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Meridian AxisAdvisory Group

Strategy · Technology · Operations

Technology that performs.Operations that scale.

Meridian Axis Advisory Group helps organizations modernize critical infrastructure, strengthen operational performance and execute complex change — across technology, finance and people operations, governance and the back office.

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  • Founder-led
  • Vendor-independent
  • Executive-level engagement

Problems We Solve

The challenges that keep leadership teams up at night.

Meridian is engaged when the stakes are operational, the systems are critical and the organization needs someone who has carried that responsibility before.

  • Technology that can't keep up

    Outages, security exposure and undocumented infrastructure that was never designed for the organization you've become.

  • Operations that depend on heroics

    Unclear roles, undocumented processes and unmanaged vendors — held together by a few people working very hard.

  • Leadership without visibility

    Budgets, KPIs and risks that don't reach executives in time — so decisions rely on anecdote instead of evidence.

  • Growth that outpaces the operating model

    New sites, acquisitions and major initiatives layered onto a back office and structure built for a smaller organization.

Services

Strategy. Technology. Operations.

Management, technology and operations consulting — delivered by leaders who have run these functions themselves.

All services

Strategy

Transformation, governance, organizational design, roadmaps, program and fractional leadership.

Technology

Infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, automation, resilience and modernization.

Operations

Finance, people, education and back-office operations, vendor management and multi-site performance.

Why Meridian

Most technology firms understand systems. Most operations firms understand process.Meridian brings both together.

Infrastructure decisions change how people work. Budgets, staffing and vendor decisions depend on the systems underneath them. Meridian's founders have led both — enterprise technology across 30+ sites and operations across a 41-school network — so our recommendations account for the budget, the people, the vendors and the uptime, not just the architecture diagram.

  • Independent

    No product resale, no vendor commissions.

  • Senior

    Founders lead every engagement personally.

  • Practical

    Plans sized to your budget cycle and team.

  • Accountable

    Measured on outcomes, not deliverable volume.

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Industries

Deep experience where availability and accountability matter.

All industries

Founder Experience

Responsibility carried at enterprise scale.

Years in technology leadership
17+
Years in executive operations leadership
20+
Schools across NY, CT and RI under one operational strategy
41
Operating budgets supported in partnership with Finance
$340M+
Sites in a global infrastructure footprint
30+
Mission-critical availability responsibility
99.999%

Combined professional experience of Meridian's founders in prior leadership roles.

The Meridian Methodology

A disciplined path from assessment to lasting performance.

Every engagement follows the same five-stage discipline, scaled to the size of the challenge.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Establish an honest, documented baseline of systems, operations, risk and cost.

  2. 02

    Align

    Agree priorities with leadership, tied to business goals, budget and risk appetite.

  3. 03

    Design

    Define the target architecture, operating model and sequenced roadmap.

  4. 04

    Execute

    Lead delivery with clear governance, ownership and executive reporting.

  5. 05

    Optimize

    Measure outcomes, tune performance and hand off a sustainable model.

Readiness Assessments

How ready is your organization for what's next?

Meridian's Readiness Assessments help leaders identify operational gaps, technology risks, governance weaknesses and opportunities for improvement. Each adapts to your organization and your biggest concerns.

All assessments

Founder Leadership

You work directly with the people who built Meridian.

About Meridian

Technology, infrastructure & resilience

Talmas

Co-Founder & Principal — Technology

Talmas leads Meridian's technology practice, bringing more than 17 years of hands-on and leadership experience across networking, security, cloud, virtualization, automation, monitoring and enterprise architecture.

That experience includes designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure across multiple locations — including a global footprint spanning 30+ sites — in environments where mission-critical availability was measured in five nines.

Operations, governance & organizational performance

Tsehaia

Co-Founder & Principal — Operations

Tsehaia leads Meridian's operations practice, drawing on roughly two decades of executive operations leadership — much of it in education, where she ultimately directed operational strategy across 41 schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

She has partnered with Finance on budgets, forecasts and fiscal policy for operating budgets exceeding $340M, built weekly operating and reporting cadences, and redesigned vendor-dependent services such as transportation for accountability, compliance and cost oversight.

Insights

Perspectives for technology and operations leaders.

All insights

Executive Consultation

Let's identify what's holding your organization back.

A focused, no-obligation conversation with Meridian's founders about your infrastructure, operations or a critical initiative.

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