Celerity IT

Celerity IT was established in 2002 by Michael Berkman and Lewis Waters in McLean, Virginia. From its initial base in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the company developed as a consulting firm focused on the intersection of business performance and technology. Its service areas included customer experience, design thinking, operational excellence, intelligent automation, business-process work, strategic advisory, and Agile methods. The company subsequently built a distributed U.S. office network. Locations associated with Celerity included New York, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Boston, McLean, Baltimore, and Dallas. It also provided technology services from Cluj, Romania. The available reference does not specify the dates on which each office opened, the size of the workforce, or the precise legal structure of the Romanian operation. In 2009, Celerity created Celerity Government Services, known as CGS. The unit focused on government-related work and later spun off as a separate business under the name Xcelerate Solutions. This separation represented a change in the company's portfolio and reduced the extent to which government services were housed directly within the Celerity brand. Celerity expanded its digital capabilities in 2013 by acquiring 3PC Media, a digital agency headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The transaction broadened the company's ability to deliver digital design and web-related services alongside its advisory and technology work. Celerity's project work later included digital experiences and intranet-related engagements for major institutional clients. In 2014, work performed for the National Geographic website was recognized with a Nielsen Norman Award for Best Intranet Design and an Ektron Site of the Year award in the intranet category. In 2015, a website project for the Association of American Medical Colleges received gold recognition in three categories at the Horizon Interactive Awards: advocacy, health, and university. The same project subsequently received a gold award at the 2016 AVA Digital Awards. A major ownership change occurred in 2015, when French technology and consulting firm AUSY acquired Celerity. The reference material identifies the acquisition but does not state its consideration, transaction structure, post-acquisition management, or the degree to which Celerity retained an independent identity. It also does not provide reliable information about Celerity's activity after the acquisition. As a result, the company's current status, ownership presentation, and brand continuity require additional verification.

• 2016

  AAMC project receives AVA Digital Award

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  The AAMC website project later receives a gold AVA Digital Award.

• 2015

  AUSY acquires Celerity

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  Celerity becomes part of French technology and consulting firm AUSY.

• 2015

  AAMC project wins Horizon Interactive Awards

  [1]Celerity ITen.wikipedia.org

  Celerity's Association of American Medical Colleges website project receives gold awards in three categories.

• 2014

  National Geographic project receives design recognition

  [1]Celerity ITen.wikipedia.org

  Celerity's National Geographic work wins a Nielsen Norman Award and an Ektron Site of the Year award.

• 2013

  3PC Media is acquired

  [1]Celerity ITen.wikipedia.org

  Celerity acquires the Pittsburgh digital agency 3PC Media.

• 2009

  Celerity Government Services is launched

  [1]Celerity ITen.wikipedia.org

  Celerity creates a government-services unit that later spins off and becomes Xcelerate Solutions.

• 2002

  Celerity is founded in McLean, Virginia

  [1]Celerity ITen.wikipedia.org

  Michael Berkman and Lewis Waters establish Celerity as a business and technology consulting firm.

A multidisciplinary business and technology consultancy combining strategy, service design, process improvement, digital experience, automation, and Agile delivery.

• Consulting services

  Business and technology advisory

  Celerity's advisory work addressed business and technology strategy, helping organizations connect operating goals with technology-enabled change. The supplied material identifies strategy and business-process advisory as core areas, but does not provide a standardized product catalog or detailed methodology.

• Digital and experience consulting

  Customer experience and design thinking

  These services focused on understanding customer needs, shaping service experiences, and applying design-thinking practices to digital or organizational problems. They formed part of Celerity's broader business and technology advisory offering rather than a documented software product.

• Operations consulting

  Operational excellence and intelligent automation

  Celerity advised on operational improvement, process effectiveness, and the use of intelligent automation. The available source does not identify particular automation platforms, proprietary tools, or packaged solutions associated with this service line.

• Technology delivery consulting

  Agile consulting services

  The company offered a range of Agile consulting services intended to support iterative delivery, organizational change, and technology implementation. Specific frameworks, certifications, delivery models, and named offerings are not documented in the supplied material.

• 2015

  Join AUSY through acquisitionM&A

  Background

  Celerity pursued a change in ownership and access to a larger international technology and consulting platform.

  Action taken

  French firm AUSY acquired Celerity.

  Aftermath

  Celerity became part of AUSY, although the supplied source does not establish the subsequent brand or operating structure.

  Source

• 2013

  Acquire 3PC MediaM&A

  Background

  Celerity sought to expand its digital and web-experience capabilities.

  Action taken

  Celerity acquired Pittsburgh-based digital agency 3PC Media.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition added digital-agency capabilities to Celerity's consulting and technology-services portfolio.

  Source

• 2009

  Create Celerity Government ServicesStrategy

  Background

  Celerity expanded into government-oriented services through a dedicated unit known as Celerity Government Services.

  Action taken

  The company launched CGS, which was later separated from Celerity and renamed Xcelerate Solutions.

  Aftermath

  Government-services operations ultimately became associated with a separately named business rather than remaining within the original Celerity brand.

  Source

1. 1Celerity ITen.wikipedia.org