S&A specializes in providing support to companies, non-profits, and government organizations facing a critical IT challenge or who want to transform their IT operations. Our experts have first-hand experience in industries including: airline, energy, financial services, healthcare, IT hardware and software, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications.

Our associates are former CIOs, CTOs, or senior IT technology experts who have been responsible for the successful completion and/or turnaround of major IT projects throughout the world. We have held executive-level IT leadership positions at major corporations such as McKesson, Verizon, Guggenheim, Fidelity, Schwab, Paypal, KeySpan Energy, and WestJet.  We have also led venture capital startups and have worked in private equity.

Because we each have 30+ years of experience, we can quickly give you a frank assessment of your IT situation, and detail your solutions and options. We are “hands-on” technologists and leaders, independent of vendor bias.

Our core services include:

IT Crisis Management
Is your organization experiencing major system outages? Security breaches? Significant project delays? Large cost overruns? A critical migration to a new technology? We can identify and fix your current problem, and help to ensure that future crises are averted.

IT Leadership Services
Is your IT organization about to undertake an IT transformation project? Do you need help rightsizing your IT group and/or expenditures? Does your leadership team know how to ensure change success? We can help you build a highly functional IT ‘A’ Team, and ensure positive buy-in by all stakeholders. We also deliver top-quality interim IT leaders if requested.

Technology Venture Solutions
Is your company considering a major merger or acquisition? Or a major divestiture?  Are you investigating new technology-based ventures to drive new top-line revenue growth? Our professionals can help you achieve successful results—first time, every time.

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