What ECCO Select does

ECCO Select is a privately held, woman- and minority-owned enterprise technology consulting firm founded in 1995 in North Kansas City, Missouri. The company operates four integrated practices: Professional Services (cloud migration and FinOps, DevSecOps, enterprise observability via Datadog Managed Services, data engineering, cybersecurity operations, and AI enablement), Software Advisory (independent license baseline, audit defense, renewal negotiation, and managed services retainer for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Adobe, AWS/OCI/GCP, and Java estates), Talent Solutions (contract, contract-to-hire, direct placement, and managed teams with a security-cleared pipeline), and Government Services (federal IT operations, DevSecOps, FedRAMP/FISMA compliance, contact center, and classified IT support).

The firm generates revenue through professional services engagements priced as fixed-price SOWs, time and materials, managed services retainers, transaction-based placement fees, and POC/MVP sprints, with no public pricing and a senior-led, consultative field sales motion. Customer segments span Federal Civilian and Defense (USDA, DoD Navy JSF, DoD MHS GENESIS, DOE FERC, DOC USPTO), Financial Services, Healthcare, Utilities and Energy, Transportation and Logistics, Marketing and Agency, and Manufacturing, delivered through offices in Kansas City, Washington D.C., Dallas, and New York, and through government contract vehicles including GSA MAS, STARS III, CIO-SP3 Small Business, OASIS+, SeaPort-NxG, and eFAST. ECCO Select differentiates via WBE, MBE, WOSB, ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, ISO 27001, CMMI Development and Services Level 3, and CMMC Level 1 self-assessed certifications (Level 2 in process), a 95% talent retention rate, and a 30+ year federal track record with 99% incumbent retention. The company was rebranded from Miro Consulting to ECCO Select in 2024 and is led by Founder and Executive Chair Jeanette Prenger and CEO Darren Prenger.

Name

ECCO Select

Legal name

ECCO Select Corporation

Website

https://eccoselect.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ECCO Select is a privately held, woman- and minority-owned enterprise IT consulting firm delivering Professional Services, Software Advisory, Talent Solutions, and Government Services to federal and commercial clients across cloud, DevSecOps, observability, AI enablement, and software licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting and Professional Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Management Consulting Services (54161), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application License Advisory, Vendor Management & Optimization (BPAEAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

End-User Computing Outsourcing (EUC / Desktop Services) (BPAEAMAE)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Software license advisory
• Cloud migration services
• IT talent solutions
• Government IT services

Headquarters

HQ city

North Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services — Cloud, DevSecOps, Observability & AI Enablement: Fixed-price SOW, Time & Materials, Advisory + Delivery Hybrid, and POC/MVP Sprints for cloud migration, DevSecOps pipeline engineering, data modernization, cybersecurity operations, and AI enablement. Engagements range from 2-week assessments to 3–9 month modernization deployments, with ongoing managed operations retainer.
2. Software Advisory — Licensing, Audit Defense & Renewal Negotiation: Project-based and annual managed services retainer (MMS) engagements. Services include license baseline reviews (2–6 months), audit support (up to 12 months), renewal negotiation strategy, and ongoing contract risk management for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Adobe, and cloud providers. Backed by a performance guarantee with projected savings of 30%+ in Year 1.
3. Talent Solutions — Contract, Contract-to-Hire & Direct Placement: Four engagement models: Contract Staffing (Time & Materials), Contract-to-Hire (T&M to Conversion), Direct Placement (placement fee), and Statement of Work (fixed/milestone). Includes security-cleared resource pipeline and dedicated People Operations management from offer acceptance through roll-off. Delivery backed by a 95% retention rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ECCO Select is an enterprise technology consulting firm delivering three integrated service lines: Professional Services (cloud engineering, DevSecOps, observability, AI enablement, cybersecurity, and program management), Software Advisory (independent license optimization, audit defense, and renewal negotiation for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Adobe, and cloud platforms), and Talent Solutions (contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement IT staffing with a security-cleared pipeline). Engagements are sold as fixed-price SOWs, time-and-materials contracts, managed services retainers, or placement fees.

Product overview

ECCO Select is an enterprise technology consulting firm offering three integrated service lines: Professional Services, Software Advisory, and Talent Solutions. Professional Services encompasses cloud modernization, AI enablement, DevSecOps, observability, and program management delivered by senior engineers. Software Advisory provides independent license optimization, audit defense, and renewal negotiation for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and Salesforce. Talent Solutions delivers specialized IT staffing with 95% retention and 48-hour named resource delivery. A fourth Government Services practice extends these capabilities to federal agencies with 30 years of mission-critical delivery experience. The integrated model allows services to amplify each other — a cloud migration triggers licensing changes and talent needs addressed simultaneously.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Services End-to-end enterprise technology professional services spanning cloud migration and FinOps across AWS/Azure/GCP, Datadog Managed Services for observability, DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline engineering, data engineering and AI/ML enablement, cybersecurity operations, and program management. Delivered to enterprise and federal clients by senior-led teams.
• Software Advisory Independent software license advisory and audit defense practice covering Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Adobe, AWS/OCI/GCP, and Java licensing. Services include baseline compliance reviews, vendor audit defense, renewal negotiation strategy, contract analysis, and an annual Managed Services Retainer (MMS). The practice has managed $3.4B in transactions and averages 30%+ Year 1 savings.
• Talent Solutions Specialized IT talent delivery service for contract staffing, contract-to-hire, direct placement, and managed team engagements. Includes a Right-Fit Diligence Model with a 95% first-year retention rate and a security-cleared resource pipeline from Public Trust through TS/SCI.
• Government Services Federal IT services for civilian and defense agencies spanning enterprise IT O&M, service desk, hybrid cloud engineering, DevSecOps, FedRAMP/FISMA compliance, classified IT and RMF, contact center operations, and cleared talent delivery. Delivered through multiple government-wide acquisition contract vehicles with a 99% incumbent retention rate.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average 40% cloud cost reduction for enterprise clients following modernization engagements
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OraclecoreTechnology or IntegrationECCO Select's Software Advisory practice specializes in Oracle licensing, compliance reviews, audit defense, and renewal negotiation strategy. Oracle is one of four primary software vendor relationships (alongside Microsoft, IBM, and Salesforce) that ECCO advises clients on — spanning on-premise, ULA/ELA, and cloud Oracle workloads.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationECCO Select's Software Advisory practice provides independent license compliance reviews, renewal negotiation, and audit defense for Microsoft enterprise agreements and cloud subscriptions. Microsoft is a core vendor alongside Oracle, IBM, and Salesforce in the advisory portfolio.
• IBMcoreTechnology or IntegrationECCO Select's Software Advisory practice delivers independent license reviews, compliance assessments, and renewal strategy for IBM software estates, including middleware, data platforms, and IBM i Series environments. IBM is a core vendor in the advisory practice alongside Oracle, Microsoft, and Salesforce.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationECCO Select's Software Advisory practice provides independent license and renewal advisory for Salesforce CRM and cloud subscriptions, helping enterprise clients optimize licensing costs and negotiate from strength at renewal.
• AWS / OCI / GCPcoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud platform advisory is a component of the Software Advisory practice, covering Amazon Web Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Google Cloud Platform licensing and license planning — particularly relevant when clients migrate to cloud and their on-premise software entitlements shift.
• DatadogcoreTechnology or IntegrationECCO Select delivers Datadog Managed Services as a core component of its Enterprise Observability practice, providing full-stack monitoring and SRE practices for production environments. Datadog is a featured technology partnership supporting the observability and automation service line.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Insight Global: Large IT staffing and talent solutions provider with contract, C2H, and direct placement offerings. Comparable to ECCO Select's Talent Solutions practice, including a similar emphasis on rapid named-resource delivery and high retention metrics.
• TEKsystems: IT staffing and professional services arm of Allegis Group serving enterprise and federal clients. Comparable to ECCO Select's combined Talent Solutions and Professional Services practices with similar enterprise field-sales motion.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Large federal IT and management consulting firm with deep DoD and civilian agency relationships. Comparable to ECCO Select's federal practice, though at materially greater scale and breadth across advisory, engineering, and digital services.
• ICF International: Mid-tier federal and commercial IT services and advisory firm. Comparable business model to ECCO Select with blended federal/commercial exposure, advisory and digital modernization capabilities, and similar mission-critical delivery focus.
• SAIC: Major federal IT services and solutions integrator serving DoD, intelligence, and civilian agencies. Comparable to ECCO Select's federal practice (cloud, DevSecOps, ATO, mission support) but at substantially greater scale and contract vehicle breadth.
• Slalom: Mid-size professional services firm with cloud, data, and modern engineering practices. Comparable to ECCO Select's Professional Services practice and similar consultative, relationship-led GTM with cross-practice solution design.
• CGI Federal: Federal IT services arm of CGI serving civilian and defense clients with systems integration, cloud, and managed services. Comparable to ECCO Select's federal practice with overlapping contract vehicle footprint and mission-support delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Federal Services: Federal arm of Accenture delivering large-scale cloud, AI, and digital transformation. Overlaps with ECCO Select's federal cloud, AI enablement, and DevSecOps capabilities, but operates at materially greater scale and contract size.
• Unisys Federal: Established federal IT services and solutions provider with cloud, security, and modernization offerings. Comparable in federal mission focus but at greater scale and longer-tenured contract vehicles.
• CDW Government: Large IT solutions provider with a substantial federal/government practice delivering hardware, software, and services. Comparable to ECCO Select's blended IT services and license advisory work, though with a heavier product-resale component.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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