TECH SPEND

SHOULDN’T BE

A BLACK BOX.

We help CIO and CFO teams get clear, defensible answers on technology spend, including cloud, SaaS, and AI.

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Spend mapped to value

100 M+

Fixed-fee sprint

3-4 wks

20+

Industries served

With 30+ years of Fortune 100 experience, we deliver on a fixed fee what the big firms take

quarters to produce — and we leave decisions, not decks.

THIS IS WHAT MANAGING TECHNOLOGY

SPEND ACTUALLY

LOOKS LIKE.

They don’t arrive one at a time. They stack. And each one makes the others harder to solve.

01

You know what you spend.
You can’t say what you’re getting.

Leadership isn’t asking about vendors. They want to know what technology enables. Those categories don’t exist in your GL.

02

The cloud bill grew 40% last year.
The business value didn’t.

Untagged cloud spend leaves you unable to explain last quarter's bill or prevent next month's surprise.

03

Each acquisition brought new vendors and contracts, but nobody retired the old one.

Two CRMs. Three data platforms. Overlapping SaaS across every function. The contracts keep renewing while the rationalization conversation stays on the whiteboard.

04

Shadow IT spend is a challenge to govern, and AI is making it harder.

Every team has a favorite tool. Most bypassed procurement. You find out when someone leaves, when it shows up on audit, or when the bill is already a problem.

THIS IS A PEOPLE, PROCESS, AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM.

THE USUAL OPTIONS GET ONE RIGHT AND CHARGE FOR ALL THREE.

You’ve probably considered all three. Here’s where each one typically breaks down.

Door A: Hire a big firm. Too expensive. Covers people and process, but the bill is five times the price, and the technology still running after the deck is done is yours to figure out. The team that delivered the transformation is gone by month four.
Door B: Buy software. Wrong sequence. You bought technology before you decided what people and process needed to change around it. The tool is live. The model nobody trusts came pre-configured by the vendor. Live since 2024. Used by three people. Quoted by none.
Door C: Do it in-house. Limited time, limited reps. The people are yours. The process and tooling aren't. The team that couldn't explain the spend can't fix the spend. Not without someone who's sat in the seat and seen the patterns. We'll figure it out after the close. Three quarters later, same conversation.

A WORKING FIX IN WEEKS. A CLEAR PATH FORWARD.

The fix changes based on what hurts. The approach doesn't. We call it the Traction Sprint.

These four are the most common starting points:

Wherever you are, we meet you there: assess it, build it, or let us run it.

COST CLARITY

START FROM ZERO

‘‘We’re under pressure to explain IT spend but don’t know where to start.’’

MODEL REWORK

RESTART WHAT’S STALLED

‘‘We bought the tool. It’s live. Nobody trusts what it says.’’

CLOUD TAKEOUT

take cloud back

‘‘Cloud is growing 30% YoY and nobody owns the number.’’

TCO

BUILD THE BUSINESS CASE

‘‘We need a TCO and the numbers aren’t there.’’

These four cover the most common starting points. Most other situations map to one of these or a combination.

Speak with a practitioner if yours feels different.

Cost Clarity: Start from zero. "We're under pressure to explain IT spend but don't know where to start." Model Rework: Restart what's stalled. "We bought the tool. It's live. Nobody trusts what it says." Cloud Takeout: Take cloud back. "Cloud is growing 30% YoY and nobody owns the number." TCO: Build the business case. "We need a TCO and the numbers aren't there."
SPEAK WITH A PRACTITIONER

We do the data work before you pay for it. Day 1 starts with a working deliverable,

not a kickoff agenda. By week four, you walk into the leadership meeting with

answers your team owns.

Cost Clarity: Start from zero. "We're under pressure to explain IT spend but don't know where to start." Model Rework: Restart what's stalled. "We bought the tool. It's live. Nobody trusts what it says." Cloud Takeout: Take cloud back. "Cloud is growing 30% YoY and nobody owns the number." TCO: Build the business case. "We need a TCO and the numbers aren't there."

MOST CONSULTING STARTS WITH DISCOVERY.

OURS STARTS WITH A WORKING DRAFT.

Invoices, contracts, vendor lists, cloud bills. We pull, categorize, and normalize the data before the sprint begins. Day 1 starts with something to react to, not surveys to fill out.

WE’VE ONE THE MESSY

WORK BEFORE YOU START.

BEFORE

W E E K 0

H O W W E A C C E L E R A T E T H I S

AI does the dull, dirty work to get us to the starting line faster. Context, judgment, and the workable solution come from us working with you.

WE REFINE THE WORK

With you, not over you.

DURING

W E E K 1 - 4

Each week brings a sharper model, cleaner categories, and a more defensible story. You shape it with us. By week four, the narrative is yours, not ours.Invoices, contracts, vendor lists, cloud bills. We pull, categorize, and normalize the data before the sprint begins. Day 1 starts with something to react to, not surveys to fill out.

Cost Clarity: Start from zero. "We're under pressure to explain IT spend but don't know where to start." Model Rework: Restart what's stalled. "We bought the tool. It's live. Nobody trusts what it says." Cloud Takeout: Take cloud back. "Cloud is growing 30% YoY and nobody owns the number." TCO: Build the business case. "We need a TCO and the numbers aren't there."

AFTER

YOU OWN THE WORK. WE’RE

here when you want us back.

W E E K 4 →

The model, the narrative, the roadmap. All yours. Your team can run it. If you want us back for execution, advisory, or the next sprint, the door is open. The capability persists either way.

WE’VE BEEN IN THE SEAT YOU’RE HIRING FOR.

Falconbridge is a practitioner-led TBM and FinOps advisory firm. Before we advised, we ran these programs inside Fortune 100 companies. The second-week stall, the regulatory pushback, the politics of allocation. We've been in those rooms, on the buy side.

PARTNERSHIPS & ALLIANCES

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CERTIFIED TBMA · FINOPS CERTIFIED PRACTITIONERS · CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA) · IBM APPTIO

COSTING, PLANNING & CLOUDABILITY PRACTITIONER · IBM TARGETPROCESS PRACTITIONER

TEAM CERTIFICATIONS

FROM OUR EXPERIENCE

Our Team's Experience. Major US Bank, F100 Subsidiary: $35M reallocated from infrastructure to transformation. Acquisition-driven duplication across compute, storage, network, and security. Capital funded a cloud-native core banking platform now deployed globally. Infrastructure cost takeout, 8 to 10 months. Financial Services Group, approximately 35,000 employees: Legacy IT financial system replaced. TBM office built. Migrated to Apptio across three regulated business lines. SOX-compliant cross-charge automated. Forecasting moved from spreadsheets to workflow-driven planning. TBM transformation, multi-phase. Testimonial: "Through effective communication and hands-on coaching, our advisor became an extension of our team. They adeptly balanced high-level strategy with everyday problem-solving, making it easy for all departments to work in sync." TBM Program Manager, Fortune 100 Healthcare Provider.

‘‘BY WEEK THREE, MY CFO WAS USING THE CATEGORIZATION IN HIS BOARD PREP. SIX MONTHS LATER, IT’S STILL HOW WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY SPEND.’’

Head of IT Finance · Fortune 500 healthcare payer

‘‘TWO BIG FIRMS BEFORE THIS. BEAUTIFUL DECKS, NO MODEL THAT LANDED. FALCONBRIDGE BUILT IT WITH MY TEAM IN THE ROOM. IT’S OURS NOW.’’

TBM Program Director · Top 10 commercial bank