Silver Tree Named Finalist for 2025 NC TECH Awards for Tech-Driven Business Transformation
Silver Tree Consulting & Services has been named a finalist for the 2025 NC TECH Awards in the Tech-Driven Business Transformation category. This recognition highlights how Silver Tree’s IT360 Secure managed services helps small and midmarket organizations modernize IT, strengthen security, and scale smarter.
Silver Tree Consulting & Services has been named a finalist for the 2025 NC TECH Awards in the Tech-Driven Business Transformation category—North Carolina’s premier program celebrating innovation, growth, and leadership in the state’s technology sector.
This recognition highlights how Silver Tree is helping small and midmarket organizations modernize IT and accelerate growth through IT360 Secure managed services, a comprehensive IT operations and security solution.
IT360 Secure simplifies and strengthens IT by bringing together infrastructure, security, applications, and workplace management into one fully managed service. Clients can choose a complete package or start with the services that meets their most pressing needs, giving them the flexibility to scale at their own pace.
IT360 Secure is powered by Vigilance, Silver Tree’s proprietary AI-driven IT business management platform that provides real-time visibility, workflow orchestration, and digital experience insights. Combined, these two solutions enable small and midmarket clients to move from reactive support to proactive, data-driven improvement, delivering measurable outcomes, including:
- Up to 40% reduction in IT support costs
- Noticeable gains in end-user and customer satisfaction (CSAT)
- Higher workforce productivity across departments
- Stronger security posture and fewer incidents
- Significant reduction in downtime and business disruption
“Being recognized as a finalist for the NC TECH Awards is an incredible honor and affirmation of our mission to help small and midmarket organizations modernize IT and scale smarter,” said Richard C. Ricks, CEO of Silver Tree Consulting & Services. “IT360 Secure, powered by Vigilance, is redefining what managed services can achieve, simplifying complexity, strengthening resilience, and improving the employee experience.”
The NC TECH Awards celebration will be held on December 9, 2025, at the Raleigh Convention Center, bringing together more than 700 leaders from across North Carolina’s vibrant tech ecosystem.
Learn more about NC TECH and the 2025 finalists at nctech.org.
Amanda spent the early years of her career working for large, professional service companies, such as Accenture, Deloitte, and KPMG. Midway through her career, she realized her expertise would make more of an impact if focused on smaller, high-growth tech companies, where her leadership and marketing strategy have positively impacted their success and bottom line.
During her tenure at KPMG, Amanda played a pivotal role in launching one of the company’s global service lines and its Global Valuation Institute. Her marketing expertise has since been instrumental in growing sales pipelines, shortening sales cycles, and increasing revenue, significantly altering the business trajectory of small and mid-size companies. Amanda earned her degrees in Marketing—B.S. from DePaul and M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University. In 2021, Amanda received her certification in Digital Marketing from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business.
