When a homeowner has an issue with their pipes, they call a plumber. When a car owner gets a flashing red light on their dashboard, they go to a mechanic. When a dog owner is having a hard time getting their pup to stay off of the couch, they schedule a session with a dog trainer.
So what does a San Jose business owner do when they run into a problem? They reach out to a consulting firm.
Consultants can come from a variety of professional backgrounds and are eager to apply their years of experience and insights to help businesses address any issues they may come across. With San Jose serving as the heart of Silicon Valley’s tech hub, there are plenty of companies around that could benefit from a helping hand from time to time.
Fortunately, these 15 consulting firms that operate out of San Jose are available to offer any needed guidance to companies in the area.
San Jose Consulting Firms To Know
- Accenture
- Armanino LLP
- Aon Hewitt
- BSI Group
- Cisco
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FICO
Founded: 1989
Location: Downtown San Jose
Focus: Automotive, Banking, Communications and Media, Insurance, Software
What they do: Accenture leans on its expertise in more than 40 different industries — including communications, finance and health — to offer customers guidance and solutions in strategy, technology and operations. With the help of in-depth insights, customers embrace the latest innovations in the field to create lasting changes. As of 2020, Accenture works with 91 of the Fortune Global 100.
Who they work with: Microsoft, Kellog, Mercedes-Benz, Nokia and FanDuel.
Founded: 1953
Location: Downtown San Jose
Focus: Technology, Manufacturing, Education, Insurance, Healthcare
What they do: Armanino LLP provides customers with insights and strategies to take advantage of growth opportunities and assess the costs and benefits of short- and long-term decisions. Whether a customer has issues with finances, processes or compliance, Armanino takes everything into account and shows them solutions they may not have even been aware of. Most importantly, Armanino aims to give customers insights to make practical changes that will add value to the company.
Founded: 1940
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Technology, Human Resources, Life Sciences
What they do: Among its many products, Aon Hewitt offers consulting services to businesses navigating complicated challenges in the human resources space. The San Jose location, specifically, helps businesses of all sizes find ways to get the best work from their teams through data-driven insights. While top talent is at a premium in the current job market, Aon allows companies to remain competitive and recruit the best candidates. It also manages thousands of retirement plans after spending decades navigating the risks and opportunities associated with retirement.
Founded: 1901
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Health, Safety, Sustainability
What they do: BSI Group, also known as the British Standards Institution, has many different departments that offer a variety of services. BSI Consulting, for example, provides customers with a range of strategic management and technical consulting solutions to improve their environmental, health, safety and sustainability efforts. BSI’s consultants are equipped to come in and offer companies insights into their operations and then, if needed, provide on-site support as new initiatives are rolled out.
Founded: 1984
Location: River Oaks
Focus: Communications Infrastructure, Software
What they do: Cisco may have offices and locations spread out across six continents, but its home is right in San Jose where it was founded by a group of Stanford computer science graduates. Since then, the company’s name has become pretty much synonymous with networks and connecting people with each other. This is why Cisco also hires consultants to teach companies how to improve their own networking capabilities for more efficient communication across the board.
Who they work with: SAP, BBVA USA, National Instruments and Vodafone.
Founded: 1996
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Information Technology
What they do: CSS Corp. is an information technology and technical support company that offers consulting services to businesses looking to upgrade. Updating customer engagement models, streamlining business operations, improving existing sources of revenue and identifying new ones are all well within its wheelhouse. As more companies are adopting the latest digital innovations to update their business models, they’ll need someone to let them know which services will deliver the best results. CSS Corp. aims to do exactly that with an approach that emphasizes simplicity and convenience.
Founded: 1845
Location: Downtown San Jose
Focus: Financial Services, Healthcare, Automotive, Government and Public Services, Life Sciences
What they do: Deloitte is a management consulting firm that specializes in showing businesses how to take the next step in their development. This assistance ranges from creating a strategic roadmap to elevating the quality of marketing efforts and using research and analytics to optimize staff productivity. Deloitte also helps companies keep up with the latest innovations in tech to be competitive in their respective markets and give customers an improved user experience. In 2019, Deloitte was named as the top worldwide consulting service by Gartner for the second consecutive year.
Who they work with: Metlife, GM, Proctor and Gamble, Adobe and Microsoft.
Founded: 1989
Location: Downtown San Jose
Focus: Operations, HR, Technology, Financial Services
What they do: Ernst and Young, commonly referred to as EY, is one of the world’s largest accounting firms in the world and has expanded its services to include consulting on financial services and other business operations. Ernst and Young’s consulting branch, known as EY Advisory, is available to help customers kickoff and implement new strategies and offer advice to achieve optimal results. Whether customers are exploring ways to go digital or enhance their existing digital infrastructure, EY Advisory has a pool of talent prepared to lead the way.
Who they work with: Coca Cola, AT&T, Hilton and Verizon.
Founded: 1956
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Big Data, Predictive Analytics
What they do: Perhaps most well known or its credit scoring system, the Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) also offers a wealth of consulting products. For example, FICO Analytic Consulting uses machine learning and a variety of analytics tools to predict what businesses should do next while Fair Isaac Advisors Customer Strategy Consulting uses customer data to find the best ways to reach and retain customers. As the use of analytics and machine learning become the norm in business, FICO has the tools in place to assist corporations that aren’t in the position to fully dive in but are interested in learning more.
Founded: 2007
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Corporate training, E-learning, Information Technology
What they do: Flexton, Inc. offers business and information technology consulting services to assist companies as they optimize their technological initiatives, such as software design, infrastructure management and application development. Flexton offers on-site services such as project management and the implementation of learning solutions and off-site services such as product development testing. Tech consultants have expertise in cloud computing, SaaS, native and web applications, Java and more.
Who they work with: Walmart, Linkedin, Verifone, StubHub, Sun Edison, eBay, Twitch and more.
Founded: 1981
Location: San Jose
Focus: Insurance, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing
What they do: Expertise comes with experience, and Infosys’ consultants have plenty given that they average 20 years in the business. This comes in handy as Infosys strategizes, designs and implements growth platforms, and introduces artificial intelligence and analytics to support customer’s transition into a new digital age. As of 2020, Infosys has more than 3,000 consultants on staff.
Who they work with: Pfizer, Radial, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.
Founded: 2016
Location: San Jose
Focus: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health
What they do: IQVIA sits at the intersection of technology and healthcare, leveraging data analytics to improve outcomes for customers and patients. As a result of a merger between IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA has more than 65,000 employees worldwide, many of which are consultants who are equipped to assist clients interested in introducing new technologies to their processes. Taking advantage of IQVIA’s wealth of data allows providers to increase the speed of their decision making and find more efficient ways to treat patients.
Who they work with: Cloudera, Napo Pharmaceuticals, Theramex and Recordati.
Founded: 2010
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Consulting, Information Technology, Market Research, Brand and Communication
What they do: Kantar combines its consultants’ extensive expertise and its collection of innovative research tools to show customers how to upgrade their own businesses. Kantar gathers data and insights for customers and points out areas of improvement in every step of their operations — from production to customer outreach. In 2020, Kantar had 26,500 employees working across 95 countries.
Who they work with: PepsiCo, Volkswagen and Unilever.
Founded: 1968
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Banking and Finance, Communications, Manufacturing, Retail, Travel and Transportation
What they do: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an information technology services, consulting and business solutions company with more than 436,000 consultants divided across 46 countries, as of 2020. As part of India’s largest multinational business group, TCS uses its large network to guide customers through complex processes such as mergers and acquisitions, automating sales functions, modernizing HR practices and more. TCS also conducts research into the latest developments in the industry to keep customers informed and at the front of the next wave of innovation.
Who they work with: Avis Budget Group, Experian, JP Morgan and Nokia.
Founded: 2010
Location: North San Jose
Focus: Retail, Social Media, Big Data, Machine Learning, Online Advertising
What they do: Tiger Analytics is a boutique analytics and artificial intelligence consulting firm based in San Jose. It provides data insights to customers regarding social media reach, customer analytics, revenue management and more to offer them the information they need to make appropriate business decisions. Based in Silicon Valley, Tiger Analytics also has locations in Chicago and Chennai, India.
