Who We Are

Fruehman Group Ltd provides information technology and business services to commercial and public sector organizations. FGL has operations in Indianapolis, Indiana and Washington, D.C. areas.

Peter Fruehman, Principal Consultant

Peter Fruehman has over 35 years of experience in the Information Technology field as well as industry-specific knowledge. He founded, owned and managed Ranac Computer Corporation for 29 years, a well respected, successful business serving the Indiana and Midwest areas. In March, 2002, he sold his interest in the company. During his tenure, Mr. Fruehman and his organization consulted, developed and implemented industry solutions for healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, accounting, service, apparel, chemical and others. Clients ranged from small businesses up to publicly traded companies plus governmental entities.

Mr. Fruehman’s company boasts many firsts to market during its history, using innovation and technology to implement profitable business solutions and achieve competitive advantage. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Master of Business Administration and certification in Project Management. He has extensive expertise in management and business process improvement.  Presently, Mr. Fruehman is a member of the Advisory Board of Professional Careers Institute and serves on the State of Indiana Government Efficiency Commission. He is an active member of the Project Management Institute, and also TechPoint (formerly called the Indiana Information Technology Association) where he previously served on its Board of Directors.

Donovan Hinds, Consultant

Donovan (Don) Hinds has broad experience performing quantitative and qualitative assessments of information technology. He has applied his expertise to the benefit of organizations pondering large and potentially risky technology implementations.

Mr. Hinds is uniquely positioned in the IT project assessment field, having hands-on experience in the methods applied by many of the leading IT consulting organizations: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) from Gartner Group, Total Economic Impact (TEI) from Giga Information Group, Microsoft’s Rapid Economic Justification (REJ), and Applied Information Economics (AIE) from Hubbard Decision Research.

Major clients include Microsoft Corporation Consulting Services, Gartner Group, Giga Information Group, Sentinel Technologies Inc., Ventura County (California), Ciena Corporation, Disney Consumer Products, Chicago Public Schools, Department of the Navy, Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy.

Drawing on his extensive knowledge of distributed computing, networking, helpdesk management, and information systems in commercial business, professional services, and government, Mr. Hinds has the ability to both measure the impact of technology and also establish and communicate the links between technology and the organizational mission. He is a proven project manager and problem solver with strong leadership, analytical, and communications abilities. Mr. Hinds is also the president of Technology Decision Modeling.