
President and CEO, Animus Solutions, Inc.
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

President and CEO, Animus Solutions, Inc.
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
Animus Solutions, Inc. is a vendor-neutral services organization offering business consulting and technical services for the management of IT. Services include best practices consulting and implementations to accomplish IT asset management, software license compliance management, ITIL-based IT security and IT service management. Animus Solutions offers packaged as well as customized services, including consultant engagements to supplement the client’s own project team.
Animus Solutions consultants have experience with the premier automation products for the management of IT, such as HP/Peregrine AssetCenter®, ServiceCenter®, CA Asset Management®, IBM MRO®, BMC Remedy®, LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager®, Marimba® and more.*
Area of expertise lies in the ITAM (Asset Management) and ITSM (Service Management) fields focusing on strategic planning, assessment, training and implementation of industry best practice ITIL processes, ITAM processes and COBIT processes. CSAM and CITAM certified, as well as certified in premier automation products for the management of IT.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
CEO of Animus Solutions since 2004, Phara McLachlan’s leadership extends beyond the organization to the customers of Animus Solutions. Committed to the people, the ability to deliver practical solutions and an expectation of constant performance improvement, Phara’s personal consulting experiences guide the execution of IT asset management, software asset management, service management and IT security services offer by Animus Solutions. With a firm foundation in IT asset management business processes, technology implementations and project leadership, Phara has consulted for energy, insurance, banking, government and technology industries, to name a few.
A frequent speaker at industry events, McLachlan holds a BS in Management Information Systems from University of South Florida as well as certifications from industry associations and software providers.
traveling, reading, sailing, dancing, spending time with family
International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers, Project Management Institute, Tampa Chamber of Commerce