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Fractional AI Leadership · Operations that make it stick · Lancaster County & remote

Senior AI leadership,without the six-figure hire.Unbiased assessment · Straightforward workflows

You're under pressure to "do something with AI." We find where it actually pays, build it, and do the process and change work that makes it stick. If AI is not the answer, we say so plainly. We build only what earns its place, never technology for its own sake.

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Worked alongside top-tier consulting firms across a Fortune 250 insurer, a $10T global asset manager, and a Fortune 100 insurer. Trusted by the firms to partner on design. Trusted by the organization to make it real.

8-figure
operational savings delivered
3,000+
people transformed
5
financial institutions
50
protocols authored & shipped
Where to start

AI that actually sticks

We deliver pragmatic AI solutions, put to work only where they genuinely fit. What makes it stick is everything around it: getting the workflow right first (Operational Effectiveness) so the AI automates something worth automating, and building the habit that keeps it improving after we leave (Continuous Improvement). That operations and change work is the difference between the AI that lands and the AI that stalls. Start wherever the pain is.

What can AI take over for you?

AI & Automation

AI doing the repetitive work — the phone, the paperwork, the follow-ups — but only where it genuinely fits. See it working:

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Is the operation set up to run well?

Operational Effectiveness

Get clear on how the work is meant to flow: who owns what, where the handoffs are, and the few numbers that actually matter.

  • ·Operating model & role design
  • ·Process mapping & redesign
  • ·Capacity & workload balancing
  • ·Performance metrics & dashboards
  • ·Cost-to-serve analysis

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Can you keep getting better without us?

Continuous Improvement

Build the habit, and the tools, to remove waste continuously, and make the change actually stick with the people doing the work.

  • ·Lean & waste reduction (Kaizen)
  • ·Root-cause problem solving
  • ·Standard work & SOPs
  • ·Change management & adoption (Prosci/ADKAR)
  • ·Improvement coaching

Engagements & pricing →

Not sure where to start? Most engagements open with an AI Opportunity Study — a short, fixed-fee read on where AI actually fits — then an AI Build makes the first one real.
The real problem with AI

Everyone's being told to "do something with AI." Almost nobody is making it pay.

The tools are easy to buy. The value is hard to capture, and closing that gap is exactly the work.

95%
of enterprise GenAI pilots show no P&L impact (MIT, 2025)
~5%
of companies capture real value from AI (BCG, 2025)
revenue lift for the few who focus AI where it pays (BCG)
Back office
where the biggest AI ROI actually is, not the hype (MIT)

That gap is the whole job. We put AI only where it earns its place, build it properly, and do the operations and change work that makes it stick: the difference between the 5% and the 95%.

Operational effectiveness · continuous improvement · automation

How we work

No one likes surprises when the bill comes. We map it all out up front, so you know exactly where you stand before any work starts. You pay for the outcome, not the hours. Most engagements begin with a short, fixed-fee diagnostic; larger projects are scoped to the job. see the full menu and pricing →

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The principal

Principal-led, from the first call to delivery

Conestoga Strategies is led by Terry Harmer: twenty years in enterprise technology, the last fourteen in insurance and financial services across five institutions, most recently as Assistant Vice President of Continuous Improvement at a Fortune 250 insurer. Every engagement is delivered directly by the principal. The strategy, the build, and the change work come from one place. No junior staff, no handoffs.

About Terry & the work →

Fit

Best fit: established Pennsylvania businesses (10-200 employees) who want practical help making the operation run better: process and operating-model design, continuous improvement, and AI where it genuinely earns its place. Healthcare, financial services, professional services, manufacturing, family businesses. Lancaster-based, on-site as the work requires.

Not sure it's a fit? If you have a real problem and the budget to solve it, start with a call. You'll get an honest read on whether we can help, and if we're not the right fit, we'll point you to who is.

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Thirty minutes. No slides, no pitch.

Tell us what you're seeing. You'll get an honest outside read on whether we can help. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so and point you to who is.

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