Type Private company Area served Worldwide | Industry Experience design Founded 2007 | |
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Headquarters Conshohocken, Pennsylvania United States Key people Russ Starke
(Executive Vice President)
Phil Charron
(SVP Consulting & Talent)
David Kitchenman
(SVP Client Engagement)
Bruce McMahon
(SVP Operations)
Kimberly Blessing
(VP Technology)
Dan Busey
(VP Design)
Brad Sukala
(VP User Experience)
Emily Scala
(Sr. Director Project Management) Revenue US $10million+ (FY 2016) Founders Brian McIntire, (Chief Executive Officer), (Chief Design Officer), Carl White | ||
Think Company (founded as Think Brownstone) is an American experience design firm headquartered in the Greater Philadelphia region (one studio in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and two in Center City, Philadelphia). Founded in 2007, the company conducts research that informs business strategy, designs and develops software products, business applications, responsive websites and more. As of 2017, it employs more than 70 people.
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History
In September 2007, partners Brian McIntire and Carl White founded Think Brownstone in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. They created the company's first studio by refurbishing the second and third floors of the 1891 Sons of America Building, transforming it into "an inviting and energizing space with high ceilings, oversized windows, comfortable couches and picture-framed whiteboards to capture ideas when they strike."
In 2014, the company opened a second office in Center City, Philadelphia. Dubbed the Philadelphia Think Space, it occupies the mezzanine level of the 1924 Packard Grande building at 15th and Sansom Streets, once the home of First Pennsylvania Bank. Its foyer has a mural of Pennsylvania founder William Penn by local artist Jennifer Renshaw. Mayor Michael Nutter attended the July 10 opening ceremony.
In 2014, the company had a front-end development team that was 40% women.
In 2017, Think Brownstone officials changed the company's name to Think Company, saying that it reflected "their growth and focuses in on the most catching and relevant part of their name — think". Think Company also announced its third studio (the second in Center City Philadelphia), "Philadelphia East", in January 2017, in Horace Trumbauer's 1923 Philadelphia Building.
Awards
In 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016, Think Company was listed as one of The Philadelphia 100, the "fastest growing, privately held entrepreneurial companies in the Greater Philadelphia Region" as determined by the Wharton Small Business Development Center, The Entrepreneurs' Forum of Greater Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Think Company was on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in 2012 (#1729), 2014 (#2741), 2015 (#2530), and 2016 (#1405).
In 2015, the Philadelphia Business Journal named Think Company one of the three Best Places to Work in the medium-sized category (50-99 employees), and named CEO Carl White one of the 2015 Most Admired CEOs. White also won the SmartCEO/Marcum Innovator of the Year award for Business Services. Think Company was ranked #3 in the Philly.com 2016 Top Workplaces, Small Companies Category.
In 2016, the Philadelphia Business Journal named VP of Technology Kimberly Blessing a "2016 Tech Disruptor Honoree" as well as a "2016 Woman of Distinction", again named Think Company one of the "Best Places to Work in Philadelphia", and ranked the company as #21 on the "50 on Fire" list. Think Company was also named a 2016 Top Workplace (ranked #3 of 35 Small Businesses honored) by Philly.com, with an additional acknowledgement at the ceremony in the category of ethics.
Think Company design awards include five Interactive Media Awards across multiple clients (2009-2016), a Silver and two Gold Magellan Awards and two HSMAI Adrian Awards for the AMResorts family of websites. Also, the ADP Simplified Reporting tool designed by Think Company was named one of the 10 "2016 Top HR Products" by Human Resource Executive Online.