Stu Nutting, Jeff Northrup and Chris Davis have been friends for many years. They are so close, in fact, that Nutting and Davis wound up marrying twin sisters. As long as they were at it, the three decided they might as well go into business together, leading to the formation of IT and business-consulting company Concord.
That was in 2003. The company began with operations in Nutting’s basement, and now has its own office building in south Hopkins, more than 300 full-time and independent consultants and numerous clients—many of whom are Fortune 500 companies.
Concord offers information technology and business consulting for a variety of needs. While Concord serves a nice cross-section of the business community, it has an especially strong presence in retail banking, property and casualty insurance and health plans.
The company's motto is, "We solve IT problems through brainpower, willpower and a little something called hard work."