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Thomas G. Therborn, CEO and Managing Director, of Spring Consulting, originally cut his teeth in the IT field ten years ago, when he took the corporate plunge and launched his own boutique firm. The company was established in 2000 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden with additional office in Kolbtn, Norway. 

In 2006, Spring Consulting AS formed a subsidiary of EDB Business Partner ASA. In fact, Spring Consulting has recruited 50 new employees that year, and now has a total staff 180 people. Consulting and SAP have identified a number of focus areas that offer significant potential for growth, generating over $150 million euros.

“You have to be open-minded, innovative and forward thinking,” Therborn said from his corporate headquarters in Sweden, “In order to explore business opportunities. And you have to develop a high-level of diplomatic, verbal and negotiation skills to be successful in business.’

Today, he coaches medium and large companies in areas of business, utilizing his subsidiary company,“EDB Consulting Group”  building its resources to become the leading Nordic consulting firm for SAP. Based on in-depth specialization, “We develop close relationships with our customers through a long-term involvement based on confidence and credibility. EDB Consulting Group was the first - and is so far the only - Nordic SAP Partner,” Therborn said.

He said EDB offers multifaceted consultants in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, “With extensive cross-border interaction. All our consultant have extensive experience of SAP,” he said.

He has worked in unison with EDB, building one of the premier Nordic firms in IT services. “Our company offers the entire range of business-critical IT services from consulting and industry specific solutions,” he added. “Everything we do is designed to help our customers get more from their investment in IT.”

Therborn attended University of Lund, and holds a Bachelor Science in Computer Science, and then later enrolled at the Stockholm School of Economics where he received his Executive MBA-IT, MBA.

Therborn said Nordic customers are searching for supplier capable of taking on responsibility for everything involved in a SAP project, from design and implementation through to systems operations and management of SAP solutions.

He said customers could attain major savings by optimizing the value chain. He points out that Spring Consulting can help to reduce the lifetime cost of a SAP system by some 20% -30%.

Therborn said his company offers a competitive portfolio of software solution that improve  “our customer’s efficiency and help them to strengthen their relationships with their customers with a particularly strong position in solutions for the public sector and for the banking and finance market.”

The firm has executed a business model that guarantees a free-flow of consulting resources. “I apply a high degree of personal and business ethics in the corporate world, encouraging a culture that upholds the highest possible standard of integrity, quality and transparency in all transactions,” he said.

Its clientele includes Sony Ericsson, SCA, Sandvik, Nobel Biocare, and Folksam. "I am dedicated to exploring emerging markets opportunities," Therborn said. "Enhancing daily productivity and delivering outstanding returns to shareholders and value added to clients."

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