Consulting Partners

Consulting partners work closely with Alignent's Consulting team to ensure that your roadmapping strategy is tightly integrated into your existing infrastructure, complements current product and technology planning processes, and readily adapts to your company's cultural needs.

Albright Strategy

Albright Strategy has extensive experience in technology planning, strategy development, systems engineering and new product development. Albright Strategy is led by Dr. Rich Albright, former Director of Technology Strategy and Assessment at Bell Laboratories, who has more than 25 years of roadmapping and strategic planning experience. Dr. Albright chaired the Roadmapping Task Force of MATI (Management of Accelerated Technology Innovation), a leading industry/academic consortium identifying and developing best practices in technology management. To learn more about Albright Strategy, visit www.albrightstrategy.com.

ICOR Partners, LLC

ICOR Partners, LLC is a strategy, transformation, and business improvement consulting firm serving the public-sector. Established in 2002, ICOR is a veteran-owned, certified small business and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The members of ICOR have deep experiences from some of the leading global consulting firms, "Big 5" systems integrators, government agencies and the U.S. Armed Forces. ICOR's clients include the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), American Red Cross, and the U.S. House of Representatives. For more information, visit www.icorpartners.com.

Whalen Management Group

The Whalen Management Group provides customized consulting engagements designed to support sustainable Strategy and Technology Management process improvements, based on the application of Six Sigma process improvement principles and industry leading Technology Management best practices and toolsets. The firm is led by Philip J. Whalen, Ph.D., a proven technology leader with extensive experience in new product development, global strategic business and technology planning. Whalen was previously Chief Technology and Quality Officer for Invensys and Director of Technology Strategy for Honeywell. For information, visit www.whalenmg.com.

Kalypso Partners

Kalypso is a professional services firm focused on helping clients deliver on the promise of innovation. The company delivers its expertise using a collaborative approach to provide maximum value to its clients. Kalypso's service offering addresses all aspects of product innovation, development, introduction, commercialization and product lifecycle management. For more information, visit www.kalypso.com.

Peak Realization

Peak Realization brings a team of experienced management professionals from Fortune 500 companies with extensive management operations, supply chain and business strategy consulting experience. Peak utilizes all industry accepted tools such as Baldridge, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, JIT, and Total Quality Management. For information, visit www.peakrealization.com.

Roadmapping Technology

Roadmapping Technology is the premier European provider of products and services that advance the practice of strategic product planning. As the European agent of Alignent Software's Vision Strategist, Roadmapping Technology enables some of the largest European technology-focused organizations to gather mission-critical market, product and technology planning data and create forward-thinking visual information roadmaps depicting the future plans of their organization, suppliers or industry. Located in historic High Wycombe in the U.K., Roadmapping Technology also hosts and manages some of the most informative roadmapping-related symposia on the continent. For more information about Roadmapping Technology, please visit www.roadmappingtechnology.com.