Our Core Services
The Tomko Group provides Professional and Technical services related to IT Project Management, IT Administration, Business Analysis, System Design & Implementation, Work Flow Automation, Application Development, and Process Re-engineering. These services allow clients to leverage current technology to assist their businesses in achieving their goals, plan for growth, and manage their existing infrastructure.


 
 Our Approach
The Tomko Group specializes in the management and application of Information Technology to help businesses realize and achieve their business goals through maximizing their E-Potential™. With over 40 combined years of IT and Business Management experience in a variety of industries, The Tomko Group is uniquely poised to help small to medium sized businesses in the greater Delaware Valley proactively manage, plan, select, and deploy technological solutions within their firm.

We do so through thorough business analysis, hard nose common sense, and "old fashioned" business concepts - you know the kind where cost and profit matter.

We work with your management team and IT staff to evaluate where you are, where you need to be, how to get there, and what you will need to do along the way - both strategically and tactically.

The following are but a few of our offerings.


PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
Whether it is managing an upgrade to critical software, updating/upgrading your infrastructure, updating your desktops, setting up small-office/home-offices (SOHOs), relocating offices, disaster recovery planning, or rolling out new software, we have over 12 years of experience in handling IT projects of all sizes. Some examples are …

 500K$ Pilot Project for 400MM$ Global Reinsurance & Employee Benefits Management to establish corporate standards for Desktop Governance and Administration and to develop organizational unit guidelines and requirements. On time and under budget.
 1.2MM$ DR Review & Remediation Project for 400MM$ Global Reinsurance and Employee Benefits Management company located in Philadelphia in order to ensure and comply with RTO for systems serving 80,000+ client employees.  On Budget.
 1.1MM$ Project for national pharmaceutical company as team lead to integrate 4500 desktops and migrate from NT4ws to W2K Standard in Novell network environment. On time and under budget.
 Project to implement remote access for 300+ field engineers and staff of a regional chemical processing and manufacturing firm. On time and on budget.
 Project to implement remote access for portfolio managers and 400+ remote offices for regional financial firm with 25B$ under management in support of portfolio analytics,market data delivery, as well as internal systems.
 Project to redefine and automate trade and settlement workflow processing for regional financial firm with 8B$ under management. Annual savings of approximately 190K$ in reduced forward staffing requirements, software, and support costs.
 Project to convert/migrate data from legacy portfolio management system to new platform and software for financial firm with approximately 6B$ under management, 7+ years of history for approximately 1500 clients. Annual savings in service delivery of 85-150K$.


IT STRATEGY/POLICY DEVELOPMENT:
Today there are a wide variety of options available to all businesses for connecting their operations - some more appropriate than others. Tying together the various sources of data for your organization is more critical than it has ever been. Make sure that those sources and feeds are wrapped in sound IT principles and methodologies. Some examples …


 Corporate IT plan and transition strategy document from proprietary database environment to an industry standard environment allowing real time assimilation of key decision and valuation data for a regional financial firm. Approximate annual savings on the order of 150K$ in support and operational costs.
 SOHO network design incorporating security, workflow, email and corporate messaging for regional management firm.
 Administrative and maintenance framework development and support for regional property management firm to proactively manage IT assets and standardize desktop rollouts.
 Operational hardware/software requirements and business process specification development for various regional firms to improve remote access and changing business needs in a new distributed processing environment.
 Vendor and selection criteria development for regional firms in the 5-10MM$ market space.


IT SPECIFICATION AND SYSTEM DESIGN:
How can you consolidate your data into manageable and understandable blocks so that you can assimilate that information into the business decision process quickly and effortlessly while monitoring those key measures of your firm's success? Which technology will be the most conducive to your current needs as well as long term growth? Through disciplined business analysis and our 40+ years of combined experience, we can evaluate your environment and assemble a plan to determine the best course and develop the specification required to submit those findings for bid. Some examples …


 Trade order management system design in VBA/VB for regional financial firm to generate, submit, and process trade orders real time in direct interface with back office operations to automate transaction input and clearing to maintain low headcount requirements going forward.
 Web based design specification for service related offering for distribution channel to support estimated 500MM$ in assets under management with CRM interface.
 CRM selection criteria to allow for improved commission tracking and analysis of distribution channel production by segment.
 Requirements specification for litigation support system for national small business and mortgage lender to determine the most appropriate tool set for retrieving and processing discovery requests within given budget, time, and staff constraints.
 Workflow automation through VB/VBA with Microsoft Office products for incident tracking, help desk support, compliance monitoring, data warehousing, and data delivery.


Call or email us today to learn more about these offerings and our other services - Info@TheTomkoGroup.com. No business is too small to make the most of its technological options - let us help you plan your growth and manage your IT development.

With sincerest best wishes for your continued success!

Mark A. Tomko



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