Strategic Advisory & Leadership Services

Strategic Advisory Services

processAnswerport’s strategic advisors assist in identifying opportunities to align your IT delivery capabilities to your strategic business objectives.  This process identifies the required IT architecture, application portfolio, IT organization, enabling technologies and governance required to move your business forward, remain competitive and sustain higher level performance.

Our Capabilities

Answerport advisors bring real world skills and front-line experience to help you define and achieve your strategic business and IT goals. With over 25+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing, consumer products, high-tech, healthcare and professional services companies, we bring a unique blend of pragmatism and experience that helps you identify and achieve strategic objectives through the following activities:

  • Information Technology (IT) strategic planning
  • Assess operating practices and target areas to provide operational stability
  • Assess technology capabilities and identify areas for future enhancement or rationalization
  • Application portfolio planning
  • Systems/software integration planning
  • ROI and cost/benefit analysis (e.g. Business Case)
  • Feasibility studies
  • Organization alignment
  • Develop strategy to address capability gaps identified in assessment
  • Identify key metrics and measurements to drive accountability

Interim Executive Services

ceoAnswerport Interim Executive Advisors assist private equity firms, boards of directors and portfolio company senior executives when temporary critical vacancies exist, or assistance is needed with managing specific transitions within their companies.  These transitions may be due to carve-outs, tuck-ins, general strategic realignment or other major transactions.

Fractional Executive Leadershipcompass

In situations where a full-time Answerport Interim Executive is not required, our clients can leverage those capabilities on a “Fractional” part-time basis.  We work with each of our clients to determine the extent of the need and then tailor a program such that the client has strategic operations covered on a part-time basis.  Our clients receive the benefit of an experiences advisor within a budget that is sized for such need.

Our Capabilities

Answerport advisors bring real world skills and front-line experience in strategic leadership roles to help you define and achieve your strategic business and IT goals. With over 25+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing, consumer products, high-tech, and professional services companies, we bring a unique blend of pragmatism and experience that helps you identify and achieve strategic objectives through the following activities:

  • Assess current state organization and determine capabilities
  • Assess operating practices and target areas to provide operational stability
  • Develop strategy to address capability gaps identified in assessment
  • Identify key metrics and measurements to drive accountability
  • Establish foundation for solid governance and executive level performance reporting
  • Work with senior management to find right fit for long term leader
  • Identify cost reduction opportunities
  • Identify and implement operational process improvements