Camino Group

What Camino Group does

Camino Group is a Chicago-based, founder-owned management consulting practice established in 2021 by Felipe Pérez that designs research-driven education and workforce career pathways for non-traditional students and job seekers. The firm operates with a small core team of 1–10 employees reporting to the founder, who brings eight years of strategic initiatives experience at Chicago Public Schools, U.S. Army veteran credentials from reconstruction missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and degrees from Williams College, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Broad Center. The company markets itself as a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE), and serves schools, employers, government agencies, and non-profit organizations primarily across the U.S. Midwest.

Camino Group delivers four interlocking professional services: Research & Analysis (synthesizing quantitative and qualitative stakeholder feedback), Stakeholder Engagement (two-way dialogue and community outreach), Strategy Development (mission clarification and objective alignment), and Project & Partnership Management (execution support and multi-party coordination). Notable client engagements include Cook County's first Digital Equity Action Plan (engaging over 3,800 residents), the Chicago Public Schools Data Transparency Stakeholder Advisory Group (engaging over 21,000 stakeholders from 2021 to 2024), the Southern Illinois Teacher Transfer Pathway (built with Grow Your Own Illinois, community colleges, and Southern Illinois University), and postsecondary programming expansion with OneGoal. Service focus spans Education, Healthcare, and Clean Tech industries, which the company identifies as having material talent shortages.

The firm's business model is professional services on a project-based, quote-driven basis under multi-year contracts; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led and partnership-driven, relying on direct client engagement with government and institutional buyers, founder-led LinkedIn presence, word-of-mouth within mission-driven networks, and the firm's MBE/VBE certifications as procurement advantages. The company operates with remote work flexibility alongside quarterly to monthly on-site client engagement. No funding rounds, institutional investors, or M&A activity are disclosed; the business is founder-controlled with no parent company and no subsidiaries.

Name

Camino Group

Legal name

Camino Group

Website

https://caminogrp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Camino Group is a Chicago-based MBE/VBE-certified consulting firm that designs research-driven education and workforce career pathways, serving schools, government agencies, employers, and non-profits across the U.S. Midwest with focus on Education, Healthcare, and Clean Tech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education & Workforce Development Consulting

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

Keywords

• Workforce development consulting
• Education career pathways
• Stakeholder engagement services
• Research and analysis consulting
• Nonprofit strategy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for education and workforce development, including research and analysis, stakeholder engagement, strategy development, and project execution support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Camino Group is a consulting practice that designs research-driven education and workforce career pathways. It delivers professional services including research and analysis, stakeholder engagement, strategy development, and project and partnership management to schools, employers, non-profits, and government organizations in the Education, Healthcare, and Clean Tech sectors.

Product overview

Camino Group is a consulting practice offering a unified suite of professional services focused on education and workforce development. The core offerings include Research & Analysis (data synthesis and stakeholder feedback), Stakeholder Engagement (two-way communication and community outreach), Strategy Development (mission clarification and objective alignment), and Project & Partnership Management (execution support and partnership coordination). These services work together to help clients build college and career pathways that reduce barriers to education and skill development, with particular focus on the Clean Tech, Education, and Healthcare sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research & Analysis A consulting service that synthesizes multiple data sources along with quantitative and qualitative stakeholder feedback to reveal actionable intelligence and powerful stories. Targeted at schools, employers, non-profits, and government organizations seeking insight to inform education and workforce strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement A consulting service that provides two-way, authentic, empathetic, and reciprocal communication, creating opportunities for clients to connect with, learn from, and empower their stakeholders. Targeted at institutional clients running community outreach, policy design, and program design initiatives.
• Strategy Development A consulting service that creates clarity and guides results by helping clients clarify and strengthen mission and objectives, challenge assumptions, and align action to impact. Targeted at schools, employers, non-profits, and government organizations working on education and workforce initiatives.
• Project & Partnership Management A consulting service that turns thoughtful strategy into effective action through project management, partnership management, and the creation of systems and structures to execute plans. Targeted at institutional clients running cross-organizational workforce and education pathway initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,800 Cook County residents engaged in digital equity planning
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Grow Your Own Illinois (GYO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGYO recruits and supports individuals from high-needs areas to become licensed teachers in their communities. Camino Group helped GYO develop and execute a pathway strategy with community colleges across Illinois. Partnership resulted in Southern Illinois Teacher Transfer Pathway creating accessible pathway to teaching licensure.
• OneGoalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOneGoal works to ensure every student has equitable opportunity to achieve postsecondary aspirations. Camino Group helped OneGoal expand its programming and extend reach to more students across the country.
• Cook County, IllinoiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCook County Digital Equity office works to bring equitable access to infrastructure, devices, and skills for all residents. Camino Group managed outreach and engagement to over 3,300 County residents to ensure community needs drive County efforts. Also completed Digital Equity Action Plan with over 3,800 residents engaged.
• Carbondale Elementary SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered in Southern Illinois Teacher Transfer Pathway initiative, bringing together educational institutions to create pathway for teacher assistants to earn teaching licenses.
• John A Logan Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered in Southern Illinois Teacher Transfer Pathway initiative as part of partnership across education sector to create new accessible pathway to licensure.
• Southern Illinois UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered in Southern Illinois Teacher Transfer Pathway initiative to create pathway for teacher assistants to earn teaching licenses through university pathway.
• Kids First ChicagocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Chicago Public Schools and Kids First Chicago on Data Transparency Stakeholder Advisory Group, engaging over 21,000 stakeholders to shape school performance policy.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ICF International: Major consulting services firm with a sizable public-sector practice covering education, workforce development, and human services. Overlaps with Camino in stakeholder engagement, research, and program strategy but operates at substantially larger scale and scope.
• Abt Associates: Large research and consulting firm with significant public-sector, education, and workforce practices. Competes for the same RFPs as Camino but with much broader geographic reach, federal contracting capacity, and full-stack evaluation capabilities.
• RAND Corporation: Policy research organization with major practices in education, workforce, and social policy. Comparable in mission orientation and evidence-based approach to public-sector work, though with vastly greater resources, federal presence, and research output.
• Huron Consulting Group: Large professional services firm with a Higher Education and Public Sector consulting practice. Overlaps with Camino on strategy, stakeholder engagement, and program redesign work for educational institutions and government clients, but operates as a diversified national firm.

Direct peers

• Mathematica: Nonpartisan research and consulting firm with deep practices in education, workforce, and human services policy research and program evaluation. Directly comparable in combining rigorous research, stakeholder engagement, and program/policy advisory for public-sector clients — though at substantially greater scale than Camino.
• NORC at the University of Chicago: Independent research institution headquartered in Chicago with major practices in education, workforce, and public policy. Comparable in being Chicago-based and serving public-sector clients with research and evaluation, though with far greater scale and academic affiliation.
• MDRC: Social policy nonprofit that designs and evaluates programs in education, workforce, and postsecondary pathways — directly aligned with Camino's mission of building equitable training and career pathways and engaging stakeholders in program redesign.
• Westat: Employee-owned research firm with strong education, social policy, and public-sector consulting practices. Comparable in providing research, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement services to government clients, but at materially larger scale.

Regional players

• Heartland Alliance: Chicago-headquartered nonprofit providing direct services and policy advocacy in workforce, housing, and education for underserved communities. Comparable mission orientation and regional footprint, and a potential peer or partner in the same Chicago human-services ecosystem.
• Skills for Chicagoland's Future: Chicago-based workforce intermediary connecting unemployed and underemployed residents to training and jobs. Comparable in mission (creating equitable pathways for non-traditional job seekers) and geography, and is part of the same local stakeholder ecosystem in which Camino operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caminogrp

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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