How We Work

North Ember helps leaders turn strategy into measurable outcomes through disciplined delivery, data-driven decisions, and veteran-led execution.

Certified VOSB and SDVOSB UEI CMPTU1XT3N95 CAGE 109P6 NAICS 541611 • 541613 • 541618 • 611430 Accepts Purchase Cards

The North Ember Method

Discover Frame the mission, stakeholders, constraints, and success criteria. Assess current state across people, process, tech, and data.
Design Co-develop a prioritized roadmap with clear owners, milestones, and KPIs. Validate dependencies and risks.
Deliver Stand up governance, sprint plans, and communications. Execute with weekly progress reviews and variance controls.
Validate Measure outcomes against baseline. Transfer knowledge, standardize process, and hand off with operating playbooks.

Why North Ember

📐Prime-Ready Discipline

Methodical consulting lifecycle, senior oversight, and clean documentation from day one.

Veteran-Led Speed

Small, senior teams that move quickly, integrate with primes, and own outcomes.

📊Data-Driven Decisions

KPIs, dashboards, and decision logs that keep leadership aligned and risk visible.

🎖️Supplier Diversity Value

Certified SDVOSB partner supporting enterprise supplier-diversity and federal set-aside goals.

Where We Add Value

🚀Program Mobilization

Stand up governance, cadence, and reporting that align sponsors and delivery teams.

🤖Workflow Automation

Map processes and implement low-code tools that eliminate bottlenecks and rework.

🌐Digital Presence Overhaul

Unify website, CRM, analytics, and content into a single operating system for growth.

🤝Public-Private Partnerships

Design collaboration models and data sharing to accelerate impact and accountability.

📣Change Adoption

Build stakeholder readiness with training, comms, and role-based enablement.

🛡️Risk and Controls

Create decision logs, escalation paths, and variance reporting that de-risk delivery.

Outcomes We Deliver

🏥Nonprofit Operations

Digital management and comms alignment improved grant readiness and outreach conversion within two quarters.

Grant readiness

Outreach conversion

Time to publish

🏭Manufacturing Supply Chain

Standardized order-to-ship workflows reduced cycle time and error rate while maintaining compliance.

Cycle time reduction

Error rate reduction

Throughput

🏛️Public Sector Program

Rapid governance stand-up created weekly visibility, cleared blockers, and aligned multi-agency stakeholders.

On-time milestones

Blocker clearance

Stakeholder alignment

Client names available under NDA upon request.

Delivery Model and Teaming

🧩Engagement Models

  • Prime, Subcontract, or Surge Pod
  • Fixed Fee or Time & Materials
  • Weekly progress reviews with KPI dashboards and decision logs

🔒Security & Controls

  • Least-privilege access, artifact control per SOW
  • FAR/DFARS-aware practices; NIST-aligned information handling
  • Clear escalation paths and variance reporting

Credentials and Compliance

🎖️Certifications

  • SDVOSB and VOSB • SBA and DoD Certified
  • UEI: CMPTU1XT3N95 • CAGE: 109P6
  • NAICS: 541611, 541613, 541618, 611430

🌎Where We Operate

  • Locations: Wyoming and Washington
  • Service area: Local to global
  • Accepts Government Credit and Purchase Cards

Selected Work

🧵Ravenox

Mission-critical supply to DoD and Amazon. American manufacturing recognized for innovation.

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🛡️CERV

Digital transformation and grant readiness for a FEMA-affiliated nonprofit.

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📂Dry Creek Consulting

Operational process improvement and document management for a family enterprise.

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Ready to Mobilize

Set up a rapid discovery session to confirm scope, risks, and a 60-day plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you start engagements

We begin with a short discovery, confirm success criteria, then stand up governance with weekly cadence and KPIs.

How fast can you mobilize

Typical mobilization is one week after SOW signature. Surge support available for faster starts.

What if we need to scale

We add senior consultants or partner specialists and retain single-threaded ownership for continuity.

Do you work as a subcontractor

Yes. We regularly support primes and integrate with enterprise delivery processes.