What NorthStar Solutions Group does

NorthStar Solutions Group, LLC is a privately held management consulting firm headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia metro area), founded in 2004 and operating with 101-250 employees. The firm sells a unified 'Strategy Realization' system composed of six service practices: Execution Management, Enterprise Information Management, Process Excellence, Technology Enablement, Talent Optimization, and Transformation & Change. Delivery follows a four-phase 'Together As One' engagement model (Understand, Advise, Deliver, Augment) in which consultants are embedded into client teams with full ownership of execution outcomes rather than recommendation-only advisory work. Sub-services include Process Mining, Task Mining, Intelligent Process Automation, Cloud and Telecom Solutions, MarTech, Contact Center Technology, and a Social Media Intelligence practice that has built a recurring sports-industry analytics franchise through its partnership with SportsPro Media.

The business model is project-based and retained professional services consulting, with quote-based pricing tailored to engagement scope and complexity. NorthStar does not sell licensed software, APIs, or self-serve products; revenue derives entirely from direct enterprise and mid-market consulting engagements sourced through senior-relationship selling, the company's website contact channel (800-214-0789), and inbound interest generated via content marketing and event sponsorship. Documented clients include a Fortune 50 Telecommunications Company (a 7-year ongoing anchor engagement covering nationwide product deployment and 50+ stakeholder group coordination), a Fortune 100 Telecommunications Company, a Fortune 350 Global Media Agency, a Global Media and Technology Company, multiple regional health systems, a Worldwide Hospitality Corporation, and SportsPro Media. The firm also holds Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) certifications from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Disability:IN, and NaVOBA, plus Veteran Institute for Procurement credentials, which enable preferred-vendor access to government and corporate supplier-diversity procurement channels.

The firm is independently owned, likely founder-led, with co-founder Chris Collins serving as CEO and President and co-founder Ryan Wagner as co-owner. There is no evidence of institutional investment, private equity backing, parent company ownership, mergers, acquisitions, or public listing. The company has expanded its geographic footprint modestly beyond the U.S. into the United Kingdom and Canada, primarily through event participation and the SportsPro Media partnership. Marketing is centered on thought leadership, content marketing, social media, event sponsorships (notably SportsPro Live 22 Gold Sponsorship in London, April 2022), and earned media (BBC Global News, August 2021), with no traditional paid advertising or channel partner program.

Name

NorthStar Solutions Group

Legal name

NorthStar Solutions Group, LLC

Website

https://northstarsg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

NorthStar Solutions Group is a Philadelphia-area management consulting firm (founded 2004, 101-250 employees) that sells a unified Strategy Realization system across six practices, embedding consultants into enterprise clients in telecom, healthcare, media, and sports to execute mission-critical initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH), Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD), Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA)

Keywords

• Management consulting
• Strategy execution
• Business transformation
• Process mining
• Social intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: NorthStar generates revenue through professional consulting engagements with enterprise and mid-market clients. Engagements span strategy realization, execution management, enterprise information management, process excellence, technology enablement, talent optimization, and transformation & change. Services are delivered through project-based consulting, ongoing retained engagements, and team augmentation models. The firm has served Fortune 50 companies in multi-year engagements (documented 7-year ongoing relationship with a telecommunications client).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

NorthStar Solutions Group is a management consulting firm that helps enterprise and mid-market clients close the 'strategy realization gap' by aligning data, processes, technology, talent, and execution & change disciplines under a single Strategy Realization Framework. Services are delivered through six core practices — Execution Management, Enterprise Information Management, Process Excellence, Technology Enablement, Talent Optimization, and Transformation & Change — supported by sub-practices in Process Mining, Task Mining, Intelligent Process Automation, and Social Intelligence, using a 'Together As One' Understand-Advise-Deliver-Augment engagement model.

Product overview

NorthStar Solutions Group offers a unified Strategy Realization system comprising six core consulting service offerings: Execution Management, Enterprise Information Management (EIM), Process Excellence, Technology Enablement, Talent Optimization, and Transformation & Change. These services are delivered through their 'Together As One' approach with phases of Understand, Advise, Deliver, and Augment. The company provides specialized sub-services including Process Mining, Task Mining, Intelligence Process Automation, Cloud and Telecom Solutions, MarTech Services, Contact Center Technology, and Social Intelligence. NorthStar also delivers industry-specific analytics for the sports industry through SportsPro Media partnerships, including athlete marketability analysis and sponsorship intelligence. The portfolio is organized around closing the strategy execution gap by aligning data, processes, technology, talent, and execution disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Execution Management Consulting service that enables organizations to execute mission-critical initiatives through project management, change management, and strategy execution capabilities, delivered to enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Consulting service that turns data into intelligence and intelligence into decisive action through business intelligence, data analytics, and information management for enterprise clients.
• Process Excellence Consulting service that delivers visibility, eliminates bottlenecks, and increases execution capacity at scale through process mining, process engineering, and operational optimization for enterprise clients.
• Technology Enablement Consulting service that leverages cloud, telecom, MarTech, BI/ML/AI, contact center, and CRM technologies to accelerate client outcomes and ROI.
• Talent Optimization Consulting service that aligns talent strategy to business outcomes through workforce planning, team design, hiring, performance measurement, and AI-integrated team capacity planning.
• Transformation & Change Consulting service that creates a culture of innovation and agility to capitalize on change, supporting digital transformation, organizational change management, and agile adoption for enterprise clients.
• Social Intelligence Social media analytics and intelligence service providing real-time social conversation analysis, brand monitoring, and sports industry marketability insights for media, sports, and consumer brand clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• NorthStar increased a global media and technology company's technology team output by 50% within a few months through agile product management transformation.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SportsPro MediacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021NorthStar Solutions Group serves as SportsPro Media's exclusive social intelligence analysis partner for the annual 50 Most Marketable lists (covering athletes, brands, and properties). NorthStar produces detailed analytical reports examining cultural trends, social media marketability, and sponsorship insights that are published on both SportsPro Media's platform and NorthStar's own website. The partnership began by analyzing social media audience affinity to identify what makes athletes and brands marketable in the sports industry. NorthStar is also a Gold Sponsor of SportsPro Media events (SportsPro Live 22).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Slalom Consulting: Mid-size US consulting firm of comparable scale (~11,000+ employees) focused on business and technology transformation across strategy, technology enablement, and process improvement — a direct match to NorthStar's Strategy Realization positioning and enterprise/mid-market client mix.
• West Monroe Partners: US-based management and technology consulting firm of similar size serving Fortune 1000 clients across digital transformation, operational improvement, and M&A — closely comparable to NorthStar's integrated execution + technology model.
• Huron Consulting Group: Mid-cap publicly traded consulting firm delivering strategy, technology, and operations consulting across healthcare, education, and financial services — comparable in scale, consulting portfolio breadth, and enterprise client profile.
• ICF International: Mid-size consulting and digital services firm with strong federal and commercial client base — comparable in size, client mix (including telecom and healthcare), and integrated consulting/services delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Larger established consulting firm with deep federal and commercial digital transformation practices — directly overlapping NorthStar's execution management and government-eligible (veteran-owned) positioning, but at much greater scale and global footprint.
• Accenture: Global strategy and technology consulting incumbent operating across the full spectrum NorthStar addresses (strategy, technology enablement, process, transformation) — represents the broad competitive backdrop against which mid-size firms compete for enterprise work.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big 4 consulting practice spanning strategy, human capital, technology, and transformation — overlapping broadly with NorthStar's service portfolio but at much larger scale and global reach.
• KPMG Advisory: Big 4 advisory firm with strategy, operations, and technology transformation practices — comparable in service breadth to NorthStar but competing from a much larger bench and global delivery footprint.
• Capgemini Invent: Global consulting and digital transformation arm of Capgemini serving enterprise clients across strategy, technology, and operations — directly competes in the same digital transformation and execution space as NorthStar with deeper global delivery capability.
• CGI Federal: IT and business consulting services firm with strong federal and telecom industry presence — overlaps with NorthStar's telecommunications and digital transformation engagements, and similarly benefits from federal set-aside contract eligibility.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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