STA Group

What STA Group does

STA Group, LLC is a privately-held enterprise technology consulting firm headquartered at 200 W. Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2001 as a portfolio company of the Dillon Kane Group. The firm operates with approximately 247 employees, including 160+ consultants with an average of 18.5 years of professional experience, organized around four practice areas: Development, Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile. Services span application development, Agile programming, automated testing (including Selenium-based frameworks), Application Security Architecture (ASA), cloud infrastructure and microservices (Docker, AWS, Google Cloud, Pivotal Cloud Foundry), big data engineering (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, SparkML), data engineering and analytics, and mobile application development including IoT integration.

STA delivers exclusively to enterprise and government clients, with publicly named customers including McDonald's, Disney, Bank of America, Cigna, Hyatt, Lowe's, Abbott Laboratories, Peapod, Ameritox, SIRVA, Gordon Food Service, Newell Rubbermaid, Safelite, the Centers for Disease Control, and a major US insurance carrier telematics engagement. The company states a vertical focus on Insurance, Healthcare, and Financial Services alongside broader Fortune 50 targeting. GTM is sales-led and direct, with consultants embedded at client premises or working from Chicago offices under a domestic outsourcing model positioned as an onshore alternative to offshore delivery.

The firm generates revenue through professional services engagements quoted on scope, team size, and project complexity, with no standard pricing tiers or recurring managed-services component disclosed. The company claims a compounded annual growth rate of over 30% since inception. STA maintains core-tier technology alliances with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Pivotal, and Adobe (AEM Partner), and minor relationships with Hazelcast and Capsicum. Its proprietary ASA framework extends traditional RBAC with permission-based access control and real-time contextual rule evaluation. Revenue, customer concentration, and financial details are not publicly disclosed.

Name

STA Group

Legal name

STA Group, LLC

Website

https://stagrp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

STA Group is a privately-held Chicago-based enterprise technology consulting firm with 247 employees, delivering application development, cloud, big data, and mobile services to Fortune 50 clients in Insurance, Healthcare, and Financial Services under the Dillon Kane Group holding structure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Consulting Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Technology consulting services
• Application development
• Cloud infrastructure services
• Big data solutions
• Mobile application development

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technology Consulting Services: Professional services revenue generated from consulting engagements across development, cloud, big data, and mobile practice areas. Services include application development, security architecture, automated testing, data engineering, and cloud solutions delivered by consultants at client locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

STA Group is a professional technology consulting firm that designs, develops, and supports enterprise applications across Development, Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile practice areas. It delivers Agile-based application development, cloud infrastructure and microservices, big data engineering and analytics, and native/hybrid mobile solutions to Fortune 50 clients, with a proprietary Application Security Architecture (ASA) framework and onshore delivery model.

Product overview

STA Group offers a portfolio of technology consulting and development services organized into four main practice areas: Development (application development, security architecture, automated testing, Agile programming, and domestic outsourcing), Cloud (cloud infrastructure, containerization, and microservices), Big Data (data engineering, analytics, and business intelligence), and Mobile (native/hybrid app development, IoT integration, and mobile strategy). The company operates as a professional services firm providing these service offerings to enterprise clients in Insurance, Healthcare, and Financial Services industries, with particular focus on delivering solutions through Agile methodologies. The offerings are structured as discrete service lines that can be engaged individually or as a comprehensive technology strategy engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Development Services Comprehensive application development services covering bespoke web-based systems, online customer platforms, and complex operational systems using Java/J2EE, Microsoft, and Open Source tools and techniques for enterprise clients.
• Application Security Architecture (ASA) A proprietary Role-Based-Access-Control framework extending the traditional RBAC model with permission-based access control and real-time contextual rule evaluation, providing fine-grain authorizations for protecting business domain objects in J2EE applications.
• Automated Testing Software test automation services including Selenium automated functional testing, regression testing, browser compatibility testing, automation framework creation, and integration with test management tools for enterprise applications.
• Domestic Outsourcing Onshore outsourcing model providing a low-cost domestic alternative to offshore outsourcing for application development, featuring close client integration and Agile methodology delivered from US-based consultants.
• Agile Programming Agile software development methodology providing high client engagement and rapid iterative development results using Scrum practices and development sprints for enterprise application delivery.
• Cloud Solutions Cloud infrastructure, platform, and software consulting services including public/private/hybrid cloud deployment, Docker containerization, microservices architecture, scalable applications, and cloud security.
• Big Data Solutions Design, development, validation, and deployment of big data solutions including streaming data tools (Kafka, Storm, Flume), enterprise data lakes (Hadoop/YARN, Spark, Cassandra), and analytics platforms (Hive, Pig, SAS, SparkR, SparkML, Tableau, Pentaho BIETL).
• Data Engineering Data architecture, enterprise data planning and management, data modeling and design, data application integration, and reporting/business intelligence/analytics services.
• Mobile Solutions Enterprise mobile application development covering native apps, hybrid apps, mobile strategy, and design services, including Location-based Services, GeoFencing, Mobile Security, IoT Integration, and Mobile Alerts/Notification capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Compounded growth rate of over 30% since inception
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Adobe (AEM Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationAdobe Business Partner for Experience Manager solutions. Official AEM partner status for enterprise content management and digital experience delivery.
• PivotalcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Spring Framework technologies. Reciprocal partnership for cloud-native application development capabilities.
• Google Cloud PlatformcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud partner for cloud infrastructure, platform, and software solutions. Provides public, private, and hybrid cloud deployment capabilities.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS Partner Network member providing cloud infrastructure, platform, and software services on AWS. Supports public, private, and hybrid cloud implementations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Global IT services leader with strong Insurance and Financial Services practices. Competes with STA on large digital transformation and cloud modernization engagements.
• Accenture: Global IT services and consulting leader with massive Financial Services and Health practices. Competes with STA on enterprise transformation engagements but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big Four consulting arm offering enterprise technology transformation across Financial Services and Healthcare. STA's senior leadership (Tom Cumbo) was previously at Deloitte, and the firm competes for similar Fortune 500 mandates.
• Cognizant: Large-cap IT services firm with deep Financial Services and Healthcare vertical practices. Competes on enterprise application development and modernization but with offshore-heavy delivery model.

Direct peers

• Globant: Globally distributed digital transformation consultancy with strong Big Data, cloud, and enterprise software engineering practices serving Financial Services and Healthcare — comparable service lines and target verticals, though materially larger scale.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specializing in custom software, cloud, and data engineering for enterprise clients in Financial Services and Healthcare. Closely overlaps STA's Agile-led, engineering-first delivery model.
• West Monroe Partners: Mid-market technology and management consultancy headquartered in Chicago with strong Financial Services, Healthcare, and Energy practices. Comparable scale, vertical focus, and tech-led delivery approach to STA.
• Saggezza: Chicago-based technology consulting firm offering custom software development, data engineering, and cloud services to enterprise clients. Similar size, geography, and service portfolio to STA Group.
• Slalom: Seattle-based tech consulting firm of comparable size with deep enterprise focus across Financial Services, Healthcare, and Insurance verticals. Closest analog to STA's boutique, onshore, technology-led delivery model.
• RGP (Resources Connection): US-based professional services firm deploying experienced consultants for finance, technology, and risk transformation. Comparable mid-size scale and senior-consultant delivery model to STA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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