The Cadence Group

What The Cadence Group does

The Cadence Group is a woman-owned small business (WOSB certified) founded in 1988 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with a Washington D.C. regional office. The company provides information management consulting, managed services, and contract staffing to federal government agencies and corporate clients across the United States. Its core practice areas include records and information management (RIM), information governance, library science, knowledge management, and web/content management. Cadence Group generates revenue through three primary streams: project-based consulting engagements, multi-year managed services contracts with on-site staff support, and contract staffing and placement of IM professionals. The company also operates a subscription/technology solutions line centered on its proprietary tools—Compliance Help Desk (CHD), an MS 365-based RIM program management platform with mapping to retention regulations across 50 states and 30+ countries; ePurge, a SaaS tool for automated compliant cleanup of electronic records; In-forté, an enterprise information outsourcing solution; and CG Research On-Demand, an e-commerce research platform.

Cadence Group's go-to-market is anchored by multiple GSA contract vehicles (MAS Schedule 47QSMA18D08QV, Schedule 70 SIN 132-51, Schedule 36 Records Management SINs) and prime contractor positions on IDIQ contracts including the 10-year CDC Information Management Services vehicle, the 5-year CDC Records Management Support Services BPA (renewed in 2024), and the 10-year DOJ Records Information Management Support Services BPA. Named federal clients include CDC, NIH, NASA, DOJ, DEA, EPA, FDIC, and Department of Defense branches. Commercial engagements span insurance, financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Marketing relies on direct enterprise field sales, industry conferences (ARMA, NAGARA, GRA, Computers in Libraries), content marketing (blog, white papers), LinkedIn, and PR distribution.

The company has been led since founding by Tina Teree Baker, President and CEO, and maintains a senior leadership team including CIO Kenneth R. Lewis, CMO Chad Damerell, and multiple VPs with 20+ years of tenure in federal client service. Cadence Group operates the wholly-owned subsidiary Cadence Group Associates, Inc. (established 1992) for federal contracting, and formed a joint venture with Highlight Technologies in 2018 under the SBA Mentor Protégé Program. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external institutional investment.

Name

The Cadence Group

Legal name

The Cadence Group, Inc.

Website

https://cadence-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Cadence Group is a woman-owned information management consulting firm founded in 1988, serving U.S. federal agencies and corporate clients with records management, information governance, library services, and proprietary software tools including the MS 365-based Compliance Help Desk platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Information Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Records & Information Management (RIM) / Records Management (HDAEAGAC)

Keywords

• Records information management
• Information governance consulting
• Library management services
• Knowledge management consulting
• Federal contracting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements for information governance, records management, knowledge management, and library services. Custom-built engagements aligned with client goals, systems, and operations.
2. Managed Services: Long-term managed services for information management operations including on-site staff support, program management, and ongoing operational assistance.
3. Contract Staffing and Placement: Staffing services placing information management professionals including certified records managers, librarians, business process engineers, and specialists with clients on temporary or permanent basis.
4. Technology Solutions: Licensing and subscription access to proprietary tools including Compliance Help Desk, ePurge, In-forté, and other software solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Cadence Group delivers integrated information management consulting, managed services, and contract staffing/placement to federal government agencies and corporate clients. Core services span Records and Information Management, Information Governance, Library Management and Research, Knowledge Management, Web and Content Management, Professional IT Services, and Health IT. The firm supplements its services with proprietary software tools including Compliance Help Desk (MS 365-based RIM platform), ePurge (electronic records cleanup), and In-forté (enterprise content acquisition), and delivers engagements through GSA contract vehicles and direct contracting.

Product overview

The Cadence Group is a woman-owned small business providing integrated information management services for over 30 years. The company offers a suite of software-as-a-service products and professional services centered on information governance, records management, and knowledge management. Core products include In-forté (enterprise information outsourcing solution), cg-research.com (on-demand research platform), ePurge (electronic records cleanup tool), and Compliance Help Desk (records management program platform). These are complemented by supporting modules including Taxonomy Workshop, Records Schedule & Research Management Tool, RIM Training, and CG Research On-Demand. The company serves federal government agencies (including NASA, CDC, DOJ, EPA, and military branches), corporate clients across industries, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions. Services are delivered through consulting engagements, managed services, and contract staffing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• In-forté: Enterprise outsourcing solution for information management, self-service information model that helps businesses lower content acquisition and management costs.
• ePurge
• Compliance Help Desk (CHD)
• cg-research.com

Products and services

• Information Governance Consulting Consulting engagements helping organizations establish and operationalize information governance programs, including policy development, framework implementation, and regulatory alignment for federal and commercial clients.
• Records and Information Management (RIM) Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Foot traffic to facility increased 300%+ compared to similar period before renovations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Highlight TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Cadence Group and Highlight Technologies formed a joint venture under the SBA ALL Small Mentor Protégé Program in 2018. This partnership enables combined expertise delivery on government contracts.
• Contract & Purchasing Solutions (CPS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Partnership with CPS to manage military libraries for Moody Air Force Base and Mountain Home Air Force Base. Combined capabilities for complete library management including personnel, equipment, supervision, and customer service.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Iron Mountain: Global leader in records storage, information management, and data protection. Competes with Cadence Group's RIM consulting practice and increasingly offers digital information governance services to the same federal and regulated commercial clients.
• Stericycle (Shred-it): Compliance and information destruction services firm (parent of Shred-it). Adjacent competitor in records-related services, particularly for secure destruction and physical-to-digital RIM transitions at large enterprises and federal agencies.

Direct peers

• Access Information Management: Provider of records management, document storage, and information governance services. Overlaps with Cadence Group's RIM consulting, managed services, and electronic records cleanup capabilities across regulated industries.
• GRM Information Management Services: Records and information management services firm offering document storage, digital solutions, and RIM consulting. Comparable mid-scale competitor serving enterprise and government clients.
• TAB Products Co. Provider of records management software and physical records services serving legal, financial, and government markets. Comparable mid-sized competitor offering both RIM software and managed services.
• Crown Information Management: Florida-based information management services firm offering records storage, shredding, and digital services. Comparable mid-market competitor in the U.S. RIM services category.
• Vertican Technologies: Provider of records management software and services for legal and corporate clients. Comparable technology-led RIM vendor competing for similar mid-market and government engagements.
• O'Neil Software: Records and information management software provider (RecordsCenter, iConvert) targeting commercial records centers and corporate RIM programs. Competes with Cadence Group's ePurge and Records Schedule & Research Management Tool.

Emerging players

• RecordPoint: Cloud-native information governance and records management platform. Represents the modern software-led competitive threat to Cadence Group's on-prem heritage tools like ePurge and CHD.
• Zasio Enterprises: Provider of records management software (Versatile) and RIM consulting services. Competes most directly with Cadence Group's Compliance Help Desk and ePurge tools in the records management software category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cadencegroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cadence-group

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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