The function your org chart is missing.
Recovery finds the money. The conditions that lost it are still there. The same environment that let those dollars leak is still in place — no one watching the renewal calendar, no one who knows what peer organizations pay, no one whose job is to push back on a vendor or slow down a multi-year commitment being signed under pressure.
Counsel is that standing function. It keeps your software portfolio understandable — to you, to your CFO, to anyone who needs to know what the organization spends on software, why, and whether it's worth it.
What Counsel provides:
- Complete visibilityEvery platform, license count, and renewal date — current and in one place, not on autopilot or buried in someone's inbox.
- Renewal preparationPeer benchmarks and a negotiation strategy in your hands before the vendor conversation begins — not after.
- Strategic fitRevisited regularly. Needs change after a contract is signed, and inertia is not a good reason to renew.
- Mission alignmentSomeone whose job is to ask whether a premium tool is worth it for an organization measured in students served, not revenue generated.
Two ways to engage:
- Ongoing CounselThe full function, year-round — portfolio inventory, renewal preparation, market intelligence, contract reviews, and executive visibility across your entire stack.
- Targeted CounselExpertise focused on a single high-stakes decision — a renewal under evaluation, a contract about to be signed, a platform being reconsidered. Scoped to that decision and concluded once it's resolved.
The result: every renewal becomes a decision point instead of a missed one, and no contract gets signed under pressure.
Fee Structure: ongoing retainer or targeted engagement