We work with I.T. and business executives (VP of I.T. or Line of Business, CIO, CFO, COO) to solve complex business problems with practical, ROI-based solutions utilizing people, process and technology.

Here are some representative client problems that we solve:

VP of I.T./CIO:

• “How can I increase the strategic importance of I.T. in my company?”
• I’d like to change the perception of I.T. from a cost center to a trusted business partner”
• “How do we increase line of business participation and accountability in I.T. projects?”
• “We have too many duplicate activities/projects going on”
• “We need a better process to evaluate and prioritize the thousands of I.T. requests we receive”
• “We need to reduce project failure rate/mis-start rate”
• “We need an approach to reduce regulatory compliance risk in the management of our data”
• “Do we have the right I.T. staff size for our organization?
• “When we need to utilize I.T. Consultants, they should understand our business, not just technology”

Business Executives/COO/CFO/CEO:

• “Help us De-mystify I.T. – why does it cost so much?”
• “How can we increase I.T. solution delivery time?”
• “How do we know if we are working on the right projects for the company at any given point in time?”
• “How can we differentiate ourselves by using our data as strategic information?”
• “How can we use I.T. to better serve our customers?”
• “I.T. should enable my staff to spend more time in front of customers”

Any of these problems sound familiar? Let us know who you are and how we might be able to help.

Recently, a client of ours (a multibillion dollar insurance company) was able to reduce and repurpose $10 million in 2005 I.T. expenditures as a clear benefit of our services. The cost to engage Exential on this project was less than 1% of the savings realized by our client in year one alone. Now that is what we mean by ROI.