Vertical Technology Solutions Overview v1.2

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Expertise
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Today’s
business-‐technology
environment
requires
an
intricate,
robust
ecosystem
-‐
made
of
trillions
of
bytes
of

data,
working
together
with
several
different
technology
platforms
to
revolutionize
the
way
stakeholders

transform
their
industry
verticals.
Many
of
these
vertical
industries
face
intense
challenges
in
2014
and
beyond,

and
will
have
no
choice
but
to
change
their
established
business
models.

Vertical
Technology
Solutions
(VTS)
is
a
technology
strategy
firm
with
a
solid
record
of
partnering
with
companies

and
educational
institutions;
to
deliver
the
tools
needed
for
creative
problem-‐solving,
to
be
more
efficient
and

effective,
to
be
more
involved,
and
to
stay
better
connected.
We
excel
at
big
picture
and
project
deliverables,

whether
for
fixed-‐term
or
negotiated
engagements.

It
all
begins
with
a
strategy,
proper
assessment
and
planning.

VTS
can
help
integrate
existing
systems,
conduct
gap

analysis,
or
build,
configure
and
implement
new
capacities
(including
3
rd

party
applications)
that
enhance

technology
systems
and
promote
cohesive,
seamless,
functionality
through:
Data
Integration,
Infrastructure,

Reporting,
Web
Development,
Security,
vendor
management
and
overall
Solution
Implementation!

What
Sets
Us
Apart

Partnering
is
a
core
competency
of
VTS.
We
pride
ourselves
on
providing
clients
just-‐in-‐time
access
to
the

horsepower
of
a
full
staff
of
competent
technology
professionals
without
the
costly
salary
associated
with
such

talent.
Our
professionals
deliver
right-‐sized
solutions
to
small
and
medium
sized
businesses,
and
K-‐12
independent

schools
using
Strategic
Implementation
services
tailored
to
the
nuances
of
your
vertical
industry
(insurance,

education,
etc.).

Leadership
Team

VTS’
professionals
have
over
50
years
of
combined
experience
and
have
led
successful
strategic
technology

deployments
in
the
property
and
casualty
insurance
sectors,
as
well
as
K-‐12
independent
school
space.

We
seek
to
leverage
our
experience
in
solving
the
business
problems
that
are
most
common
to
your
business,

without
a
cookie-‐cutter
approach.
We
take
a
holistic
approach
to
identifying
and
understanding
your
business

problem
first.
This
results
in
a
comprehensive
technology
plan
that
supports
your
business
strategy,
and
increases

your
odds
for
success.

Robert
Golden,
Managing
Director
&
Solutions
Architect

Robert
has
a
proven
and
well-‐documented
track
record
of
assembling
talented
teams
capable
of

transforming
company
and
school
operations.
With
many
years
as
a
corporate
Chief
Information
Officer

(CIO)
he
excels
as
a
technical
strategist
with
strong
program
and
project
management
skills
to
align

'tactical
deliverables'
with
'big
picture'
business
strategy.

Boon
Lau,
Principal
&
Solutions
Architect

Boon
is
a
seasoned,
results-‐driven
IT
Professional
who
balances
a
keen
eye
for
detail
with
extensive
IT

subject
matter
expertise
derived
from
hands-‐on
and
managerial
experience
in
multiple
industries

including
the
Property/Casualty
Insurance
and
Education
Management
industries.
Boon
is
equally
adept

at
translating
business
requirements
into
systems
specifications
by
applying
business
analysis

methodologies.

www.vtsinc.us
Case
Study
#1

Award-‐Winning
Business
Intelligence
Project-‐
Regional
Insurance
Carrier

The
Problem
-‐
Over
the
span
of
nearly
30
years
of
operation,
a
regional
insurance
carrier
has
accumulated

terabytes
of
data
in
disparate
systems
for
applications,
claim
files,
payment
history,
commission
records,

quotes
and
policy
endorsements
or
amendments;
but
this
data
is
not
useful
as
information
to
key
leaders

that
can
help
drive
business
decisions.

The
Approach
-‐
After
identifying
all
the
various
data
sources,
implement
an
information
architecture
that

uses
canonical
data
model
at
its
core
to
loosely
couple
the
multiple
disparate
data
sources.
This
approach

preserved
the
integrity
of
the
source
data
while
enabling
it
to
be
accessed
in
a
centralized
manner
based

upon
a
common
nomenclature.

Implemented
Solution(s):

• Implemented
a
Services
Oriented
Architecture
(SOA)
that
modernized
the
potential
of
accessing
data

from
older
legacy
systems
of
differing
platforms
such
as
IBM
(DB2),
WINDOWS
(Intel),
and
etc.

• Procured
and
implemented
an
industry-‐specific,
tried
and
true
data
model
to
which
all
source
data
was

mapped.
Included
in
the
implementation
of
this
model
was
a
robust
data
presentation
tool
and

reporting
module
that
provided
‘non-‐developer’
access
to
data
by
business
people.

• Architected
an
Operational
Data
Store
(ODS)
to
house
data
model,
incremental
data
changes
from
the

initial
load
and
business
intelligence
reporting
tools.

Results:

• Transformed
decision-‐making
at
every
level
of
the
organization
from
customer
service
representative

who
now
has
real-‐time
access
to
critical
information
for
all
customer
interactions,
to
executives
who

could
now
make
useful
comparisons
of
products
lines,
the
cost
of
their
operations.
This
enabled
timely,

surgical
maneuvers
to
establish
the
right
business
mix
in
day-‐to-‐day
operations
and
the
annual

budgeting
process.

• Created
Key
Performance
Indicator
(KPI)
information
and
trending
that
triggered
pre-‐established

actions
based
upon
established
threshold
for
loses,
earned
versus
written
premium,
payment
activity

and
commission
(cost
of
acquisition)
down
to
policy
level
granularity.

• Was
awarded
the
2008
Model
Carrier
Award
in
the
infrastructure
category
for
Enterprise
Data
Model

and
Warehouse.
Internally,
the
company
experienced
immediate
benefit
after
dropping
production

time
for
internal
reports
and
product
design
analytics
from
one
month
(after
month-‐end
close)
to

essentially
real-‐time.
This
enabled
the
company
to
compete
much
more
intelligently
and
aggressively

in
the
market
place

www.vtsinc.us
Case
Study
#2

Successful
VOIP
Implementation
Leads
To
Expense
Reduction-‐
Managing
General
Agencies

The
Problem
-‐
Regional
company
operates
in
a
tri-‐state
region
with
separate
branch
offices
that
support
a

distribution
network
of
hundreds
independent
retailers.
The
cost
of
telecommunications
between
these

locations
was
a
fixed
expense
that
was
adversely
impacting
the
company’s
expense
ratio.

The
Approach
-‐
Review
the
feasibility
and
implemented
an
IP
(Internet
Protocol)
Telephony
project
that

leveraged
the
company’s
existing
data
network
between
offices
to
enable
voice
communication
and

minimize
or
reduce
telecommunications
speed
between
branch
offices.

Implemented
Solution(s):

• Fortified
the
existing
data
network
by
upgrading
to
a
fully
redundant
Layer
3
switches
fed
by
fiber-‐optic

connections.

• Source
and
procured
a
VOIP
(Voice
Over
Internet
Protocol)
phone
system
that
leveraged
the
newly

fortified
network
to
deliver
voice
and
video
to
a
phone
device
plugged
into
standard
computer
jack
by

an
already
existent
data
resource
within
the
IT
team.

• Analyzed
call
routing,
hunt
groups,
voicemail
and
service
messaging
queues
in
existing
analog
system

and
optimized
them
in
the
new
VIOP
solution.

Results:

• Transformed
annual
telecom
spend
from
a
fixed
number
representing
a
large
percentage
of
the
IT

budget
to
zero
after
the
capitalized
expenditure
was
paid
off
over
three
years.

• Improved
the
efficiency
of
call
handling
and
routing
between
offices
and
re-‐purposed
one
full
FTE

(approximately
$45k
annually
plus
35%
benefit
load)
who
previously
dedicated
100%
to
the

receptionist
job.

• Enabled
the
self-‐servicing
of
customer
accounts
through
use
of
a
voice
activated
response

system.
These
allowed
customers
access
to
account
information
24/7
and
to
make
payments

online.
This
resulted
in
the
re-‐purposing
of
multiple
customer
service
representatives
(annual
cost
of

$45-‐70k
plus
35%
benefit
load)
to
higher
and
more
valuable
customer
operations.

www.vtsinc.us
Case
Study
#3

Strategic
Technology
Program
Overhaul
&
Rescue
-‐

Prestigious
Independent
Private
School

The
Problem
-‐
Upon
review
and
assessment,
it
was
determined
that
one
of
the
nation’s
largest

independent
private
schools
needed
a
technology
overhaul
of
Infrastructure,
Website
and
Student

Information
System
(SIS)
to
support
the
school's
strategic
plan.
VTS
was
engaged
(mid-‐stream)
on
this

program
to
rescue
it
from
a
6-‐month
miss
on
the
1
st

major
deliverable,
and
protect
the
investment
of

program
stakeholders.

The
Approach
-‐

Address
The
School’s
aging
technology
ecosystems.

Baseline
assessments
identified
that

existing
systems:
did
not
easily
facilitate
information
sharing,
lacked
governance
structure,
showed
unclear

ownership
and
relied
heavily
on
individual
ingenuity
vs.
standard
processes.
Additionally,
there
was
a

limited
understanding
of
current
system
capability,
and
the
systems
did
not
facilitate
collaboration
and

knowledge
sharing
which
limited
the
school’s
ability
to
achieve
regulatory
compliance.

Implemented
Solution(s):

• Using
program
and
project
management
methodologies,
VTS
took
the
helm
of
a
failing
projects
that

were
managed
separately
and
implemented
a
project
management
framework.

6
months
off
target,

and
missed
its
first
major
deliverable
amid
project
staff
changes.

• Implemented
a
project
charter
after
identifying
and
interviewing
project
stakeholders.

The
charter

defined
scope,
deliverables,
budget,
deliverable
owners,
and
projected
needed
staff
to
bring
the

multiple
deliverables
on
time.

• Established
a
vendor
management
protocol
that
renewed
a
broken
trust
that
left
vendors
feeling

uncertain
of
who
the
deliverable
owners
were.

• Identified
over
200
open-‐issues
and
decisions
that
had
to
be
address
in
order
to
take
the
project
live.

Results:

• Despite
coming
into
the
project
in
January
after
a
6-‐month
schedule
slip
and
a
missed
1
st

deliverable
to

the
entire
school
constituency,
took
the
entire
solution
(8
separate
projects
and
sub-‐deliverables
with

data
conversions)
live
on
schedule
for
the
start
of
school
in
August
2013.

• Implemented
an
industry
leading
Web
Solution
for
independent
schools
after
stopping
to
upgrade
the

solution
to
account
for
previously
unaccounted
for
faculty,
student
and
parent
requirements.

• Implemented
an
industry
leading
Student
Information
System
(SIS)
for
independent
schools
clarifying

requirements
and
closing
over
200
open
items,
questions
and
decisions.

• Successfully
collaborated
with
vendors
to
convert
and
validate
data
from
the
legacy
SIS
for
thousands

of
faculty,
parent,
student

&
staff
constituents.

• Successfully
supported
training
and
coordinated
vendors
in
support
of
all
school
constituents

(Students,
Parents,
Faculty
&
Staff)
in
order
to
open
school
on
schedule.

• Learned
and
successfully
maintained
support
for
existing
legacy
web
solutions
and
SIS
while

implementing
the
new
technology
to
support
The
Schools
strategic
plan.

www.vtsinc.us
Testimonials

Independent
School
Administrative
Faulty
&
Staff-‐
“VTS
Solutions
architects
displayed
the
highest
levels
of

competence
and
professionalism
throughout
their
entire
tenure
at
The
School.

From
managing
a
huge
project
that

touched
every
aspect
of
the
school,
to
creating
solutions
that
demonstrated
a
technical
depth
of
knowledge

unparalleled
in
most
IT
departments,
VTS
performed
with
ease.”

Independent
School
Math
Teacher
and
SIS
Faculty
Lead-‐
“I
appreciated
Robert's
clear
delineation
of
the
big

picture
and
ability
to
put
the
details
in
their
proper
place,
while
focusing
on
the
important
tasks
at
hand.
I

appreciated
Boon's
ability
to
see
the
technical
side
of
things
and
delve
as
deep
as
needed
to
find
solutions.
I

appreciated
Paulynn's
trouble-‐shooting
and
attention
to
the
details
needed
to
solve
a
variety
of
user
and
technical

problems
as
we
implemented
the
new
website
and
SIS.”

Executive
Vice-‐President,
Regional
Insurance
Carrier
&
Agency-‐
“As
an
advisor
to
our
executive
management

team,
Robert
was
in
charge
of
our
strategic
vision
for
technology
advancement.

Robert
has
the
ability
to
speak
to

the
most
experienced
technology
experts
in
the
field
yet
be
able
to
explain
the
same
processes
to
people
that
are

not
necessarily
technology
savvy.
During
his
engagement,
we
successful
implemented
several
projects:

We
implemented
Voice
Over
Internet
Protocol
(VOIP)
and
a
new
phone
system.

Our
organization
had

several
branches
along
the
east
coast
and
the
cost
of
communicating
among
the
branches
was

challenging
and
expensive.

The
implementation
of
VOIP
not
only
saved
us
money
but
also
allowed
us
to

communicate
more
and
thereby
improve
efficiencies
among
all
the
branches.

We
implemented
Imaging
and
workflow
solutions,
as
well
as
the
supporting
storage
and
back-‐up

hardware.

This
included
connections
between
offices
to
move
our
paper-‐driven
insurance
operation
to

faster,
more
efficient
processes
and
near
paperless
environment.

We
also
completed
phase
one
of
a
Data
Management
strategy
that
mapped
data
from
2
legacy
systems

to
an
XML
model
in
an
operational
data
store.

This
provided
us
with
the
ability
to
mine
our
data
and

respond
more
accurately
to
pricing
and
product
enhancement.

The
team’s
forward
thinking
strategic
vision,
and
ability
to
execute
will
have
a
footprint
in
our
organization
years

after
their
departure.”

News
&
Recognition

Westminster
Magazine,
Spring
2013

http://www.vtsinc.us/images/pdf/wms_magazine.pdf

Computer
World
Honors
Program:
Killing
a
Failed
Project

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=1544

Computer
World:
Rethinking
IT
Budgets

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/279569/Rethinking_IT_Budgets

PR
Web:
Skyware
Software
Salutes

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb762174.htm

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