BDO Acquires Tech Firm SWC Technology Partners

The national accounting firm BDO USA, LLP has expanded its advisory services practice through the acquisition of SWC Technology Partners, LLC, a provider of IT solutions to middle market businesses throughout the Midwest. 

Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, SWC has provided clients with technology solutions that optimize productivity, strengthen customer relationships, enhance data sharing, and drive profitability for more than 30 years. The acquisition brings 9 principals and 215 total staff to BDO’s advisory practice.
 
“We are extremely pleased to add the impressive resources of SWC Technology Partners to our advisory services practice,” said Jay Duke, National Managing Partner for Advisory Services at BDO USA.  “Like BDO, SWC has been a valued business advisor to middle market businesses for many years, providing technology solutions that match the needs of midmarket organizations.  In adding SWC, which has more than 400 clients, we’ve added a well-established, regional player that we can build into a market leading national platform.”
 
SWC specializes in the technology solutions that match the needs of midmarket organizations, including managed services, data analytics, cloud computing and custom application development.  This encompasses infrastructure solutions such as unified communications, enterprise networking, directory services, and network security; and software solutions including Microsoft Office 365, business intelligence, mobile and CRM development.
 
“For the last 35 years, we’ve helped leading middle market companies innovate, transform and grow by harnessing information technology to meet their business needs,” said Bob Knott, BDO principal and President of SWC Technology Partners. “By joining BDO, a leading national brand with expansive global resources, we will have a wider platform and more delivery channels to continue building upon our success. BDO’s entrepreneurial culture and the firm’s well-earned reputation as an outstanding workplace fits well with our own. Our people will now have more opportunities to serve a broader client base and to grow their careers.” 
 
Bob Knott, Adam Ferguson, Aaron Bianchetta, Ben Brock, Bob Compere, Susie Cummings, Michael Lee, Ric Opal and Aaron Selle are the new principals joining BDO from SWC.  SWC Technology Partners will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of BDO USA, with all current personnel operating from their existing office in Oak Brook, Illinois and satellite office in Indianapolis, Indiana.  See contact information for headquarters office below: