Dispatch · The work

The vendors have their logos. We have references.

Every major ERP vendor can hand you a customer list. What they can't hand you is an independent advisor who represented a buyer through the selection, the contract, and the implementation, and who will take your call today to tell you what actually happened.

Avèro Advisors
Knoxville, Tennessee
Public-sector exclusive
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A note on references

A logo on a slide is not a reference. A reference is a phone call you can make, with a decision-maker who will tell you what actually happened, what went wrong, and what they would do differently.

Every flagship below is reachable. Avèro can connect prospects directly to the CIO, city manager, or CFO who hired the firm. Unlike vendor-supplied references who were pre-vetted to say the right things, these are just the people we worked with.

Some engagements went smoothly. Some were harder. All of them will take your call.

We don't ship a logo deck. We ship a phone tree.

Abhijit Verekar · Founder & CEO · Avèro Advisors

Flagship engagements

Every engagement here is a reference.

Each cell links to a case study. The stronger story is the one you'll hear when we put you on the phone with the buyer.

Port of Portland Replacing JD Edwards and Avantis EAM with a modern ERP for the authority that runs PDX and four marine terminals. 17 proposals, one vendor selected. Oregon · PDX + Marine + Real Estate · ERP · Contract negotiation City of Knoxville Permitting intake assessment across four divisions, then hands-on Accela reconfiguration and user retraining to clean up how data moves through approvals. Tennessee · City Los Angeles World Airports Independent health check of an in-flight Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP program, then Owner's Representative PMO leading recovery to a validated go-live through readiness-based stage gates. California · Aviation · Oversight GoTriangle Needs assessment and requirements matrix weighing optimization of the current platform against full replacement, with a costed roadmap for each path. North Carolina · Transit Monroe County Retiring SAP ECC for Workday Financials and HCM across a 750,000-resident county. Avèro ran the evaluation and now governs the program as PMO. New York · County Allegheny County County-wide ERP modernization for one of Pennsylvania’s largest counties. The engagement is active, so the detail stays private — the reference does not. Pennsylvania · County Santa Fe County Ground-up ERP modernization for a 150,000-resident county, with an end-of-life jail management system prioritized for urgent replacement. New Mexico · County Knoxville Police Department Technology strategic plan and RMS procurement for Tennessee's third-largest police department, securing over $9M in contract savings. Tennessee · Public Safety Tarrant County SAP ECC replacement planning across Budget, HR, Payroll, Purchasing, and the Auditor's Office, through to a procurement-ready RFP. Texas · County Clackamas County Assessment and taxation software selection and implementation, coordinated across a three-county Oregon partnership with Lane and Wasco. Oregon · County Washoe County School District Retiring PowerSchool eFinancePlus for Oracle Cloud Financials and HCM at a K-12 district with more than 8,000 employees. Nevada · K-12 Rancho California Water District End-to-end project management for the Infor CloudSuite implementation across financials, HCM, and asset management at a water utility. California · Utility City of Winston-Salem Full-lifecycle UKG HRIS and payroll modernization, leading governance, risk, and change management through go-live. North Carolina · City

In their words

Many companies are technically strong in all things IT, but not every firm can build the relationships necessary to help an organization navigate change. Avèro excelled in this aspect. Technically strong, depth of knowledge, and an ability to speak in a language management can understand. They don't use only industry terms. They took us through discovery to make sure we got the scope right.

Greg McClain · City Manager · City of Maryville, Tennessee

We are in year two of a five-year project. Avèro performed at the highest level of satisfaction from the department directors and myself. Avèro is collaborative, engaged, and able to break the status quo of typical governance. Charlottesville's Avèro team broke down decades of silos.

Paul Oberdorfer Deputy City Manager of Operations · City of Charlottesville, Virginia

Avèro Advisors has been a Godsend for us here in Blount County as far as our technology, bringing us up and getting us to the next century. You all have been a tremendous asset for me to be able to lean on. If you need help in your counties, Avèro Advisors are family.

Tom Hatcher Blount County, Tennessee

Avèro Advisors has brought IT advancements to Blount County Government that were 30 years overdue. This modernization could have been a lot more painful had it not been for the ability of Avèro to build strong relationships that have endured through the entire process.

Ed Mitchell Blount County Government, Tennessee

The ERP implementation process is always difficult, but having Avèro handling the project management freed up City staff to focus on implementation tasks. We have really appreciated our project management team and will miss them when our project is complete.

Kate Zawadzki Chief Financial Officer · City of Dixon, California

Avèro is a knowledgeable, agile, and energetic partner who blends experience with teamwork to help develop solutions. They gave the county a very clear understanding of our strengths and weaknesses through an IT Strategic Plan.

Nicholas Morris Project Director · Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Avèro is an excellent resource in the IT governance space. They are clear communicators, honest, and have a wide range of technical expertise. The Avèro team is excellent to work with and go the extra mile to provide quality work to their clients.

Christopher Liersaph Deputy CIO · Union County, North Carolina

By using ordinary English and humor, the Avèro team can speak to different levels including our front-line employees, our managers, our IT staff, and our executives, because they understand that most people do not speak IT.

Terry McKee Procurement Director · Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation

No one on staff had the experience procuring an EDMS solution. Avèro had the industry knowledge we were looking for, and they had worked with public housing authorities before. Working with Avèro gives our agency the confidence that we will make the best overall decision.

Samantha Arellano Information Technology Director · Reno Housing Authority

The client directory

Across every market we serve.

Every engagement Avèro has delivered, by sector. Those with a case study link to it; every one of them, case study or not, is a reference you can call.