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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. 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.

Bellevue, Wash.-based ARRYVE Consulting recently tapped operational strategy leader Bill Helming as Managing Director of its new Boston office. As a partner who led the Life Sciences practice at PRTM, where he worked for 21 years before it became a division of PwC, Helming’s diverse background brings a lot to the table to help ARRYVE bring its unique model to the East Coast.

Seeking a way to improve the company’s internal training methods, tax advisory consulting firm WTP Advisors has hired Kathi Mettler, a longtime Director in the International Tax Services Group at PwC, to serve as their Director of Learning and Education.

Dr. Sarah Layton has sort of done it all. The founder and CEO of the Corporate Strategy Institute started out as a teenage welder in her father’s company. Layton formed Corporate Strategy Institute, a boutique strategy firm, in the early 1990s after getting her doctorate in business. Ever since, she has helped companies maximize their revenue potential and growth, and bring their corporate vision to reality.

Today, digital expertise is not something that’s nice to have. It’s mandatory to stay competitive. The Boston Consulting Group has launched BCG Digital Ventures, with the sole purpose to partner with clients to help develop, launch, and transform their digital initiatives. The new firm is led by Jeff Schumacher, former Managing Director and Cofounder of Booz Digital.

All consumer-facing companies have mountains of customer data, but until recently the value proposition for all that data was left largely untapped. Phani Nagarjuna, founder and CEO of analytics consulting firm Nuevora, wants to change all that.