Apto Strategic Consulting LLC helps federal, state, and local organizations adopt AI responsibly, improve how work actually gets done, and build the strategy and training to make it stick. Single accountable principal, no layers, no handoff to junior staff.
Assessment of current workflows, identification of high-value AI use cases, tool selection, cost and ROI modeling, and a phased adoption roadmap. Includes governance guardrails, acceptable-use policy drafting, and staff readiness evaluation.
LEAN-informed analysis of administrative and operational workflows, waste identification, and implementation of automation using established commercial no-code and low-code platforms that client staff can maintain independently.
Facilitated strategic planning from environmental assessment through goal setting, KPI definition, and execution roadmap. Neutral third-party facilitation for leadership offsites, working groups, and cross-functional planning sessions.
Design and delivery of instructor-led and self-paced training on AI literacy, leadership, decision-making under pressure, and Agile methods. Curriculum development, participant materials, and assessment design. Bilingual delivery available.
Development of briefings, decision papers, program documentation, and executive presentations that move senior decision-makers to a clear call. Structure and argument first, design second.
Consolidation of scattered operational data into simple, maintainable dashboards and recurring reports so program managers can see performance without manual assembly. Built on tools the client already licenses where possible.
Every engagement is delivered by Juan R. Cuellar. There is no business development team that wins the contract and a junior analyst who executes it. What you evaluate is what you get.
We build and operate our own AI tools, dashboards, and applications in production. We hold no vendor reseller agreements and receive no referral commissions, so tool recommendations carry no financial conflict.
Two decades of executive and operational leadership, including federal environments and service as a military attaché working with the officer corps of Guatemala, Mexico, and Argentina.
Native-level English and Spanish across advisory, training, facilitation, and written deliverables. No translation vendor in the loop and no meaning lost in handoff.
Deliverables are built on established commercial platforms with documentation and staff training included. The objective is client self-sufficiency at closeout, not a permanent support dependency.
Professional Scrum Master certification, LEAN process improvement, and current adjunct faculty appointment at Southern New Hampshire University. Methods are documented, teachable, and repeatable.
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Past performance status. Apto Strategic Consulting LLC is a newly registered entity and has no prior federal prime contract history. The experience below is offered as evidence of relevant capability, not as contract past performance. The firm is actively seeking subcontract and teaming opportunities to establish federal past performance and welcomes conversations with prime contractors.
Designed, built, and deployed working applications including a strategic decision dashboard, an AI coaching application, a portfolio tracking tool, and a public AI toolkit. Full stack from requirements through deployment and maintenance. Live examples available for review on request.
Two decades directing operations, personnel, and strategy in high-consequence environments, including federal settings. U.S. Army veteran. Experience spans planning, execution oversight, and organizational change.
Diplomatic and liaison service working with the officer corps of Guatemala, Mexico, and Argentina. Cross-cultural negotiation, protocol, and coordination across institutional boundaries.
Current university instructor. Curriculum delivery, assessment design, and adult learner instruction, applied directly to client training engagements.
Scrum.org certified. Agile delivery and LEAN waste-reduction methods applied in compliance-heavy environments where documentation and auditability are required alongside speed.
Six published training products and five proprietary decision and planning frameworks, developed, documented, and distributed commercially. Demonstrates ability to codify and transfer method rather than deliver ad hoc advice.