Len Ashby – Founding Partner

Len Ashby is an ‘outside the box’ strategic thinker – with sound business acumen and strong IT skills. He quickly identifies the critical success factors for successful electronic service delivery.

Len is currently leveraging his international expertise as a Management Consultant in two key roles that capitalize on his years of experience, insight, and maturity:

• Subject-matter expert in IT Projects – Len has served as an “expert witness” to resolve several litigation disputes over failed IT projects, several involving large international system integrators
• Consultant-emeritus – As a mentor, Len provides objective counsel to other consultants about all aspects of assignments – from understanding the “ask” to managing “difficult” clients and meeting professional and contractual obligations

Consulting knowledge: Business and IT strategic planning; Business transformation, Stakeholder consensus-building, Project health-checks, Expert witness in IT projects. He is an Accredited Mediator with proficiency in dispute resolution.

Industry expertise: Financial services, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, government, retail, and distribution.

Leadership positions: Held CEO and CIO positions. Executive member of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants (Canada and Australia). Speaker and writer on key issues to industry forums. Author/editor of Management Practices in Information Technology.

Strengths: A consensus builder, adept at facilitating innovation, he is able to translate visions and concepts into viable, implementable action plans.

Judi Bachmann – Managing Director

Judi Bachmann has more than twenty years of experience as a management consultant in IT Strategy. She has used her extensive knowledge of business, technology and human nature to develop viable business and IT strategies for private and public sector organizations in Canada, Australia and internationally. Judi has also played the role of “educator” throughout her career.

Judi’s greatest strength is in “seeing possibilities” for her clients and their markets. She is currently using her expertise to create:

• Digital content strategies – aligning web-based platforms and content with business and marketing objectives
• Writing and Editing – ensuring that content for digital and hard-copy publication is accurate, and appropriate to their audience as well as the media

Consulting knowledge: Strategic planning, information architecture, business process re-engineering, software evaluation and procurement, methodology development, training, and digital content strategy.

Industry expertise: Pharmaceutical, financial services, transportation, public utilities, government, and not-for-profit.

Leadership positions: Held executive positions on numerous community, political and sports organizations. Elected to political office. Speaker and writer.

Strengths: Strategic problem solving in business and IT. She is a strong communicator who is also an excellent facilitator and trainer.

Len Ashby and Judi Bachmann are both Certified Management Consultants, and follow the Code of Ethics of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Ontario (CMC-Ontario.)