Client-Focused

"You are the best!  Your knowledge, wisdom and ease of access are so incredibly valuable to my business.  Words are not enough to express the feelings of joy and relief you bring to me after one of our working sessions.  You make my investment in Vision worth every penny.  Thanks for being there when I needed someone with your expertise."
James P Greenfield, AIA, Greenfield Architects, P.C., Denver, CO

"VIKA is focused on improving processes and managing projects better in order to prepare for the economic recovery expected next year. We have partnered with Acumen Advisors for over 15 years and they are helping us stay focused on achieving our strategic goals and continuing to grow."
Chuck Irish, principal, VIKA, Germantown, MD

"Acumen Advisors has been an essential partner to our firm since 1990, providing financial management and software expertise as we have grown and changed. We have found their experience in the A&E industry to be extremely valuable in helping us to develop processes and policies to help us improve our project management and streamline our marketing and employee management practices."
Tom Twohey, principal, KCCT Architects, Washington, D.C.

"I have worked with Acumen Advisors for over 10 years in two different architectural firms. Acumen Advisors help has been invaluable in the two successful (and incident-free) major software conversions that I have managed over the last 10 years. It was especially true in our conversion last year from Sema4 to Vision: we had two days of testing the data transfer and went live with billing on the third day with one of Acumen Advisors consultants on-site. We had a seamless conversion ... and have never looked back."
Anthony Vitullo, Chief Financial Officer, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, New York, NY

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Knowledgeable

"The consultants from Acumen Advisors, Melissa Garner and Suzanne Hummel, worked tirelessly during our conversion to insure that in the end we had a quality product that we could use to improve our accounting functions and provide the needed data that our project managers needed to track their projects. Our conversion included multi-company and multi-currency, which made the conversion much more difficult than a normal conversion and Melissa and Suzanne worked with us to achieve our goals by being available most anytime we needed them. They were truly a pleasure to work with and I am grateful for their experience and patience with us during the conversion."
Bob Jones, Controller, WSC, Frederick, MD

"Acumen Advisors worked with us on our implementation which went smoothly thanks to their expertise. If we need Acumen Advisors, I have found their consultants to be very responsive. Vision has been a rock solid system and a big time-saver for us. For example, I have found that billing is much easier with Vision. We have some projects that have more than 20 billing groups and using Vision has reduced the time spent on billing from 8-12 to 4-6 hours per month. This is a savings of at least $3,000 per year, just for these types of projects."
Ed Kroman, CFO, Summer Consultants, McLean, VA

"As a small business, we felt we needed every advantage to manage projects and costs efficiently. FMS was a good system but to effectively run our firm, we felt it was the right time to convert to Vision. We have been working with Acumen Advisors on our conversion and now our training. It has been a great experience since Acumen Advisors has expertise and has been right there to help during the entire process."
Gary Ross, accounting manager, Senate Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 

Supportive

"I found Acumen Advisors through the Internet and have been very happy working with their team. They have been able to troubleshoot our IT issues and will work with us to properly set up our proposals and forms. I highly recommend working with a knowledgeable partner like Acumen Advisors."
Deborah Taylor, comptroller, Johnson, Laschober & Associates, Augusta, GA

"Converting to Deltek Vision with Acumen Advisors as our partner ensured a smooth transition. Their team was there with us, hand-in-hand during the entire process. The Acumen Advisors team is responsive to our questions and always get back to us with the information we need. The training went well and was comprehensive. Additionally, our team has embraced using Vision and with the initial help of Acumen Advisors, we have reports set so our managers can pull their own information."
Chris Johnson, bookkeeper, PCA Engineering, Gillette, WY

Responsive

"We have worked with Acumen Advisors for quite a while. We have found that when we need questions answered, we get a response quickly. Now that we have used Vision for over a year, we are very comfortable with the system and find that we save time in many areas including billing."
Freda Starnes, Accountant, Tuck Mapping Solutions, Big Stone Gap, VA

"I know that when I contact Acumen Advisors it will all be dealt with quickly and professionally and I will be satisfied with the result. With the flexibility of using Webex sessions, email reports, etc and/or phone calls, I find that whatever I am dealing with is handled quickly and thoroughly. Knowledge of their clients' various business needs and the programs they are providing allow Acumen Advisors to excel in service and products and they exceed all exceptions."
Nancy E. DelCampo, comptroller, Furlow Associates, Inc., Claymont, DE

Experienced

"Working with Acumen Advisors on our Vision implementation was a great experience. Our consultant had detailed knowledge of FMS and helped us bring our data over to Vision correctly. In a short time, our company had realized a return on investment in a number of areas. We now have efficiencies in billing, as well as the ability to set up key metric reports that our principals can easily view on their dashboards. Both of these examples have saved the company a lot of time and ultimately money."
Patty Lumley, accounting manager, Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects and Planners, Pittsburgh, PA

"Acumen Advisors worked closely with us on our Deltek Vision implementation so it was a smooth process. Our CEO even commented that he felt it was seamless! Acumen Advisors helped us set things up in Vision based on how our company does business. They understood our business and procedures which made our conversion from FMS to Vision a success."
Diane McCloskey, controller, Allen & Shariff, Columbia, MD

Trusted

"Our goal was to select the best system to help us replace our existing outdated business management systems. Finding a system that matched our specific needs required an exhaustive due diligence process. One of the most important selection criteria was the implementation approach of the consultants that we were going to partner with. We felt that the Deltek Vision system, along with Acumen Advisors, Deltek's local Premier Partner, was the best fit in terms of helping us go through the complex transition and integration of our business development, accounting and project management processes. Acumen Advisors has extensive industry knowledge and 20 years of experience with other firms such as ours. The Acumen Advisors team presented a detailed and organized approach to converting our data, training our team and revamping our processes to help us accomplish our long term goals. We are very excited to work together with June and her team to integrate and improve all of our project management capabilities."
Bernard Carolan, Controller, Vice President, Urban Engineers, Inc., Philadelphia PA

"Acumen Advisors has helped us improve our accounting and marketing practices and maximize our return on investment from the Deltek software products. We have a great deal of trust in their expertise and experience in our industry and will continue to rely on them to guide us as technology changes and the software products evolve."
Paul Marbach, Controller, PEER Consultants, Rockville, MD

"I can't speak highly enough of Acumen Advisors. We were in very bad shape ... Our company had been using Deltek improperly for over 10 years. After our first meeting with Melissa Garner we were all blown away with her knowledge. She knew exactly what we needed and more importantly how to achieve it. We started from scratch and are now finally operating Deltek properly. It has made a huge difference in all areas of operation. Acumen Advisors goes beyond and made our transition as easy as possible."
Melissa M. Walker, controller, KCW Engineering Technologies, Baltimore, MD

Valued

"We have found the programs offered by Acumen Advisors valuable to our Vision education process. We find Vision to be very user friendly, and we've been thrilled about having all our information linked together. The dashboard is fantastic. We are able to push reports and financial information to our project managers. Vision has really helped monitor our accounts receivable, which is critical in this economy."
Krista Connelly, office manager, Pashek Associates, Pittsburgh, PA

"Vision has saved us thousands of dollars by fully integrating all of our project management data. With Vision plus best practices advice from Acumen Advisors we have seen a significant improvement in project management reporting, our ability to justify extra services to clients, more accurate timesheets and invoices, and elimination of many hours of my own time due to increased efficiency."
Jim Greenfield, Principal, Greenfield Architects, Denver, CO