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Consulting firm Trimantium lures Accenture’s Salesforce Einstein staff


Trimantium managing partner Paul Mansfield and managing director Phillip Kingston with their staff.

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ASX-listed technology consulting firm Trimantium GrowthOps has pulled off a recruitment coup, luring Accenture’s entire Salesforce Einstein team who have quit the global giant en masse to join a young Australian company.
Trimantium has climbed 10 per cent in value since it landed on the bourse earlier this year and managing director Phillip Kingston told The Australianthat being listed is a significant advantage in the war for talent.
The move means four employees, who previously led Accenture’s global Salesforce Einstein Analytics offering, will now do the same at Trimantium GrowthOps.
“GrowthOps is one of the most employee-owned companies on the ASX,” Mr Kingston said.
“It’s that, in combination with the entrepreneurial DNA that runs through GrowthOps and the exceptional specialists already working in our business, that makes it an attractive proposition for new talent.”
Mr Kingston added that another feature helping his company lure talent from larger consulting players was the opportunity to work alongside clients, and implementing strategic advice as opposed to just giving it.
“In the same way that our clients have sought a single execution partner, with aligned incentives, so too has our talent,” he said.
John Cosgrove, who was formerly at Accenture, will take on the role of GrowthOps partner, Salesforce Einstein Analytics.
He told The Australian that having formed the first dedicated practice for Salesforce Einstein Analytics in Australia, his team was now ready to jump ship and work on projects at a rapid pace.
“I’m attracted to working in a structure where you get to sit alongside your client, as a crack squad, that can be called upon to clear roadblocks, uplift technology stacks and make small but critical changes to workflow that have hugely relevant upside for their people at every level,” he said.
“I think that if you have what it takes to actually help a leading firm or a high-growth start-up to compete harder and faster, you should be backing your product and your IP as much as you back your people and your practices.
“I think you should be able to use your own technology to scale beyond the number of hours you can charge out, and actually facilitate how markets adopt a platform, rather than the narrow focus of how a business deploys an app. It’s a fundamental rethink on how consulting works.”