Achieve greater IT security and performance
As your business grows, so does the need to ensure consistent technology performance across your footprint.
Engaging multiple sales channels means managing a more complex technology ecosystem, from inventory management solutions to point-of-sale systems and e-commerce platforms. You also need an effective way to leverage customer data so that you’re sourcing the right products. And with sensitive data comes the responsibility to meet regulatory compliance and keep it secure.
Wipfli’s retail IT outsourcing services can help you navigate your biggest IT challenges with scalable, industry-experienced support.
Why Wipfli?
Whether you want to enhance cybersecurity and recoverability or access critical guidance for your latest tech initiative, Wipfli can provide experienced IT staff who understand retail’s unique technology needs.
We work closely with your organization to assess your current technology infrastructure and apply solutions to make it operate more effectively. We also help further your digital transformation so that you can focus less on IT challenges and more on understanding and serving your customers.
How we help you
Wipfli offers operational support in key functional areas of technology management to help increase efficiency and mitigate risk. Our services include:
Managed security services: Wipfli’s managed cybersecurity services help you protect sensitive customer data and critical systems. Our always-on security monitoring helps keep your data, documents and technology available and secure. We also offer managed detection and response to help keep you safer from ransomware, and managed security information and event management to hunt for advanced threats.
Business continuity management: We help you maintain continuity, security and availability of data, assets and technology. We also support disaster planning and recovery so that you can get back online and continue your business operations faster after an outage.
Cloud migration and management: We help you modernize and secure your infrastructure with the latest features from Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online and Azure. Whether you need to migrate from legacy on-premises infrastructure or optimize an underperforming cloud implementation, we can help.
Data management and analytics: We help you manage your data, integrate systems and provide ongoing maintenance of data environments.
IT operations support: We help you improve IT operations, including IT asset management, network and infrastructure management, help desk services and IT process optimization. We also help you choose the right solutions for your needs with software and hardware procurement services.
Staff development: We provide IT staff coaching and technology training to help fill skills gaps and increase adoption during your technology initiatives.
Wipfli provides technology strategies to enhance, secure and innovate your organization’s IT landscape. Our services include:
IT strategy and technology roadmap development: We can conduct a technology audit and gap analysis to evaluate your technology capabilities, risks and opportunities. We then help you develop a technology innovation roadmap and budget that accelerates your organizational goals.
Program and portfolio management: We execute precision portfolio management with a team capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously while helping ensure strategic alignment and optimal resource allocation for each.
IT talent management: We provide targeted coaching, mentoring and training to your technology staff and other stakeholders.
Digital transformation: We act at the forefront of your digital transformation, focusing on data and analytics, e-commerce, business intelligence, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, modern workplace solutions and custom software and applications.
Organization and change management: We advise on cultural matters that help promote organizational change and technology adoption. We realize that technology initiatives rarely fail because of the technology — it’s about the people.
Cybersecurity strategy: Understand your current technology risks related to external hacks, unauthorized access, ransomware, business interruption and theft of data or money. We show you how your cybersecurity matches up against cybersecurity frameworks, compliance requirements and industry-specific best practices. We then create a comprehensive solution tailored to meet your needs and compliance requirements.
Empower your IT strategy and operations with the experienced support of our executive consultants. Wipfli’s technology executive services can be tailored to your level of need for positions including:
Virtual chief information officer: Finds and assists in areas where technology drives profitability, including digital strategy development and systems selection.
Virtual chief information security officer: Provides on-demand support for information security program development and oversight, risk management and annual security roadmap development.
Chief technology officer: Navigates the technology landscape, adopting solutions that align with business objectives and drive growth.
Chief governance officer: Oversees IT governance, including maintaining compliance, data integrity and effective IT risk management while guiding the technological direction.
Chief integration officer: Helps ensure seamless process and systems integration, fostering synergy for a harmonious operational flow.
Chief innovation officer: Fosters a human-centered culture of innovation, enabling creative problem-solving and novel applications of technology for business growth.
Our team
Ryan Swiderski
Ryan Swiderski is a technology partner serving the MRD practice. He leads Wipfli’s retail and consumer products industry, specializing in CX tech, including Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, ERPs, business intelligence solutions and more.
Tom Wojcinski
Tom Wojcinski is a partner in Wipfli’s cybersecurity and technology management practice. He specializes in helping organizations reduce and manage the risks to modern technology and information systems.
Jeff Olejnik
Jeff Olejnik is responsible for the leadership, growth, and development of Wipfli’s cybersecurity services practice. Jeff helps clients manage risk through effective information security, business continuity planning, and program management. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with proven experience in building successful companies in the IT services industry.
Brett Polglaze
Brett Polglaze brings over 20 years of experience to Wipfli’s organizational performance management consulting team and has a passion for tackling complex organizational questions. From improving business process flows to assisting clients through complex system selections, his focus has always been to architect solutions that solve critical business issues. He has led all aspects of technology selection, implementation, and operations improvement initiatives.
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CASE STUDY
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