Results

Selected anonymised advisory engagements.

Representative case studies across enterprise software due diligence, platform selection, integration modernisation, customer success, and post-sale value creation.

Client names and identifying details have been anonymised due to confidentiality obligations and non-disclosure agreements.

Breaking ERP Selection Gridlock

Anonymous enterprise organisation · Enterprise software selection

Client

Large enterprise organisation facing delayed decision-making across multiple ERP vendors.

Challenge

Stakeholders were aligned on the need for change but divided on platform fit, implementation risk, and commercial trade-offs.

Approach

Built evaluation criteria, structured vendor comparison, clarified decision rights, and reframed the recommendation around operating risk and value delivery.

Outcomes

Reduced decision ambiguity, improved executive confidence, and accelerated movement toward a defensible platform decision.

Stakeholder feedback

“The process transformed subjective vendor debate into an evidence-based executive decision.”

Lessons learned

ERP decisions fail when evaluation criteria are unclear and adoption ownership is treated as an implementation detail.

AI Platform Selection

Anonymous SaaS / enterprise buyer · AI customer support platform

Client

Leadership team evaluating AI-powered customer support platforms for automation, scalability, and governance.

Challenge

The client needed to balance AI capability with risk, security, human-in-the-loop controls, implementation effort, and commercial impact.

Approach

Assessed product maturity, workflow fit, integration dependencies, analytics, guardrails, pricing structure, and adoption readiness.

Outcomes

Improved vendor shortlist, clearer business case, and stronger executive alignment around adoption and governance requirements.

Stakeholder feedback

“The diligence clarified what mattered beyond the demo.”

Lessons learned

AI vendor selection requires equal focus on capability, workflow ownership, and measurable value creation.

Modernising Integration Architecture

Anonymous financial services organisation · Integration platform modernisation

Client

Mid-market financial services organisation replacing legacy integration infrastructure.

Challenge

The client needed improved reliability, scalability, security, governance, and operational efficiency without disrupting core business processes.

Approach

Compared integration vendors, reviewed architecture trade-offs, surfaced implementation risks, and defined governance requirements for a modern platform.

Outcomes

Clearer platform recommendation, reduced operational risk, and improved alignment between technical and commercial stakeholders.

Stakeholder feedback

“The recommendation connected architecture choices to business impact.”

Lessons learned

Integration modernisation succeeds when governance and operating model are designed alongside technology selection.

Renewal Risk Operating Reset

Anonymous SaaS company · Customer Success and renewal discipline

Client

SaaS leadership team facing inconsistent adoption signals and limited renewal predictability.

Challenge

Renewal exposure was visible late, QBRs lacked commercial discipline, and CSM activity was not consistently tied to measurable value.

Approach

Installed segmentation, risk review cadence, executive renewal governance, account-level value plans, and clearer post-sale metrics.

Outcomes

Improved renewal visibility, stronger executive accountability, and more disciplined customer operating rhythm.

Stakeholder feedback

“The work made renewal risk visible early enough to act.”

Lessons learned

Customer Success creates value when it owns outcomes, not just relationships.

CS Operating Model for Scale

Anonymous growth-stage software company · Post-sale value creation

Client

Growth-stage software company needing a more scalable customer success operating model.

Challenge

The team had strong customer intent but inconsistent coverage, unclear segmentation, and limited executive reporting on adoption-led growth.

Approach

Designed customer segmentation, lifecycle stages, CSM coverage model, adoption milestones, health signals, and leadership reporting cadence.

Outcomes

Improved focus on high-value accounts, clearer role expectations, stronger operating cadence, and better visibility into expansion opportunities.

Stakeholder feedback

“The model gave the team a practical way to scale without losing customer focus.”

Lessons learned

CS scale requires fewer generic playbooks and more precise operating choices by segment.

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