There's hidden savings in your technology spend. We'll identify it in weeks.

The challenge

Cross-enterprise IT spend visibility is harder to achieve than it should be.

Most enterprises believe they have a handle on technology spending. They don't. Purchasing authority is distributed across dozens of teams, resellers obscure true vendor relationships, and existing financial systems were never designed to answer the most basic question: exactly how much are we spending on technology, and with whom?

The solution

AI-powered spend visibility. Expert-led optimization.

We developed an AI-enabled consulting offering — delivered in partnership with CXO Nexus — to help enterprises understand their full technology spend, rationalize vendors, and identify significant, near-term cost savings. This is not just another software subscription. It is a structured engagement that ends with a validated data asset and an actionable optimization roadmap.

Ingest

Data ingestion across all systems

We connect to your existing ERP, AP, and procurement systems. CXO Nexus ingests invoice-level data from every source, including shadow IT and reseller purchases, building a complete spend foundation from day one.

Organize

AI-powered cleansing & classification

The CXO Nexus AI/ML engine automatically cleanses, classifies, and categorizes every vendor transaction to identify OEM parentage and map reseller relationships.

Analyze

Expert-led approach & analysis

Wayfinders advisors interpret the data to surface quick wins and strategic opportunities around vendor consolidation, price variance elimination, and improved buying power.

Act

Optimized future-state roadmap

Our experts help you qualify opportunities within the context of your business objectives, delivering a prioritized roadmap of initiatives for sustainable savings.

The value

Companies that rationalize vendors achieve four compounding benefits.

Better
prices

• Improve buying power through consolidated vendor volume
• Eliminate price variances for identical products purchased separately
• Secure volume discounts previously unavailable at fragmented scale
• Leverage OEM parentage data in contract renegotiations

Less overhead

• Reduce vendor management and procurement resource requirements
• Fewer vendors means fewer contracts, renewals, and audits
• Standardize purchasing channels to reduce procurement cycle time
• Decrease AP workload as vendor complexity shrinks

Lower
risk

• Reduce exposure to third-party vulnerabilities through consolidation
• Surface and secure distributed, unauthorized technology purchases
• Enable deeper due diligence on a rationalized vendor set
• Improve compliance posture with a single source of spend truth

Improved services

• Negotiate stronger SLAs backed by consolidated volume leverage
• Obtain volume-based service tiers and priority support
• Resolve issues faster with fewer, more accountable vendors
• Deliver more consistent user experience across the enterprise

The Wayfinders difference

The old way costs more than you think.

Traditional IT spend analysis relies on large teams of subject matter experts manually processing invoices and spreadsheets for months. By the time findings land on your desk, the data is already stale. We built a better model.

AI does the data work so our experts can focus entirely on finding and unlocking your savings.

Where we deliver impact

Five situations where this engagement delivers immediate value.

This offering is purpose-built for these five organizational moments when the pressure is real, the timeline is compressed, and a clear technology spend picture is no longer optional.

Post-merger integration

Consolidate vendors, eliminate contract overlaps, and align technology portfolios after an acquisition. Realize IT cost synergies in the first 100 days rather than the first year.

Cost takeout initiatives

When leadership demands margin improvement, you need fast answers. We surface low-value services, underutilized licenses, and redundant vendors without disrupting operations.

Vendor sprawl reduction

Years of decentralized purchasing have created a bloated, unmanageable vendor landscape. We simplify it — reducing risk, improving control, and realigning spend with business priorities.

Operating model redesign

Realign your vendor ecosystem to support new delivery models, sourcing strategies, and organizational structures during periods of significant change.

Cloud modernization

As you migrate to cloud-native architecture, legacy vendor relationships need reassessment. We redirect spend toward strategic technology partners that support where you are going, not where you have been.

The team

Senior advisors who have done this work at scale.

We welcome the opportunity for a conversation on what’s top of mind for you and your stakeholders. Our team brings decades of experience from the world’s leading consulting firms and enterprises and a genuine interest in exploring how your technology spend can work harder for you.

Wayfinders advisory team

Mike Cooke

Senior Partner – CXO Advisory

30+ years as Global Practice Lead @ Accenture, Booz, and Strategy

Matt Tryniecki

Associate Partner

12+ years @ EY, Huron, and Accenture

Jerry Krzywicki

Associate Partner

20+ years @ Grant Thornton, Accenture, and industry