Service Offering
IT & Enterprise Technology
Technology investments often fail to deliver the expected business value, creating misalignment between strategy and execution. Catalant Experts deliver unmatched results by combining decades of operational experience as former technology executives with strategic methods from the world's premier consulting firms to:
APPROACH
Navigate the Path from Technology Vision to Execution
01
Discover business context
Conduct structured stakeholders through to understand business goals, challenges, and strategic priorities. Analyze current technology capabilities and organizational readiness to establish a clear baseline.
02
Assess technology landscape
Evaluate existing IT architecture, systems, and capabilities against industry benchmarks. Identify integration points, technical debt, and capability gaps hindering business performance.
03
Prioritize strategic initiatives
Define and evaluate technology initiatives based on business impact, urgency, complexity and resource requirements. Create a decision framework that aligns investments with strategic outcomes and highlights quick wins.
04
Design operating model
Develop recommendations for governance structures, talent requirements, and organizational changes needed for effective execution. Establish decision rights and accountability frameworks to sustain long-term technology excellence.
05
Create actionable roadmap
Build a comprehensive 12- to 36-month implementation plan with clear timelines, dependencies, and success metrics. Balance short-term improvements with long-term strategic investments to consistently deliver business value..
WINNING TOGETHER
IT & Enterprise Technology in Action
Problem
An enterprise healthcare technology company scaled rapidly but struggled with fragmented IT investments, unclear priorities, and misalignment between tech initiatives and business goals. Leadership lacked a unified roadmap, and IT spend grew without measurable returns on investment.
Action
Catalant Experts conducted stakeholder interviews and system analyses to establish a clear view of current capabilities and organizational gaps. Strategic initiatives were identified, prioritized, and aligned with business objectives to guide investment decisions. The final phase delivered a detailed 12- to 36-month roadmap with specific operating model recommendations to support execution and drive measurable outcomes.
Results
The transformation:
- Reduced IT project backlog by 40% through strategic prioritization
- Aligned over $20M in IT investments directly to business growth objectives
- Cut IT operating costs by 18% via consolidation and process optimization
Manufacturing Digital Excellence
A global manufacturing firm struggled to align technology investments across multiple business units, creating redundancies and capability gaps. Catalant Experts conducted a cross-enterprise assessment and developed a consolidated technology portfolio strategy that established shared services while preserving business unit flexibility. The roadmap identified $15M in duplicative spending and created a three-year digital transformation strategy that unified previously siloed projects into a cohesive business capability model aligned with strategic growth priorities.
Beverage Company ERP Consolidation
A global beverage company managed nearly 20 disparate ERP systems across its US wholesaler network faced inefficiencies and integration challenges. Catalant Experts conducted comprehensive stakeholder interviews and developed a unified IT strategy with business process re-engineering recommendations, driving the entire project through completion. The transformation delivered $50 million in cost avoidance for wholesalers and over $3 million in recurring annual labor savings.
FEATURED EXPERTS
IT & Enterprise Technology Experts
Stan K.
Ex-CTO and CISO leading enterprise technology transformations
20+ years architecting risk-aligned digital transformations that are practical, scalable, and aligned with business goals. His people-centric approach delivers tangible results across diverse sectors like retail, defense, hospitality, and non-profits.
Tom C.
Ex- Fortune 500 and PE portfolio IT transformation specialist
20+ years recovering troubled technology initiatives across telecommunications and financial services. Addresses organizational dynamics and misaligned expectations to deliver results—moving enterprises from crisis to confidence without starting over.
John W.
Ex-Big 4 supply chain and enterprise systems transformation professional
Solving complex business and IT problems across manufacturing and distribution for over two decades. Works collaboratively with clients of all sizes at the intersection of people, process, and technology to deliver culturally-adapted solutions.
Transform IT from a cost center to a strategic business driver.
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