Who We Are

Notch Above Consulting is a specialized IT and Digital Transformation firm comprised of seasoned professionals with over 25 years of experience. With more than 7 years in operation, we have earned multiple industry awards and recognitions for our expertise and impact. Our approach is tailored to each client, helping organizations achieve their large-scale program initiatives and optimize their products effectively.

Meet Our Leaders

We are a powerhouse team that thrives on solving hard challenges for your organization Our team brings over 20 years of experience driving IT efforts to achieve business transformation, digital transformation and IT operational excellence. We help our clients deliver results and would love to help you take your IT organization to the next level

Driving it efforts
to achieve business

Transformation

Managing Director
Chris Barrett
Ceo & Founder
Kate Parsons
Managing Director
Ashwin Ratanchandani
Program Director
Michael Taranto
Program Director
Michael J. Callahan
Program Director
Vibha Indoliya
Senior Consultant
Heidi Buckley
Agile Program Director
Christal Desmarais
Program Director
Jennifer Neely
Program Director
Pall Arnason
Chief Operating Officer
Matthew Sheehan
Program Director
Jai Natarajan
Ceo & Founder
Kate Parsons
Managing Director
Chris Barett
Managing Director
Ashwin Ratanchandani
Program Director
Karen Doucette
Program Director
Michael J. Callahan
Program Director
Vibha Indoliya
Senior Consultant
Heidi Buckley
Agile Program Director
Christal Desmarais
Program Director
Jenifer Neely
Data & Analytics Lead
Raga Ramalingam
Vice President
Strategy & Operations
Matthew Sheehan
Program Director
Jai Natarayan
Director Human Resources
Lisa Macdonald
Agile Consultant
Tony Hansen

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Managing Director

Chris Barrett

Managing Director

Chris is an accomplished technology leader, with an established track record of leading global teams in the engineering and operation of modern, mission critical IT capabilities. He thrives in complex, cross-functional environments, helping organizations to align enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and application capabilities.

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CEO & Founder

Kate Parsons

CEO & Founder

Kate is an accomplished global technology leader who excels at driving operational excellence and delivering results through technology and process innovations. She has experience in traditional delivery mechanisms as well as agile and scaled agile implementations.

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Managing Director

Ashwin Ratanchandani

Managing Director

Ashwin is a seasoned IT leader, with a proven track record in progressively senior roles, taking on some of the biggest challenges today’s IT organizations face. With a multi-disciplinary background in Software Development, Infrastructure, Architecture, Program Management and IT strategy, he has managed both large scale global teams and small strategically focused highly influential teams.

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Program Director

Michael Taranto

Program Director

Michael Taranto has nearly 25 years experience delivering IT programs and driving organizational change leading to increased business productivity. He has a proven track record of integrating business, organizational, financial, and technical goals to maximize operations and achieve competitive advantage.

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Program Director

Michael J. Callahan

Program Director

Mike brings over 25 years experience leading transformational initiatives to support the strategy and operations of growing organizations from startups through Fortune 50 global companies. He is adept at managing complex, cross-functional programs and collaborating with senior leadership teams. Mike has experience across a range of sectors including technology, consumer products, retail and manufacturing and has deep solution and functional expertise in professional services, managed services, customer relationship management and the quote to cash processes.

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Program Director

Vibha Indoliya

Program Director

Vibha is an accomplished Global Process leader with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Vibha is a strong engineering professional skilled in Product Configuration, Product Lifecycle Management, CRM, CPQ, Requirements Analysis, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Architecture, and IT Strategy.

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Senior Consultant

Heidi Buckley

Senior Consultant

Heidi brings over 20 years of IT and operational excellence experience in delivering system, process and policy improvements to drive efficiencies for the business functions she supports. She has worked closely with executives and business stakeholders to ensure their business priorities and initiatives are transitioned to achieve results.

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Agile Program Director

Christal Desmarais

Agile Program Director

Christal is responsible for coaching and educating our clients (at all levels, including senior management) on Agile principles, providing them with tools for implementing the process in their own work. She provides training sessions and teaches valuable skills that lead toward organizational adoption of Agile methodologies.

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Program Director

Jenifer Neely

Program Director

Jennifer is an accomplished consulting executive with a successful career driving strategic planning and market growth initiatives, organization effectiveness, and solution design for traditional and agile delivery. She is skilled in leading and guiding global teams with on-time and within budget delivery of multi-million dollar projects adding value to clients within the software, products, communications & high-tech, healthcare, financial services, and utilities sectors.

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Program Director

Pall Arnason

Program Director

Pall Arnason is a highly accomplished Technology Executive offering demonstrated success developing and executing strategies to promote organizational growth and guide planning and optimization of enterprise technologies across multiple industries. Recognized as an industry thought leader, Pall has an aptitude for driving organizational change, aligning teams, and developing strategies to improve operational processes, deliver significant cost savings, and drive user experience. 

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Chief Operating Officer

Matthew Sheehan

Chief Operating Officer

Matthew is an accomplished business operations and strategy executive with over 15 years of experience in the high-tech and cybersecurity industries. Responsible for driving corporate sales and marketing efforts, staffing operations, strategic partnerships and the overall growth of the consulting practice at Notch Above Consulting, Matthew serves as an expert to help drive organizational innovation.

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Program Director

Jai Natarajan

Program Director

 A leader to team members and in building high performing teams with systematic view and approach in delivering digital solutions meeting regulatory compliance and GxP technology requirements. Experience in architecting, designing, implementing and supporting business systems, applications, data and integration platforms and solutions using cloud and on-premise computing environments for multiple industries driven by strategy, technology capabilities, roadmaps, processes, and culture.

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Director Human Resources

Lisa MacDonald

Director Human Resources

Highly analytical management professional with extensive experience in the healthcare industry. Strong proficiency in contract negotiations, relationship management, research and analysis and problem-solving. Experience in managing large medical groups and hospitals on contract terms, risk relationships and financial data. Excellent written and oral communication and organizational skills.

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Agile Consultant

Tony Hansen

Agile Consultant

Tony is an Agile Consultant with 23 years of IT experience with 18 of those working in Agile environments in varying roles. He has a profoundly deep understanding of Agile Principles, and has successfully implemented Agile methodologies in non-traditional work streams. Tony is a specialist in driving the delivery of enterprise level IT Implementations.

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