One on One with KPMG's Lynne Doughtie

Building upon recent acquisitions in the technology sector, audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG this month acquired Baltimore-based digital mobility company Cynergy Systems for an undisclosed sum. The firm is looking to leverage Cynergy's capabilities, and some 150 professionals, to help companies transform how they digitally engage with customers, as well as their own workforces. Companies are finding themselves forced to hastily transform their existing processes to keep up with the treadmill of mobile technology. Lynne Doughtie, KPMG's Vice Chair of Advisory, says the acquisition will help KPMG deliver robust digital solutions for clients across a multitude of industries.

Consulting: How does the acquisition fit into KPMG's mobility strategy?

Doughtie: Our clients are definitely looking for us to help them as they transform their business. For example, models to drive growth, gain a competitive advantage, improve operating efficiencies, etc. We look at technology as both a catalyst and enabler of that transformation. Mobility and digital are certainly front and center. From a strategy perspective, I think we're focused on two aspects of that: mobility applications for customer-facing operations as well as the mobile enablement of workforces. So we see Cynergy fitting in really nicely with our strategy to be able to provide our clients with the technology enablement around mobile as they're looking to do integrated transformations across their organization. We're really excited about it because it brings something unique in being able to help across the broad spectrum of strategy through implementation. Analysts have been talking about for some time what the mobile opportunities will be going forward, and we're seeing that demand from our clients now. Consulting: What else are clients demanding?