Ronin Consulting

What Ronin Consulting does

Ronin Consulting is a U.S. software consulting firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville metro), with secondary operations extending into Georgia. The firm employs 11-50 people and serves enterprise customers concentrated in healthcare, financial services, and defense. Service offerings span custom software development, cloud migration, project outsourcing, system integration, Salesforce implementation, and a branded AI services portfolio called Samurai Services.

Ronin has productized several AI-driven assets beyond its core services practice. These include the CARE application for nurse training and a Prior Authorization AI model targeting payer-provider workflow friction, both built on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic workflow architectures that integrate third-party foundation models including GPT-4o, LLAMA-2-13B, OpenAI 4o agents, and ElevenLabs. The firm has accumulated external validation through consecutive Tennessee HIMSS Hackathon wins in 2023 and 2024 and a 2025 Best Places to Work (Nashville) recognition.

The business operates on a professional services monetization model, generating revenue through project-based and multi-year outsourced engagements with enterprise clients. Named accounts include HCA Healthcare, L3Harris, Volvo, Parallon, Jack Henry, Cybera, GoEngineer, Newport Healthcare, Advanced Diabetes Supply, and Quantum. Leadership is anchored by co-founder Byron McClain and co-owners Ryan Kettrey and Chuck Harris, with Guy Edwards as COO and Jeff Martin as CRO. In May 2026, Ronin was acquired by FortyAU, ending its status as an independent operator.

Name

Ronin Consulting

Legal name

Ronin Consulting, LLC

Website

https://ronin.consulting

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ronin Consulting is a Nashville-based software consulting firm serving healthcare, financial services, and defense enterprises with custom development, cloud migration, Salesforce, and productized AI services including the CARE nurse-training app and Prior Authorization AI model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Cloud migration services
• System integration consulting
• Salesforce consulting services
• Enterprise AI consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Consulting and Professional Services: Ronin generates revenue through consulting engagements including custom software development, cloud migration, system integration, project outsourcing (full-service team augmentation), and Salesforce services. Revenue is derived from billable consulting hours and project-based contracts with enterprise clients in healthcare, financial services, and defense.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ronin Consulting is a US-based software consulting firm that delivers custom development, cloud migration, system integration, and Salesforce services to enterprise clients. The firm provides full-service team augmentation or project outsourcing, with deep expertise in highly regulated industries including healthcare, financial services, and defense. It also operates an AI services practice (Samurai Services) offering generative AI, RAG systems, and agentic workflow development.

Product overview

Ronin Consulting is a US-based software consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services rather than a packaged software product. The core service offerings include Custom Development, Cloud Migration, Project Outsourcing, System Integration, Salesforce Services, and AI Services (Samurai Services). These services are delivered through flexible engagement models—either as full-service project delivery or team augmentation. The AI Services practice, branded as Samurai Services, provides generative AI development including RAG systems, agentic workflows, and enterprise AI platform integration. Gateway to AI serves as an entry point for clients beginning their AI journey. The company also developed specific AI solutions showcased through hackathon projects: the CARE App for nurse training and the Generative AI Prior Authorization Model for healthcare prior authorization workflows. All services are delivered from Nashville, TN with a focus on regulated industries including healthcare, financial services, and defense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Development Collaborative custom software development services for enterprises building secure and scalable solutions tailored to business needs, including custom AI solutions, integration and implementation, and quality assurance.
• Cloud Migration Cloud infrastructure and migration services using Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud platforms, modernizing legacy systems to cloud-first solutions with applications built to fit business requirements.
• Project Outsourcing Full-service team augmentation providing complete project outsourcing where Ronins serve as the full service team or supplement existing client teams with architects, developers, designers, AI consultants, business analysts, and project managers.
• System Integration Integration services connecting disparate systems and delivering data in the format needed, where needed, including API integration, ETL pipelines, and microservice architecture implementation.
• Salesforce Services Salesforce consulting including custom development, system cleanup, integration with external systems (NIPR, SunFire), APEX, Flow, and security configurations using Named Credentials and OAuth 2.0.
• AI Services (Samurai Services) AI consulting and development services identifying opportunities to build and implement AI solutions, including generative AI, RAG systems, agentic workflows, grounding pipelines, and enterprise AI platform integration (GCP Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry).
• Gateway to AI Entry-point service helping clients begin their AI transformation journey, providing assessment and roadmap for AI adoption and implementation.
• CARE App AI-powered nurse training application simulating patient encounters for communication skills development. Uses AI agents, text-to-voice (ElevenLabs), multiple scenarios, and RAG-based coaching with immediate feedback. Won first place in the 2024 TN HIMSS AI Hackathon.
• Generative AI Prior Authorization Model HIPAA-compliant, open-source generative AI solution for streamlining prior authorization letter creation. Uses LLAMA-2-13B, Azure SQL, and React JS to generate prior authorization letters in seconds from EHR data. Won first place at the 2023 TN HIMSS Generative AI Hackathon.

Quantifiable outcome

• 47% increase in insurance claims collected and $3.3M quarterly revenue increase for behavioral healthcare client
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• FortyAUflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026FortyAU, a Nashville-based digital engineering and AI solutions firm, acquired Ronin Consulting in May 2026. The transaction combines two engineer-founded companies with complementary client portfolios. Ronin's leadership team remains with the combined organization. The acquisition strengthens FortyAU's AI and data capabilities, expands its engineering talent base, and deepens its position in Nashville's healthcare technology ecosystem.
• NTT DATAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2024NTT DATA served as a hackathon sponsor for the 2024 TN HIMSS AI Hackathon, providing technical resources alongside Microsoft. Ronin won this hackathon with its CARE AI nurse training platform.
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2024Microsoft served as a hackathon sponsor providing technical resources for the 2024 TN HIMSS AI Hackathon. Ronin's winning CARE solution was built on Microsoft Azure and utilized Azure SQL, Azure Entra ID, and OpenAI 4o Agents.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Slalom: Mid-market-focused technology and business transformation consultancy with strong cloud, AI, and Salesforce practices across healthcare and financial services. Closely matches Ronin's enterprise consulting model and regulated-vertical focus, but at materially larger scale.
• Bounteous: Digital transformation consultancy offering cloud, data, AI, and customer experience services to enterprise clients in healthcare, financial services, and other regulated verticals. Comparable to Ronin in service mix (custom development, cloud migration, integration) and target buyers.
• Perficient: Global digital consultancy with a deep healthcare and financial services practice, strong Salesforce and cloud modernization offerings, and similar full-service team augmentation delivery model. A larger-scale analog of Ronin's enterprise IT transformation work.
• Nordic Consulting: Healthcare-focused IT consulting firm delivering EHR implementation, optimization, and analytics to large hospital systems. Closely comparable to Ronin's healthcare vertical depth and HIPAA-aware delivery model.
• Pivot Point Consulting: Healthcare IT consulting and advisory firm specializing in EHR optimization, data analytics, and managed services. Comparable to Ronin's healthcare-only delivery focus and enterprise client base.
• Core10: Nashville-based fintech software development firm previously founded and led by Ronin's CRO Jeff Martin. Comparable in size, geography, and custom software / financial services delivery model.
• Optimum Healthcare IT: Healthcare-focused IT services and consulting firm providing EHR implementation, advisory, and managed services to hospital systems. Comparable vertical specialization and regulated-industry delivery model.
• Insight Global: Large IT staffing and consulting firm delivering team augmentation, application development, and cloud services to enterprise clients including healthcare and financial services. Comparable to Ronin's project outsourcing and augmentation delivery model at larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• FortyAU: Nashville-based digital engineering and AI solutions firm that acquired Ronin in May 2026. Operates as a broader incumbent in the same regional consulting market with complementary AI/data capabilities and a larger engineering bench.

Regional players

• Mosaic Consulting Group: Nashville-area IT consulting firm providing custom software development, cloud, and integration services to mid-market and enterprise clients. Comparable to Ronin in geography, service mix, and team-augmentation model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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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