We're not an MSP managing your email and printers. We're not a dev shop churning out code on tight deadlines. We are modernization architects and secure AI advisory specialists who help mid-market organizations transform legacy fragility into operational resilience.
Our work is strategic, not transactional. We engage at the executive level to solve complex, multi-quarter challenges that determine whether your technology enables growth or constrains it.
Jesse Salmon, Founder & Principal Modernization Architect
I've spent 20+ years guiding mid-market organizations through complex technology transformations—not as a technician fixing problems, but as a strategic architect helping executive teams navigate decisions that carry real operational and financial risk.
My approach is built on patterns observed across dozens of modernization engagements: the systems that fail during transitions are rarely the ones executives expect. The risks that matter most aren't technical—they're operational continuity, institutional knowledge loss, and governance gaps that create compliance exposure.
I bring enterprise-grade modernization discipline to mid-market scale. My clients are CEOs, CFOs, and boards who need confidence that their technology investments will deliver resilience, not disruption. Organizations where "good enough" IT has become operational fragility, and where AI represents both opportunity and risk.
This isn't about chasing the latest technology trends. It's about disciplined transformation that preserves what works while systematically addressing what doesn't.
Three Principles That Guide Our Work
Discipline Over Disruption
We don't chase hype. We don't recommend technology because it's new. We assess what your organization actually needs, sequence work to minimize operational risk, and execute with documented accountability. Modernization should reduce fragility, not create it.
Governance Before Deployment
Especially for AI. Infrastructure readiness, data governance, security frameworks, and operational accountability must exist before deployment—not retrofitted after problems emerge. We help you build the foundation that makes AI valuable instead of risky.
Preservation of Institutional Knowledge
Systems should be documented and maintainable, not mysteries understood by a single person. When we modernize, we capture the institutional knowledge embedded in legacy systems and transform it into documented, transferable understanding. This protects your organization from key-person dependencies.
Who We Work With
We partner with mid-market organizations—typically $20M to $250M in annual revenue—facing one or more of these strategic challenges:
- Legacy systems creating operational risk and limiting growth
- Institutional knowledge concentrated in a few individuals
- Security and compliance exposure that auditors are questioning
- Inability to deploy AI safely on current infrastructure
- Executive teams ready to modernize strategically, not chaotically
We engage with CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, and boards who recognize that technology decisions at this scale require strategic rigor, not vendor pitches.
What We Believe
Strategic Rigor
Every engagement begins with disciplined assessment. We don't propose solutions before understanding the actual risks, dependencies, and organizational context.
Risk Awareness
Modernization carries real operational risk. We design execution plans that acknowledge complexity, include rollback protocols, and preserve continuity throughout transitions.
Operational Continuity
Your business can't stop while we modernize systems. Parallel operation, phased migration, and validated transitions are standard in our approach—not optional.
Long-Term Thinking
We optimize for durability and maintainability, not speed of delivery. Systems we help build should serve your organization for years, not require replacement in the next funding cycle.
Selective Engagement, Depth Over Volume
We partner with 5-7 organizations at a time. This ensures we can provide the depth of engagement, executive access, and strategic attention that complex modernization requires.
If you're ready for that level of partnership, let's talk.