Identity + access
Secure foundations, role clarity, and frictionless movement across the enterprise.
01Digital operations + applied AI for capital programs
Build the operating system behind the project.
A connected operational model from office to field.
Ellis Shaw transforms how capital-project organizations operate, connecting people, systems, data, and applied AI from the executive office to project delivery.
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Capital projects / Infrastructure / Complex programs
Capital program operating layer
Operational systems
Identity + accessCRM + pipelineHR + workforceFinance + costProject controlsDocuments + fieldOperational advantage
Executive visibilityAutomated workflowsClear ownershipFaster decisionsOne governed layer connects the systems the business already depends on, without pretending one platform can replace them all.
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What we see
The strategy is rarely the problem.
Growing capital-project organizations usually know where they are trying to go. What they have is disconnected decisions, inconsistent data, manual handoffs, and tools that do not reflect how the business actually operates.
We work across leadership, operations, engineering, and the field to design the operating model, then build the software, integrations, data foundations, and applied intelligence that make it real.
Connected by design
One operational layer.
We connect the functions that determine whether the enterprise can scale with control, or grows by adding friction.
Explore capabilitiesProject delivery
Project controls, documents, schedules, field workflows, and reporting connected end to end.
Commercial systems
CRM, finance, HR, procurement, and resource planning built around a shared version of the truth.
Executive visibility
Governed metrics and decision-ready views across cost, capacity, risk, and growth.
Custom software
Purpose-built tools for the gaps that generic platforms cannot responsibly fill.
Applied intelligence
AI embedded into real workflows, with evaluation, governance, and human review.
How we engage
Three ways to move the business forward.
Start with clarity, build the operating system, or install the senior transformation capability to keep it moving.
01
Frame
Digital Operations Blueprint
Establish what must change, why it matters, and what to do first.
- Best when
- Systems have multiplied, ownership is unclear, or leadership needs a credible transformation plan it can fund and defend.
- You leave with
- A target operating model, systems and data architecture, risk register, AI opportunity map, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap set inside a twelve-month arc.
02
Make
Operating System Build
Turn the operating model into working software and connected operations.
- Best when
- The direction is clear, but the business needs senior builders who can work across platforms, data, operations, and the field at the same time.
- You leave with
- Integrated systems in production, governed data, custom applications, automated workflows, executive visibility, documentation and runbooks, and an adopted way of working.
03
Run
Fractional Transformation Office
Install an accountable transformation function without building a large internal department.
- Best when
- Growth is outpacing internal capacity and technology decisions need a consistent senior owner who is accountable for outcomes rather than tickets.
- You leave with
- Technology leadership, platform stewardship, applied-AI delivery, vendor and contract management, security and compliance liaison, and continuous roadmap execution.
Not sure where to begin? Start with the operating problem.
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AI inside the work
Intelligence that earns its place in the operating model.
No theater. No innovation lab stranded from the business. We apply AI where it creates a durable operational advantage.
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Start with a consequential workflow, not a model.
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Design evaluation and governance before scale.
03
Keep human judgment where consequence demands it.
04
Measure value in decisions, time, risk, and capacity.
From fragmented platforms to one executive and operational layer.
Ellis Shaw designed and built an integrated operating environment across identity, CRM, HR, project controls, finance, cloud infrastructure, onboarding, procurement, and executive reporting for a rapidly growing capital-program management firm.
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Senior operators. Research-minded technologists.
Transformation leadership
Work spanning enterprise operations, organizational systems, software engineering, cloud platforms, data, and implementation, led by people who have carried the accountability themselves.
Applied AI depth
AI research and product experience focused on systems that work beyond the prototype: evaluated, governed, and embedded in the workflows that carry consequence.
Built to stay close
A senior team works directly with leadership and the people doing the work. The people framing the problem are the people building the answer.
Begin with the operating problem