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Mona Smith
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Why Choose Me
What makes me different?
Undeniably Different.
Undeniable Results.
I am not just a project manager.
I am not just an expert in a single area or field.
I am not a consultant or adviser that give vague answers & steers towards the popular choice.
I am an experienced hands-on veteran with a broad range of expertise confident to step in as a critical member of your team, not just an outsourced function.
Clear Expectations and Comprehensive Understanding
When you choose me, you'll gain a clear understanding of my experience and leadership skills. Following our discussion, you'll have a comprehensive grasp of the unique value I offer and how I can help you overcome challenges. You'll experience my unwavering commitment, with me taking full ownership of your challenge and seeing it through to the end of our partnership – no substitutes.
Singular Ownership and Expertise
With me, you're not just getting a problem-solver; you're getting someone who takes complete ownership of your challenge and understands what needs to be done. You'll collaborate with a single person who can promptly address any inquiries across all aspects of the project, ensuring efficiency and clarity.
Holistic Team Leadership for Optimal Results
I have the expertise to curate and lead the ideal team by harnessing the skills of your company's talented employees. Through their internal knowledge and familiarity, we tap into a valuable resource that aligns with your unique processes, competitive advantage, and culture. If additional expertise is required, I'm equipped to engage external experts and technology vendors, shouldering full responsibility for their performance. This approach ensures a team of both internal champions and external specialists, driving project success while enhancing communication, accountability, and long-term ownership.
Stakeholder Alignment and Real-World Validation
I secure the endorsement and support of your crucial stakeholders before initiating the execution process. By involving them, your staff gains heightened confidence, recognizing that their valuable input is respected and recognized. As the 'final owners' of the solution after full implementation, they benefit from an experienced point of contact, enabling their genuine feedback to validate the solution before it's put into action.
Tailored Expertise, Technology Neutrality, and Unbiased Solutions
When you choose me, you're accessing a wealth of experience without predetermined technology biases. I don't come with employee-specific skill sets that need to be utilized. I'm not tied to pre-developed solutions that must be sold, and I have no partnership obligations or alliances. What I bring is knowledge, coupled with the ability to identify the right vendors, expertise, and skill sets tailored to your specific needs. This ensures that I can deliver the precise solution your company requires, not just any solution, and demonstrate its effectiveness through data-backed insights.
Experience Dedicated Ownership
Nothing is worse than a consulting firm bringing in their best and brightest for sales meetings to close the deal, only to then send in inexperienced personnel with scripts to do the actual work.
A critical step in making a technology project successful is ensuring that no detail is left undetermined when creating a solution. Consulting firms often use their least experienced personnel to gather information and develop solutions, leading to a lack of experience and a narrow, "one size fits all" approach.
This lack of experience in actually running projects leads to scripted solutions that ignore the unique core values that set a company apart from its competitors. Don't let any consulting firm take away these key aspects of your company with their uniform approach to every solution.
What makes me different?
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You get me for all phases of your project. My ownership extends from the beginning through post-implementation, when the data is analyzed, to the final step where proven data is presented to demonstrate the value of the project to the business. No valuable information is lost by transferring ownership throughout the project or having anyone else to blame for failures.
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No "one size fits all" solutions. Recognizing the difference between a company's unique, core-valued culture asset process and a process in need of best practice modifications can only be achieved through the broad experience of a seasoned independent consultant, like me.
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Full Ownership. My experience is broad across many technology services, platforms, industries, and cultures, not limited to just one area of expertise. This allows her the confidence to fully own and manage large, complex, multi-vendor, multi-company, cross-corporate department technology projects and challenging digital transformations.
All successful companies are doing several things right and have unique abilities, assets, and attributes that are difficult to recreate, duplicate, or surpass. This is what I call "your unique competitive edge" and it gives your business a strong advantage over your competitors.
When I solve a challenge for a company, I am very aware of the difference between a process lacking industry standards and a company's "differentiating factor" that gains them a unique competitive edge. I don't compromise a company's "differentiating factor" but many other large consulting firms do, due to their lack of experience and use of a "one size fits all" solution method.
Let's Talk
No Allegiances Real Analysis
Real Data
Consulting firms have strong allegiances and kickback partnerships with third-party vendors, resulting in a narrow selection of solutions for clients. Some firms even limit their vendor list to just one vendor per technology type. These consulting firms are trained to strongly recommend a product or service from their preferred vendor, potentially to the detriment of other options.
What sets me apart?
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I have no allegiances or partnerships outside of your company during a project. This means that any third-party vendor products used in the solution will only be chosen based on thorough analysis and proven data.
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With my knowledge of working with multiple technology software & hardware vendors in various industries, you'll receive prompt vendor analysis and recommendations. I have a proven track record of knowing the right questions to ask and what the answers should be. It's crucial to keep in mind that the same vendor technology, even in the same industry, may not always be the best fit for every company. This must be determined before investing a significant portion of the budget
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I have a reputation for finding valuable financial assets that can benefit both parties when merging third-party technology vendors with business clients. This attributes to a great fit for both companies. This leads to a "win-win" solution and a long-lasting partnership between the companies.
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By choosing me as your leading consultant, you're not choosing a specific technology solution. Although I have experience with many technology software & hardware providers, I have no partnerships with them. However, I do have strong working relationships with technology Subject Matter Experts service providers who have provided successful services in past projects. These services may include temporary one-time projects such as custom coding, hardware configuration, security verification, cloud or server configurations, and more. If these services are required for one of my lead solutions, I take full ownership and accountability as if they were provided by an employee of my own company.
Confidence
Decisiveness
No Scope Creep
When large consulting firms manage technology projects, they can cause budgets to spiral out of control by promoting indecisiveness and permitting low-level analysts to accept any and all changes to the project scope.
What makes me different?
I possess the confidence gained from my experience, which enables me to make quick and knowledgeable decisions. Unlike large corporate project teams, I am able to respond promptly and effectively to any situation that arises. My extensive knowledge of the subject matter allows me to determine which changes are truly necessary and add value to the project, and I am able to present accurate levels of measurements to the project steering committee. This enables the committee to make a precise, educated decision.
In contrast, this lack of confidence among other consultants in gathering and presenting valuable data required to facilitate these decisions can result in the acceptance of any requested change, leading to project delays, solutions that do not align with the approved project scope, and an increase in the budget.
My experience has given me the ability to quickly diagnose information, identify the facts needed to support the right decision, and present a proper technical executive briefing. This helps me facilitate the right decisions for any changes that come up during the course of the project.
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