What Solutia Consulting does

Solutia Consulting is a private, founder-led IT and management consulting firm founded in 1997 by Rick Kuula and headquartered in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, with a significant and growing presence in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston. The firm delivers three integrated service lines — Advisory Services (strategy, digital transformation, cloud adoption), Analysis & Leadership Services (program/project management, business analysis, change management, fractional leadership), and Delivery Services (custom development, UI/UX, application integration, DevOps, RPA, application modernization) — to mid-market and enterprise clients across finance, healthcare, distribution, insurance, retail, and manufacturing. Its technology stack spans .NET, C#, React, Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, SQL Server, and the major hyperscalers (Azure, AWS, GCP), with a growing portfolio of AI-enabled offerings including intelligent search, chat experiences, summarization, workflow automation, and RAG patterns.

Solutia generates revenue through professional services engagements billed at competitive mid-market rates, offering both full-time salaried roles (junior to mid-level full-stack developers at $90K-$110K base plus benefits) and contract arrangements (senior developers at $60-$80/hour; mid-level engineers at $40-$60/hour on W2 or C2C). The go-to-market model is sales-led, with a dedicated Sales Director and business development team driving direct enterprise and mid-market relationships in the Twin Cities and Texas markets. Named customers include 3M, Ecolab, Ryan Companies, Anderson Windows, an international hotel business, and the American Academy of Neurology, indicating an embedded-consultant delivery model with multi-year engagements. The firm is privately held under a partnership structure that includes multiple Managing Directors and partners, with a stated vision of building a multi-branch national consulting organization with partner-owned branches in each location.

A central differentiator is the proprietary Developer Launch Program (DLP), a 6-week intensive training course covering databases, security, software architecture, middleware, cloud services, UI/UX, and Agile that produces entry-level developers fluent in Solutia's methodologies and culture. DLP graduates are deployed directly to client engagements and form an internal talent pipeline that has produced Consulting Managers (e.g., Justin Iverson) and Consulting Directors (e.g., Michael Reinecke). The firm has no external institutional investors or disclosed parent company, operates with 11-50 employees, and has shown organic, internally financed growth through 28 years of continuous operation, recent leadership promotions (Dean Swan to President in 2024; Tony Spears and Cindy McPherson elevated in 2025), and a deliberate Texas expansion.

Name

Solutia Consulting

Legal name

Solutia Consulting

Website

https://solutiaconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solutia Consulting is a private, founder-led IT and management consulting firm founded in 1997, delivering advisory, project leadership, and custom software delivery services to mid-market and enterprise clients from Twin Cities and Texas offices. It differentiates via an internal Developer Launch Program and embedded-consultant engagements with Fortune 500 anchors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT & Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD), ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting (BPAHAEAI), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), CRM Strategy & Consulting (BPAFAFAA)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Management consulting
• Custom software development
• Digital transformation
• Application modernization

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT and Management Consulting Services: Solutia Consulting generates revenue by providing IT and management consulting services to clients. This includes advisory services (strategy, digital transformation, cloud adoption), delivery services (custom development, application modernization), and analysis & leadership services (project management, business analysis, change management). Revenue is generated through consulting engagements billed at competitive mid-market rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Solutia Consulting is a national IT and management consulting firm delivering three integrated service lines: Advisory Services (strategy, digital transformation, cloud adoption, vendor selection, governance/risk/compliance), Analysis & Leadership Services (program/project/product management, agile coaching, business analysis, change management), and Delivery Services (custom development, UI/UX, application modernization, DevOps, cloud-native and mobile applications). The firm also operates a Developer Launch Program that trains entry-level developers for client delivery engagements.

Product overview

Solutia Consulting is a national IT and Management Consulting firm that offers a portfolio of three integrated service lines: Advisory Services (strategy, digital transformation, cloud adoption), Analysis & Leadership Services (project management, business analysis, change management), and Delivery Services (custom development, UI/UX, application integration, DevOps, RPA, application modernization). The company also operates a Developer Launch Program, a 6-week training course for entry-level developers. The service lines work together to provide end-to-end consulting from strategy through execution, with the Developer Launch Program serving as a talent pipeline for the delivery services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Developer Launch Program: A 6-week training program for entry-level developers that includes formal lectures, open discussions, group activities, and hands-on training projects covering databases, software architecture, UI/UX, and soft skills.

Products and services

• Advisory Services
• Analysis & Leadership Services
• Delivery Services
• Developer Launch Program (DLP)

Quantifiable outcome

• UI redesigns boosted bookings by 2% and rate clicks by 0.5% for international hotel client

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Slalom: National management and technology consulting firm focused on mid-market to enterprise clients across strategy, technology, and transformation. Closely comparable to Solutia's three-pillar advisory/leadership/delivery model and mid-market positioning.
• Credera: Technology and management consulting firm offering strategy, transformation, and custom development across industries. Comparable service mix (advisory through delivery), similar size range, and similar Fortune 500 client focus.
• Insight Global: IT staffing and consulting firm providing talent augmentation and project services to enterprise clients. Direct overlap with Solutia's delivery and staff-augmentation offerings and competitive mid-market pricing.
• West Monroe: National management and technology consultancy serving mid-market and enterprise clients across multiple industries. Comparable advisory + delivery model and similar industry breadth.
• Bounteous: Digital consultancy offering strategy, design, and custom development with full-stack engineering capabilities. Direct overlap with Solutia's Delivery and Advisory service lines, particularly in cloud-native and modernization work.
• Saggezza: Mid-market technology consultancy providing custom development, data, and digital transformation services. Comparable size, service portfolio, and Fortune 500 / mid-market client mix.
• RGP (Resources Connection): Global consulting firm delivering experienced professionals on a flexible basis across finance, technology, and transformation. Comparable in mid-market consulting and on-demand talent delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Perficient: Larger global digital consultancy with end-to-end strategy, creative, and technology services. Comparable in mid-market to enterprise IT consulting focus but operates at materially greater scale than Solutia.
• Avanade: Large Microsoft-focused consulting joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, delivering enterprise digital and cloud transformation. Overlaps with Solutia's Microsoft stack (.NET, Azure, Power Platform) but operates at much greater scale.
• CGI Federal: Large IT and business consulting services firm with end-to-end delivery and systems integration capabilities. Comparable custom development and IT consulting offerings but with broader geographic and scale footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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