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Collier & Associates brand mark featuring the core services: Business Transformation; Enterprise Systems; AI-Enabled Execution.

Multi-Asset Management Investment Firm

Client Challenge

  • Evaluating a strategic shift from an advisory model to a fund-of-funds product structure

  • Operating on 20+ year-old legacy systems unable to support growth or digital transformation

  • Fragmentation across front- and back-office operations, creating operational inefficiencies

Strategic Objectives

1. Assess Proposed Business Model Viability Analyze the profitability and scalability of transitioning to a fund-of-funds approach

  • 2. Modernize Technology Infrastructure Retire legacy systems and replace with integrated platforms to support strategic initiatives

  • 3. Enable Scalable Growth Streamline operational workflows and position the firm for long-term expansion

Outcome Focus

  • Clear go-forward model with profitability insights

  • Roadmap for system modernization and process integration

  • Foundation for sustainable scale and operational agility

Client Solution

Interim CIO: I architected and executed a comprehensive transformation

  • Strategic Business Analysis: Conducted market research and financial modeling to assess profitability of the fund-of-funds model and developed data-driven recommendations

  • Legacy System Replacement: Evaluated the underperforming third-party consulting firm, redirected the implementation, and led the implementation of LedgeX Portfolio Management Software

  • Technical Capability Development: Implemented Agile DevOps methodologies, trained and mentored client employee to take over future development and support, and converted data from legacy systems to new platform. Retired legacy infrastructure and established scalable operating platform Delivered centralized, customized, fully-integrated Mixed-asset Investment Management Portfolio Platform supporting client fund-of-fund investments, client and investor relationship management, manager due diligence and monitoring.

Client Impact Results

Strategic Clarity: Demonstrated increased profitability of fund-of-funds model within 1 month

  • Project Recovery: Terminated underperforming third-party consulting firm within 6 months and redirected implementation

  • System Modernization: Successfully implemented LedgeX Portfolio Management Software in under 1.5 years

  • Product Enablement: Enabled new Fund-of-Fund product offerings aligned to institutional mandates

  • Enhanced Client Engagement: 100% Automation of Client Reporting enabling Monthly vs Quarterly

  • Operational Efficiency: Reporting 99%+ improvement

  • Data Excellence: Achieved approximately 98+% improvement in data quality and accuracy

  • Knowledge Transfer: Successfully implemented Agile DevOps and prepared internal staff for long-term system maintenance.

Client Technologies

LedgeX Portfolio Management Software Agile DevOps, ETL Data Pipelines Microsoft SQL Server including T-SQL and SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) C# .Net, SilverLight & LightSwitch 

AWS Data Integration

Andy Collier worked with us as our consultant to help us restructure our data management processes to help align them to better fit our company strategy, better serve our clients, and maintain high standards of compliance with investment industry regulations. Andy worked closely with us to understand our business and the variety of options we had, including third party software and build-your-own. We opted for a hybrid solution, taking advantage of commercial software while maintaining a high degree of flexibility for development and growth in the future. Andy was instrumental in helping us launch our transition into a new system and reengineered significant portions of our database to fit our strategy and our needs. Because of Andy’s experience, he was able to help us in developing high-level strategic solutions as well as the detailed work of coding. Our end result is a data processing system that is the equal to our most sophisticated peers, allowing us to track our clients’ performance across a variety of investments, including mixtures of private equity, hedge funds, and mutual funds. In addition, Andy helped establish a platform for investment analysis that allows us to quickly perform proprietary manager analysis and helps lead us toward selecting the best funds and investment managers. Andy continues to work with us on specific projects and is a valued resource.

Joel Mangham Principal and CIO

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