Services
Five offers. Fixed scope, clear timeboxes, published prices.
Start where you are. Most institutions begin with the readiness assessment; some come to us mid-build or ready for AI.
01
AssessMost clients start here
Data & AI Readiness Assessment
Know exactly what to fix first, and what AI your data can safely support.
4–6 weeks
$25,000 fixed fee
02
Foundation
Modern Data Platform Build
One governed platform that every report and every AI tool can trust.
About 3 months a phase
From $85,000 a phase
03
Trusted Metrics
Trusted Metrics & Self-Service BI
One version of the numbers, from the board deck to the department chair.
8–12 weeks
From $55,000
04
Governed AI
Governed AI Pilot
Real AI value on student and staff data, without losing control of it.
6–8 weeks
$45,000 fixed fee
05
Operate & Transfer
Fractional Data Architect
Senior architecture leadership, without a full-time hire.
Monthly retainer
$10,000 a month
Not sure where to start? Take the free Data & AI Readiness Checklist, a 15-minute self-check you can use online or download.
Add-ons
- Workshops and training
- $2.5K–$7.5K a day
- SCFF and funding analytics
- Quoted with an engagement
- IPEDS and MIS reporting automation
- Quoted with an engagement
How engagements grow
- 1
Discovery call
A free 30-minute conversation with the architect who does the work.
- 2
Readiness Assessment
A fixed-fee diagnosis and an 18-month roadmap your cabinet can fund.
- 3
Phased build
Platform, trusted metrics, and governed AI, one subject area at a time.
- 4
Fractional architect
Ongoing architecture leadership once your team runs the platform.
Every offer runs on the same terms: a fixed fee, you own what we build, and student data stays in your tenant. How we engage
Start with a 30-minute readiness call
Tell us what you are trying to fix or build. You will talk with the architect who does the work.
Led by Victor Manchik, founder and principal data architect