ABOUT SLATETHORN
Our Clients call on us to innovate and drive results.
Our practitioners have sourced more than $7B for private and public sector entities.
Why Slatethorn:
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We are 100% independent and objective and have no relationships with any potential supplier that would be a conflict with our client's mission;
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We put ourselves in the shoes of our clients and spend our clients' money as carefully as our own; and
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Creativity, passion, honesty and integrity are the pillars of our brand.
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How We Operate:
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We manage vendors firmly but fairly to build winning partnerships between our clients and their suppliers.
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Our experience is based on the realities of delivering a solution - and operating it for the long-term.
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We understand that strategies are useless unless they can be implemented to drive measurable and sustainable results.
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The Slatethorn Difference
All of our practitioners fit the following profile as a minimum standard:
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At least 20 years of progressively responsible experience in across the full IT strategy, sourcing, project management and project remediation spectrum;
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Big four consulting firm training and deep experience with proven track records of delivery in complex, mission critical project roles;
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Exemplar client relationship, communications and expectation management skills with a natural ability to read and respond to evolving requirements and direction of travel while keeping a focus on overall success both financially and reputation of our clients and the constituents/customers they serve;
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Superior executive communication and presentation skills to deliver constant, clear and purposeful communication to client teams at all levels of the organization.
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Bias for action - understanding that time is always of the essence and we simply don’t have enough of it. Our practitioners are all “people of action” who are comfortable both making decisions and driving results as well as navigating the uncertainties of incomplete information and difficult situations.
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Exemplar budget management skills that are essential for the management of large portions of revenue, spend and administrative budgets. Sound strategies have the biggest leverage effect on every dollar spent.
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Contemporary technology expertise including fluency in emerging technologies and their role in driving fundamental transformational change and the use of technologies to drive competitive advantage. All of our practitioners maintain a deep understanding the market, how to anticipate needs and act accordingly.
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Comfort working in ambiguous environments which is an essential skill to drive successful in growing businesses, transforming operating models and focusing expenditures in startups and turnaround situations alike – we are comfortable working in and understand not everything is 100% defined all the time.
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Strategic reasoning - It is a numbers game no doubt. Our practitioners throw themselves into spreadsheets and databases, understanding what the numbers are, what affects them and how to optimize them for positive outcomes for our clients.
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Vision & creativity - all of the clients we have served rely on us to look forward and creatively evolve their operations and presence in the market. We bring a positive, pragmatic and creative approach is be essential to achieve success.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
"Truly creative, innovative and out of the box thinkers" ... "we rely on them to advance our mission as a trusted partner"
CIO, Top 10 State
"We couldn't have done it without you!" ... "who would have thought we could move all of our systems to an 'as a service' model in less than 9 months"
Deputy Registrar, DMV, Top 10 State
"One of the few consulting firms that truly 'gets it' and always is there to lend a hand, a good idea or to turn around somone elses problem"
Policy Director to the Governor, Top 10 State
About our Consultants and their Profiles:
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All of our consultants are proven in the toughest project and client environments. Our team is comprised of an expert level blend of expertise across strategy, sourcing, the broadest spectrum of technology domains, managed services, change and transition management that we believe is unrivalled and directly aligned with the challenges facing our clients.
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Slatethorn is exacting in its hiring methods and does not employ entry or mid level staff. We believe this expertise is essential to the success of any project we are assigned. As a firm, we have not only performed the work highlighted on our website, but always utilize the team members who have been successful in our other clients and who have successfully developed IT strategies, performed multi-hundred million dollar sourcing efforts and inevitably project managed the implementation of services and systems at the largest scale nationally. The Slatethorn team have all worked together previously and always hit the ground running.
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All Slatethorn practitioners are fully trained and utilize our proven methodologies, our tools, processes and templates to the specific functions and processes included in the scope any client’s challenge. These tools processes and templates support the rigorous methods for evaluating the correctness and quality of an engagement throughout its life cycle and provides our clients unbiased and independent reviews of a project, its position, and the correct method(s) to deliver the contracted work.
A “pen portrait” of the underlying skill and experience set of our practitioners includes the following. These are not just “resume fillers” but are actual, demonstrable and referenceable skills that our team members possess.
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Infrastructure
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Networking
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Private/Hybrid/Public Cloud
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IT Service Management
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Mainframe
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Print / Mail
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Cloud Platform as a Service
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Cloud Software as a Service
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End-User Compute & Support
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Security
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
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Supply Chain / Logistics / 3PL
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Enterprise Integration and Service Architectures
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Advanced Virtualization and Containers
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Software Defined Enterprises
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Process
Frameworks
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ITIL v3
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CoBIT
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PMBOK
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ADKAR / Prosci
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LEAN / Six Sigma
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CMMi
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AGILE, SCRUM, DevOPS and Waterfall
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Kaizen
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Activity Based Costing and Optimization
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Complex Negotiations
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Vendor Management / Correction
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Complex Project Remediation / Saves
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IT Portfolio Optimization and Strategy Development
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IT Operations Benchmarking and Cost Optimization
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Requirements, Use Cases and User Stories
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ITAR, HIPAA, CGIS, PCI, PHI and other Sensitive Datatypes
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Delivery
Models
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On-Premise
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Outsourced / Fully Managed
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Offshore Repatriation
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Co-Managed
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Multi-Sourcing Service Integration
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Brokered Services
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Cloud
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“X as a Service”
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Continuous Delivery
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Continuous Optimization
Core
Disciplines
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IT Strategy and Business Transformation
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IT Portfolio Financial and Opportunity Analysis
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Highly Complex Strategic Sourcing
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Business Process Outsourcing / Managed Service
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Cloud Platform Adoption, Migration and Management
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Data Center Design and Optimization
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ERP Selection and Implementation
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Revenue and Customer Relationship Management Systems
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ITIL/CoBit Process Optimization
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IT Governance and Investment Management
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Business Technology Enablement
Emerging
Technologies
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IT Domain
Expertise
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Cloud Migration
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Private Cloud
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Hybrid Clouds
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Data Analytics
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Digital Process Automation, Robotic Process Automation
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Internet of Things
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Blockchain / Crypto and Distributed Ledgers
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Enterprise Identity
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Organization and Delivery Alignment
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Serverless and Container-based Infrastructure
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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity