Impact-Focused Consulting

We are operational execution partners for scaling tech and enterprise teams. We fix your messy data, stabilize your infrastructure, and handle mid-tier priorities so you can execute cleanly.

Impact-Focused Consulting

We are operational execution partners for scaling tech and enterprise teams. We fix your messy data, stabilize your infrastructure, and handle mid-tier priorities so you can execute cleanly.

Impact-Focused Consulting

We are operational execution partners for scaling tech and enterprise teams. We fix your messy data, stabilize your infrastructure, and handle mid-tier priorities so you can execute cleanly.

How We Help

We Do Our Homework, Let Us Do Yours

Success is paved with hard work by talented people. In a world where overpromising is the norm, we don’t sell silver bullets or shiny objects based on current trends. We do the hard work and are ready to get started.

Data & Integration

Finish the Puzzle

Your data is a mess and you can't trust it to make decisions. Last year’s critical acquisition had a model based on sticky notes and your leadership team is asking for content that doesn’t exist for next week’s All Hands. Only Dirk from inside sales can report on revenue and he retired last month. Let us dive in and bring everything together.

Transformation

Make it better

From the outside, everything looks great. You know that everything has been built with duct tape and bubble gum. It all works because you keep it held together, and that is exhausting. Stop apologizing to your new hires for the disorganization and let us help transform the prototype into the real thing.

Operations

Focus on the outcomes

Your top five priorities need your expertise, but do items six through ten?  Those items that aren't quite your top priorities are the ones most likely to wake you up in a panic at 3am. Hand them off to us, so you can focus on the most important things while not losing any sleep about the others.

What Our Clients Are Saying

Our Kūpuna

“When our organization joined a fast-moving, ambiguous disaster response effort, TiltShift Collaborative advised us and did the hands-on work of building the financial reporting and operational infrastructure the effort required. They came back with mapped data, a compliant reporting method, and documented, repeatable processes for timekeeping, travel, expenses and receipts. All inside 90 days. Their efficiency, thoroughness, and systems design gave me tremendous reassurance and let me focus on leading the organization.”

Keva DeKay

Executive Director, Our Kūpuna

Our Approach

Your Success > Our Growth

If we can't bring value to your team or organization, we don't want the work. We believe that the best business outcomes are the product of sweat equity, and our focus is just that: putting in the work to ensure that we deliver the most valuable outcomes possible.

Pragmatic Solutions

Good work and intelligent application > buzzwords

Process + Simplicity

Process first, technology second. A clear visual is worth 1,000 meetings.

The Big Picture

Make simplicity from chaos. Focus on the critical without losing sight.

WHO WE ARE

We’ve Done the Job, Not Just Advised On It

“We've pulled the all-nighters triaging bugs the night before a must-launch product goes live, and we've ridden the emotional rollercoaster of being visible to the C-suite. We've hired consultants and worked alongside some of the best and brightest. We know the relief of finding someone who 'gets it.'”

“We've pulled the all-nighters triaging bugs the night before a must-launch product goes live, and we've ridden the emotional rollercoaster of being visible to the C-suite. We've hired consultants and worked alongside some of the best and brightest. We know the relief of finding someone who 'gets it.'”

Tiltshift Collaborative is a small consultancy in Seattle, WA, founded by Chad Lanphear and Michael Spier. Chad and Michael are alumni of some of the largest, most complex landscapes in technology, shipping real, impactful work at the highest levels with Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Hewlett-Packard, T-Mobile, and dozens of other companies across the planet.

Contact Us

Let's Get Started

Let's Get Started

Let's Get Started

Tell us how you need to make an impact and tell us what the future holds for you. We’ll tell you where we’d start.

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