Ranked 5th in the nation by USA Today’s Top Workplaces USA, Daugherty Business Solutions is a leading advisory services and technology consulting firm. Founded by Ron and Jan Daugherty, the company currently employs over 1,500 consultants worldwide with a focus on AI, tech modernization, and business agility. For over 40 years, Daugherty has been driving innovation and helping customers achieve better and more predictable outcomes for mission-critical initiatives.
Connecting Technology and Business Leaders
“We make brands more competitive by teaching them about innovative technology and building out capabilities that take full advantage of the opportunities available,” says Daugherty Business Solutions president and CEO Ron Daugherty. A seasoned tech expert and mathematician, Daugherty built his reputation working at industry giants such as The Monsanto Company, McDonnell Douglas, and Emerson Electric. He saw the need for a company like Daugherty Business Solutions as he observed firsthand the gap between technologists and business leaders.
Driving Innovation: Inside Daugherty’s iHub
In a rapidly evolving world, Daugherty’s Innovation Hub assists companies in exploring new possibilities and intuitive technologies like AI to enhance efficiency and better serve customers. Daugherty built an anomaly detection system and AI forecasting tool to help a leading retailer avoid out-of-stock shortages and make better supply chain ordering decisions – saving up to $6 million a day during certain cyclical seasons. Innovation is essential for survival, and agility and flexibility are vital. Through a collaborative approach with client engagement step by step, iHub ideas evolve from whiteboard concepts to proofs of value leveraging Daugherty accelerators, cross-industry experience, creative thinkers, doers, and leaders in GenAI, machine learning, and data science.
Working together with a worldwide seed producer from proof of concept to app development, Daugherty’s iHub created a solution with image recognition that identifies plants as well as (or better than) trained botanists – improving herbicide efficiency and the client’s carbon footprint. Daugherty’s iHub guides clients to push boundaries and create innovative solutions to their toughest business challenges in a smart and efficient way. For instance, Daugherty partnered with a major pharmaceutical organization to improve drug utilization forecasts by 72% – driving over $40 million in rebate revenue.
Tech Modernization and Business Agility
For companies looking to increase their business agility to respond to market changes, Daugherty offers pragmatic and cost-effective approaches to technical modernization and accelerated moves to cloud-native architecture where appropriate. Daugherty’s FinOps experts also help companies significantly reduce their cloud spend while maximizing value. They were able to help one of the largest manufacturers in the world reduce cloud spend by an estimated 17% or $10 million annually. In addition to Daugherty’s proprietary tools and techniques, Daugherty partners with leading technology vendors such as AWS, Google, Microsoft, Databricks, Snowflake, CAST, and other select providers to provide complete, best-in-class solutions – highlighted by being named Breakthrough Partner of the Year by Five9, a leading AI-powered Contact Center solution.
Making a Difference Together
Daugherty’s mission to provide exceptional value to its clients, an incredible work environment for its employees, and unwavering support to the community is what inspired Daugherty Business Solutions to launch Access Point several years ago. Now, officially a stand-alone 501(c)3, the award-winning and “Best in Class” not-for-profit organization offers life-changing opportunities to young people and underrepresented groups by providing access to technical training, mentorship, and IT careers.
“Talent is equally distributed, but access to opportunity is not, and Access Point is changing that equation,” says Daugherty. Through its work with Access Point and by partnering with hundreds of national and local charities such as the American Red Cross, United Way, Ronald McDonald House, Atlanta Community Food Bank, ITSMF, BDPA, and Chrystal Ball Foundation, Daugherty is dedicated to improving the lives of the people in the communities where our clients and employees live.
One of the core values, the vision and purpose at Daugherty is to make a positive difference. A company that uses its success to make a greater positive difference in the world is a powerful idea.
