About the Author

Scott Sehlhorst
Scott has been helping companies achieve Software Product Success for more than a decade. Scott consults as a business architect, business analyst, and product manager. He has also worked as a technical consultant, developer, project manager and program manager. Scott has managed teams from 5 to 50, and delivered millions of dollars in value to his customers.
Enterprise Clients
Large companies face significant challenges, adapting to competitive threats and changing markets. They also face unique challenges in orchestrating large global teams, cutting through bureaucracy and politics to overcome the forces of corporate inertia to achieve significant goals. The IT departments in these companies typically spend most of their budgets “keeping the lights on” in support of existing applications, while their most important efforts are in enabling the business to change and adapt and take advantage of market opportunities. Scott, through Tyner Blain, has had the privilege of working with the following outstanding companies:
- Dell (www.dell.com) - working with the enterprise architecture, business architecture, and other IT teams to support major global and regional strategic initiatives.
- Pacific Life Insurance Company (www.pacificlife.com) - helping to define and deploy a multi-year project revamping their sales force compensation system.
- Avaya (www.avaya.com) - improving the IT team’s ability to test and deliver complex software that supports their entire sales force and processes all product orders.
SMB Clients
Small to medium sized companies face different challenges than their larger competitors. Smaller companies employ half of all workers, and create 75% of new jobs in the USA. They thrive by finding new markets and new opportunities within existing markets. For a smaller company, survival is dependent on making the right choices - building the right products, targeting the right markets, and hiring the right people to make it all happen. Through Tyner Blain, Scott has had the privilege of working with the following exciting and innovative companies:
- Seilevel (www.seilevel.com) - working with Seilevel consultants to help their clients redefine the way they create software requirements to achieve significant ROI on their projects.
- Headspring Systems (www.headspringsystems.com) - helping Headspring improve the way they assess and approach requirements as part of developing best-in-class development practices and engagement models.
- Versata (www.versata.com) - helping Versata consultants to organize, manage, and communicate requirements as part of developing and customizing solutions for their customers.
- Probusoft (www.probusoft.com) - helping Probusoft refine their understanding of their target users and prioritize product requirements and features to best meet the needs of their customers.
Tyner Blain LLC
Tyner Blain LLC was founded on May 5th, 2005. Tyner Blain provides product management, business analysis, and software development process improvement services to companies large and small, on initiatives from the strategic to the tactical.
We can help you execute on a critical project, demonstrate a “better way” to help change your organization, and participate in strategic initiatives - bringing an unbiased perspective and dedication to complex and difficult projects.
More Resources About Scott Sehlhorst
Scott maintains a profile with more historical professional details on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sehlhorst.
Contact Scott at [scott at tynerblain dot com]


