Advisory · Delivery · Innovation

The factor that scales outcomes.

An independent advisory practice that turns technology strategy, program leadership, and AI into results leaders can measure.

Founded 2025 · Chicago Model Fractional & project-based Clients Growth-stage & enterprise Focus Strategy · Delivery · AI
What we do

Three ways we multiply what your organization can execute.

Engage one service or all three. Each is built to move from plan to measurable outcome — and to leave your teams stronger than we found them.

Advisory

Technology Advisory

Set the direction — and build the capability to get there.

  • IT strategy assessment & alignment
  • Strategic planning & technology roadmaps
  • Operating model & organization design
  • Scaling & capability development
Delivery

Program Consulting

Move initiatives from plan to done — and rescue the ones that stall.

  • Program & project management assessment & review
  • Portfolio, program & project management
  • Delivery execution & PMO stand-up
  • Turnaround & recovery of at-risk work
Innovation

AI Consulting

Turn AI ambition into governed, funded, measurable initiatives.

  • AI strategy, roadmap & guiding principles
  • Opportunity discovery & prioritization; business case & ROI modeling
  • Responsible governance & gated validation
  • Adoption, change management & value realization
How we work

Intentional, governed, and built to hand back.

Align

Ground every initiative in a quantifiable business case and a clear definition of what success looks like before a dollar is spent.

Build

Prioritize by value and complexity, then deliver through gated checkpoints — technical, ethical, security, and human-in-the-loop.

Transform

Measure transformation through realized outcomes to ensure in-house momentum.

About

Proven execution, not a slide deck.

Factor N combines the deep experience of its practitioners across strategy, delivery, and innovation with change governance to harness evolving technology and align it with business outcomes. The work is collaborative, hands-on: real roadmaps, real structure, real capabilities — with the goal of making your organization more capable, not more dependent.

Factor N was founded by Joshua Nardo, a technology and operations executive who has spent three decades turning strategy into profitable, repeatable execution. He has owned the P&L for and scaled advisory and delivery practices spanning IT strategy, cybersecurity and resilience, and global electronic trading technology — leading cross-functional teams from Chicago to London, Hong Kong, and São Paulo, and serving clients from AmLaw 100 law firms to global exchanges, banks, and Fortune 100 enterprises. He holds an MBA with international distinction from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

FoundedJuly 2025
PrincipalJoshua Nardo
Based inChicago, IL
EngagementsFractional · Project · Advisory
FocusFinancial services & capital markets · Professional services · Cybersecurity & resilience

Let's find your factor.

Tell us where you're trying to scale — technology, a program, or AI — and we'll show you the shortest credible path there.

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