Selected work

Results, not reports.

A selection of engagements across associations, manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services. Client names are withheld by agreement — the outcomes, the scope, and the technology are real.

$125M+
In programs delivered
at portfolio scale
13
Engagements profiled
across six categories
6
Sectors covered
first-hand by the principal
5-yr
Longest engagement
still informing AI today
Manufacturing & Distribution

$125M enterprise technology program for a national industrial manufacturer and distributor

The challenge

A national industrial manufacturer and distributor with 15 distribution centers and over 3,000 employees had built its technology stack through two decades of acquisitions. Six mission-critical systems operated in near-total isolation: a 20-year-old WMS running batch processing with no real-time inventory visibility, a homegrown OMS with brittle EDI integrations to hundreds of trading partners, a monolithic ERP that could not consolidate financials across four acquired business units, and field service technicians dispatched by phone and tracked on whiteboards. There was no unified customer record across sales, service, and order history. Month-end close required 14 days of manual reconciliation.

What we did

We led a $125M, three-year enterprise transformation spanning six interconnected platforms: a modern WMS, an OMS with EDI modernization, a consolidated ERP, a CRM, an ITSM platform, and a field service management system. Our team served as the program management and integration architecture backbone across 12 vendors, 300+ stakeholders, and eight parallel workstreams. We sequenced delivery to protect operational continuity: ERP and WMS first to stabilize the operational core, OMS and CRM next to unify the customer layer, then field service and ITSM to close the loop on service operations.

Program outcomes
$125MDelivered on schedule, 36 months
6Enterprise platforms implemented
99.4%Inventory accuracy (from 83%)
65%Reduction in order cycle time
Platforms delivered
  • WMS: wave/batch/zone picking, RF-directed operations, slotting, labor management
  • OMS: EDI modernization (850/856/810), ATP, drop-ship orchestration, backorder mgmt
  • ERP: multi-entity financials, procurement automation, standard costing, close acceleration
  • CRM: customer 360, quote-to-order, dealer portal, opportunity, sales forecasting
  • Field Service: mobile work orders, route optimization, van inventory, SLA, warranty
  • ITSM: incident/change/problem, CMDB, self-service portal, SLA enforcement
Manufacturing & Distribution

Warehouse modernization across 15 distribution centers for an industrial distributor

The challenge

The distributor’s legacy WMS processed inventory in overnight batch cycles, meaning a pick ticket printed in the morning reflected stock counts from the night before. Inventory accuracy sat at 83% across the network, annual physical counts pulled every DC offline for a week, and mispicks were generating $2M+ in annual returns and reships.

What we did

Modern WMS with real-time RF-directed operations across all 15 DCs simultaneously. Wave and batch picking replaced static pick-and-pass. Slotting optimization repositioned the top 2,000 SKUs by velocity, cutting average pick path length by 31%. Perpetual cycle counting replaced the annual physical count entirely. Cartonization automated box selection with carrier rate shopping at pack time.

Outcomes
99.4%Inventory accuracy (from 83%)
40%Pick rate improvement per labor hour
ZeroAnnual physical shutdowns
Manufacturing & Distribution

Field service and CRM transformation for a multi-region industrial services operation

The challenge

400+ field service technicians operated without a connected system. Dispatch happened by phone; technicians received job details by text and carried paper work orders. Parts availability was unknown in the field. SLA compliance was tracked in spreadsheets after the fact. Account managers had no visibility into service history when calling on a customer, and quote-to-order involved emailing PDFs through four approval steps.

What we did

Field service management with mobile work orders on tablets, AI-assisted dispatch and route optimization, and real-time van inventory tied to the ERP parts catalog. Technicians could validate warranty, check pricing, and generate invoices on-site. CRM connected every customer’s account, order history, service tickets, and open opportunities in a single view, with a streamlined CPQ that cut quote cycle time from days to hours.

Outcomes
28%First-time fix rate improvement
94%On-site SLA compliance (from 71%)
85%Quote cycle time reduction
Associations

Member data unification for a national trade association

The challenge

A national trade association with 15,000+ members was operating with member data spread across their AMS, LMS, events platform, and email system. Staff were manually reconciling spreadsheets to answer basic membership questions, and board dashboards took weeks to produce.

What we did

Connected all four systems into a unified member data layer, built engagement scoring and renewal risk dashboards, and trained the membership team to maintain everything independently.

Outcomes
8 wksKickoff to live dashboards
4Systems connected
0Vendor dependency for reporting
Associations

Data ecosystem overhaul for a national financial association

The challenge

A national financial association had accumulated 15 disconnected data sources across their AMS, accounting platform, event management, regulatory reporting, and a tangle of spreadsheet workflows that had grown over a decade. Staff spent days each month reconciling figures that never quite agreed, and leadership had no reliable real-time view of organizational performance.

What we did

Audited all 15 sources, designed a centralized cloud-based data architecture, and built automated pipelines to consolidate everything into a single source of truth. A continuous-monitoring data quality framework replaced manual reconciliation. A self-service analytics layer then put trusted, governed data directly in the hands of staff and leadership.

Outcomes
151Data sources unified
70%Reduction in manual reconciliation
Self-serveData access for all staff
AI & ML

AI-powered member personalization for an international professional society

The challenge

An international professional society was delivering the same content experience to every member regardless of interest, career stage, or location. Content teams curated resources manually with no feedback loop on what was resonating. Members were disengaging because the experience felt generic.

What we did

Built an AI-powered recommendation engine that surfaces personalized content based on topics a member follows, their career stage, location, membership tier, and the behavior of similar members. Engagement signals feed back into the model continuously, improving recommendations over time.

Outcomes
EveryMember gets a unique content experience
Real-timeBehavior-driven personalization at scale
Digital Transformation

AI member support tool for a global financial services association

The challenge

A global association’s member service team handled high volumes of repeat questions that required navigating multiple systems. Members waited hours or days for answers to questions that had simple answers, because no self-service option existed and staff were stretched thin across time zones.

What we did

Built and deployed an AI-powered member support tool trained on the association’s knowledge base, membership data, and content library. The tool’s accuracy depended entirely on the quality of the underlying data ecosystem — five years of normalization and aggregation work made it possible. Members can now get answers instantly, 24 hours a day, without opening a case.

Outcomes
24/7Member self-service across time zones
InstantAnswers without case creation
Digital Transformation

Unified CRM and service platform for a large professional association

The challenge

A large professional association’s service team resolved member questions by toggling between disconnected systems, often re-verifying the same information in each one. Response times were slow, context was lost between interactions, and there was no single view of a member’s history, status, or engagement.

What we did

Implemented a unified CRM and service platform connecting member records, case history, engagement data, and communication history into a single interface. Automated routing directed inquiries to the right team instantly. Staff could see a complete member picture from the moment a conversation started.

Outcomes
FullMember context instantly to every staff member
ZeroSystem switching to resolve an interaction
Data Engineering

Unified data platform for a regional health system

The challenge

A regional health system with 8 facilities had clinical and operational data spread across 14 disparate systems. Reporting was manual, delayed by weeks, and inconsistent across facilities. Leadership had no reliable view of operational performance.

What we did

Consolidated all 14 data sources into a single lakehouse architecture, built automated pipelines, and delivered real-time operational dashboards accessible to clinical and administrative leadership.

Outcomes
60%Reduction in reporting time
14Systems consolidated
Real-timeOperational visibility
AI & ML

Demand forecasting engine for a national retailer

The challenge

A national retail group was managing inventory across 200+ SKUs using spreadsheet-based demand planning. Overstock was costing millions annually and stockouts were damaging customer satisfaction scores.

What we did

Built and deployed ML forecasting models integrated directly into their ERP and merchandising systems. Pilot to production in 10 weeks with full MLOps monitoring and retraining pipelines.

Outcomes
$4.2MReduction in overstock, year 1
10 wksPilot to production
23%Forecast accuracy improvement
Tech Strategy

AI readiness roadmap for a financial services firm

The challenge

A mid-market financial services firm knew AI was a strategic priority but had no clear picture of where to start. Previous consultants had delivered generic frameworks that didn’t account for their specific data maturity, regulatory environment, or organizational constraints.

What we did

Assessed their data maturity, governance gaps, and AI opportunity landscape, then delivered a prioritized 18-month roadmap grounded in their actual business context. Presented directly to the board.

Outcomes
3AI initiatives funded, year 1
BoardAdopted roadmap
Associations

AMS migration strategy for a professional society

The challenge

A professional society with 8,000 members was outgrowing their legacy AMS but had a board divided on which platform to move to. Three vendors had pitched competing solutions and the staff had no framework for evaluating them objectively.

What we did

Ran an independent vendor evaluation, built a data migration strategy, and helped the association negotiate their contract. Then oversaw the first phase of migration and data cleanup.

Outcomes
1Vendor selected confidently
40%Duplicate records eliminated
Data Engineering

Self-service analytics platform for a logistics company

The challenge

A regional logistics provider had operational data locked in their TMS and ERP with no way for operations managers to answer questions without going through IT. Every report took days and the backlog was growing.

What we did

Built a self-service analytics layer on top of their existing systems using dbt and Metabase. Operations managers could answer their own questions within a week of go-live.

Outcomes
90%Reduction in IT report requests
6 wksDesign to go-live

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