Strategic Business Decisions Consulting

What Strategic Business Decisions Consulting does

Strategic Business Decisions Consulting is a Seattle-based, privately-held boutique consultancy founded in 2011–2012 by Bita Massoudi, who holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia and conducted post-doctoral research at UC Berkeley. The firm is structured around five core practice areas — Sustainability Consulting, Agile & User Acceptance Testing, Data & Analytics (Business Insights), PMO & Program Management, and Mergers & Acquisitions — plus a Customized Machine Learning Solutions line covering predictive analytics, recommendation engines, anomaly detection, and sentiment analysis. Service delivery relies on a standard Microsoft-centric technology stack (Power BI, SQL, Cosmos DB, Visual Studio Online, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams) for dashboards, reporting, and UAT collaboration.

The firm's revenue model is professional services: bespoke, quote-based engagements sold directly to medium-sized and large enterprise clients through a consultative sales motion that includes a 90-minute free consultation and multi-stage case-study-based hiring of consultants. Customer segments center on medium-to-large well-performing companies pursuing digital transformation, customer experience excellence, sustainability strategy, and M&A integration. WBENC Women's Business Enterprise certification enables supplier-diversity channel access, and a 2% pledge of total contract value to charitable causes (Sept 2024–July 2025) functions as a positioning differentiator. The firm operates with 11–50 employees, is entirely founder-controlled with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds, and maintains recognition via CIO Applications (2020) and CIO Review (2018, 2019) for data analytics and data visualization.

Name

Strategic Business Decisions Consulting

Legal name

Strategic Business Decisions Consulting

Website

https://strategicbusinessdecisions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Strategic Business Decisions Consulting is a Seattle-based boutique consultancy that delivers data analytics, agile testing, PMO program management, sustainability, and M&A advisory services to medium and large enterprises, applying a neuroscience-based decision-making methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA), Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD), Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Data analytics consulting
• Mergers acquisitions advisory
• Agile testing services
• Sustainability consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements delivered by trained consultants across multiple practice areas including Data & Analytics, Agile & UAT, PMO & Program Management, Sustainability, and M&A consulting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Strategic Business Decisions Consulting is a Seattle-based management consulting firm delivering professional services across five practice areas: Sustainability Consulting, Agile & User Acceptance Testing, Data & Analytics (Business Insights), PMO & Program Management, and Mergers & Acquisitions advisory. The firm also provides Customized Machine Learning Solutions, including AI strategy, data engineering, custom model design, and deployment. Engagements are delivered by trained consultants directly to medium and large enterprise clients, applying a proprietary neuroscience-based approach to business decision making.

Product overview

Strategic Business Decisions Consulting is a consulting firm offering advisory services, not a software product company. Their service portfolio comprises five core practice areas: (1) Sustainability Consulting for sustainability strategy and implementation; (2) Agile & User Acceptance Testing for software quality assurance; (3) Data & Analytics (Business Insights) for cloud-based dashboards, data visualization, and data storytelling; (4) PMO & Program Management for project delivery and organizational transformation; and (5) Mergers & Acquisitions for end-to-end deal support. They also offer Customized Machine Learning Solutions providing tailored AI/ML systems for predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and recommendation engines across industries including retail, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics. The firm operates as a unified consulting practice rather than a platform-with-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sustainability Consulting Advisory services helping organizations embed sustainability into strategy, including vision and goals setting, strategic planning, project portfolio optimization, scenario planning, supply chain decarbonization, and sustainability governance. Targeted at enterprises responding to climate change and ESG mandates.
• Agile & User Acceptance Testing Software testing services including UAT planning, test case design, test execution, defect tracking, bug triage, and end-to-end testing using Visual Studio Online, Power BI, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. Targeted at enterprise software initiatives.
• Data & Analytics (Business Insights) Cloud-based dashboards, data visualization, data storytelling, data modeling, data management, and analytical competency development for informed business decision-making. Targeted at enterprise clients seeking business insights.
• PMO & Program Management Project Management Office setup and program management covering digital business model assessment, agile project management, lean process improvement, change management, sales enablement, organizational readiness, organizational design, and leadership development.
• Mergers & Acquisitions End-to-end M&A advisory including growth strategies, synergy identification, due diligence, integration planning, synergy risk management, cultural assessment, and merger integration execution. Targeted at enterprises pursuing acquisitions and integration.
• Customized Machine Learning Solutions Tailored machine learning systems including AI strategy and roadmapping, data engineering, custom model design and training, deployment and integration, and continuous monitoring. Covers predictive analytics, recommendation engines, anomaly detection, and sentiment analysis. Industry-specific solutions for retail, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Enhanced end-user adoption significantly improved for analytics tools
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Point B: Point B is a mid-sized management consulting firm offering strategy, M&A, PMO/program management, and analytics services to enterprise clients — closely paralleling SBDC's horizontal practice model and mid-to-large enterprise target customer.
• Credera: Credera is a management and technology consulting firm of similar scale with practices spanning data & analytics, AI/ML, M&A integration, and digital transformation — comparable to SBDC across both consulting services and the custom ML solutions offering.
• Slalom Consulting: Slalom is a mid-to-large management and technology consulting firm co-headquartered in Seattle with practices spanning data & analytics, digital transformation, M&A, and organizational strategy — directly comparable to SBDC's multi-practice horizontal model and overlapping customer base of mid-to-large enterprises.
• West Monroe Partners: West Monroe is a multi-practice management and technology consulting firm of comparable scale, with strong practices in data & analytics, M&A due diligence and integration, customer experience, and digital transformation — directly overlapping SBDC's service portfolio and enterprise mid-market customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a top-tier global management consulting firm with deep practices in strategy, M&A due diligence and integration, customer experience, and organizational performance — directly competitive with SBDC's M&A and strategy offerings at the enterprise level.
• Genpact: Genpact is a large global professional services firm with significant overlap in data & analytics, AI, digital transformation, and M&A consulting for enterprise clients — a broader incumbent competing in many of SBDC's practice lanes but at far greater scale.
• Infosys Consulting: Infosys Consulting is the consulting arm of Infosys, offering enterprise digital transformation, data & analytics, AI/ML, and M&A integration services — a broad incumbent overlapping SBDC's data, AI, and digital transformation practices at global enterprise scale.
• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey is the archetypal global strategic consulting firm covering corporate strategy, M&A, organizational transformation, and analytics — a broad incumbent that competes with SBDC for enterprise strategy and transformation mandates at the top of the market.
• Accenture: Accenture is a global consulting and technology services leader offering strategy, M&A, data & analytics, sustainability, and AI services to large enterprises — competing with SBDC across every practice area but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.

Others

• Tata Consultancy Services: TCS is a global IT services and consulting giant whose enterprise consulting, analytics, and digital transformation practices overlap with several of SBDC's offerings — included as a broad ecosystem competitor rather than a direct head-to-head peer given its scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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