BENTON CONSULTING, LLC
FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA

At Benton Consulting, we listen to our clients and support them with their goals and objectives as the driver of the engagement. Over the past decade and a half, the consulting industry has drastically changed. It has gone from developing close and long-lasting relationships with clients to churning out cookie-cutter solutions that are more in the best interest of consulting firm than the clients. Our solutions are not pre-defined. Our engagements are not designed solely out of a book. We use our business street smarts and practical experience to create engagement structures and solution sets that are specifically tailored to each client. With this philosophy in mind, it is no wonder that our clients love us. Building on our expertise in the financial services industry, our engagements have ranged from business case definition and development to technology assessment and implementation to complete de novo business leadership. We have created, and are still creating, disciplines that are industry agnostic. We are proud to have clients from all business sectors – from the largest Fortune 500 companies to the smallest of sole-proprietor businesses. Because we take the time to listen to our clients’ needs, we can service each client differently. Using our to augment our staff so that our clients have access to a full team of senior advisors, we can provide a flexible resource program to meet a large breadth of needs. It all started in 1992. As part of the team that took Benton International, our predecessor, from niche consulting firm to market mover, we had the experience of taking a small company and making it big. In 1997, Benton International was purchased by Perot Systems Corporation, and a new set of opportunities were available. But, of course, there was a down side. Many of the challenging and fun opportunities a smaller consulting firm can drive for its clients slowly evaporated. It gave way, however, to an idea to Benton Consulting today builds relationships with its clients that moves from the standard consulting model to one more based in partnership; that exceeds normal expectations for knowledge, effectiveness, and excellence. Our history made us who we are, but our future is all about making history for our clients. With over 12 years consulting for financial institutions, technology companies, and multi-constituency enterprises, Benton Consulting has emerged as a highly versatile knowledge-based business consultancy. Benton Consulting provides tailored, relevant strategic guidance to industry leading organizations – both domestically and internationally. We work closely with senior management of each organization to define the market dynamics, strategic objectives, and tactics. What results is an extremely customized, well thought out roadmap that allows the entire organization to make the daily decisions that are required to make the company great. Innovation is often lost because of the lack of ability to execute. Benton Consulting has started numerous companies, focusing on the development of the organizations to succeed. From highly technical products and markets to niche industry applications and solutions, Benton Consulting is prepared to assist in the governance, structure, business plan, and execution. Business Modeling Benton Consulting has the ability to provide in-depth, detailed business modeling support to our clients – from modeling consumer behavior and the resulting financial impacts to developing highly complex models to analyze markets and set strategic pricing to compete against industry giants. We partner with each client to determine what’s best suited. This data-supported decisioning is often what drives business, and can be the difference between failure and success – and it can prevent misinformed initiatives from adversely affecting the bottom line. We have repeatedly proven our leadership ability on complex projects – ranging from managing the most aggressive off-premise ATM rollout in the U.S. to completing a EFT network merger on both the business and technology sides. Benton Consulting spends most of its time with clients in the financial services arena, but the cross-industry and cross-functional experience has enabled Benton Consulting to provide for a variety of clients. Benton Consulting regularly works closely with Financial Institutions. We help them understand future opportunities, launch new products, and understand the impacts of process re-engineering and operational and technological improvements. Benton Consulting is a leading provider of strategic planning and business decisioning expertise for major ATM and POS networks in the U.S. and internationally. We have helped them launch new services and companies, managed Mergers & Acquisitions, and supported them as the face the next generation of challenges. Multi-Constituency Enterprises pose different challenges than typical organizations. Anytime competitors are brought together to advance the industry, the politics of competing agendas must be managed delicately and objectively. Benton Consulting has much experience leading in these environments – laying foundational governance and setting strategic objectives. Benton Consulting has unique experience setting up and running technology and rules-based startup companies. We understand the pitfalls, the importance of exceeding expectations, and the often impossible timelines that startup companies are faced with. We have learned how to succeed where others fail. A unique partnership between Ashoka, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Central, a design strategy firm, takes a new approach in exploring the challenges facing the seafood industry to encourage sustainable methods of fishing that respect species harvest limits, preserve the marine environment and reduce bycatch. Benton Consulting led the business efforts, turning the potential ideas into for-profit business solutions. We were responsible for creating multiple business plans to determine the viability of a global solutions that maximize the impact on the fisheries.