EXCELLACONSULTING

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Consulting With PurposeExcella Consulting helps organizations use technology to transform big problems into lasting solutions. We believe great work is driven by experts who listen first and measure success by the positive impact on individuals, businesses, and communities. That’s consulting with purpose.

That’s Excella Consulting.

How can we help you – and the people you serve – succeed?

Changing the Game in DC and BeyondWe help DC’s leading organizations succeed. From innovative user-design in government websites to groundbreaking commercial products, our clients are using technology to make an impact here in DC and across the country.

We are proud to help them get there.

Our Work

Our Clients

Motley Fool Asset Management’s Data-Rich, User-Friendly Site

Issue: Creating a Site That Works for the FoolishMotley Fool Asset Management (MFAM) is a boutique, shareholder-centric, asset management firm established in 2009 by financial-services company The Motley Fool. MFAM came to Excella to help create a separate web presence to expand their brand and also be compliant with regulators.

They knew that they wanted to include information on their mutual funds, as well as to host the insightful content and analysis that Motley Fool customers are accustomed to. The challenge they faced? Exactly what to build and how.

The Solution: Start With the End-UserTogether, MFAM and Excella established requirements that would cater to shareholders who needed to purchase funds, track performance and holdings, and download applications – yet also have the unique content and transparency they expected from a Motley Fool subsidiary.

Using Agile practices, Excella leveraged Python/Django on a cloud-hosted infrastructure to deliver an interactive website that matched MFAM’s corporate values: straightforward, data-rich, customer-centric, and built for the long-term. The back-end leveraged Morningstar data for quotes and financial information, and is completely automated, eliminating the need for manual updates by staff.

The Result: Transparent, User-Focused and Built to LastThe new site represents the Motley Fool brand, meets regulatory requirements, and supports MFAM’s desire for transparency. Rather than posting only the top 10 mutual fund holdings as mandated by the SEC, MFAM publishes each fund’s full holdings. Interactive shareholder calls are accessible through the site via streaming video. Automated processes limit the time staff spends on website maintenance so they can get back to doing what they do best – traveling the world to produce the useful content that sets MFAM apart from its competitors.

myUSCIS: Reimagining How Government Works

Issue: Creating a New Vision for Immigration ServicesThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a monumental mission: to protect the American dream by providing information, granting benefits, and promoting understanding of citizenship to over 14 million people every year. For years this process relied on a complicated system of forms and phone calls, leading to huge backlogs for USCIS staff and frustration for its customers.

Taking a cue from digital giants like Google and Amazon, USCIS developed myUSCIS.gov: an integrated online experience that simplifies and streamlines the immigration process. Agency leaders worked side-by-side with their customers to design a solution that was accessible, informative, and highly personal – providing a digital gateway for the next generation of Americans. They created a team of innovators, including 18F, U.S. Digital Services (USDS), and Excella, to turn this dream into a reality.

The Solution: Agile, Open-Source, and DevOps Provide a Path to SuccessUSCIS could not wait years to deliver a solution, so they adopted modern processes like Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Delivery to deliver value early and often. Excella led small Agile teams to engineer the site using iterative, two-week sprints that involved customers and staff from across the agency. Our development team also used a range of open-source technologies to provide future scalability, including Ruby on Rails, Java, and Chef.

Agile DevOps and Continuous Delivery in the Amazon Web Services cloud were crucial components of the successful myUSCIS deployment. The Excella team delivered quickly with consistent results by automating tests, versioning infrastructure as code, and deploying applications automatically.

The Result: A Solution Built to ServeThe result is myUSCIS (my.uscis.gov), an innovative website designed to change lives and revolutionize the future of government IT services. Through an understanding of customer needs and a dedication to leading edge technology, the Excella team worked with USCIS and its partners to change how software is developed, managed, and approved at the agency. This type of transformational thinking will impact the way IT solutions are designed and developed across the government – ushering in a new era of innovative services.

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

Issue: Showcasing Data for Maximum ImpactOCNA is an organization with a big mission – to advance the interests of women with ovarian cancer. Their mission includes connecting patients, caregivers, and survivors to the information and resources they need as well as advocating to ensure that ovarian cancer and women’s health issues top of mind for legislators and decisions-makers here in Washington and around the country.

To support their mission, OCNA developed 50 States of Teal: Ovarian Cancer Care Across America, a set of metrics to assess how well women in each state are connected to the services they need to prevent, detect, and combat the disease. In order to have the greatest impact on their stakeholders, OCNA needed to showcase the information in an engaging format that was accessible and easy to use. They called on Excella to build a digital solution that could tell their story through data while being mindful of their timelines, budget, and the highly personalized nature of their work. Our team jumped at the chance to support this project!

The Solution: An Agile Approach Delivers an Interactive SolutionExcella created an agile project roadmap to deliver a comprehensive solution to OCNA in just four months. The team brought on a project manager, visual designer, and developers from the Excella Extension Center to create a flexible solution that fit OCNA’s needs and budget. OCNA’s team was engaged every step of the way to provide feedback and guidance for the project while they worked to build out their additional programs.

The Result: A Tool Built To Engage, Inspire and Foster ChangeThe Excella team built an interactive map with an Angular front-end to showcase the State Report Card information and allow for responsive design and scalability. The back-end leveraged Django to manage the database and provide a content management system that is easy for OCNA staff to access and update regularly. The design reflects OCNA’s “50 States of Teal” branding and allows users to quickly and easily drill down in to specific information about their state.

Making something great goes beyond skill and expertise.It also takes the right combination of experience and innovative thinking to deliver technology solutions that make an impact. We are technology craftsmen – constantly honing our approach to help our clients and their customers achieve what they only imagined was possible.

Our Services

Agile Training

Don’t just train. Transform.There’s a reason we’ve become DC’s go-to Agile training source. We do more than just teach you about Agile and Scrum. We put everything in a business context so there’s a clear link between what you learn in training and how you can use it to improve your business.

We offer public and private courses on Agile and Scrum at our state-of-the-art Arlington Tech eXchange in Arlington, VA.

Our Certified Scrum Trainers have deep expertise implementing Agile with commercial, non-profit, and government organizations around the DC area.

We are a PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.), a Scrum Alliance R.E.P., and an International Institute of Business Analysis Endorsed Education Provider.

Courses we offer: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

with Agile Business Analysis Agile and Scrum In a Day Agile Engineering / Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) Agile Testing Agile Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Understanding Lean Kanban Certified LeSS Practitioner Agile Requirements

Register for a course: excella.com/training

Transform your team and start deliveringWe know the impact Agile can have on organizations of all sizes. It doesn’t matter what your role is – developer, manager, analyst – or the type of project you are working on, taking an Agile approach is more rewarding for everyone involved and leads to better business results.

We offer tailored solutions to help you implement Agile principles and practices so your customers realize the benefits. Our coaches can quickly assess your current state and recommend the training and implementation roadmap that gets your team moving in the right direction.

There are many facets of Agile. We are interested in all of them and we’re experts in the following:

• Scrum

• Certified Scrum Training (Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner)

• Agile Transformation at the Organizational Level

• Agile Adoption at the Team Level

• Change Management

Agile

Turn your ideas into working softwareOur developers do two things really well: building custom software solutions and helping development teams improve their practices. For most of our clients, we do both.

We build our software solutions with a strong focus on Agile engineering practices, continuous delivery, and user experience. We are dedicated craftsmen (and women) focused on constantly improving what we do. Our small teams can help you deliver results early and often while adjusting to the changing demands of your business and customers.

Excella developers are polyglots with a passion for leading-edge tech and open source tools. We specialize in:

• Ruby

• Python

• C#

Software Development

• JavaScript

• Java

• UI/UX

Make your data matterHowever you slice it, to make informed decisions for your organization, you need fast, easy access to your data. Unlocking the power of your data is what will drive your success.

Excella applies a holistic, open, and Agile approach to managing data. Our teams are cross-functional – we’re able to design and create the data architecture and processes to move and integrate information, the visualizations and analysis to empower decision-makers, and the governance processes that will help you manage your data long term. We implement cost-effective solutions and know what the latest tools and technologies are and how they do (or do not!) apply to you.

Our Data & Analytics team loves to dig into data can help you build and sustain solutions that cover the entire data life cycle. We specialize in:

• Data & Big Data Integration

• Business Intelligence

• Data Science

• Data Governance

Data & Analytics

Better Together: Development and Operations The DevOps movement is becoming mainstream and for good reason. DevOps helps organizations collaborate to build high quality working software and deliver it into production quickly and frequently. It embraces continuous delivery, continuous integration and automation, and works to reduce the process of releasing software from weeks of approvals to just a few keystrokes.

Our engineers address the people, process, and technology aspects of DevOps. We know the tools and the processes to get your teams talking and producing – and maybe even enjoy working together again!

We’ve helped clients adopt DevOps and improve their business by focusing on:

• Organizational Transformation

• Pipeline Tools (Puppet, Chef, Git, and Jenkins)

• Platforms (Linux, AWS, and Azure)

DevOps

Understanding Your Vision Is The First Step to SuccessMaybe you have the vision for your product, but you don’t have the roadmap to achieve it. Perhaps you know the right thing to build but need to validate you are building the right thing. Or maybe the big thing standing in your way is getting your team and customers on board with your new company direction.

Whatever your challenge – a successful solution begins and ends with strong analysis.

Our business analysts can help you uncover the priorities that drive high-value solutions and reveal the right information to make critical business decisions. We are experts in product ownership, data analysis, business architecture, business process modeling, change management, and quality software testing. We apply Agile principles and our business analysts work side-by-side with our software experts (or yours) to help bridge the gap between customers and IT initiatives and maximize return on investment.

Our business analysts provide an Agile, iterative approach to:

• Business Strategy

• Change Management

• Data Analysis

• Product Ownership

Business Analysis

Make the Most of Your IT InvestmentsSuccessful IT implementations create two outcomes all businesses strive for: value and efficiency. The investments you make in IT can be successful if your projects are managed well. However, many PMOs focus solely on check-the-box stuff, things that are required (like status reports and project plans), but don’t solve problems or get results. Successful PMOs get things done by focusing on value, interacting with people and adapting to change.

We’ve managed projects and run PMOs for organizations of all shapes and sizes, and we know that adding value requires knowing all aspects of a project. Yet despite this preparation, things change. They always change. That’s why we take an Agile approach to project management, creating an environment where all sides are communicating and working toward the same goal.

We specialize in:

• Agile Program Management

• Agile Project Management

• Change Management

• Communications

Program Management

Our small Agile teams get big results for our clients.DC’s leading organizations turn to us to help them create meaningful change. Because companies and problems come in all flavors, we create custom solutions by blending our industry expertise with leading-edge technology skills to deliver solutions that impact your customers and communities.

MarketsWe Serve

Our Industries

Hospitality & TravelTurn travelers

into brand champions.

Financial ServicesLeverage your data for

lasting success.

Product, Technology & Media

Create solutions built to compete.

FederalReimagine the way government works.

Associations & Advocacy

Do even more with less.

EducationShape the future

of learning.

HealthcareHelp organizations use

technology to shape the future of healthcare.

Federal Contract Vehicles

We are committed to make doing business with us simple. Our numerous vehicles offer our federal clients ways to team with us to better serve the public.

Our current vehicles include:

GSA IT SCHEDULE 70 GSA MOBIS NTIS JVP DOJ ITSS OPM IT BPA NAVY SEAPORT-E GSA IT BPA CFPB IT BPA CMS SPARC

For more information contact:Dave Neumann, Partnerdave.neumann@excella.com703.840.8600

Conferences and Events:Arlington Tech eXchange (ATX)

Connect, Share, and LearnIn the Heart of Northern Virginia!

Collaboration and training drive the innovative thinking that is changing the world. Sometimes all you need is a place to start.

At the Arlington Tech eXchange (ATX) we have 1,500 square feet of space dedicated to hosting events for DC’s technical and business community.

Our facility includes: Event space for up to 100 people Wi-Fi Two 113-inch presentation screens 80-inch high definition flat screen Eat-in café space

Need a place for your meet-up or hackathon? Are you a trainer looking for space for your classes? Or perhaps you just want a fresh space for your team’s next brainstorming session? Whatever your event needs, we can help.

We are conveniently located off Wilson Blvd in Arlington. We are a quick walk from the Courthouse Metro stop with plenty of space for bike and car commuters.

Contact us at:excella.com/arlington-tech-exchangeATX@excella.com

Excella’s Extension Center

A New School of ThoughtAmerica has a shortage of workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Universities can teach concepts, but cannot always provide real-world experience. Excella’s Extension Centers take STEM education one step further.

Located on campus at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, our Extension Center engages high-achieving technical students to provide remote software development and support to our client delivery teams. Students are vetted for the skills and technical aptitude needed by our clients in the federal, commercial, and non-profit sectors. Our student team members work part-time under the direct supervision of our experienced developers and consultants.

The Extension Center approach allows us to assemble teams with the optimal combination of on-site and campus-based team members – often saving our clients time and money while creating real-world opportunities for students in technology fields.

XC clients include:• Peace Corps

• Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

• PIAA

• USCIS

Creating exceptional careers by delivering meaningful solutions.We are Excellians. We are Agilists and software developers. We are PMs and polyglots. We love to make big changes wherever we go. We place a premium on flexibility, taking initiative and driving results. (And we’re pretty fun, too!)

14 YearsIn Business

200Employees

$50MIn Revenue

20+ Industry and Meetup Groups

Award Winning Washington Post

Top Workplaces Washington Business Journal

Best Places to Work Jefferson Award for

Public Service Vault Top Ranked Internship

Excella Consulting2300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 630Arlington, VA 22201703.840.8600Info@excella.com@excellaco | excella.com

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