The Stanski Group provides business and technology solutions for corporates, small to medium organisations (SMEs), start-ups, entrepreneurs and investors. Our business is all about making your business more successful through innovative solutions to business planning & execution, and clever use of technologies & people in projects and new ventures. The Stanski team enable your business and technology teams to be more successful in converging and meeting your business objectives. We are the business and technology mentors you call upon when real challenges are faced. We deliver value by creating new to market business models, products, innovative services and business optimisations through process and technology deployments. The Stanski Group collectively helps you to envision, plan, initiate, execute, manage and staff your business in innovative ways. Our passion is in assisting our customers to succeed in a repeatable manner within highly complex business and technology landscapes.

At Stanski Consulting we have consulted on large scale business transformations, business realignments, and mentored numerous organisations with technology adoptions. We are in the business of organisational and IT risk investment mitigation. We have worked with large multi-national corporations, medium and small enterprises, start-ups and traditional business organisations. Stanski has developed numerous business solutions for industry verticals such as telecom, finance, education, research, trade, logistics, embedded, gaming, e-learning, scientific, bio-technology and unique IT technology domains. Our clients leverage our agile consultants who are comfortable at dealing with complex business challenges, and convert these into tactical projects and technology solutions for in-house or outsourced execution. While Stanski Consulting clients have unique needs requiring non-traditional approaches, our in demand consulting services span across the various vertical customer demographics: * Enterprise strategy consulting * Review and development of sustainable business models * Business and Technology capability assessments * Review of existing products and new product development * Competitive bid and tender management * Alignments, reviews and establishment of programs, project, and project offices (PMOs) * Mitigation of business, program and project risks within technology & business contexts * Review of business capabilities prior to mergers

The Stanski Consulting team has worked internationally with Microsoft Research (MSR), Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) team, and various Microsoft Product Groups in early technology adoption programs and in the field deployments. Stanski has also been involved with Microsoft .Net technologies prior to their public release in 1999. We have taken part in the prestigious Microsoft specialist programs such as the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Regional Director, Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) and as the region’s first Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) member. Our early access to emerging tools and new infrastructure platforms enables Stanski Consulting to help client organisations formulate their long term strategies around Microsoft directions and align with their current and future technology offerings. Stanski Consulting has experience that spans the complete spectrum of large enterprise level systems to the smallest of embedded and wireless mobile solutions. Our past engagements have been reported widely in the media and as Microsoft case studies. Our technology consulting activities have helped to close some of the largest enterprise level deals in the southern hemisphere. We've also worked on stage with industry’s best experts and technologies at key Microsoft events like TechEd and Partner Architect Forums. Our core strengths are in assisting clients in all aspects of leveraging current and future technology investments to achieve greater business value, meet business objectives and maintain competitive advantage. Our key technology consulting services include: * Enterprise strategy consulting (Microsoft technology stack centric) * Technology Roadmaps and strategy development * Bid management and technology centric tender responses * Competitive Proof of Concept (POC) development * Infrastructure optimisations (MIO) and capability assessments (ITIL & MOF) * Business and technology alignments * Mentoring services and leadership in software development and infrastructure deployment teams * Microsoft Desktop Deployment and Planning (DDPS : NT/2K > XP > Vista > Windows7) * Enterprise solution architecture development * Outsourcer account and technology reviews * Solution and Code reviews We are frequently engaged by highly competent organisations seeking confidential assistance in strategic and tactical decision making which is influenced by technology but governed by business objectives.

The Stanski Consulting team has worked with large national and international corporations, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs), and start-up organisations. Stanski has been instrumental in the establishment of new organisations such as the Victoria .Net Cluster which has been cloned across other states in Australia. We have also been involved in research and innovation center establishment and bridged various industry groups. Our insights and experience combined with blue ocean thinking enables Stanski Consulting to help client organisations formulate business strategies and execute plans in order to meet their objectives. Our past engagements and outcomes have been reported in case studies. In our engagements we are frequently found working with leadership teams of local and international organisations. Our key business consulting services include: * Enterprise strategy consulting * Business model development * Business structure and design support * Decision support for organisational leadership teams * New initiative development, support and review * Business and operations alignments * Bid management and tender respons support * Insourcing and outsourcing of operations At Stanski we are engaged by high profile organisations seeking confidential assistance in strategic and tactical execution that effectively meets business objectives.

Established in 2002, The Stanski Group has been in operation for over 10 years. While our consultants are frequently based at client sites, The Stanski Group is headquartered in the up and coming Melbourne Docklands. The Docklands region just outside of the CBD is best known as home to the Etihad Stadium, Southern Cross Station and a large number of modern buildings and eccentric public artworks. Our consultants are incredibly versative, highly educated and deeply skilled. The Stanski staff hold a range of Ph.Ds, Masters degrees (inc. MBAs), Honour, Postgraduate qualifications and prestigious industry certifications. Despite our impressive credentials we walk the talk and have an impeccable track record of delivery. Our home at Melbourne Docklands has become a sought after business address and has already attracted the national headquarters of the National Australia Bank (NAB), ANZ Bank, Bendigo Bank, Coles Myer, AXA, Medibank Private and the Bureau of Meteorology.

Stanski Ventures works with innovative entrepreneurials, emerging and disruptive organisations and side-by-side with technology investors to provide advisory services and best management practices for emerging and maturing organisations. We operate all the way from idea conception and incubation through to ultimate establishment, development, delivery and public deployment. By using the Stanski Solutions Framework (SSF) we use our repeatable process to guide and govern what many consider to be the “wild west” of emerging business technology organisation (EBTO) establishment. Whether you’re an entrepreneural individual, an emerging technology or an innovative business, a large enterprise working on disruptive innovation or an investor, the Stanski Ventures team can assist with your unique ventures.

If the next Alexander Bell (inventor of the telephone) came through your door would you invest in him, or would you pass on his idea? How do you look for signs of a disruptive technology innovation? When do you know the opportunity has been fully assessed? How do you know that there is room in the market for the business model and the product? And finally how do you know the inventor team are the right persons for the job? At Stanski Ventures we live and breathe technology, but walk in the user and customer shoes. While we are driven by the entrepreneur passion we are pragmatic with our investments. So whether you are an angel or institutional investor, and are looking for leadership, guidance and management assistance in the technology sector you can not afford to give us a miss. We help you to dream, plan, execute and manage your business technology investments. Call us today to discuss your investment opportunity.

While entrepreneural behaviours drive the world organisations, it is the emerging business technology startup organisations (EBTOs) that actually changing the world of business. Without proper entreprenuer support and business idea development, innovations fail to materialise into technologies, products, services and ultimately into sustainable thriving organisations. Research shows that within the first 3 years EBTOs either yield highly attractive financial and market rewards or simply disappear. Thus the early years set the direction for the emerging business, establishe its core customer base, define the type of work life balance for its founders, and guide investors towards their rewards and ultimate exit. So if you’re an entrepreneural emerging organisation looking to capitalise on your intellectual property and want to make a significant market stance with your new product offering, then the Stanski Ventures team can help you get there. We help you to live your dream, convert it into an actionable plan, and then execute and manage your growth. Simply call us today to discuss your business opportunity and early startup needs.

Did you know that entrepreneural behaviours do not just occur outside of large enterprise? In many cases innovation does exist deep within large organisations which often do not have a culture of innovation of new product and service development. Thus without proper business support and care these pockets of innovation often fail to materialise tangible organisational benefits. However, research shows that products established within the last 3 years are sources of large revenue streams in the marketplace. Therefore, the benefits of new product development (NPD) activities called Intraventuring yield highly attractive financial and market rewards. So if you’re looking to capitalise on your intellectual property and market positioning with new product development (NDP), the Stanski Ventures team can help to address your unique challenges associated with successful intraventuring within your organisation. We help you to dream, plan, execute and manage your corporate ventures.