Dieter Thompson is a maverick of the telecommunications industry. In 1999, he saw what others in his industry did not … a better way of benchmarking and negotiating telecommunication costs for multi-national companies. TAG was born.

The majority of Thompson’s career was spent with AT&T, where he contributed to the traditional connectivity environment with AT&T in various capacities over a nine-year period. After AT&T, he helped pioneer the development of an asset exchange approach using telecommunications credits and "non-performing" assets associated with Fortune 500 companies and large money center banks.

In Thompson co-founded a consulting company focused on procurement and vendor management in the telecommunications arena. He sold this business to ACS, a Fortune 500 outsourcing company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, where he served as Vice President of Network Sales and Advisory Services for two and a half years. This experience at ACS uniquely positioned him to offer advice on the traditional network marketplace and the emerging outsourcing models. Having negotiated more than 125 contracts representing $1billion in annual revenues, these experiences are now offered to the market through Thompson’s own vision and company.

In 2007, TAG was named one of the fastest growing privately held companies by Inc. magazine and is a member of the Inc. 5,000. Additionally, TAG’s superior achievements were noted by Alsbridge, Inc. , which purchased the company in 2010.

Thompson operates TAG as a wholly-owned subsidiary and service line of Alsbridge, Inc..