Exponent Partners –Transforming Nonprofit's Relationship with Data to Improve Programs and Amplify Impact

In the current economic environment, it is important that businesses find ways to stand out, tighten their operations, and increase their revenues while keeping expenses low. As many businesses struggle to stay ahead of the competition, the day-to-day operations of the business are more than enough to keep management busy, especially in smaller businesses where owners or managers wear many hats. Choosing to use an experienced consultant may allow businesses the ability to grow, rather than simply attempting to maintain the status quo.

Exponent Partners is a passionate, mission-driven technology consulting firm that exclusively serves nonprofits. Its social mission to amplify nonprofit impact is powered by its belief that the right technology can transform an organization’s relationship to their data. The company is committed to developing the tools needed to support successful outcomes in the social sector. It specializes in providing human services, philanthropy, and education organizations with services, products, and solutions that are informed by specialized knowledge and best practices in these areas. The company believes that Salesforce is the best platform to serve nonprofits, and its Strategic Partnership with Salesforce is core to its work. Over two-thirds of its 60+ staff hail from nonprofits, and collectively hold 100+ separate Salesforce certifications which ensure you receive the highest level of expertise.

Best-In-Class Consulting Services Delivered

Business Process Analysis: Analyzing your organization’s processes is the core of each planning project. Understanding how your staff does its work and the data you need to collect ensure the company translates your needs into the best system design. This has been a long-accepted technique for building successful enterprise software, but often developers building for nonprofits take shortcuts in understanding the unique aspects of these organizations as a whole, not to mention individual variations. Its consultants are experts in business process analysis and apply it in planning engagements and phases to make sure your solution is as unique as your organization.

Whole Organization Strategy: As your organization and its programs grow, you’ll want to manage more organizational processes with efficient and effective systems. A whole organization strategy brings all of your data into one system so you can understand performance in all facets, including across all your departments (programs, finance, human resources, development, etc.). You also want to see the interplay of these areas so that your staff can work cohesively. Each strategy they develop takes into account this whole organization mindset and recommends systems structures for your entire nonprofit.

Custom Implementations: Exponent Partners offers services for all sizes and types of custom solutions from small program tracking implementations to large enterprise-scale systems. The consultants are skilled in both Exponent Scrum (its version of an Agile methodology) and more traditional Exponent Design-Build-Adopt methodologies, and they’ll recommend what’s best for your project. Its team includes all the skills you need for complete Salesforce customization, including business analysts, consultants, software developers, quality assurance resources, and data migration specialists. Its experience extends from custom solutions used by local community-based organizations to systems used by 100,000+ users and across the world.

The Visionary Leader Upfront

Rem Hoffmann is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Exponent Partners. He leads the organization with the deep belief that nonprofit organizations will make a bigger impact on the world by measuring their results and using this data to improve their outcomes. Rem brings expertise in professional services rigor and product excellence from his experience building and leading a 150-person IT services team in Washington, DC. In this capacity, he designed, marketed, and operated large-scale IT outsourcing programs for government and commercial clients, including the United States Postal Service and Time Warner.

Prior to his work with Exponent Partners, Rem also served leading nonprofits as an independent consultant, including CompuMentor and CompassPoint, as well as commercial technology firms including Intuit, Qwest, Wang Global, and Exodus Communications. Mr. Hoffmann is taking his message of outcomes management to the broader sector through his position as a Leap of Reason Ambassador. He also previously served on the board of the Center for What Works. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland at College Park.

“We specialize in providing human services, philanthropy and education organizations with services, products, and solutions that are informed by specialized knowledge and best practices in these areas.”