The 2020 Fastest Growing Firms: Plative

Consulting: What were the main factors that contributed to your firm's exceptional growth?

Parpia: Plative has seen significant growth in our core industries: Capital markets, nonprofit, professional services, and technology. We've also posted very strong growth in our ERP practice based on our acquisition of Audaxium last year, an Ontario-based ERP consultancy.

Consulting: How is this year shaping up for your firm?

Parpia: Plative expanded to a new country and opened an office to support our NetSuite consulting services. Even with COVID-19 and the uncertainty around it, Plative is still actively hiring to support the company's growth.Consulting: How would you describe your firm's outlook for 2021? Where do you see the most opportunities?

Parpia: Our firm continues to grow in our core focus areas, and we're seeing a particularly high jump in revenues around specialty finance firms like private equity, hedge funds, and investment banks. Also, on the nonprofit side, we're seeing a shift up-market to middle market and multi-national nonprofit institutions.

Consulting: What would you say are your firm's biggest challenges in 2021?

Parpia: Continuing to sustain and find the right talent to fit our clients intense and consistent demand for the most innovative solutions in a growing industry and ecosystem.

Consulting: What does being named a Fastest Growing Firm mean to your firm, employees and clients?

Parpia: It is validation for our obsession over client success. We have built a practice around refining every client-facing detail and ensuring that we deliver above and beyond, even when it means making sacrifices.