Practical AI for Canadian organizations · Ottawa

Identify and remove
assembly work.

Your skilled people spend hours copying, compiling, re-keying and chasing information between emails, documents and systems. That's assembly work — and it's where practical AI pays off. We find it, design the right automation, build and tune it in production, and measure the hours it gives back. Senior people, vendor-neutral advice, and twenty years of delivering technology that works.

Our mantra: Do It Right The First Time.

Organizations we've delivered for
  • The Ottawa Hospital
  • Hydro Ottawa
  • Shared Services Canada
  • Canada Post
  • Innovapost
  • PSPC
  • Government of Nunavut
  • Ottawa Community Housing
  • Champlain LHIN
  • ADGA
  • Ross Video
  • Stalco
  • Renaissance Repair & Supply

From AI experiments to results you can report.

Find the assembly work that costs the most hours. Design, build and tune automations in production. Measure the hours you get back. Scale what works.

PSG AI Studio · Start small. Prove it. Scale it.

Small AI projects.
Real operational gains.

You don't need a multi-year AI program to get value. You need the right workflow, designed and automated properly — then the next. AI Studio finds where assembly work is consuming your team's hours, designs and builds automations into production, tunes them with your people, and reports the time recovered against an agreed baseline.

DesignMap your workflows and design the right automation. This takes several weeks, and it should.
BuildImplement, test on real work, and tune with your team until it's reliable
MeasureHours recovered, tracked against the baseline agreed at the start

Two services. One standard of delivery.

Whether it's a single AI automation or an enterprise system replacement, you get the same thing: clear outcomes agreed up front, senior people doing the work, and a result you can defend to your executive team.

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AI Adoption & Implementation

Practical AI that earns its place in your operations. We find the workflows where AI saves the most time and money, put automations into production, and give your leadership the governance and results they need to scale with confidence.

  • Identify and remove assembly work: the copying, compiling and re-keying that eats skilled time
  • Automations built and running in production — not pilots
  • Vendor-neutral tool selection: Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot
  • Responsible-use rules and governance leadership can sign off on
  • Change management that turns early wins into team-wide adoption
  • AI strategy and roadmaps for larger organizations
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Technology Programs & Digital Transformation

When the project is bigger — an ERP replacement, a cloud migration, a new CRM — we define the outcomes, select vendors on your behalf, and deliver on time and on budget, with the organizational alignment that makes results stick.

  • Core outcomes definition and business case development
  • Process engineering and requirements documentation
  • Procurement strategy, RFP development, and vendor negotiation
  • Program and project planning, governance, and delivery
  • Technology selection across ERP, CRM, IaaS, contact centre, and custom development
  • Change management and organizational readiness
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Why managers and executives
bring us in.

When the outcome has your name on it, you need people who scope honestly, staff the work with senior practitioners, and tell you early when something is at risk. That's why so much of our work comes from clients who have worked with us before — and from executives who bring us with them when they move.

Results You Can Report Upward

We agree what success looks like before work starts — hours saved, cost avoided, a system live by a date — and we report against it. You get numbers you can take to your executive team or board, not a slide about potential.

Senior Practitioners. Not Account Managers.

The people you meet at the proposal are the people doing the work. PSG principals have led programs across healthcare, utilities, federal government, Crown corporations, and private enterprise — and they show up to deliver, not oversee.

Vendor Independence

We don't sell software and we don't earn commissions. When we recommend Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Workday, a custom build — or nothing at all — it's because it's the right answer for your situation. We work for you, not the vendor.

Right-Sized, Not Oversized

Not every problem needs a large consultancy and a six-month discovery phase. We scope the work to the problem — one automation, a pilot, or a full program — and deliver outcomes comparable to the largest firms at a fraction of the cost.

20+Years delivering complex technology programs for Canadian public and private sector organizations
$0Vendor commissions or software incentives — our advice is yours alone
1stStep in every AI engagement: find the assembly work worth removing, before choosing any tool
Pathfinder Solutions Group · Delivery Philosophy

Do It Right
The First Time.

Getting strategy, requirements, and planning right before implementation begins is how we avoid the rework, overruns, and political fallout that derail programs.

"Executives who have worked with us know that bringing PSG in early is the decision that pays off."
PSG — Senior Delivery Partner
When it goes wrong
The PSG approach
Strategy gaps
No clear outcomes. No business case.
Clear strategy
Outcomes defined. Business case built.
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Requirements assumed
Undocumented. Misaligned.
Requirements documented
Agreed. Validated. No surprises.
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Planning too optimistic
No governance. No risk buffer.
Realistic planning
Governance set. Risks identified.
Implementation
begins
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Rework
Requirements revisited. Scope blown.
Cost overruns
Budget breached. Timeline gone.
Political fallout
Confidence lost. Trust eroded.
Program derailed
On time. On budget.
Organizational alignment intact.
Program delivered.
"Executives who bring PSG in early say it's the decision that paid off."
Repeat mandate earned

The later a problem is discovered, the more expensive it is to fix. A requirement missed in discovery becomes a change order in build and a crisis post go-live. Front-loading rigour is not overhead — it is the cheapest insurance available on any program.

1×
5×
15×
40×
100×
Strategy & Discovery
Requirements Definition
Design & Architecture
Build & Integration
Post Go-Live
Without front-loaded rigour
Relative cost of fixing an error discovered late — after design or build has begun. Includes rework, retesting, change orders, and political cost of delays.
With PSG's approach
Relative cost of the same issue caught early — in strategy or requirements. Resolved by conversation before a line of code is written or a vendor is signed.
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Outcomes Before Outputs
We define what success means before we plan how to get there. Deliverables follow — they don't lead.
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Requirements Are Non-Negotiable
Vague requirements are the single greatest driver of cost overruns. We refuse to move forward without clarity.
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Accountability Is Structural
Clear ownership at every stage. If something can go wrong without anyone being responsible, we fix the governance first.
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Senior People on the Work
The people who understand the problem are the people solving it. No hand-offs. No juniors hidden behind proposals.
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Risk on the Table Early
We surface hard truths at the front of a program, not when they've become crises that cost three times as much to resolve.
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Change Management Is Not Optional
Technology without adoption is wasted capital. People and process readiness are built into every program from day one.
20+
Years delivering
Complex technology programs across Canadian public and private sector
100%
Earned mandates
Every client relationship built on referral and repeat engagement
$0
Vendor commissions
Advice that belongs to you alone — no software incentives, ever
1×
We do it once
Right the first time. That's not a target — it's the standard.

Focused AI projects. National programs.
The same discipline.

A sample of the AI projects and technology programs PSG has led and delivered.

AI Adoption

Government of Nunavut — AI Adoption

End-to-end AI adoption strategy and implementation for a territorial government, including use-case identification, governance frameworks, and workforce enablement.

AI Enablement

PSPC — AI Enablement

AI enablement program for Public Services and Procurement Canada, supporting one of the federal government's largest and most complex procurement organizations.

Data & AI

Data Readiness & AI Adoption

Data architecture assessment, quality remediation, and AI readiness programs enabling organizations to build on solid analytical foundations.

Digital Transformation

Ottawa Community Housing — Digital Transformation

Comprehensive digital transformation strategy and implementation program for one of Canada's largest social housing providers.

Cloud Migration

Shared Services Canada — 2,000+ Workloads to Azure & AWS

Program leadership for the migration of over 2,000 workloads to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services across 17 major federal departments and 19 additional departments and agencies.

Infrastructure

National Mobile Device Rollout

End-to-end planning, procurement, and deployment of mobile technology programs across distributed national workforces.

Infrastructure

Fibre Optic Network Delivery

Program leadership for large-scale fibre network projects, including vendor management, construction oversight, and cutover planning.

Enterprise Systems

ERP Implementation

Strategy, selection, and delivery of enterprise resource planning systems — requirements through go-live and stabilization.

Enterprise Systems

Salesforce & CRM Programs

Full-lifecycle CRM implementations including Salesforce and legacy platform consolidations across sales, service, and operations.

Enterprise Systems

Workday HCM & Finance

Human capital and financial management transformations, from business process re-engineering through production cutover.

Contact Centre

Contact Centre Technology

Design and deployment of enterprise contact centre platforms including workforce management (Blue Pumpkin) and multi-channel integration.

Cloud & Infrastructure

IaaS & Desktop Modernization

Cloud migration strategy and execution, including infrastructure-as-a-service transitions and large-scale desktop upgrade programs.

Software Development

Custom Application Development

C# and React application development for operational systems — from requirements and architecture through build, test, and deployment.

Let's talk about what you need to get done.

Tell us what you're trying to get done — an AI use case, a stalled project, a system decision. In one conversation you'll get an honest view of where AI can help, what it will take, and whether we're the right fit.

"Highest-ROI project we've done in five years." — Property management client, one automation in.

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