The Parent Company: Your Building Partner

The Parent Company has earned the trust of Middle Tennessee over the last three decades by providing quality and personal attention. The Parent Company is a leader in construction management; featuring project accountability, diverse experience, and a commitment to reflecting their client’s vision. The Parent Company was established in March of 1984, and has since been assisting with the construction of a growing Middle Tennessee, from schools, churches, condominiums and municipal buildings to private sector corporations. Til Bourland, Jim Brownlee, Tom Pirtle, and Bob Sarratt are the Owners of The Parent Company have worked together for the last 27 years, with 123 years of combined experience. Their first construction contract was with Vanderbilt University, who continues to call upon The Parent Company for renovation and building needs. Other notable clients include Williamson County Board of Education, Montgomery Bell Academy, Deloitte & Touche, SunTrust Bank, BMI and BMG Music, to name a few. Most recently, you may have noticed their work with Temple Ohabai Sholom, Currey Ingram Academy, St. Ann’s Church, and the Adventure Science Center.

CIO has worked with The Parent Company for the last 5 years. Technology plays an important role in efficiently running their business and providing the high standard of customer service that The Parent Company is known for. From a single network server primarily supporting the accounting operations and available only to the office staff and owners, their technology has progressed to multiple servers with systems supporting accounting, project management, and remote access. The Parent Company now provides access to almost all employees on any job site. By utilizing the latest VPN technology, many of the larger sites are securely connected to the corporate infrastructure providing real time access to crucial project information. Many staff members utilize Verizon Wireless access cards and Windows Mobile Palm Treo’s to remain connected, regardless of location. The Parent Company has truly taken the vision that technology is a tool to improve their business processes.

Since the founding of the company in 1984, The Parent Company has grown to over a hundred employees and an annual volume in excess of $70,000,000. CIO Office continues to provide services that support their success and appreciate the long-standing relationship that has been established with this trusted company.

“Our technology needs grew from two or three users in one location to 10’s of users over multiple locations and it continues to grow today. The complexities of managing a true network far outreach anything an accountant, such as myself, or any other type of person is going to be able to administer. We need the professionalism of CIO Office. You’ll wake up and not have a business if you don’t have the proper computer support.

The Tech Advantage Program makes controlling cost very manageable. I can budget my exact computer support costs-software updates, onsite service, installations, it’s all included. This takes all the worry out of keeping the IT portion of the business up and running.

I also like the fact that someone else is watching over the network. I can rest easy knowing that the updates, back-ups, and system monitoring are being done. It is a huge convenience that allows me to really not worry about the IT aspects of the office.

Tech Advantage is proactive instead of reactive. With the help desk, I often never know that a request was even put in (by an employee) and it does not interfere with my time. CIO Office answers all of our IT questions and provides a “one-stop-shop” experience for all of our IT needs. And with CIO Office, our technology needs are handled in a professional and timely manner, which takes the edge off interpersonal relationships within the office and makes it a nicer place to work for all of the employees.

It’s not all about turning on computers and installing software, CIO Office is there for the planning and the thought process behind our technology needs and that is the most valuable part of the relationship. It is not about selling me more; it is truly about selling me what we need. CIO Office is a business partner. Anyone that enters into a partnership with CIO Office is going to be rewarded with the best advice and best service that I know of out there in the IT field in the Nashville area. There are so many small companies and we can’t afford entire wings of IT services with the knowledge that it takes to keep even a simple network up and running and CIO Office brings that all so that it is available to even the smallest computer consumer. They make computers easy.” Gerry McKinney, CFO, The Parent Company

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