services industry as we continue to grow our services nationwide. The new division combines our ten plus years of IT consulting expertise with the SOS established operations footprint with over 100 consulting engagements in the banking, brokerage, insurance, employee benefits and other financial services sectors during the last five years.”

Linium SOS is positioned to rapidly respond to the ever-increasing complexities faced by financial executives brought on by the pace of automation, regulatory changes, growth opportunities, cost pressures, client demands, and competition. The seasoned Linium SOS senior management team of Michael Nicolette and John Cielazewicz each bring over 25 years experience in the financial services industry. Michael’s professional experience includes servicing the global financial services market with a diverse background that includes operations management, business advisory services, sales and relationship management of consulting engagements at Fortune 500 firms. John’s extensive domestic and international management background includes financial services operations and contact centers, employee benefit plans servicing, wealth management, and insurance.

Michael and John commented on the merger, "As our clients’ business environments become more complex, the more they challenge us to deliver more diversified solutions. The new Linium SOS satisfies a need in the consulting space by creating a service delivery model that can execute along the full spectrum of human capital utilization. As a result, our clients will benefit from a combined organization that can deliver strategic and tactical solutions across the entire operations and systems continuum.”

Linium SOS is a management-consulting boutique specializing in delivering business stabilization, optimization, and advisory solutions focused on the financial services industry sector. To find out more about how Linium SOS can contribute to the needs of your organization, contact info@linium.com.

About Linium

Linium is an innovative, solutions-based IT consulting firm committed to aligning an organization’s IT initiatives with its business objectives through enterprise performance + planning, technology performance + optimization, emerging technologies, operations strategy + performance, education services, and commercial software product implementation. With more than 1000 transformations and counting, Linium’s deep industry experience, rigorous analytical capabilities, pragmatic mindset, and broad technical capabilities empower clients to solve the most complex business challenges, capitalize on opportunities, and avoid unnecessary risk.

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