Whether you are looking for highly customized arrangements, advice from senior advisors, resources as needed, or access to hundreds of tools and templates at reasonable prices compared to our competitors, Optimal is focused on filling gaps not addressed by larger system integrators and consultancy firms.
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Since 2007, Optimal has provided tailored technology consulting and implementation solutions for Higher Ed. We have been trusted by some of the top universities in the world, including Harvard, Boston College, Northeastern, Brandeis, and Brown. We strive to help organizations solve their most pressing problems by providing a menu of ultra-customized, cost-effective solutions.
Optimal brings together smart people to solve big problems. Leverage our hundreds of local, national and international senior advisors and experts in a variety of systems and technologies. Together, we can create an ultra-tailored, lower-cost, quality implementation plan specific to your needs.
At Optimal, we help colleges thrive. Institutions face severe issues threatening their ability to survive—which students to recruit, how to retain them, and how to deliver a high-quality education at a reasonable cost must all be part of the institution’s “systems thinking” approach. We provide strategy consulting solutions tailored specifically to your institution's needs.
Whether you are looking for strategy, project management, change management, technical consulting expertise, help with developing a new product, upgrades, software development, or cloud migrations, we can customize a solution to fit your specific needs.
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With a proven track record for delivering multi-million dollar projects, Nuno has managed those involving strategy, application development, vendor product implementations, data warehousing, BI, eLearning, infrastructure, ERP, ID management, cloud, and more.
Strategy
A professor emeritus and academic entrepreneur with experience as program director of international programs, associate business school dean, and graduate dean, who assists higher ed institutions in various strategic initiatives, including program identification and development.
IT Lead
A professor emeritus and academic entrepreneur with experience as program director of international programs, associate business school dean, and graduate dean, who assists higher ed institutions in various strategic initiatives, including program identification and development.
AI Architect
An experienced executive in higher ed with 30+ years as a dean and department chair. Works with executive and management teams in the development of strategic plans, the improvement of group effectiveness, the management of conflict, and career effectiveness.
Strategy
An educator, consultant, and advisor with 30+ years experience in senior leadership positions in the various business schools of major research universities, focused on developing and executing effective strategies suited to the organization's unique situation.
Strategy
A professor emeritus and academic entrepreneur with experience as program director of international programs, associate business school dean, and graduate dean, who assists higher ed institutions in various strategic initiatives, including program identification and development.
Strategy
An expert on aligning institutional budget priorities with academic program offerings, identifying, establishing, and assessing innovative academic programs, business and organizational communication, and selection interviewing with 30+ years of higher ed experience.
Strategy
We are always looking to expand our team. We work with independent consultants, partner with established consulting firms, and provide mentoring opportunities for students. Think you’d be a good fit?
We are always looking for highly experienced consultants with a variety of specialties and skills for a variety of assignments - long and short-term, full and part-time, as well as remote positions in the U.S. and internationally.
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(Manager ERP Systems, Brandeis University)
We believe in making a difference to the world by helping colleges and universities to systematically improve their strategy, operations, and technology in order to better educate their students and provide better support to their faculty and staff.
