Evenson Enterprises

Evenson Enterprises is a consulting firm that can help you shape and guide your organization into a smooth-running, nimble team. We help create organizations capable of thinking creatively, strategically, and technically, along with the structure that encourages the ability to execute. Our emphasis is in bridging the performance gap due to differences in skills, viewpoints, specializations, financial goals or reporting structures.

Many companies are struggling to make the most of their resources. They don't have good inter-department communication. They don't have a product development process that allows them to ship quality products on time, with features their customers want. Their employees have low morale or don't know how to effectively make decisions or get their jobs done within the larger framework of the organization. As a result, products are late, employees are unhappy, customers are not satisfied, and profits are down. We want to change that. Creating a flexible framework for ensuring repeatable success is the best foundation you can provide an organization. This is our passion.

We have worked with groups from start-ups still defining their corporate culture to departments of companies building a more repeatable product development process. If you think your organization can be tuned to work better, we can help.

We provide services in harder to define areas such as reorganization and post-merger integration, process creation, and inter-department communication. Our services are always tailored to your needs.
Examples of services:

Process Creation: Create or improve a product development process that spans the entire organization, from senior executives who approve and fund the product to the team that will support the product.
Create New Departments: Create or improve departmental process and procedures. This could be helping you create an entirely new department from scratch, or assistance with an existing department, such as roles in a Marketing organization and how the different Marketing groups relate to each other.
Improve communication: Improve cross-functional and intra- and inter-department communication. We can help set expectations, create guidelines, clarify roles and workflow.
Improve teamwork and "corporate culture": Improve your organization's teamwork and corporate culture through improved processes and communication methods, or set up an employee recognition program.
Reorganizations: Reorganize your organizational structure, whether it's for more efficiency and better teamwork, or it's in an M&A environment, where we can help facilitate group consolidation and work out new roles and processes for the group, reducing confusion and productivity loss.

The benefits of working with us include:

A repeatable methodology for success
A structured framework for individual decision-making
Increased visibility into your projects
Smoother communication and collaboration
Increased teamwork and employee morale
More satisfied clients and customers

We do not start with a certain philosophy or methodology to "fix" anything. We listen intently to your needs. We observe how the organization acts and interacts. We look at how "transparent" the operation is, and look for ways to improve it: in communication style, in process, in both individual and group environments.

Other consulting firms can assist with team building or process creation, but the Evenson Enterprises advantage is Jennifer A.D. Evenson, founder and "Chief Mechanic." Ms. Evenson has a rare mix of skills and experience that give her the ability to see things other people don't.

Organizational Breadth: Jennifer has worked in marketing, sales, support, consulting, and product development positions, and understands the needs of those departments intimately. Her diverse educational background includes economics, computer science, and a Masters in Business Administration, and she holds certificates in Project Management and Training & Human Resource Development.
Specialist and Generalist: Jennifer has the perfect blend of specialist and generalist. She uses her skills as a specialist with her experience working in departments across the organization to be able to communicate effectively with people in all departments. She uses her skills as a generalist to see how problems and changes impact the entire organization, and help people from different departments understand each other. When looking at the "big picture" of an organization, Jennifer can quickly get the "pulse" of an organization and truly understand the concerns of everyone in an organization and how decisions will affect people in all departments.
Strong Industry Ties: Jennifer is a member of a number of professional organizations such as the Institute of Management Consultants USA, the Software Development Forum, Coachville, and the National Association of Female Executives. In addition to keeping up-to-date, she has access to a vast network of additional resources, should your organization require it.

"Jennifer excels at harnessing the knowledge of the company. This company-wide view combined with her knowledge of the industry gives her great credibility and success when suggesting improvements in internal systems, department processes, and pricing policies." -- Jack Falk, Co-Author of Testing Computer Software