Ridgecrest Advisors’ Client MAKE Corporation Is Acquired by DISYS
St. Louis, MO – September 9, 2022 – Ridgecrest Advisors announced today that its client, MAKE Corporation (“MAKE”), a leading IT staffing and services firm, has been acquired by Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (“DISYS”), a global talent gap solutions firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.
This is the latest advancement in DISYS’ overall growth strategy and another key indicator of momentum the company has built. The acquisition of MAKE enables DISYS to further expand its offerings and capabilities in IT staffing and professional services in the Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Retail spaces by building on the already industry-leading services they provide.
“We’re incredibly excited about what MAKE brings to our overall enterprise,” says DISYS’ CEO, Mahfuz Ahmed. “MAKE’s portfolio of clients within key verticals brings added strength to DISYS and, in turn, the overall strength of DISYS will serve to accelerate the growth of MAKE’s operations and its people. Additionally, the MAKE team’s leadership within VMS Professionals and industry experience also brings us invaluable positioning and insights to help best serve our clients now and in the future.”
“Under the leadership of Karen Wilson and her team, MAKE has built an impressive operation in delivering exceptional workforce solutions. Their commitment and passion have built a foundation that we believe will only be made stronger as part of the DISYS portfolio.” Ahmed continues. “We look forward to what we will be able to build together as we work to deliver industry-leading experiences for our clients and our people.”
“The combination of MAKE and DISYS brings exciting new capabilities and growth opportunities to MAKE’s clients and employees,” said Ridgecrest Managing Partner Randy Grigg.
About Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (“DISYS”)
Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (“DISYS”), with a portfolio that includes Signature Consultants and D2M, is a global managed services and staffing firm with over 70 offices worldwide. DISYS’ vision is to be a global business partner, delivering the highest quality and most consistent services at the best value to clients worldwide. Offering customized, outcome-driven solutions from IT staffing to direct placement services to managed solutions and consulting, DISYS annually deploys thousands of consultants to innovate, deploy, manage, and support their clients’ technology needs. For more information about DISYS, visit www.disys.com.
About MAKE Corporation
MAKE Corporation, a woman-owned business certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, is a full-service professional and IT recruiting firm in Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX. MAKE provides a full range of exceptional IT consulting and talent solutions with quality, speed and responsiveness through their strong relationships with the industry’s best professionals on a contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire basis to help clients achieve their business objectives. For more information about MAKE, please visit https://www.makecor.com/.
About Ridgecrest Advisors
Ridgecrest Advisors is an investment banking and business consulting firm dedicated to helping technology consulting firms dramatically increase enterprise value. Ridgecrest Advisors helps clients in four core areas:
- Buy-side M&A advisory:We help technology consulting clients increase enterprise value by successfully executing transactions which fortify, extend or transform their businesses. We have run three of the most active acquisition programs in the sector over the last 15 years and bring deep insight into full lifecycle M&A efforts.
- Sell-side M&A advisory:We help technology consulting clients achieve premium valuations with attractive deal structures through a process that emphasizes speed and risk mitigation. Our deep industry expertise, expansive relationships with the buyer community and unmatched understanding of the perspectives of acquiring firms provide a unique ability to execute optimal transactions.
- Business consulting:Our Enterprise Value Optimization program helps technology consulting clients improve relative performance visibility, increase profit margins and reduce business risk. With our extensive experience from evaluating hundreds of consultancies while running acquisition programs, we bring unique insight into key performance indicator benchmarks and best practices of highly profitable firms.
- Private placements:Our ability to successfully raise capital allows our technology consulting clients to build value through funded strategic investment and reduce personal financial risk by realizing partial liquidity on their ownership positions. We have extensive relationships with private equity and debt financing providers who have experience and/or interest in the technology consulting sector.
All services involving securities are offered through M&A Securities Group, Inc. (“MAS”), member FINRA/SiPC; 4151 North Mulberry Drive, Suite 252; Kansas City, MO 64116; 816.888.7920. MAS and Ridgecrest are not affiliated entities.
