Accelerate Digital Transformation With Our Seamless Integration Services

Are you struggling to streamline your complex tech ecosystems and maximize efficiency in your organization? Look no further! At A5, integration solutions are our forte. We understand the challenges you face, and we’re here to solve them. Let us show you how our integration services can seamlessly transform your business, boost your outcomes, and pave the way to success.

Elevating Transformation Through Our Unmatched Integration Proficiency

Unlock seamless transformation with our unmatched integration expertise. Experience heightened efficiency and innovation. Discover the solution, act now for business success.

Salesforce Integration for Enhanced Efficiency

Are inefficiencies and fragmented data plaguing your Salesforce operations? Our team of dedicated Salesforce integration specialists is here to transform your business's efficiency. We excel at connecting external data sources across multiple platforms, ensuring seamless data synchronization, and making your Salesforce instance the single source of truth for all your business management needs. With our MuleSoft partnership, we're at the forefront of API-led integration methods, guaranteeing a seamless integration experience for your Salesforce solutions. Say goodbye to data disarray and embrace streamlined efficiency with our Salesforce integration expertise.

Cloud Application Integration for Streamlined Workflows

Tired of isolated teams and fragmented workflows? We understand your frustration. Unleash the full potential of the cloud for your business workflows with our custom-made integrations. Our solution seamlessly links various cloud-based tools, providing cross-platform insights and harmonious workflows. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to data integrity and security. We optimize your cloud investments and resources for peak efficiency, ensuring your business operates smoothly and securely. Say goodbye to cloud underutilization and welcome streamlined workflows with our tailored cloud application integrations.

Data Integration for Informed Decision-Making

Data integration is a crucial element often overlooked. Picture the frustration of dealing with scattered data that obstructs your ability to discern essential metrics and hinders seamless information exchange across applications, databases, and systems. This not only results in inefficiencies but also obstructs data-driven decision-making, potentially causing missed opportunities and suboptimal outcomes. Our data integration experts are here to streamline and simplify your data landscape, providing easy access to vital metrics and enabling the smooth exchange of information. The result? Enhanced data-driven decision-making, ensuring your organization is consistently at its best, poised for success. Don't underestimate the power of data integration; it's the key to unlocking your organization's full potential.

API Integration for Modernized Interactions

Are outdated application integrations impeding your business' progress? Do you visualize the bottlenecks and communication breakdowns hindering productivity and agility within your organization? As trusted MuleSoft partners, we excel in Integration and API management, offering unrivaled proficiency. Our mastery of API integration seamlessly connects your software systems, enhancing operational effectiveness and agility, propelling your business into the modern era. Bid farewell to outdated integrations and usher in a new era of productivity and success.

Legacy System Modernization for Enhanced Cohesion

Are outdated legacy systems causing operational hiccups and frustrating inefficiencies within your organization? Are you picturing the communication breakdowns and missed opportunities resulting from these disjointed systems? We have a depth of experience in integrating diverse systems. Modernizing legacy systems, and connecting them to contemporary platforms are one of our specialties. Regardless of whether you are using Salesforce, ERP systems – NetSuite, Oracle ERP, SAP, Infor, Sage, Intacct, – payment gateways, pricing engines, databases, analytics, or even applications you have custom built, we can ensure all of them are up to date and work together seamlessly.

System Integration for Business Excellence

A5 stands out among the rest when it comes to system integration. Our years of experience across several industries and platforms including Salesforce and Oracle gives us a deeper insight and wider skillset into creating the best solution for your enterprise.

system integration

Revolutionizing the landscape of integration services, our technology consulting company breaks free from traditional industry boundaries, promoting an innovative exchange of insights. With a dedicated team of industry integration specialists, we transcend the norm by fostering the dynamic flow of ideas, methodologies, and knowledge across diverse sectors. From the retail sector to the intricacies of health and life sciences, manufacturing to finance and banking our collaborative approach harnesses the collective wisdom of our multifaceted industry teams, offering a holistic perspective. We illuminate unconventional solutions, understanding that the most effective path forward often lies beyond the confines of the familiar. Discover how our cross-industry vision can propel your business to new heights.

Why Choose A5 for Your Integration Needs


industry leadersIndustry Leaders:
A5 is recognized as one of the top Salesforce partners in North America, with a variety of clients from different industries comprising Fortune 500 companies to small and medium businesses. Our ability to meet and exceed your expectations are par to none.

Integration specialistsSolutions Tailored to your Specific Needs:
We don’t offer pre-packaged solutions. Instead, we collaborate with you to understand your needs and create a tailor-made plan. We stay by your side to make sure the right results are achieved.

User centric approachUser-Centric Approach:
When we design solutions and carry out implementations, our primary goal is to make them user-friendly, allowing you to maximize their benefits for your business.

data securityData Security, Integrity, and Compliance:
Maintaining the security and integrity of your data all while staying compliant is a serious challenge. We understand that and will guarantee the utmost safety of your data, and provide methods for you to validate.

Integration as a Service (IaaS):
We understand your business has a lot to manage. With our integration-as-a-service, we assure you a hassle-free experience. We’ll take care of the technical intricacies, all while managing and optimizing the solutions we’ve crafted for you.

Transform Your Business With Our Seamless Integration Services

Satch Patel, Executive Vice President, MD, UK & EMEA

Satch brings 25+yrs of enterprise global solution experience having contributed to the growth of some of the worlds largest marquee software and hardware giants in the industry from Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Cisco/EMC, to Apttus & Salesforce.
 
Satch has helped many blue chip organisations realise their vision to modernize their systems from the front office to back office revenue operations to meet the demands of today’s radically transforming and digitally-driven business models, having worked with the likes of Linklaters, CliffordChance, Barclays, RELX Group, Microfocus, Novartis, Siemens, PayPal, Vista Equity Group Companies, London Stock Exchange, TPICAP and Princes Trust.
 
With his leadership approach, experience and passion for helping companies drive transformative change, Satch has a deep expertise in many industries, technologies and best practices across the lead to revenue lifecycle and how driving such digital transformation(s) can improve business growth and increase operational efficiencies  as well as preparing businesses for M&A activities.

Brion Schweers, Board Observer

Brion Schweers is a Senior Vice President of Product Management at Salesforce, currently managing the Revenue Cloud Solution Excellence team. During the past 30 years, Brion has assisted enterprises around the world in transforming their business by focusing on their Product-to-Cash processes. Prior to joining Salesforce Brion was VP & GM, CPQ at Apttus, VP, Sales & Success at A5 Consulting, served on the OAUG ConfigSIG Board and spent 15 years at Oracle in various roles related to their CX and CPQ products. Brion is also the executive Sponsor of Vetforce – Carolinas and is actively involved in the Salesforce Military program where he mentors Veterans and their spouses with actionable, personalized career advice.

Joseph Truhe, Board Member

Joseph Truhe has over 20 years of investing experience. Prior to joining Jefferson Capital in 2013 Joseph was a Portfolio Manager with Whitney Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he oversaw the company’s Trust accounts and served as the Energy sector analyst for the Hancock Horizon Funds. Prior to Whitney, Joseph worked as an analyst and member of the investment committee at HFR Asset Management, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund platform in Chicago, Illinois. There, Joseph reviewed and maintained investment discretion over the firm’s Event Driven and Asia-focused hedge fund allocations. He was also responsible for the expansion of the firm’s Asia-focused fund offerings.  Joseph holds a BA in Economics from Yale University.

Steve Swartzman, Board Member

Steve Swartzman is a Principal and co-founder of CPC. Previously, as a co-founder of C3 Capital, he helped originate and manage over 35 investments, including national brands such as American Apparel, Traeger Grills, and Grunt Style. Steve’s chief focus remains consumer brands and e-commerce enablement businesses, and he currently serves on the boards of Grunt Style, Accel Clinical Research, Spoke Custom Products, Warne Scope Mounts, and New World Natural Brands.

Prior to C3, Steve structured and managed subordinated debt investments at KC Venture Group, and he spent 7 years as a Vice President with Citibank in New York, managing client relationships for emerging markets clients and structuring over $1 billion in complex trade financings. He is a past President of the Midwest chapter of the Small Business Investment Alliance, and he serves on the board of the International Center for Music at Park University in Kansas City.

Steve received a MBA from Columbia Business School and an AB in History and Literature from Harvard College.

He resides in Kansas City, where he was raised, with his wife Evelina and two sons, Harrison and Zandy. When he’s not working, his favorite activities are fishing, golfing, and eating.

Charles Scripps, Board Member

Chad has over ten years of experience investing in dynamic, growing businesses in diverse industries and geographies. His private equity experience includes HIG Capital, which has over $12B in capital under management, and AEA Investors, which manages over $3B of invested and committed capital. While at HIG and AEA, Chad led diligence, structuring, and financial analysis of potential and existing investments, and completed transactions in the industrial products and consumer services industries. Chad also has experience investing in the public equity markets, most notably as a Managing Director at Fox Point Capital, a $1B fund seeded by Julian Robertson of Tiger Management. He invested across a number of industries, including industrials, financials, technology, and consumer products, and led Fox Point’s international research. Prior to focusing his career on investing, Chad was a management consultant at McKinsey and Company, solving strategic problems for the world’s leading companies. Chad earned an MBA with Honors in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS with Distinction in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lester F. Alexander II, Board Member

Les Alexander is a partner with Jefferson Capital Partners where he provides mezzanine and equity capital for growth and buyout transactions. Mr. Alexander is a member of the firm’s investment committee and serves on the board of directors of several portfolio companies where he is actively involved in strategic planning and corporate governance. Prior to joining Jefferson Capital, he worked at Advantage Capital Partners where he completed several portfolio company investments and served on the investment committee. Before becoming a private equity investor, Mr. Alexander served as president of Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc., a leading fire truck and emergency vehicle manufacturer. At Ferrara, he was responsible for managing a workforce of 450 employees producing over 300 vehicles annually for its domestic and international customers. As an investment banker for 15 years with such firms as Howard Weil, Southcoast Capital, and J.C. Bradford & Co., Mr. Alexander completed over 50 public offerings of debt and equity securities, private placements, and merger and acquisition transactions totaling more than $7 billion for public and private companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Alexander is an adjunct professor at Tulane University and Loyola University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in investment banking, private equity & venture capital, advanced financial management, investments, and entrepreneurship. He is also the board president for Benjamin Franklin High School, a public charter school in New Orleans. Mr. Alexander is the former Chairman Finance of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and served on the global Board of Directors. He is a founder of the Louisiana chapter of ACG and was a recipient of the ACG global Meritorious Service Award and the Louisiana chapter’s Outstanding Service Award. Mr. Alexander received his bachelor of science in Commerce from the University of Virginia in 1989 and his MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1993.

Patrick F. Healy, Board Member

Based in Kansas City, Mr. Healy is a co-founder of C3 Capital. He has been an active private equity investor since 1985 and was a co-founder of C3 Holdings in 1994. Prior to this time, he sponsored and structured equity investments in real estate. He gained extensive workout and restructuring experience as chair of the creditor’s committee of a $1 billion bankruptcy and from being called upon to rescue a publicly-traded company from a major fraud. Mr. Healy was a senior tax partner at Mayer Hoffman McCann, a regional CPA firm, for eleven years. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Kansas.

Chris Waters, VP of Strategic Sales

As Vice President of Strategic Sales, Chris guides and influences all strategic sales activities at A5 , starting in presales activities, successful sales methodology, sales process, and continued revenue generation and expansion opportunities. Furthermore, he will provide oversight in strategic sales function for the company and develop strategic sales plans that will promote growth in sales and customer satisfaction. Chris has proven his commitment to sales leadership and organizational success through field leadership as National Sales Manager at Deluxe Corporation, Field Sales Manager within the Social / Analytics Cloud at Oracle, US Regional Manager for CPQ Major Accounts at Oracle and now as Vice President on Sr. Leadership Team at A5.

Keith Fox, GM Salesforce Canada

Keith Fox is a software and consulting veteran for the past 34 years. Keith started his career at EDS which was followed by 4-year stint offshore in Bermuda. Keith then returned to Canada where he held a number of progressive sales and technical positions with software companies such as Sybase, BEA, and Oracle. After his stint with Oracle, Keith founded Cloudware Connections, a premier Salesforce consulting partner. 11 years down the line, Cloudware was acquired by A5, and Keith joined as GM for Canada.

Tarun Sharma, Vice President Delivery

Tarun Sharma is Vice President Delivery at A5 and is responsible for customer success, project operations, recruitment, resource utilization, and sales operations functions for Oracle practice. As a business and technology leader Tarun helps businesses develop solution strategies to streamline the sales process and improve customer relations to drive revenues, profits, and build brand loyalty. Tarun has led customers through digital transformation journeys. He has commanded strategic and tactical initiatives to shorten sales cycles, increase deal values and productivity, improve brand awareness and help organizations become easier to do business with. He has helped customers modernize their sales enablement tools and present a single source of information to support an omni-channel sales approach. This includes global roll-out for multiple business units included multi-currency and multi-language. Tarun graduated from Texas A&M University with a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering.

Adam Rosenfield, VP of Salesforce Practice

As Vice President of A5’s consulting practice – Adam is responsible for both strategic alliances with partners and expanded sales growth through the entire portfolio of A5 services. With over 20 years of Sr. level management consulting expertise – Adam has worn multiple hats in his career including practice development, sales, and client advisory. He has sold & delivered countless enterprise transformational initiatives creating a measurable competitive advantage for his customers. In addition to various technical software certifications, Adam holds an undergraduate and master’s degree in Accounting & Information Technology from the University of Texas at Austin and resides in El Paso Texas with his wife and 3 children.

PJ Alfrejd, CFO

As the CFO, PJ is responsible for all things financial at A5. With over 20 years of experience in financial leadership positions, PJ has worn all the hats required of a growing tech business. His extensive knowledge of the consulting industry, experience with M&A, and strength in operational finance is another catalyst to take A5 to the next level in its growth trajectory. PJ is a CPA with a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and has held various finance leadership positions at Exodus/Savvis (acquired by Centurylink), Neohapsis (acquired by Cisco), and mFoundry (acquired by FIS).

Vinay Kruttiventi, President & CEO / Chairman of the Board

As the CEO of A5, Vinay plays an active role in all aspects of day-to-day business operations. He is also actively involved in establishing a strategy and vision for the company. As a true customer advocate with Salesforce and Oracle product development, Vinay is actively engaged in various industry user/special interest groups. Since founding the company in 2004, Vinay has grown the business into a leading Salesforce, and Oracle partner focused on multi-cloud transformations.

Vinay has successfully implemented and architected CPQ solutions and multi-cloud complex transformation projects for various Fortune 500 companies since 1996. He has a strong authority over industry, process, and technology in Configure-Price-Quote and ERP applications. Vinay graduated from Osmania University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University) with a Master in Technology degree.