LET'S TALK! Public Sector Consulting ServicesProgram and Policy Consulting Department and Agency Modernization Data Interoperability Technology Solutions Public Sector Experience and Expertise Education Data Services Unemployment Insurance Agency Services Department of Labor Agency Reporting Services Fraud Detection and Mitigation for Benefits and Compensation Agencies Workforce Recovery Public Sector Experience and Expertise Where sector expertise meets technical excellence. The kinds of challenges you face when you’re working toward better outcomes for a vast constituency—across agencies and while navigating funding and regulatory issues—aren’t easy to define, let alone solve. We’ve been working with public sector organizations for as long as we’ve been around, finding innovative ways to put context around issues and uncover the opportunity in limitations. We’ve helped make lives better through technology and brought greater clarity to complex questions through tailored data strategy. Our team includes unparalleled technical skill from specialists who worked in the policy areas we specialize in. They bring the best of objective insight and insider knowledge to problem solving that addresses all facets of your challenge. We pair that specialized expertise with project management methodologies that keep your outcomes in sight, bring alignment among stakeholders, and manage risk, budgets, and timelines to deliver an extraordinary product. Our Approach Complex problems aren’t solved by regenerating ideas but by fresh approaches. We reach them by building teams that blend disciplines and then questioning everything. Landing on a solution isn’t an end. It’s the beginning of an examination that forces us to justify every element of an idea until we know we’re on the right path to help you reach your desired outcomes. We bring incredible technical minds to problem solving. Your team will include experts with education and experience in your sector—earnest partners who own your project. No solution is possible until we’ve internalized your challenges. Walked in your shoes. That empathy, combined with technical excellence and public sector experience, enables our cross-discipline teams partnering with you to deliver innovation that transforms organizations. Health and Human Services Combining unmatched technical and scientific expertise with extensive experience in public health, we partner with agencies to transform decision making and achieve greater outcomes for citizens. Our specialists help agencies get more from federal funding with solutions that unlock insights by using sophisticated analysis techniques and integrating data from numerous sources. While meticulously navigating compliance issues, we collaborate with agencies toward increased constituent access, more strategic spending, greater transparency, and healthier outcomes for the people who depend on them. Learn more about Health and Human Services. Revenue, Management, and Budget Agencies come to us when they need greater clarity to improve program outcomes, financial reporting, and expense management, or when they need help solving business and operational problems. We help solve their most complex challenges through engaged partnership that applies technical excellence and a collaborative process to achieve positive outcomes for people. Our Public Sector team brings perspective—and the technology, data, and process expertise to help you get the resource views you need to answer difficult questions. Education, Workforce, and Unemployment From early care to higher education, creating self-sufficiency and economic prosperity relies on a complex network of services that touches nearly every life. Leveraging data and technology helps agencies find new ways to address unmet needs and ensure more people get the services they need to excel. We exist to support your critical mission through engaged partnership—with technical excellence, sector expertise, and long experience navigating the complex public-sector environment. Learn more about Education Data Services Learn more about Workforce Recovery services. Learn more about Unemployment Insurance services. Learn more about our work with modernizing unemployment insurance. Public Safety and Criminal Justice Critically important public-safety efforts become more effective when agencies hold the power of data, technology, and process solutions that deliver answers to difficult questions and help citizens access services. Real-time data analytics enable preventive action, resource allocation, and transparency to public safety, helping you achieve your desired outcomes. We help agencies make data-driven decisions, improve reporting and quality assurance, build the tools that support end users, and do it all with smart design that provides user experience. Learn more about Public Safety and Criminal Justice. Public Sector Services Team Josh Wakefield VP, Public Sector Services × VP, Public Sector Services VP, Public Sector Services HIGHLIGHT: “The success of any large-scale technology project centers around people and their adoption.” Josh Wakefield serves the public sector through the management of large-scale technology projects and his leadership of the project oversight practice. With an extensive technical and business knowledge base, Josh’s skillful oversight has driven the successful completion of many technology projects, including those previously considered abandoned or out-of-compliance. Josh began his career in the IT industry, owning and operating his own consulting firm in downtown Indianapolis. He was the lead consultant on a multitude of network implementations where he provided ongoing support to clients through service contracts. With hands-on technical knowledge and advanced project management experience, Josh provides a unique and valuable perspective to KSMC clients and their projects. QUICK FACTS United Way of Central Indiana board member Ford Wilson Race of Champions volunteer Favorite KSMC Value: Client Focused EDUCATION Indiana University Bloomington Bachelor of Arts, Telecommunications Ready to talk about how we can help tackle your agency's toughest challenges with you? Give us a call at 317.452.1700 or fill out the form below and we’ll get back to you quickly. 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