STRATEGY · DESIGN · ENGINEERING · 2026

Consulting that picks up a keyboard—not just a slide deck.

Tridence consults across design, brand, marketing, AI, and engineering. We embed with your team, ship work alongside the recommendations, and leave you with a system that runs without us.

engagement.tridence · in flight
DisciplinesDesign · AI · Engineering · Growth
FormatEmbedded · Fractional · Project
DeliverableStrategy + working code
Tenure30 years compounding craft
LocationsJacksonville · Chicago · Remote
IndustriesSaaS · Healthcare · Civic · Retail
PostureBias to ship · No PowerPoint theater
30
years compounding
4
disciplines under one roof
0
offshore handoffs
100%
senior staffing

Most consulting decks make great PDFs and bad products.

A strategy you can't ship is a story. We do strategy that comes with the team that builds it.

// THE TRAP

Recommend, present, invoice, leave.

Six-figure decks, no implementation, your team left to translate slides into specs. The hard part starts after the consultant's plane leaves.

// HOW WE WORK

Recommend, build alongside, transfer ownership.

We pair strategy with working artifacts—designs in Figma, code in your repo, dashboards in your stack. By the time we leave, your team owns it.

Where we consult.

Six practice areas across the full digital stack—pick one, pick all, or let us help you scope.

// 01 · DESIGN

Brand, identity & product design

Logos, identity systems, design systems, product UX. Strategy that ends in working components, not just mood boards.

// 02 · WEB & APPS

Web & application engineering

Architecture review, build acceleration, modernization. Next.js, headless, mobile, performance, accessibility.

// 03 · AI

AI strategy & implementation

Use-case prioritization, model selection, RAG architecture, agent design, evals, governance. From "should we?" to shipped.

// 04 · GROWTH

Marketing, SEO & paid

Channel strategy, SEO 3.0 / AI-overview optimization, paid media architecture, attribution, lifecycle.

// 05 · DATA

Data, RevOps & analytics

Warehouse design, attribution, dashboards, CRM/RevOps process. The stack you actually trust to make decisions.

// 06 · FRACTIONAL

Fractional leadership

Fractional CTO, head of design, head of marketing, head of growth. Senior coverage when you need the role but not the headcount.

Three ways to start.

Tailored · To your scope · No flat-rate menus

// TIER 01

Discovery & Strategy Sprint

2–4 weeks · Tailored to your scope
  • Discovery interviews
  • Current-state assessment
  • Recommendation memo
  • Roadmap with sequencing
  • Built-in handoff plan
Book sprint →
Most common
// TIER 02

Embedded Project Engagement

8–24 weeks · Tailored to your scope
  • Embedded multidisciplinary team
  • Strategy + design + build in parallel
  • Working artifacts in your tools
  • Weekly demos, no theater
  • Knowledge transfer baked in
Start engagement →
// TIER 03

Fractional & Advisory

Monthly retainer · Tailored
  • Fractional leadership coverage
  • Standing weekly cadence
  • Async review & advice
  • Hiring & vendor oversight
  • Quarterly strategy review
Discuss retainer →

How an engagement actually goes.

// STEP 01

Listen

Stakeholder interviews, system audit, customer review. We learn the business before we recommend changes to it.

// STEP 02

Frame

Recommendations with sequencing, sizing, and trade-offs. No "best practice" without showing the work.

// STEP 03

Build

We ship the work alongside your team—designs, code, content, dashboards. The deliverable is working software, not slides.

// STEP 04

Transfer

Documentation, training, handoff. Your team should be able to operate the system without us before we step out.

The operating model.

A working list of tools, methods, and frameworks we bring with us.

FigmaLinearNotionNext.jsReactTypeScriptNodePythonPostgresSnowflakedbtHubSpotSalesforceGA4PostHogLookerOpenAIClaudeLangChainGitHub

Questions we get a lot.

Are you strategy or implementation?

Both, deliberately. We don't do strategy without an implementation plan, and we don't do implementation without strategy. The two are scoped together.

How do you staff engagements?

Senior, in-house, US-based. No offshore handoffs, no junior teams hidden behind a senior face. The people who scope the work do the work.

Do you offer fractional leadership?

Yes—fractional CTO, head of design, head of marketing, head of growth. Typically 1–2 days per week, with a clear scope and exit plan.

How is pricing structured?

Tailored to scope. Most engagements are fixed-fee phases with optional retainers afterward. We don't do open-ended hourly billing.

Will you work alongside our internal team?

Almost always. Our best engagements are joint—your team brings context, we bring craft. Knowledge transfer is built into every phase.

What if we just need an outside opinion?

A 2-week discovery sprint or a fractional advisory retainer covers that. You'll get a memo, not a deck, and time on the calendar to ask follow-ups.

Stuck on a strategy, a build, or a hire?

Tell us the situation. Fifteen minutes, real opinions, and a clear next step—even if the next step isn't hiring us.

Jacksonville (HQ) · Chicago · Nationwide