The 2014 Seven Small Jewels: Trexin

In 2005, Dale Anderson, Robert Bloyd, Warren Golla, Marv Richardson and Jon Waddell joined forces to create Trexin, an IT and Strategy firm focused on the application of advanced and disruptive technologies.

"If there is anything that characterizes the five of us, and really the entire firm, it's a blend of business- minded technologists and technology-minded industry experts," says Golla. "We're all about the notion that there is a place for a company that can take leading edge technologies and apply it to a tough business problem and drive value—not technology for technology's sake but technology to solve business problems."

The firm's early years were driven by the vision of the founders. "We felt that if we could provide trust, experience and innovation, to clients we'd have a pretty strong company," Golla says. In fact, that's where the name "Trexin" comes from: trust, expertise and innovation. As the firm ramped up, it didn't take long for the five founders, who remain managing directors, to realize they needed to go bigger. "We simply matured to a point where we had to make the decision to establish an industry-led go to market approach," Golla says. "We hired practice leads for each of the major sectors and that's really paid off for us."