Leadership Solutions Architecture

Your technology, suppliers and AI, accountable to one outcome.

OSCI provides senior leadership in AI governance, IT strategy, supplier management and governance, one to three days a week. We make every system, supplier and AI agent answer to the business result it is paid for.

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25+years of enterprise IT transformation
$500Min enterprise service deals shaped as solution architect
95%process adoption on a global pharma transformation
400+applications moved with zero continuity breaches
The Problem

Modern IT is assembled, not built. Nobody owns the whole.

Suppliers, cloud platforms and now AI agents each meet their own contract while the business outcome still fails. The gap shows up in the same places in almost every organization.

What you see
AI pilots multiplying, with no owner and no measure of value.
What we put in place: every AI system governed like a supplier, with a named owner, the business service it supports, a commitment and an audit trail.
What you see
Every vendor green on its SLA, and the business still unhappy.
What we put in place: agreements per business service rather than per vendor, with one accountable person for each supplier relationship.
What you see
Ownership is a name in a spreadsheet nobody updates.
What we put in place: accountability as defined roles tied to real services, so RACI, escalation and access all follow from them.
What you see
The map of what you run is out of date the day it is finished.
What we put in place: services mapped from business process down to component, so every piece traces to the outcome it supports.
What you see
Tickets bounce between teams, and assignment groups go stale.
What we put in place: work routed by who is accountable for the affected service, not by lists someone has to maintain.
What you see
Structure and roles change with nobody signing off.
What we put in place: changes to structure and ownership go through governed approval, with the decision on record.

Behind all of it is 25 years of service management: knowing how a service is designed, transitioned, run and improved. That is why our strategies survive contact with operations.

What We Do

Four disciplines, one problem solved.

Each discipline closes part of the accountability gap. Together they give leadership one view of what technology, suppliers and AI are delivering for the business.

AI Governance
AI is your newest supplier. Govern it like one.

An inventory of every AI system tied to the business service it supports, with a named owner, policy and controls that pass an audit, and a way to measure the value it delivers.

AI governance services →
IT Strategy & Operating Model
Every technology dollar traced to a business outcome.

Target operating models, a map from business service down to technology, and roadmaps sequenced as decisions leadership can actually make, through reorganizations, mergers and sourcing changes.

Strategy services →
Supplier Management
Many suppliers, behaving as one service.

Outcome-based agreements per service, supplier scorecards, a governance cadence, and vendor rationalization after a merger or acquisition, proven across 30+ suppliers at a time.

Supplier services →
Governance & Service Management
Ownership that lives in roles, not spreadsheets.

Accountable roles, working service-management processes, a CMDB tied to business services, audit-ready controls for SOX and GxP, and dashboards leaders trust.

Governance services →
Ways to Work

Start small. Stay as long as it is useful.

Every engagement has a defined outcome and is built to hand over to your own people. Prices are in Canadian dollars.

AI Governance Leadership Workshop

Half day, plus a written readout

Your leadership team leaves with an inventory of where AI is in use, who should own it, and the first five controls to put in place.

$6,000
Ask about dates →

Operating Model Health Check

3 weeks, fixed scope

A clear view of where accountability breaks between your services, suppliers and AI, with a prioritized gap register and a 90-day plan.

$15,000 fixed
Request a health check →

Fractional Leadership

1–3 days a week, monthly retainer

A senior leader on your team who runs governance, owns the roadmap, coaches your managers and builds the successor. Minimum three months.

Monthly retainer
Discuss a retainer →

Assessment Sprint

4–8 weeks

Current-state assessment, target operating model and a costed roadmap, presented to your executives. For larger organizations and follow-on work.

Scoped to your needs
Scope a sprint →
The Foundation

A proven method, a platform, and a team when you need one.

The work runs on a method refined over ten years of enterprise engagements, and on a platform OSCI is building to run it.

Parivarta

A five-phase method: Assess, Redesign, Build, Implement, Sustain. It rolls out one service at a time without disturbing day-to-day operations, and ends by handing over to your people.

Read the method →
Truss

OSCI's governance platform, in development. It holds the map from business service to component and the accountable roles behind it, so neither can quietly decay.

Explore Truss →   Build progress →
The Workbench

For initiatives too large for advisory alone. OSCI assembles, trains and manages the delivery team, governed by the same method.

How the Workbench works →
Track Record

Delivered, not theoretical.

MerckMedtronicNovartisWhirlpoolA Fortune 6 energy company

Engagements delivered directly and through partners including Cognizant, Wipro and ISG (Information Services Group).

Strategy

Merck. Moved the cybersecurity unit from a service model to a product model: 95% process adoption, and a proof of concept that led directly to a $45–50M transformation deal.

Supplier Management

Medtronic. Moved 400+ applications to managed services across 30+ suppliers with zero continuity breaches; supplier performance up 30%.

Governance

A Fortune 6 energy company, via ISG. Benchmarked the service and network-security operating models; target operating models and executive roadmaps now under way.

Client Feedback

From the people who worked the engagements.

"...led efforts to decompose a complex business service, Clinical Study Management, creating a service map down to the task level and profiling it in our CMDB for targeted reporting and analysis. We moved from a perceived 'black box' operation to being an influential partner with business leaders, development teams, and suppliers."
A Director of Information Technology Services — Merck Pharmaceutical (Client)
"...an exceptional solution architect with a proven track record of driving strategic business and IT initiatives. The ability to align organizational goals with customer needs and manage large-scale projects up to $500 million is impressive."
An AI & Enterprise Technology Executive — Direct Manager
"I have known Asif for close to 15+ years and have worked with him on numerous assignments ranging from strategy formulation to execution. He always brings his best to any task at hand and has always inspired colleagues with his client-centricity, subject matter expertise..."
An AVP & SBU Head — Cognizant (Direct Manager for 15+ Years)
"I hired Asif based on a word-of-mouth referral... a short window of delivery, many stakeholders across multiple teams and extremely complex deliverables. He rose to expectations, putting his magic touch in each of the presentations, leading to the closure of the project."
A Senior Manager, HP Benefits — CVS Health (Client)
Contact

Start with a 30-minute conversation.

Tell us where accountability is breaking down. If OSCI isn't the right fit, we'll say so and point you to someone who is.

asif.shaikh@osci.biz  ·  CAN: +1.416.884.6724  ·  US: +1.908.301.6724  ·  London, Ontario

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