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Senior technology leadership for the moments when getting it wrong is not an option.

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One Principal. Full Accountability.

Dave Anderson.
Principal Consultant.

Dave Anderson — Principal

Dave Anderson has 30+ years of consulting experience — from Big Four advisory to global program delivery to the C-suite. His career began at Price Waterhouse in 1989 and spans a 35-year arc that includes directing Oracle Cloud programs with 160-person teams, serving as virtual CTO for a $6 billion CPG company operating in 175 countries, and leading ERP recoveries for organizations that couldn't afford to fail twice.

Town & Country Consulting is intentionally a one-principal firm. When you engage Dave, you get Dave — at the whiteboard, on the executive steering committee, and in the room when the hard call gets made. No junior staff running your program while the partner you hired shows up for quarterly reviews. No hand-offs. No dilution.

"Business first, technology second — the lens behind every engagement."
Dave Anderson — Principal
Global Experience
Belgium · Brazil · Canada · France · Great Britain · India · Ireland · Luxembourg · Malaysia · Mexico · Netherlands · USA

The Marine Corps taught him something that 30+ years of consulting has confirmed: clarity of command and accountability without ambiguity are what separate programs that land from programs that drift.

30+
Years Consulting
12
Countries Served
150,000+
Users Across Engagements
100%
Principal-Led Delivery
PMP TOGAF ITIL Expert SAFe Agile US Marine Corps
The Organizing Principle

Organizations don't call Dave when things are running smoothly.

Every engagement starts at an inflection point — a moment when the technology leadership decision will either accelerate the business or cost it dearly. The four areas below are not a service menu. They are four specific situations where having the right senior advisor changes the outcome.

ERP transformation. Systems strategy. Fractional CIO/CTO. Post-acquisition integration. Different situations. The same rare combination of business acumen, technical depth, program discipline, and executive presence — delivered by one principal.

Four Inflection Points

Where the work matters most.

01
ERP Transformation
Your systems can no longer support where the business is going. This is what comes next.
ERP transformation is the highest-stakes technology program most organizations will run. The decisions made in the first ninety days determine whether a go-live is a milestone or a crisis. Dave has directed programs at this scale from start to cutover — the discipline he brings is not just technical architecture. It's the program governance, executive alignment, and organizational change management that keeps a complex transformation from becoming a recovery project. He has been the recovery PM too. He knows exactly how these programs go wrong.
  • Program Director, Oracle Cloud — largest US home healthcare provider: 40,000 users, 68 integrations
  • Program Director, 160-person Oracle Cloud program — major oil & gas company, 3 years
  • Program Director, ERP — 3rd largest trucking company in the United States
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02
Systems Strategy
You're growing fast. Here's how to build a technology foundation that doesn't collapse under its own weight.
Growth creates pressure on systems that were never designed for the business you're becoming. Before you sign a vendor contract or kick off a platform selection, you need a technology roadmap built around business outcomes. Dave builds that roadmap: current-state assessment, integration architecture, vendor evaluation, and a sequenced investment plan your CFO can defend. Not every problem requires a new platform. Getting that sequence right is worth more than any technology it produces.
  • 5-year systems roadmap — LTL trucking & 3PL: NetSuite, Salesforce, UKG, Boomi
  • Virtual CTO — $6B+ CPG firm, 175 countries; 2011 National Outsourcing Association Award
  • TOGAF-certified enterprise architect with delivery experience across 12 countries
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03
Fractional CIO / CTO
You need senior IT leadership. You're not ready for a $300,000 hire. There is a better option.
The Fractional CIO/CTO engagement is built for organizations in motion — post-funding, pre-IPO, scaling fast, or navigating a leadership transition. Dave steps in at the executive level: board meetings, vendor relationships, and technology strategy. This is not advisory — it is operational leadership on a flexible engagement model. The organizations that get the most from this arrangement are the ones that need a decision-maker, not a consultant who writes recommendations and leaves.
  • Virtual CTO for $6B+ CPG company across 175 countries — enterprise-level technology strategy and vendor ownership
  • IT organization restructure — international produce agriculture firm
  • 30+ years operating at CFO, COO, and CEO level — no translation layer required
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04
Post-Acquisition Integration
You just closed a deal. The technology integration clock is already running.
In a post-acquisition environment, technology integration is not an IT project — it is a business risk. The longer it takes to converge systems, the longer you pay for duplicate infrastructure and the longer synergy value stays theoretical. Dave has led integration programs across multi-entity portfolios and understands the governance model that separates a clean integration from a 36-month distraction. He moves fast, communicates at the executive level, and knows where the bodies are buried in enterprise system landscapes.
  • Recovery PM & Lead Architect — 17-entity energy and construction conglomerate, Oracle Fusion ERP & HCM
  • Deep experience in ERP, integration architecture, and OCM — the three disciplines that determine whether an acquisition integrates or drags
  • Compressed-timeline delivery across industries with no tolerance for extended transition periods
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Private Equity & Venture Capital

Built for the Private Equity & Venture Capital deal cycle.

Technology is where acquisition theses go to die — or get validated. Before a deal closes, someone needs to assess the target's systems landscape with clear eyes: technical debt, integration complexity, ERP readiness, and what the real Day 1 cost looks like. After it closes, someone needs to execute the convergence without a 36-month distraction.

That work — technical due diligence, integration architecture, program governance, executive presence under pressure — is exactly what Dave has done at the largest ERP and systems transformation programs in healthcare, energy, and logistics. The context is a deal cycle. The discipline is identical.

For portfolio companies that need senior technology leadership without a permanent C-suite hire, the Fractional CIO/CTO engagement provides board-level credibility and operational accountability on a structure that fits your hold period.

No firm. No overhead. One principal who has been in the room when the hard calls get made.
Before the Close
Technology Due Diligence
An honest read on the target's technology stack — technical debt, integration complexity, ERP maturity, and what remediation actually costs. The same assessment discipline applied to the largest enterprise transformation programs in energy and healthcare.
After the Close
Post-Acquisition Integration
Systems convergence is a program management problem with a hard deadline. Dave has run multi-entity, multi-system transformation programs under pressure — the governance model that makes a clean integration is the same one that makes a clean go-live.
Ongoing
Fractional CIO / CTO
Senior technology leadership for portfolio companies that aren't ready for a full-time C-suite hire — and can't afford to operate without one. Board-credible. Operationally engaged. Structured to fit your hold period.
Select Engagements — A Sampling of a 35-Year Career

Is your enterprise transformation
crawling with dragons?

A representative sample from 30+ years of delivery — programs where the right senior leadership made the difference between a milestone and a crisis.

Industries Served

Deep sector knowledge.

Experience earned across industries where enterprise transformation is high-stakes — not theoretical.

Oil & Gas
Midstream and upstream Oracle Cloud programs, ERP system selection, operational readiness, and multi-entity recovery PM.
Healthcare
Large-scale Oracle Cloud for home healthcare — 40,000+ users, complex integration landscapes, and regulatory compliance.
Trucking & Logistics
ERP implementation, systems architecture, and 5-year roadmaps for LTL carriers, 3PLs, and top-3 US trucking operators.
Manufacturing & CPG
Salesforce implementations, IT cost reduction (28–43%), and virtual CTO engagements for global manufacturers and $6B+ CPG enterprises.
Agriculture
Virtual CIO and IT organization restructure for an international produce agriculture firm operating across global supply chains.
Energy & Construction
Recovery PM and lead architecture for multi-entity conglomerate Oracle Fusion ERP and HCM programs.
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Technology due diligence, post-acquisition integration leadership, and fractional CIO/CTO for portfolio companies.
Real Estate & Development
Residential and commercial real estate advisory, property management systems, and operational consulting.

We build programs that don't need dragon slayers.

And we're the ones you call
when you do.

If your organization is at an inflection point — and the cost of getting the technology decision wrong is too high — let's have a direct conversation about what that looks like.

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Principal
Dave Anderson
Location
De Pere, Wisconsin
Email
dave@townandcountryconsulting.com
Credentials
PMP · TOGAF · ITIL Expert · SAFe Agile
BA Business & Finance (Cum Laude) · Masters Studies, UW