Give time back to your team.
Reduce repetitive entry, document handling, searching, and follow-up so people can focus on work that needs their attention.
AI business consulting & implementation
Your competitors can use AI.
So can you.
When a competitor uses AI to respond faster, reduce repetitive work, or deliver more for the same cost, waiting can put your business at a disadvantage. Start with a free expert conversation about where AI could help you. I can then handle the full implementation, ongoing monitoring, and maintenance.
AI strategy & workflow automationAcross industries & business functionsAzure · AWS · Microsoft 365
AI & your competitive position
Don’t wait for your competition
to show you what’s possible.
A competitor who finds a better way to quote, follow up, process information, or serve customers can gain time to refine it while others are still deciding where to start. You do not need to change everything at once. You do need to understand your options.
Start with a free conversation with Josh Shaw, Founder & Principal Consultant, drawing on 26 years of hands-on technology experience. Tell me how your business works, where time gets lost, and what you want to improve. I’ll help you explore practical opportunities and a sensible first step—no prepared AI plan required.
One partner for the whole solution.
A useful idea has to work for the person using it and the systems behind it. I handle the full stack of work: understanding your operation, designing the workflow, building applications and integrations, configuring infrastructure and security, and deploying the solution. After launch, I can monitor, maintain, and improve it with you.
- Your people. Understand everyday tasks, frustrations, judgment calls, and how your team actually works.
- Your applications. Connect information, business rules, and workflows across the tools you depend on.
- Your infrastructure. Plan for security, reliability, operating costs, recovery, and ongoing support.
Business outcomes
Make better use of your
time, knowledge, and technology.
Define what improvement means for your business, then choose a focused way to prove it.
Build capacity to grow.
Help your team respond sooner, use information more effectively, and handle additional work without adding manual steps.
Keep the economics clear.
Compare expected benefits with implementation, software, cloud, and support costs. Measure time saved separately from direct financial savings.
Where we help
From the first idea
to everyday use.
Work directly with me across the entire delivery: AI strategy, workflow design, application development, data and integrations, cloud infrastructure, security, testing, and deployment. Continue with defined monitoring, maintenance, and support after launch.
01 / AI STRATEGY & OPPORTUNITY DISCOVERY
Find the opportunities worth pursuing.
Connect what AI can do with how your business operates. Identify useful applications, prioritize them, and define a practical starting point.
- Workflow discussions and opportunity mapping
- Build, buy, or improve existing tools
- Focused pilots with clear success measures
02 / PRACTICAL AI
Spend less time on repetitive work.
Automate recurring tasks and use AI to assist with documents, communications, and development. Build in review and exception handling appropriate to the workflow.
- Call intake and request routing
- Email summaries and response assistance
- Document extraction and workflow automation
03 / CLOUD COSTS & OPERATIONS
Make your existing investment go further.
Review Azure, AWS, and Microsoft 365 usage for unnecessary expense and missed capabilities. Plan changes around the performance, security, and recovery your business needs.
- Cloud resource and license usage reviews
- Azure, AWS, and Microsoft 365 integration
- Custom monitoring, alerts, and dashboards
- Permissions, backups, and recovery
- Defined ongoing support and improvements
04 / CUSTOM SOFTWARE & MODERNIZATION
Make your applications fit the work.
Build focused applications, connect existing tools, or modernize unsupported systems. Compare custom development with available software and the full cost of ownership.
- Custom application takeover and documentation
- Legacy workflow and data migration
- Staged upgrades or replacement
05 / ONGOING MONITORING & MAINTENANCE
Keep it working after launch.
I can remain your technical partner after deployment, with monitoring and maintenance tailored to the systems you rely on. Agree on coverage, responsibilities, and response expectations as part of the engagement.
- Application, AI workflow, and integration monitoring
- Alerts, troubleshooting, and incident follow-up
- Software updates, patches, and dependency maintenance
- Backup and recovery checks
- Cloud and AI usage, cost, and performance reviews
- Ongoing fixes, support, and improvements
06 / SECURITY & PCI READINESS
Turn requirements into working practices.
Hands-on help preparing for PCI reviews, addressing identified gaps, and managing recurring security responsibilities.
- Readiness reviews and remediation planning
- Policies, procedures, and evidence organization
- Access, logging, and recovery practices
Across industries
Different businesses.
New possibilities in each.
These are starting points for a conversation, not a fixed menu. Your workflows, goals, and requirements shape the solution.
Spend less time preparing information.
Explore client intake, document organization, source-linked summaries, and internal knowledge search. Keep attorney review and confidentiality requirements built into the workflow.
Keep leads and service requests moving.
Explore lead routing, appointment intake, follow-up assistance, document processing, and connections between sales and service systems.
Connect the information behind the counter.
Explore product knowledge assistance, inventory exceptions, supplier document processing, and reporting across locations and channels.
Put information to work more efficiently.
Explore research organization, document extraction, meeting summaries, and client service workflows, with source checking, appropriate access, and professional review.
Help every conversation move forward.
Explore call intake, knowledge assistance, conversation summaries, request routing, and follow-up, with clear handoffs to people.
Start with the way your business works.
Repetitive work, disconnected information, and slow processes appear in every industry. Bring your challenge or an idea you have not yet found a way to implement.
How we work
A free expert conversation.
A clear proposal.
Your decision.
Your first step costs nothing: a direct conversation with an experienced consultant who understands business workflows, applications, infrastructure, and security. The initial consultation and tailored proposal are free, with no obligation to proceed. The proposal outlines the opportunity, scope, expected benefits, pricing, and next steps. Paid work starts only after you approve an engagement.
You own the agreed project source code and cloud environment. Deliverables, third-party dependencies, and support responsibilities are defined in the engagement.
Free expert consultation
Talk directly with Josh about your operation, competitive pressures, and goals. Explore where AI could make a practical difference, even if you have no project in mind yet.
Free tailored proposal
Receive a recommended approach, proposed scope, expected benefits, and pricing. If deeper technical discovery is needed, it is clearly scoped as paid work for your approval.
Approve, then build and test
Once you agree to proceed, complete the scoped discovery or implementation. Prove the workflow with your team and measure quality, time, and cost before expanding.
Launch, monitor, and maintain
Deploy the solution, document how it works, and help your team use it. Continue with agreed monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, and improvements, with clear scope, coverage, and ongoing costs.
Security & PCI compliance support
Experience where
the details matter.
Modernization in a regulated environment involves more than changing an application. Access, data handling, documentation, and operational ownership need to move forward with it.
Draw on hands-on experience with PCI compliance operations in payment services, whether you need help with one finding or a broader readiness effort.
Prepare for the review.
Organize evidence, document processes, review readiness, and coordinate technical follow-up with your assessor.
Address the gaps.
Translate identified findings into practical remediation work across infrastructure, access management, monitoring, and operating procedures.
Keep the work current.
Establish ownership and routines for access reviews, vulnerability follow-up, recovery checks, and recurring evidence collection.
Services cover readiness, implementation, and operational support. Formal assessments and validation remain with your applicable assessor and payment partners.
Your consultant & implementation partner
From everyday tasks
to critical systems.
Based in Huntley, Illinois.
Serving businesses across the United States.
Josh Shaw
Founder & Principal Consultant
AI Business Consulting & Technology Implementation
Your business needs an AI strategy now. Competitors who find ways to work faster, lower costs, and serve customers better can put pressure on your margins and customer relationships. I help you identify where AI can strengthen your business—and bring 26 years of hands-on experience to turn those opportunities into working solutions.
My experience connects the entire operation: the people doing the work, the applications they use, the data those applications depend on, and the infrastructure and security behind them. I’ve built, supported, secured, and led critical technology in regulated payment environments, where reliability, compliance, and business continuity matter every day.
My career began with early internet infrastructure, Linux systems, and ISP-level networking. It grew through on-premises Microsoft environments, enterprise platforms, physical servers, storage, and networking equipment—and into modern applications, Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, and AI. I understand the foundations beneath today’s technology because I’ve worked with them directly. That breadth helps me solve problems across generations of systems, connect existing investments to new capabilities, and modernize without losing the business knowledge embedded in what you already use.
I quickly learn how your operation works, recognize connections across people and systems, and find creative ways to improve it. At Shaw Technology Partners, LLC, I handle the complete solution: discovery, design, development, integration, infrastructure, security, and deployment. After launch, I can provide ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and improvements. You work directly with one experienced technical partner who can see the whole picture and carry the work through.
Protecting your competitive position starts with understanding your options. Let’s have that conversation now. Your initial expert consultation and tailored proposal are free, with no obligation to proceed.
Start a conversation
Take the first step.
The conversation is free.
What could change if your competitors did the same work faster or at a lower cost? Let’s explore what AI could do for your business now. Get a free expert consultation and a tailored proposal covering the recommended work and optional ongoing care. No obligation to proceed.
Request your free expert consultation800-692-SHAW(800) 692-7429josh@shawtechpartners.com
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