# Groundswell

> Groundswell is a McLean, Virginia-based federal systems integrator that modernizes agency HR, budgeting, logistics, and other enterprise operations with commercial platforms, reusable software, and implementation services. Its roots are in CollabraLink, founded in 2003; its current brand launched in 2022 after acquisitions backed by Washington Harbour Partners.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** McLean, United States
- **Founders:** Yash Pandhi (Founder of predecessor CollabraLink (2003)), George Batsakis (CEO; co-launched the combined Groundswell business in 2022), Jerad Speigel (Strategy and corporate development leader; co-launched the combined Groundswell business in 2022)
- **Products:** Groundswell Integrated Budget Suite (GIBS), Workday implementation and HCM Accelerator, Stratus, AMMO, Agentic Auditor
- **Notable:** Workday and Groundswell announced a federal agency Government Cloud go-live in June 2024, replacing an on-premises personnel database for thousands of staff., Appian awarded Groundswell its 2024 Growth Award for its Appian practice., Appian’s 2025 Transformation Award recognized Supervision360, reporting more than 200 business processes across 18 systems and an initial-release timeline reduced from 15 to 8 months.

## Products & services

- **Groundswell Integrated Budget Suite (GIBS)** — Appian-based SaaS for federal strategy, budget formulation, planning, execution, reconciliation, and reporting. Includes the GIBS Guru AI assistant.
- **Workday implementation and HCM Accelerator** — Federal human capital transformation, including process mapping, data preparation, Workday configuration, deployment, and adoption.
- **Stratus** — Enterprise data discovery, cleansing, transformation, governance, and migration for modernization and AI readiness.
- **AMMO** — SAP-based ammunition management solution supporting Class V logistics, traceability, and documentation.
- **Agentic Auditor** — AI and automation for audit documentation, reconciliation, and audit preparation. Announced in April 2025.
- **Groundswell HR Suite** — Prebuilt federal HR capabilities, including workforce processes and human capital management workflows.
- **Grants Lifecycle Application Suite (GLAS)** — Appian-based software for federal grants lifecycle management.
- **Groundswell Mission Support Suite** — Prebuilt Appian solutions for agency mission-support processes.
- **Digital engineering and automation** — Integration, AI, data engineering, UiPath automation, and delivery services for federal programs.

## Achievements

- Workday and Groundswell announced a federal agency Government Cloud go-live in June 2024, replacing an on-premises personnel database for thousands of staff.
- Appian awarded Groundswell its 2024 Growth Award for its Appian practice.
- Appian’s 2025 Transformation Award recognized Supervision360, reporting more than 200 business processes across 18 systems and an initial-release timeline reduced from 15 to 8 months.
- Groundswell reports a roughly $205 million DIA HR modernization contract; this is a program award value, not realized revenue or a software list price.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Company LinkedIn posts promote its registration sponsorship for Appian Government on October 29, 2026, alongside GIBS, Workday, and audit-automation demonstrations.
- **2026-01** — Published commentary on how the FAR overhaul affects the federal acquisition workforce.
- **2025-11** — Received Appian’s Transformation Award for Supervision360.
- **2025-04** — Announced Agentic Auditor and appointed Alicia Dube to lead the federal Workday practice.

## Links

- Website: https://gswell.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/groundswelldc/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/groundswelldc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groundswelldc/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23