One on One with Strong-Bridge's Ken Simpson

Based in Seattle, Strong-Bridge Consulting has a hand in some pretty hot-moving industries: from Telecommunication to Consumer Electronics to Healthcare and Financial Services. As key players in the industries shake off the last remnants of the Great Recession hangover, Strong-Bridge has found clients are once again kicking it into high gear, pushing products and services into the rebounding marketplace. Growth has remained steady for Strong-Bridge since its founding in 2003. The firm is looking to add 30 consultants this year, and has launched a broad hiring initiative to achieve that goal. Last year, the company opened a second location in Toronto, which should help Strong-Bridge continue its growth in the years ahead. Consulting One on One sat down to discuss it all with co-founder and CEO Ken Simpson.

Consulting: What are you finding clients are asking for in the industries Strong-Bridge serves?

Simpson: We've been seeing a lot of demand in taking new products and services to markets. Companies have been investing more in their offerings to the marketplace—a lot of them have some pretty significant technical components—and we're doing a fair bit of work helping to manage those launches. We're also seeing a lot of work that's almost "catch-up" following the downturn in the 2008 to 2010 timeframe—a lot of enhancement and operational improvement type work, we're definitely seeing a lot of demand around those kinds of things.