We build the operational infrastructure growing companies need but haven't built yet. Workforce architecture, career frameworks, and AI-powered tools that work on Monday morning.
Start a ConversationYour best foreman just left for a competitor and you never saw it coming. There's no career path, no structure, no reason to stay.
Your estimates keep missing and nobody can explain why. There's no standardized process, no tools, no methodology.
Every decision runs through you because there's no system to handle it otherwise. You built a company that can't run without you in the room.
New hires take months to get productive because nothing is written down. Your best people carry everything in their heads.
You need more work in the pipeline but you don't have a BD person and you don't have time to do it yourself.
Your company grew, but the infrastructure to support that growth never got built. The work gets done because good people figure it out every day — not because anything underneath them is holding it together.
You don't need a consulting firm that charges six figures to study the problem and hand you a binder of recommendations. You need someone who builds the actual systems your team will use on Monday morning.
That's what we do.
Two core services that drive the most impact. Everything else flows from what we find once we're inside the operation.
Your people don't see a future at your company — not because there isn't one, but because you've never defined it. We build career structures with clear progression, real titles, defined expectations at every level, and job descriptions that aren't pulled off the internet.
Your team knows where they stand, where they're going, and what it takes to get there. You stop losing people to the shop down the road.
You know your business needs more work in the pipeline, but you don't have a BD person and you don't have time to do it yourself. We use AI-powered research tools to identify qualified prospects, compile contact information, and deliver a targeted lead report every week.
You provide feedback on what's working and what's not, and the targeting gets sharper over time. A business development function without the full-time salary.
Extract tribal knowledge and turn it into documented, repeatable processes your team can follow without guessing.
Quoting assistants, document generators, and workflow automations. Production-ready tools built for your specific operation.
Org charts, reporting structures, role clarity, and gap analysis for companies that have outgrown their informal structure.
Dashboards, scheduling tools, documentation standards, and cost tracking. Project controls that let you manage work instead of chase it.
Client details anonymized. The work speaks for itself.
The entire technical workforce was classified under one generic title. A senior specialist and an entry-level hire held the same title. No visibility into capabilities, no career progression, no formal job descriptions.
A complete career framework with 10+ labor categories and 30+ unique role/level combinations. Standardized job descriptions, updated org chart, full employee mapping with compensation modeling for cost-neutral rollout.
Every employee received a title reflecting actual capabilities. Leadership gained real workforce visibility and a defensible progression structure. Zero unplanned compensation impact.
No formalized estimation process. Bids built ad hoc without standardized tools. Pricing was inconsistent and hard to defend. Money left on the table or costs eaten without warning.
A complete estimation function: tools, labor frameworks, pricing models, and workflows connecting estimation to project management and field operations. Built for daily production use.
200+ production estimates completed using the system. Standardized, repeatable, and audit-ready. The team can defend every number.
Needed new business but didn't have the staff or budget for dedicated business development. The owner knew growth was out there but didn't have the time or tools to find it.
Using AI agent technology, we identified target prospects, compiled contact information, and produced a professional lead report with actionable targets. From initial brief to finished report: under 20 minutes.
A targeted lead report that would have taken a junior BD analyst days to compile. New revenue conversations started within the week.
Ridgeline Consulting is led by Andrew Polk. 13+ years building and managing operational systems in defense contracting and industrial environments — the kind of environments where the government audits your work, mistakes shut down contracts, and "good enough" doesn't pass inspection.
That background shapes everything we build. Systems are documented, defensible, and built for the people who have to use them every day. Not theory. Not recommendations. Working infrastructure.
We also integrate AI into everything we deliver. Not as a gimmick, but as a practical tool that lets us work faster and deliver at a cost that makes sense for companies that aren't Fortune 500. You get consulting-grade output without the consulting-grade invoice.
You get working systems, not a binder of recommendations. Tools and frameworks your team uses on day one.
AI-powered workflows let us deliver in weeks what traditional firms take months to produce. Same output, fraction of the cost.
We work with companies of 20 to 200 employees. Solutions scaled to your headcount, your budget, and your reality.
Clear scope, clear deliverables, clear timeline. You know what you're getting and what it costs before we start.
A conversation to understand your business and where the gaps are. No charge, no obligation. If we can help, we'll tell you how and what it costs. If we can't, we'll tell you that too.
Defined scope, defined deliverables, defined timeline. Most engagements run 4 to 12 weeks. You know exactly what you're getting before we start.
For services like lead generation or operational support, we offer monthly arrangements that flex with your needs. Consistent value, no long-term contracts.
Tell us a little about your business and what you're dealing with. If we can help, we'll tell you how. If we can't, we'll say that too. No pitch, no pressure.