Pono Group

What Pono Group does

Pono Group, LLC (formerly Alti) is a privately held U.S. IT and professional services firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. The company serves over 200 large national and multi-national corporate clients across all major industries, organized around four service lines: Enterprise Application Integration (SAP), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Contract Management, and Professional Services. Its core value proposition is helping corporate clients clarify operational understanding and maximize the value of technology investments by facilitating strategy development, solution selection, resource identification, and end-to-end design, implementation, and management of application software.

The firm operates a classic boutique consulting model: project-based, quote-driven engagements delivered through direct enterprise field sales, with no proprietary product, SDK, or API surface disclosed. Its revenue derives from professional services hours and IT resource staffing rather than software licensing or subscriptions. Headcount sits in the 11-50 range pre-merger, consistent with a small specialized consultancy rather than a scaled product company.

In 2024, Pono Group merged with Application Development Resources (ADR), a minority-owned IT consulting firm established in 2001 with over $50 million in annual revenues and a substantially larger staff and infrastructure. Pono Group had worked with ADR for over 12 years prior to the combination. The merged entity operates under the ADR team structure while retaining the Pono Group brand, extending the firm's delivery capability from SAP-only into the full IT resource spectrum — including staffing for major system integrators — and substantially increasing its scale relative to its pre-merger footprint. No venture capital, private equity, or public market investment signals are present in the source data.

Name

Pono Group

Legal name

The Pono Group LLC

Website

https://ponogroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pono Group is a U.S.-based IT and professional services firm (founded 1999) serving 200+ large national and multi-national corporations with SAP integration, business intelligence, contract management, and professional services consulting. In 2024 it merged with ADR.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallahassee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and IT Consulting: Pono Group generates revenue through professional services engagements, providing IT consulting and technology services to corporate clients. This includes enterprise application integration services (SAP), business intelligence solutions, enterprise contract management, and general professional services. Revenue is derived from consulting engagements with large organizations seeking to clarify operational understanding and maximize value of technology investments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Pono Group is an IT consulting and professional services firm that helps large national and multi-national corporate clients plan, build, and manage enterprise application software. Its four core service offerings are Enterprise Application Integration (SAP), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Contract Management, and Professional Services, covering technology strategy, solution design, implementation, and ongoing optimization.

Product overview

Pono Group is an Information Technology and Professional Services company offering a unified portfolio of four major service offerings: Enterprise Application Integration (SAP), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Contract Management, and Professional Services. These services work together to help clients clarify operational understanding, create optimal technology strategies, identify technology opportunities, justify technology investments, and design, implement and manage solutions. The company assists clients from strategy through execution across the entire technology lifecycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Enterprise Application Integration (SAP)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Application Development Resources (ADR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPono Group (formerly Alti) has merged with Application Development Resources (ADR), a minority-owned IT consulting firm established in 2001. ADR offers the full spectrum of Information Technology resources to key clients and major system integrators. With over $50 million in annual revenues and a much larger staff and infrastructure than Pono Group, this merger enables the combined entity to assist clients with all IT resource needs across the entire company, extending beyond SAP to cover all IT needs. Pono Group had worked with ADR for over 12 years prior to the merger.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wipro: Global IT services and consulting firm with SAP, enterprise application, and BI practices serving large multinationals. Comparable to Pono Group on enterprise IT consulting, though as a much larger global incumbent.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): Global IT services giant with one of the largest SAP practices in the industry and broad enterprise consulting offerings. Comparable to Pono Group on SAP and enterprise IT consulting, though at vastly larger scale with global delivery.
• Infosys: Global IT services and consulting firm with a significant SAP practice and enterprise application integration capabilities. Directly comparable to Pono Group's SAP integration and BI offerings, though at vastly larger scale with global delivery model.
• Genpact: Global professional services firm with enterprise application, analytics, and digital transformation practices. Comparable to Pono Group on BI and enterprise IT services for large clients, though operating at much larger scale.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big 4 consulting firm with deep SAP, analytics, and enterprise transformation practices serving large national and multinational corporations. Comparable to Pono Group on enterprise IT strategy and SAP implementation work, though as a much broader portfolio incumbent.
• Accenture: Global IT consulting and systems integrator with a large SAP practice serving enterprise clients on strategy, implementation, and managed services. Comparable to Pono Group as the dominant incumbent in the same enterprise IT consulting category, though operating at vastly greater scale across all industries.
• Cognizant: Large IT services firm with strong enterprise application, SAP, and digital transformation practices serving large enterprises. Comparable to Pono Group on SAP integration and BI service lines, though as a much larger diversified incumbent.
• Capgemini: Global IT consulting and services firm with deep SAP and enterprise application practices. Directly comparable to Pono Group on SAP integration, BI, and enterprise transformation work, though operating as a global incumbent.

Direct peers

• Perficient: Mid-size US IT consulting firm specializing in enterprise application integration including SAP, business intelligence, and digital transformation for large enterprise clients. The closest direct peer to Pono Group given similar size, US-centric delivery model, and SAP-led service portfolio.
• Slalom Consulting: US-based technology and business consulting firm serving large enterprise clients on strategy, technology implementation, and analytics. Comparable to Pono Group on enterprise consulting, end-to-end delivery model, and US-focused mid-tier scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ponogroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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