Orange River Group

Business AI & Tech Connections

We connect you to the AI & Tech services, solutions, staff, and skills that are best for you.

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IT enables strategy. AI changes the game. We help you navigate options, manage risks, ensure benefits and realize results.

Our simple and sensible approach for AI & IT is tailored to the C-suite of small to medium companies, to meet you where you are to take you where you want to go.

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When you don’t know who to ask about AI & Tech, ask us.

How we help with AI & Tech

Using technology is an imperative and can be a competitive advantage. Yet, AI & IT are vast, complex and ever-evolving. We make them simpler to understand and easier to implement.

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Solutions & Services

We provide services and connect you to trusted providers of vetted solutions to save timelower risk and raise confidence in high value outcomes.

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AI Enablement

  • Jumpstart AI solutions for value
  • Assess your AI-readiness
  • Balance risks and benefits

Services

Technology can improve every step of your business value chain and now AI can up your game. Find out how you can gain efficiencies, insights and improvements.

Project Assurance

  • Improve technology project outcomes
  • Leverage skills and proven processes
  • On time, on budget, on scope delivery

Partner Ecosystem

  • Proven partners increase effectiveness
  • Get game-changing skills and services
  • Improve cyber security protection

AI & Tech Leadership

  • Strategic IT departmental direction
  • Fractional CIO &/or Chief AI Officer
  • Guidance on specific initiatives

Advisory Services

  • AI & tech coaching for exec leaders
  • IT staff professional development
  • Individual career navigation

AI & IT can be complicated, partnering with us is simple.

Introduction

It’s as easy as a quick chat to get started. Share your company’s strategic goals. Bring any AI or IT questions, no prior knowledge needed.

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Approach

Let’s choose the best way forward for your company. We’ll determine the best approach to meet your needs deliver on your priorities.

Results

This is our favorite part. We provide viable options and deliver positive outcomes that enable you to operate more efficiently, gain insights, increase productivity and best serve your customers.

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Simplify IT and get started with AI today.

OUR MOST POPULAR SERVICE OFFERING

AI Toolsfinder™

AI Toolsfinder™ is an AI-acceleration approach that is our most in demand service for C-suite leaders.  

If you are curious about how AI can help you and are wondering about the benefits and risks, this service is designed for you.  If you are determining where and how to apply AI, this is the place to start.

This is a simple, proven method that will jumpstart the use and advantages of AI for your company.  It will save you time, shortlist options, increase your knowledge, balance your risks and give you real value quickly.

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What are your business goals? We can help.

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SAVE TIME

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  • Automate with intelligence of AI
  • Improve operational efficiency
  • Replace mundane tasks with tools

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SAVE MONEY

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  • Cut recurring tech spend by 15-20%
  • Get better “insider” pricing info
  • Lower cost alternatives, same service

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ADD PRODUCTIVITY

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  • Add specific IT skills you need
  • Enhance talent with increased skills
  • Augment the team with added capacity

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STAY COMPETITIVE

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  • Keep up with the competition
  • Don’t miss opportunities
  • Use AI/tech strategically

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FOCUS ON CUSTOMERS

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  • Anticipate customer needs early
  • Introduce advanced analytics
  • Increase offerings with data insights

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IMPROVE STRATEGY

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  • Establish informed AI & IT plans
  • Determine technology priorities w/ ROI
  • Build core and advanced capabilities

BUSINESS AI & TECH CONNECTIONS

Our Alliances

Client Success Stories

SAVING TIME

Client: 3 year old start up with high CAGR

Scenario: CEO needed additional IT support in equipment, services, and security

Service: With education around the type of services that would ideally meet the need, and a pre-vetting of possible candidates, as well as support during vendor evaluation, led to a confident decision in which MSP to partner with

Results: CEO now has time back, as well as energy and focus on sales, service, and running the company because he can now rely on a partner for routine IT tasks, while getting enhanced capabilities.

ADDING PRODUCTIVITY

Client: National property and casualty insurance company

Scenario: Executive Leadership team needed to know they were working on the most important IT initiatives. They had too many requests, unclear criteria for prioritization and investment

Service: Recommended method to evaluate priorities, align on cross-functional initiatives with most value or time sensitivity or risk reduction resulting in the ability to construct a technology initiatives plan

Results: Improved ROI on internal investments, better results from clear leadership support, aligned priorities, better engagement and commitment

INCREASED REVENUE
Client: A startup services company

Scenario: CEO and Head of Marketing realized they were missing sales opportunities on products with existing customers.

Service: AI Toolsfinder TM. Provided options on AI tools to make intelligent automated product recommendations to their customers based on customer data insights.

Results: Advanced analytics created consistency and efficiencies in operations, and improved customer experience across company contacts and created a more stable risk profile for the company, and ability to sell more insurance policies with confidence

IMPROVED AI STRATEGY

Client: 8 year old staffing company working on market presence

Scenario: Chief Revenue Officer and CTO weren’t sure how to incorporate AI skills into their offerings

Service: Tech Exec Leadership. Go to market strategy based on AI with recommendations in areas of marketing, messaging, training, upskilling, and strategic partnerships were provided as a cohesive 4-pronged approach

Results: They were able to go to the Board with game-changing concepts to get back on track and improve prominence in the market, as well as consider new revenue streams.

MANAGING RISK

Client: A US-based construction company

Scenario: Exec Leadership team noted risk was increasing with growth and contracts were being fast-tracked with clauses and details overlooked

Service: AI Toolsfinder TM. Provided 3 viable alternatives, making solution selection easy. With an AI-enabled contract-lifecycle management tool, contract generation was faster, and better (with AI-review of contracts)

Results: More streamlined, simplified, and lower-effort contract creation, negotiation, and management resulting in lower risk, and better controlled and consistent costs

IMPROVED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHTS

Client: PE-owned insurance company

Scenario: Chief Underwriting Officer needed consistency in underwriting decisions across variety of products and people (underwriters)

Service: Partner Ecosystem Building. Leveraged big data and predictive analytics with a key strategic data-science partner

Results: Advanced analytics created consistency and efficiencies in operations, and improved customer experience across company contacts and created a more stable risk profile for the company

STAYING COMPETITIVE

Client: A small consulting firm with several vendor relationships

Scenario: CEO who was overwhelmed with excel files and disorganized vendor risk assessment results was concerned with lack of insights, missing information, and wasted time navigating files across various formats and locations

Service: AI Toolsfinder TM. Provided alternatives for third-party risk management solutions powered by AI to streamline vendor data collection with built in reporting.

Results: Moving to to a single dashboard view, vendor management is simplified, risks assessments are streamlined, and actions are easily prioritized, with addressable actions and simplified vendor interactions