Pinnacle Group Launches PinnacleSI to Master Workforce Complexity

DALLAS, TX – May 04, 2026 – Global workforce solutions provider Pinnacle Group has announced the formal launch of PinnacleSI, a new stand-alone brand dedicated to providing strategic advisory and technology services for large-scale enterprises. The move signals a significant response to the escalating complexity and strategic importance of managing the extended workforce, which includes contractors, freelancers, and other non-permanent staff.

PinnacleSI will combine deep program advisory with certified implementation capabilities across the three dominant Vendor Management System (VMS) platforms: Beeline, SAP Fieldglass, and Workday VNDLY. This integrated approach aims to help companies design, govern, and optimize the vast ecosystems of external talent they increasingly rely on.

A Strategic Shift in Workforce Management

The launch arrives as businesses fundamentally rethink their talent strategies. The contingent workforce is no longer a peripheral concern but a core component of corporate planning, with market projections estimating its value to climb towards $325 trillion globally by 2028. Research indicates that approximately 80% of organizations already utilize a contingent workforce, with a majority planning to increase their reliance on this talent pool to gain flexibility and access specialized skills.

This rapid expansion, however, creates significant operational hurdles. Companies face a tangled web of compliance risks, technology integrations, and process inefficiencies. In response, the market is pivoting from simple transactional management to sophisticated, advisory-led models. Industry analysts have observed this trend, noting that providers are now expected to play a more strategic role beyond mere execution.

"Contingent workforce programs are evolving toward advisory-led models, and CWM providers are expected to move beyond execution and play a more strategic role," said Lokesh Goyal, vice president at Everest Group. "As enterprises navigate growing workforce complexity, the ability to integrate program design, governance, and platform expertise is becoming critical to building more structured and future-ready workforce solutions. Pinnacle Group has launched PinnacleSI with an advisory-led approach to align with growing buyer demand."

For many organizations, regulatory and compliance risks—such as worker misclassification, co-employment liabilities, and navigating new pay transparency laws—have now eclipsed cost savings as the primary driver for structuring their contingent workforce programs. This shift underscores the need for expert guidance in establishing robust governance frameworks.

Formalizing a Decade of Expertise

While the PinnacleSI brand is new, the expertise behind it has been cultivated for over a decade within Pinnacle Group's Managed Service Provider (MSP) and VMS Solutions practices. The decision to create a distinct brand formalizes this long-standing capability, packaging it to meet a clear and growing market need.

"Over the past several years, customers have increasingly relied on our team not just for exceptional execution, but also for strategic guidance," stated Nina Vaca, chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group. "The launch of PinnacleSI formalizes the deep advisory expertise, methodology, and measurable impact we've developed and allows us to offer it more broadly to a wider range of global customers."

This strategic spin-off allows Pinnacle Group, a firm founded in 1996 that serves Fortune 500 clients across 25 countries, to better articulate its high-value consulting services. It positions the company to capture a greater share of the advisory market by leveraging its proven track record with large, complex organizations.

Michael Keiper, senior vice president of Pinnacle Group, added that the new brand expands the company's ability to address a wider spectrum of client needs. "Offering tailored advisory and technology services through PinnacleSI expands our reach and allows us to meet more of our customers' needs," he said. "By leveraging our expertise and scale, we can help solution the most complex technical or strategic challenges customers are facing today."

Navigating the Technology and Compliance Maze

PinnacleSI's core value proposition lies in its ability to bridge the gap between high-level strategy and on-the-ground technology execution. The firm's certified expertise across Beeline, SAP Fieldglass, and Workday VNDLY is particularly noteworthy, as these platforms form the technological backbone for a vast majority of enterprise contingent workforce programs. Market data shows that SAP Fieldglass and Workday VNDLY alone are used by a significant percentage of companies with MSP programs, making proficiency across these systems a critical requirement for any service provider.

By offering certified implementation and optimization, PinnacleSI aims to help clients extract maximum value from their significant investments in these VMS platforms. The services span the entire program lifecycle, including initial strategy and design, VMS implementation, systems integration, change management, and advanced reporting and analytics.

This holistic approach is designed to bring structure and visibility to what can often be a chaotic and opaque area of enterprise spending. A key focus is the management of Statement of Work (SOW) arrangements, which have grown from 18% of MSP spend in 2017 to nearly 40% today. Effectively managing these project-based services requires a blend of procurement strategy, performance tracking, and technological oversight that many organizations struggle to achieve on their own.

In an increasingly competitive landscape, PinnacleSI enters a field populated by large, established MSPs like Allegis Global Solutions and Randstad Sourceright, which have also been heavily investing in their own advisory and technology consulting arms. However, PinnacleSI's focused branding and explicit commitment to certified, multi-platform expertise may serve as a key differentiator, appealing to clients who are seeking a specialized partner to navigate the complex interplay of strategy, governance, and technology in the modern world of work.