Cinco Design Begins Work With CPI

Portland, OR, December 31, 2015 — Cinco Design has engaged Creative Performance Inc. (CPI), a national leader in financial and operational consulting for the marketing services industry, to perform an in-depth Agency Performance Audit. CPI will work closely with Cinco to provide a detailed analysis of their organization, then identify and document the necessary steps to improve operational efficiencies and gain access to real time information to make data-driven decisions.

“We look forward to working with Cinco,” states Vanessa Edwards, President of CPI. “During our engagement, we will be working with their team to lay the groundwork for the adoption of an integrated project management and accounting platform, aimed at increasing profit, increasing project throughput, codifying processes, adopting best-practices and gaining push-button reporting.”

About Creative Performance

Creative Performance Inc. is a niche-consulting firm for the Marketing Services industry (Brand + Agency). We specialize in measurably improving our clients’ throughput, resourcing, realization rates, utilization rates, quality and project profitability, while protecting creativity. CPI brings a balanced approach that emphasizes harmony between People, Process + Technology.  Clients include small, mid-market and enterprise organizations across North America. CPI is an Oracle Agile PLM Gold Partner and Workamajig® Expert Partner, tackling their most complex and sophisticated clients, including their largest enterprise deployments.

About Cinco Design

Located in Portland, Oregon, Cinco Design is a design agency consisting of storytellers, strategists, producers, coders, filmmakers and the engineers that build the platforms, products and connected experiences that help modern brands thrive. Their meta-capabilities include Strategy, Brand, Design, Product Experience, Digital Experience and Production. They enjoy a diverse portfolio of clients, across multiple verticals that include Smith, EA Sports, Nixon, Carbon3D, Zolo, Nike, Xbox, Incase and Hot Wheels, among others.

About: CPI

Creative Performance Inc. (CPI) is a marketing operations consultancy for the marketing services industry (both Agency + In-House). We specialize in improving our client’s Organizational Agility and Operational Resilience, through a seamless integration of industry best practices, mar-tech and business intelligence.  CPI is an AgencyStory®, Deltek®, Oracle Agile and Workamajig® partner.

About: Vanessa Vollum Edwards

Hailing from Portland, OR, Vanessa graduated from university with a degree in Philosophy. An amateur helicopter and fixed wing pilot since age sixteen, she began her first career as a pilot for LifeFlight. Upon completing her MBA, Vanessa was recruited by a fellow classmate into becoming the CFO/COO for a digital agency experiencing rapid growth. The agency was acquired in 2010. Over the last decade, Vanessa has built a strategic consultancy focused on empowering agency principals, accelerating growth, increasing profitability and deploying agency management software.  She is a founder of AgencyStory®, a patent pending curated analytics solution for the marketing services industry.

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