People
We believe that great organizations are comprised of people who are supported, recognized, and equipped to do their best work. That’s why we’re committed to enhancing the well-being of our team and the people we serve. In 2025, this took many forms—from acquisition investments that expand the services we provide clients to an in-person All-Company Meeting that fueled connectivity among our people, wherever they’re based.
Our culture fuels performance by investing in the well-being and growth of our people.
All-Company Meeting
Our biannual All-Company Meeting (ACM) brings together TiER1ers from across the country to connect, learn, and celebrate with each other. In September, we hosted the 2025 ACM just a few blocks from TiER1’s headquarters at a music venue in Newport, Kentucky. Embracing the theme of TiER1 Through the Eras, we celebrated TiER1’s 23-year history while sharing our excitement for TiER1’s newest era, Transformation by Design, which reflects how we’ve expanded our services to support large organizations pursuing measurable outcomes through complex, enterprise-wide change.
Our team’s creative talents took center stage as we unveiled TiER1’s refreshed brand internally and reflected on how it reinforces our focus on driving results through organizational transformation that aligns strategy, structure, and culture. Teams then practiced applying their diverse consulting skills to create innovative solutions to hypothetical transformation challenges. Of course, we also “played hard” by scream-singing karaoke on the main stage, dancing during a silent disco, winning branded swag from a claw machine, and donning made-to-order T-shirts that were printed on site.
Acquisition News
Digital Bridge Partners
In April 2025, TiER1 Impact announced its acquisition of two new organizations—Digital Bridge Partners and Is Inspired—to strengthen our ability to help organizations drive transformation through strategy and technology.
Digital Bridge Partners has a successful history of empowering technology innovators to unlock their ecosystem growth potential by developing incisive strategies, designing transformative programs, and orchestrating breakthrough outcomes for clients in the high technology industry enabling complex partner and channel strategies.
“We focus on innovations that help ecosystems thrive,” shares Digital Bridge Partners co-founders Allan Adler and Dylan Charles. “Combining our efforts with TiER1 allows us to take these efforts to the next level to benefit our clients.”
Is Inspired
In April 2025, TiER1 Impact announced its acquisition of two new organizations—Digital Bridge Partners and Is Inspired—to strengthen our ability to help organizations drive transformation through strategy and technology.
Is Inspired brings deep expertise in aligning infrastructure—people, processes, technology, and data—with strategy to unlock human potential. The aim is to remove friction so people can focus on the meaningful, human side of their work. Having started with a focus on supporting partner ecosystem teams, the firm has expanded its approach to support program management across legal, finance, HR, and professional services.
“This marks an exciting new chapter for us,” shares Gina Batali-Brooks, founder of Is Inspired. “Joining forces with TiER1 gives Is Inspired the expanded reach to bring our creative problem-solving to more customers, backed by the resources to explore innovative technologies and solutions—all while becoming part of a business deeply aligned with our culture and values.”
LHT Learning
In October 2025, TiER1 Impact announced its acquisition of LHT Learning, a globally recognized learning and technology firm that helps organizations design and deliver impactful learning experiences in highly regulated industries where compliance and performance are critical. The team has supported organizations including Johnson & Johnson, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Valvoline Motor Oil, and American Electric Power, among others.
“For more than 20 years, we’ve combined our compliance expertise with learning, technology, and innovation to create engaging, measurable compliance learning programs,” shares Dan Longhouse, founder and president of LHT Learning. “Joining TiER1 allows us to expand that impact—helping our clients not only strengthen compliance and reduce risk, but also drive broader organizational change, leadership development, and employee engagement.”
Digital Bridge Partners
In April 2025, TiER1 Impact announced its acquisition of two new organizations—Digital Bridge Partners and Is Inspired—to strengthen our ability to help organizations drive transformation through strategy and technology.
Digital Bridge Partners has a successful history of empowering technology innovators to unlock their ecosystem growth potential by developing incisive strategies, designing transformative programs, and orchestrating breakthrough outcomes for clients in the high technology industry enabling complex partner and channel strategies.
“We focus on innovations that help ecosystems thrive,” shares Digital Bridge Partners co-founders Allan Adler and Dylan Charles. “Combining our efforts with TiER1 allows us to take these efforts to the next level to benefit our clients.”
Is Inspired
In April 2025, TiER1 Impact announced its acquisition of two new organizations—Digital Bridge Partners and Is Inspired—to strengthen our ability to help organizations drive transformation through strategy and technology.
Is Inspired brings deep expertise in aligning infrastructure—people, processes, technology, and data—with strategy to unlock human potential. The aim is to remove friction so people can focus on the meaningful, human side of their work. Having started with a focus on supporting partner ecosystem teams, the firm has expanded its approach to support program management across legal, finance, HR, and professional services.
“This marks an exciting new chapter for us,” shares Gina Batali-Brooks, founder of Is Inspired. “Joining forces with TiER1 gives Is Inspired the expanded reach to bring our creative problem-solving to more customers, backed by the resources to explore innovative technologies and solutions—all while becoming part of a business deeply aligned with our culture and values.”
LHT Learning
In October 2025, TiER1 Impact announced its acquisition of LHT Learning, a globally recognized learning and technology firm that helps organizations design and deliver impactful learning experiences in highly regulated industries where compliance and performance are critical. The team has supported organizations including Johnson & Johnson, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Valvoline Motor Oil, and American Electric Power, among others.
“For more than 20 years, we’ve combined our compliance expertise with learning, technology, and innovation to create engaging, measurable compliance learning programs,” shares Dan Longhouse, founder and president of LHT Learning. “Joining TiER1 allows us to expand that impact—helping our clients not only strengthen compliance and reduce risk, but also drive broader organizational change, leadership development, and employee engagement.”
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Update
Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) benefits every employee through annual contributions to a qualified retirement trust. Therefore, as shareholders in the company, employees benefit from TiER1’s growth and are financially invested in adding value and positively impacting every engagement and partnership.
Ownership isn’t just a benefit—it’s a responsibility. It requires high trust and hard work to realize this ideal experience. Every year, we celebrate our new shareholders’ commitment to TiER1 with a special ceremony.
Since the ESOP was established in 2015, the share price has had a compound annual growth rate of 32%.
International Women's Day Leadership Panel
We hosted our seventh International Women’s Day Panel webinar in March to celebrate women’s achievements, promote economic empowerment, and explore actions that advance gender equality in our workplaces and communities. Moderated by TiER1 President and COO Katie Frey, the webinar was themed #AccelerateAction and featured three business leaders who shared leadership practices that promote inclusion and how they’ve leveraged networks and mentorship to forge their career paths.
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