We advise. We build. You own it.
Iron Horse is a management consulting firm that also builds software. When the fix to a problem is a better system, we build it for you to own outright, instead of renting someone else's forever.
A firm that hands you the plan and the software to run it.
We work on both sides of the problem: the strategy that decides what to do, and the system that does it. Take one. Most clients take both.
Advisory
Senior, hands-on counsel for the moments that decide the year: transitions, process, proposals, and a board-for-hire when you need seasoned operators in the room.
- Strategic Transitions & Implementations
- Project & Process Development
- Proposal Development & Management
- Tailored Advisory & Support
Platforms
Custom platforms, storefronts, and internal tools, including lean replacements for the expensive enterprise software you're tired of renting. Built to last, owned by you.
- Enterprise Platform Replacements
- Custom Internal Platforms
- Storefronts & Customer Portals
- Marketing Sites & Web
How we build software that lasts.
Plenty of software gets rushed out the door and then patched for months. We front-load the hard decisions, so what we ship holds up in production from the start.
- 01
Discovery
We interview the business and map every entity, role, and workflow before a line of code is written.
- 02
Domain model
Nouns, fields, and relationships are modeled once, richly, so the schema doesn't drift later.
- 03
Lifecycle & states
Every status, transition, and variant is drawn up front. The expensive surprises happen on paper.
- 04
Feature & access map
Modules, roles, and permissions are decided early, including tenancy, the call you can't easily undo.
- 05
Spec each feature
Goals, non-goals, and an edge-case table per feature. Done is defined before the build begins.
- 06
Build, task by task
Delivery in small, verified, committed steps. No big-bang rewrites, no code nobody understands.
- 07
Review & accept
Every feature is checked back against its own spec and edge cases before it ships.
One platform
All seven pieces, assembled into a single system you own.
Stop paying rent on software you'll never own.
Enterprise software is a subscription to someone else's roadmap. We build the lean equivalent and hand you the asset.
- Per-seat fees that climb every year
- Features you'll never use, none you actually need
- Your data living in someone else's database
- A roadmap set by their priorities, not yours
- Switching costs that grow the longer you stay
- One build, then it's yours, with no rent
- Fits your exact workflow, nothing extra
- You hold the code, the data, and the keys
- A roadmap you set and extend yourself
- Portable and auditable, built to outlast us
Platforms we've put into production.
A look at what we've built across the industries we serve, and what changed once it shipped.
Why teams bring us the hard ones.
You own what we build
Enterprise software bills you forever for a system you'll never own. We hand you the asset — code, data, and all.
We don't stop at the slide deck
Most consultants leave you with a plan. We can leave you with the working software that carries it out.
Built to last, not to demo
We plan the hard parts before we build, so what ships holds up in production instead of becoming a fix-it list.
Ready to explore strategic solutions?
Whether you need a plan, a platform, or both — let's talk about where you're trying to go and what's in the way.