What interested you in the STEM field? How have you seen women in STEM evolve throughout your career? What advice do you give to other women/girls who are interested in STEM? Share a story about a turning point in your career that led you to where you are in STEM: What challenges have you faced, and how did you overcome them? What are the most exciting advancements have you seen for women in STEM? What’s the STEM project you’re most proud of? Get specific with a problem you solved and the impact you made! What’s the STEM project you’re most … Read More
When It Comes To Billing and Invoicing, M&S Consulting Helps Our Customers Keep It Simple
warning The Problem: A longstanding client in the Media Ad Sales industry recently approached our team with a new challenge. The technology the company’s media division was utilizing to distribute TV advertising and commercials across their channels was being upgraded and a critical part of the technology was being discontinued in this upgrade and they needed a solution. This technology functions as a traffic system: it manages, records, and reports everything and anything about the TV commercial spots running every second of every hour of every day. Currently, this traffic system also has an Accounts Receivable billing and invoicing platform … Read More
A Thank You to Our Mentors: Stories that Shaped M&S Women in Technology
A thank you to those who have impacted and encouraged a few of our M&S Consulting female leaders: I have two men, and one woman to thank. Growth in being a woman in STEM does not always come from just female leaders, but also from male leaders who believe in you regardless of gender. 1.) Thank you to Steve Humphreys, President of Kraft General Foods: Steve was my ultimate mentor to push me to handle things well beyond what I thought were my capabilities. He saw in me what I didn’t see in myself, and he placed me in very … Read More
Transforming Tomorrow: M&S Consulting’s Comprehensive Expertise Across Six Practice Areas
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, where innovation is the heartbeat of success, M&S Consulting stands out as a trailblazer in comprehensive and transformative solutions. We believe in fostering relationships designed not only in support of the current project, but also for partnerships built to seamlessly carry businesses from one milestone of a digital transformation initiative to the next. At M&S Consulting, we see ourselves as consultants but, more importantly, as engaged partners. We’re a dedicated team of problem solvers ready to address complex, multi-dimensional tech challenges. No need to search for multiple consulting resources to address siloed problems across … Read More
Salesforce: 3 Simple Solutions to Solve Common Problems
Here’s the problem: Your company has been using Salesforce for a couple of years now, but it’s too complicated. You are getting complaints that the interface is complex and that it’s taking sales away from actually selling. “The Salesforce interface is difficult.” Consider a redesign that capitalizes on what your users engage with the most. Have you leveraged dynamic forms? See here for an excellent Salesforce Ben overview and tutorial about dynamic forms written by Christine Marshall: Users encounter faulty errors. Make sure the error messages have enough information so the users know exactly what can be done to resolve … Read More
M&S Consulting: Gain A Multi-Dimensional Tech Partner – Leading, Executing, and Elevating Your Digital Transformation Journey
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital business, staying ahead of the curve is not just an advantage but a necessity. With decades of experience in identifying, scaling, mobilizing, and implementing digital transformation initiatives, the M&S Consulting team is driving success by combining process and technology. Regardless of where your business is at in its tech evolution, our expertise extends across seven main service line focus areas, ensuring that businesses in consumer, energy & industrial, finance & professional services, government & public sector, health & life sciences, and tech, media & telecommunications industries are not just ready for the future but … Read More
Unleashing Innovation: A Guide to Launching Your Project with M&S Consulting’s Process Impact Blueprinting Workshops
Embarking on a new project is an exciting endeavor, but laying a solid foundation is crucial for success. At M&S Consulting, we’ve found the key to initiating projects lies in our innovative Process Impact Blueprinting Workshops. These workshops not only kickstart our projects but also play a pivotal role throughout the entire project lifecycle, offering invaluable insights for Project Management, Business Analysis, and System Architecture. The Power of Process Impact Blueprinting At the heart of our project initiation strategy is Process Impact Blueprinting – a transformative framework that marks the beginning of an organizational journey toward excellence. This framework serves … Read More
Art School Made Me a Better Consultant
I’m often asked about my background when I start new assignments. People are usually surprised when they hear that my degree is art-related. You may wonder how an art school background has helped me when working with clients to achieve their goals. It’s our job to consider how best to create the product they are looking for and bring it to life. In its most basic form, art is simply creating something of value from nothing. This is very similar to how I describe what we do at M&S Consulting. When we work with clients to bring their needs to … Read More