Services

Strategy & Consulting.

Reframing challenges and solving problems across disciplines to drive innovation and accelerate growth.
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With a foundation in cross-disciplinary collaboration, we guide teams through challenges from defining digital strategies to implementing systems and optimizing operations. 

Whether it’s improving processes, scaling infrastructure, or fresh creative thinking, we provide the expertise to drive growth and transformation. We work with clients to ensure every decision is data-informed, user-centered, and locked into a long-term vision.

Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.

— George Pólya

Expertise & focus areas

  • End-to-end digital strategy.

    We bring clarity to complexity—aligning business goals, user needs, and technical realities into a unified, actionable digital strategy.

  • Content strategy.

    From brand storytelling to conversion frameworks, we define SEO- and user-focused content systems that inform, inspire, and drive measurable outcomes.

  • Technical consulting.

    Platform-agnostic and systems-minded, we help clients make confident decisions around infrastructure, scalability, integrations, and long-term technical direction.

  • Marketing consulting (fractional CMO).

    Embedded leadership for modern marketing—strategy, brand, creative, product marketing, and growth from seasoned experts with a fresh perspective.

  • Analytics & performance tracking.

    We bring structure to chaos by implementing systems that expose what’s working, what’s not, and where to go next.

  • Workflow analysis & integration.

    We uncover inefficiencies and opportunities in your digital operations, then connect the tools, people, and processes that reduce friction and increase operational leverage.

  • Management consulting.

    Candid, cross-functional partnership for modern leaders—bringing clarity, alignment, and forward motion to complex organizational challenges.

  • Agile program management & mentoring.

    From rituals to release, we help optimize efficiency and delivery by coaching teams toward more adaptive, accountable, and collaborative ways of working.

Strategy & consulting work highlights

  • Dematic machines in warehouse

    Dematic

    We worked with Dematic to reframe its digital presence around a buyer-centric strategy that aligned content architecture, storytelling, and conversion with measurable business goals. Through stakeholder alignment and structured consulting, we helped transition the site from a static product showcase to a dynamic, scalable publishing platform that enables better search visibility, lead generation, and sales enablement.

  • NatGeo

    National Geographic

    To guide the feasibility of a substantial new digital product, National Geographic engaged IfThen to lead a strategic consulting engagement focused on product positioning, audience targeting, and phased rollout. We delivered a comprehensive strategy that included behavioral and market research, usage analysis, and stakeholder alignment across business units. Deliverables included strategic personas, cross-market engagement insights, phased go-to-market planning, and editorial programming guidance—enabling internal teams to align around a shared product vision and make informed decisions.

  • Rows of cars

    ACV

    As ACV Auctions prepared for rapid growth and an eventual IPO, IfThen was brought in to support key initiatives spanning M&A due diligence, product development acceleration, and organizational transformation. We partnered closely with the COO, CTO and senior leadership to assess and integrate acquired platforms, re-architect stalled initiatives, and implement Agile product management at scale. Our work included defining technical ownership, mapping value chains to systems architecture, and introducing velocity tracking and release planning processes to improve team performance. We also advised on organizational design and succession planning, enabling ACV to scale its engineering operations with confidence through a period of critical change.

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From complexity to clarity.
We help organizations solve tough problems and create lasting value.