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Discover what others overlook.

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Crosdale Consulting helps organizations identify overlooked opportunities, evaluate complex technology and operational challenges, and develop evidence-based strategies that improve decision-making and performance.

WOSB Certified EDWOSB Certified Veteran-Owned Maryland MBE / SBE
2015
Firm founded
3 markets
Commercial, state & local, federal & primes
4 capabilities
Research, AI, cloud & IT, operations
DC · MD · VA
Home region, serving clients nationwide

Technology & OperationsStrategic ResearchCloud & IT ModernizationAI Governance

Four capabilities, each tied to an outcome.

The same capabilities serve every buyer. What changes is how we scope, quote, and contract the work.

Strategic Research & Opportunity Assessment

Turn open questions into decisions.

Feasibility, alternatives, and market or program analysis that ends in a defensible, executive-ready recommendation.

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Technology & AI Advisory

Adopt AI with eyes open.

AI readiness, vendor evaluation, adoption strategy, and governance that protects data, budget, and reputation.

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Cloud, IT & Cybersecurity Advisory

Modernize without the exposure.

Cloud strategy, IT service management, modernization sequencing, and security governance.

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Operational Strategy & Transformation

Fix how work actually moves.

Workflow analysis, process redesign, and implementation planning for teams that need results, not binders.

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Who we serve

Choose the path that fits how you buy.

Commercial clients, public agencies, and federal teams each have their own process. Each gets its own route, with nothing secondary about any of them.

Commercial

Business leaders and organizations

Start with a free diagnostic or a paid working session, then move into a scoped assessment or advisory engagement when you are ready.

State & local

Agencies, schools, and public institutions

Clearly scoped assessments you can quote and procure through your own rules: operations, technology readiness, and AI governance.

Federal & primes

Federal buyers and teaming partners

Verifiable qualifications, core competencies, and a downloadable capability statement for evaluation and subcontracting.

Our approach

A research method, not a template.

01

Discover

Define the real question, the constraints, and what a good answer must do.

02

Investigate

Gather evidence from your systems, your people, and the wider landscape.

03

Analyze

Separate signal from noise and state what we know and what we do not.

04

Recommend

Prioritized, plain-language options with risks and trade-offs made explicit.

05

Activate

Turn the chosen option into a plan, and stay with your team while it ships.

Ways to start

Low-friction first steps, no forced purchase.

Commercial teams can begin free or with a paid working session. Government buyers can skip all of it and go straight to qualifications.

Free · 15 minutes

Fit check

Find where your team is losing time, money, or momentum. If we can materially help, we will show you where we would start. If not, we will say so.

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Free · self-guided

AI readiness assessment

A ten-minute, five-domain self-assessment scored out of 100, covering leadership, data, security, workforce, and infrastructure.

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From $99

Working sessions and toolkit

Live 30-, 60-, and 90-minute sessions with a clear next step, plus a self-guided AI governance toolkit.

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Past performance & partners

Maryland Black Caucus Foundation AngelHack Salynt U.S. Chamber of Commerce Capital One African American Fire Fighters Historical Society Maryland Black Caucus Foundation AngelHack Salynt U.S. Chamber of Commerce Capital One African American Fire Fighters Historical Society

Selected as an MBA capstone case study — University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Selected engagement — U.S. Chamber of Commerce, via AngelHack.

Selected engagement — Capital One, via AngelHack, with continued follow-on interest.

Pro bono partner — African American Fire Fighters Historical Society.

About

Know who is behind the work before you commit.

Crosdale Consulting has advised organizations since July 2015. It is led by its founder, Natalia Crosdale, a former engineer at CNN, AT&T, and WarnerMedia and a U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran, who brings technology, operations, and research discipline to every engagement.

Crosdale Consulting is a trade name of Eldervant LLC, formerly Crosdale Consulting LLC.

Media & telecom engineering
Former engineer, CNN, AT&T & WarnerMedia
Military service
U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran
Graduate education
M.Eng. Cloud Computing Management, George Washington University; MIT Professional Education
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins Ward Infinity & Halcyon Fellow
Executive education
Executive training, Graduate School USA
Founded
July 2015, Maryland

Certified. Qualified. Committed to Excellence.

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Crosdale Consulting is a trade name of Eldervant LLC, formerly Crosdale Consulting LLC — the same legal entity under an amended name (Maryland, October 2026) and the same firm founded in 2015. Certification and registration records are being updated to the new name. Confirm current status in SAM.gov or with the issuing agency.

Next step

Let’s investigate what’s possible.

Start with a five-minute project discovery for a commercial engagement, or send a direct inquiry if you are a public agency, federal buyer, or prime contractor.

Crosdale Consulting

A trade name of Eldervant LLC

306 W Redwood Street, Suite 200

Baltimore, MD 21201

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