Execute High-Stakes Initiatives.
Without the Risk.

Strategic consulting engagements typically start with a 3-6 month initial phase (discovery, policy baselining, roadmap development) followed by ongoing monthly governance and reporting. Some clients engage us for specific projects (e.g., cloud migration planning, compliance audit preparation) with defined end dates. Others maintain ongoing strategic advisory relationships with monthly reporting and quarterly reviews. We're flexible based on your needs, no long-term contracts required.

Yes. Strategic consulting engagements are designed to complement your existing IT operations, whether you have an internal team, an MSP, or a hybrid model. We work alongside your team to provide strategic planning, governance, and compliance documentation. If your current provider lacks strategic capabilities, we fill that gap without replacing them. If you don't have an MSP, we can also provide managed services alongside consulting.

Our IT roadmaps include prioritized initiatives with timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, and cost estimates. The 90-day roadmap focuses on immediate priorities (e.g., security gaps, compliance requirements, critical infrastructure upgrades). The 12-month roadmap includes strategic initiatives (e.g., cloud migrations, system consolidations, digital transformation projects). Each initiative includes success criteria, risk assessment, and accountability assignments. Roadmaps are reviewed quarterly and updated based on progress and changing business priorities.

We create audit-ready documentation that satisfies compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, Canadian privacy laws) and cyber insurance requirements. This includes formal IT and security policies, runbooks with asset inventory and network diagrams, incident response and disaster recovery plans, security training records, and monthly compliance reporting. We've helped clients secure cyber insurance, pass audits, and meet regulatory requirements without the scramble. All documentation is aligned to Canadian standards and provincial regulations.

Monthly executive reporting provides operational metrics, security posture, budget tracking, and strategic progress updates. Quarterly strategic reviews include roadmap updates, budget forecasting, hardware lifecycle planning, and deep dives into specific initiatives. These sessions involve executive stakeholders (CTO, CFO, CEO) and are designed for board-level visibility. Ad-hoc reviews can be scheduled for urgent initiatives, compliance deadlines, or major incidents.

Yes. Unlike traditional consulting firms that only provide recommendations, we can execute the strategies we design. If your roadmap includes cloud migration, security tool deployment, or infrastructure upgrades, we can handle implementation through our managed services team. This eliminates the "strategy-execution gap" where recommendations sit on a shelf because no one has capacity to implement them. You get strategy and execution from a single partner.

Budget forecasting is based on actual asset inventory and lifecycle data, not guesswork. We track hardware warranty expiration dates, software renewal schedules, and capacity planning needs to create multi-year budget projections. This includes replacement cost estimates, upgrade timelines, and contingency planning. Forecasts are updated quarterly and integrated into executive reporting so leadership can plan capital expenditures proactively instead of reactively.

We are engineers who speak business, not consultants who speak jargon. Our recommendations are grounded in real operational data from your environment, not generic industry frameworks. We produce tangible deliverables (roadmaps, policies, runbooks, reports) instead of PowerPoint decks. We can execute the strategies we design, eliminating the strategy- execution gap. We provide ongoing accountability through monthly reporting and quarterly reviews. And we focus on compliance, insurance readiness, and audit preparation, not just high-level strategy.

Yes. We document Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) based on your businessrequirements, create formal disaster recovery plans with step-by-step procedures, conduct annual DR tests to validate backup integrity and recovery procedures, and provide post-test reports with identified gaps and improvement recommendations. For clients with higher compliance requirements, we can conduct quarterly tests. All DR planning is integrated into your runbook and compliance documentation.

We use fixed deliverable-based pricing, not hourly billing. Initial engagements (discovery, policy baselining, roadmap development) are quoted based on scope and complexity. Ongoing monthly governance and reporting is a fixed monthly fee. Project-based work (e.g., cloud migration planning, compliance audit preparation) is quoted separately with clear deliverables and timelines. No scope creep, no surprise invoices, just transparent pricing with defined outputs. During the strategy call, we'll assess your needs and provide a detailed proposal.