Turn your business vision into reality.

Beacon Consulting provides independent IT consulting services based on decades of experience helping clients successfully implement projects of any duration—whether they are rapid, targeted initiatives or large, multi-year efforts. We serve as your trusted partner and technology liaison to ensure the delivered solution matches your vision.

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Michael Parks
Michael Parks | Owner and IT Business Consultant

Bringing Clarity to Your IT Projects

A successful project requires understanding the business's vision, what it wants to accomplish and by when, its overall timelines, constraints, dependencies, and priorities. Not every detail needs to be known up front, but understanding the territory and what lies ahead is crucial to success. A high-level roadmap with enough detail to begin the journey is needed to ensure all stakeholders are working toward the same goals and share a common understanding, so that future issues resulting from a lack of initial context can be mitigated.

Working with our clients to gain this understanding is the first step in our combined success.

For Business Owners & Users

  • We help you clearly define your project vision and goals.
  • We work with you to ensure your project aligns with your broader long-term and enterprise-level objectives.
  • We help identify the project dependencies, constraints, and timelines you must consider.
  • We help you prioritize your desired outcomes and plan what can be delivered early versus later.

For Technology Teams and Other Stakeholders

  • We act as your liaison to the business stakeholders, ensuring you understand their vision, roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and constraints.
  • We work hand in hand with all stakeholders to ensure the business's goals remain the focus of all efforts.
  • We work across Value Streams to ensure other impacted areas are aligned with the work required of them.
  • We identify issues early so potential problems can be addressed early and at a lower cost.

Services

We provide independent consulting services structured to best meet your needs at any point in your project's lifecycle.

Planning Phase

Vision & Roadmap Definition

Before development starts, We help you organize your business ideas into an actionable project timeline, complete with clear priorities and business justification.

  • Visioning sessions.
  • Goal & Milestone Planning
  • Priority Ranking & Scoping
  • Dependency Identification
  • Business Case Development
Project Oversight

Stakeholder Liaison

We step into your ongoing projects to keep business users and technology teams pulling in the exact same direction.

  • Cross-Value Stream/Cross-Functional Communication
  • SaaS & External Vendor Coordination
  • Operational Readiness Support
Risk Management

Foresight & Issue Prevention

Drawing on our deep experience across complex industries, We identify potential pitfalls and advise you on how to avoid them before they affect your timeline.

  • Early Problem Identification
  • Cross-Project Dependency Tracking
  • Compliance Support

Results

70% Reductionin loan certification timelines with increased accuracy, resulting in lower operating costs and quicker MBS securitization for the client.
45% Fasterclaims processing time and a 20% increase in fraud detection through multi-region process reengineering and increased automation of client's workflow.
600+ Databasesof Personal Protected Information successfully protected ensuring client's compliance with federal regulations.
300% Increasein supported Credit Loss Management transaction volume, enabling better management and oversight by the client during historic 2008 financial crisis. 

Capabilities and Clients

Core Capabilities

Enterprise Business Architecture
Financial Services Transformation
Business Intelligence
Product/Project Strategy
Operational Readiness
Data Governance and Privacy
Cloud Migration Support
SaaS and Vendor Integration
Certified AWS AI Practitioner
SAFe Agile
Lean Portfolio Management

Trusted Experience Across

CFC
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
GEICO
AT&T
MCI
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Let's Talk About Your Project

Whether you're just starting to define a new initiative or need help getting an ongoing project back on track, we can help you find a clear path forward.

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Direct Conversations

You work directly with an  experienced IT professional.  No junior account managers or sales pitches—just practical project strategy.

Practical Mapping

We'll talk through your operational goals and look immediately at the timelines or dependencies you're facing.

Clear Path Forward

We'll give you an honest assessment of how to structure your priorities to keep your technology team aligned.