Three decades in IT, focused on your next decision.

Crystal Coast Consulting helps organizations modernize their technology, bring discipline to cloud spend, and put AI to practical use — guided by leadership that has sat on both sides of the table.

About us

Three decades in technology, two perspectives on it.

The same blind spots show up everywhere: infrastructure that has outgrown its design, cloud bills no one can explain, and new technology adopted faster than it can be governed. Our job is to make those problems legible — and then fix them.

Crystal Coast Consulting is led by a technology executive with more than 30 years in the field. The first half of that career was spent inside organizations — rising to Director-level roles running IT departments for mid-size and global enterprises, with a specialty in restructuring and strengthening systems and infrastructure. That work spanned a wide range of industries: a large non-profit, a private education provider, a gaming retailer and manufacturer, a high-net-worth financial brokerage, and a pharmaceutical CRO.

After fifteen years leading internal teams, the focus shifted to the provider side — partnering with managed service providers and systems integrators across sales, solution development, and consulting. Most recently, as a Principal Consultant on NTT Data's Advisory team, that role covered strategic advisory for global enterprises, program management for worldwide implementations, the launch of a new FinOps consulting practice, and cloud cost optimization sprints for international companies — frequently advising C-level executives directly.

That combination is the difference. We have owned the budgets and the outages, and we have delivered the projects from the other side of the contract. We know what actually works.

Director-level IT leadership Program management Cloud & FinOps C-suite advisory
What we do

Five ways we keep your technology working for the business.

Engage us for a single project or an ongoing seat at the table. Every service is scoped to where you are now, not where a sales deck says you should be.

Technology Consulting Solutions

A trusted advisor to translate business goals into a clear, right-sized technology roadmap.

  • Architecture & systems reviews
  • Tool and vendor selection
  • Roadmaps tied to budget

Cloud FinOps

Turn an unpredictable cloud bill into a managed, forecastable line item — without slowing teams down.

  • Spend visibility & tagging
  • Rightsizing & commitment plans
  • Cost accountability culture

AI Strategy

A grounded plan for where AI earns its keep — and where it doesn't — with the guardrails to deploy safely.

  • Use-case discovery & scoring
  • Data readiness & governance
  • Pilot-to-production planning

Fractional IT Management

Experienced IT leadership on a part-time basis — the strategy of a CIO without a full-time salary.

  • IT operations & governance
  • Security & risk oversight
  • Team & vendor management

Technical Project Management

Hands-on delivery for the projects that matter — migrations, rollouts, and integrations that land on time.

  • Migrations & implementations
  • Cross-team coordination
  • Risk, scope & timeline control

Not sure where to start?

Tell us what's keeping you up at night. We'll point you to the right first step — even if it isn't us.

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Selected experience

Work that has shipped.

A sample of recent engagements — migrations, cost programs, and modernization work delivered for enterprises across healthcare, pharma, finance, and beyond.

Cloud & InfrastructureBuilding and migrating the environments businesses run on
  • Multi-tower program for a global accounting firm. Served as program manager across the full engagement: migrated hundreds of servers from a co-located VMware estate to Azure VMware Solution, stood up a 100-user Azure Virtual Desktop environment for overseas staff, implemented managed services for the entire environment, ran pre- and post-deployment security audits, and eBonded ITSM systems between client and provider.
  • Greenfield infrastructure for a commercial EV battery manufacturer. Managed the ground-up design of an on-premise and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
  • Full cloud migration for a pharmaceutical CRO. Moved the organization to cloud-based infrastructure — 800 users across 13 clinics and 5 regional offices.
Cloud FinOpsTurning cloud spend into governed investment
  • Cloud cost optimization for a global transportation company. A focused FinOps engagement to reduce and govern ongoing cloud spend.
  • FinOps optimization analysis for a global pharmaceutical company. Identified savings and built the visibility to sustain them.
Healthcare & EHR readinessPreparing the estate for clinical systems
  • End-user modernization for a regional hospital chain ahead of an Epic EHR rollout. Replaced 2,000+ desktops with secure disposal and recycling, upgraded 800 desktops to Windows 11, rolled out Microsoft 365, migrated local and network user data to OneDrive, and consolidated email from three separate Exchange environments into Microsoft 365.
M&A & FrameworksUntangling IT through change
  • IT gap analysis for a pharmaceutical manufacturing divestiture. Assessed the IT components of the divestiture and then designed a new IT support framework for the standalone operation.
Who we work with

Partners who extend our reach.

We bring in trusted specialists when an engagement calls for expertise or capability beyond our own bench — so clients always get the right resource for the job.

Clarivus AI Consulting

A strategic AI consultancy focused on turning AI and cloud investment into measurable business outcomes. Their change-management and governance frameworks complement our own AI Strategy practice for clients moving from pilot to production.

GHA Technologies

One of the largest employee-owned value-added resellers in the U.S. GHA gives our clients direct, competitively priced access to hardware, software, and cloud procurement from thousands of leading manufacturers.

Let's talk

Start with a conversation.

Planning a migration, reining in cloud costs, or weighing where AI fits? Bring the decision — we'll bring thirty years of context.

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