The KeyDate Audit
$5,000 · 2 weeksFixed scope: I review your upcoming opening or rollout plan, test protocols, cutover plans, and vendor commitments — and deliver a risk-ranked findings-and-fixes register your team can act on immediately.
FRACTIONAL ROLLOUT PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Multi-site rollouts that hit their dates.
New-location openings, POS and payments migrations, PCI programs, and zero-downtime cutovers — for multi-unit restaurant, retail, and hospitality brands (5–100 locations), and the technology vendors who serve them.
ROLLOUT EXPERIENCE EARNED INSIDE
Macy'sUnder ArmourShake Shack
Carter's | OshKoshGeorgia-Pacific
IOT & VENUE DEPLOYMENTS DELIVERED AT
SoFi StadiumGillette StadiumUBS Arena
Spectrum CenterGlobe Life FieldHartsfield-Jackson ATL
Colorado Convention CenterBrown University
THE RECEIPTS
Numbers from programs I've led.
0grand-opening technology delays across 25+ QSR locations
−40%implementation failures via standardized pre-deployment testing
3,200+PIN pads installed — full PCI compliance across 800+ stores
20→125expansion — 100+ new-store openings delivered from the IT side
One location doing $1.5M a year loses roughly $30,000 for every week it stays dark — while rent, payroll, and launch marketing burn on schedule. My fee is a fraction of one slipped opening. That's the entire business case.
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
Start small. Grow only if the findings justify it.
The KeyDate Playbook
From $7,500 · 60–90 daysBuilt with your team: NSO runbook, pre-deployment testing protocol, cutover templates, vendor governance cadence, KPI dashboard. You keep the system.
KeyDate Fractional
From $4,000/mo · or per-openingI run the program — openings, POS and payments migrations, PCI — as your fractional rollout leader. Larger migration and PCI programs scoped from $20,000.
KeyDate Governance
From $1,500/moMonthly governance and QBRs, KPI review, and on-call escalation for cutover weekends — the safety net after the system is installed.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Three steps, no theater.
- The fit call. Twenty minutes on your next two quarters. If I can't help, I'll say so and point you somewhere useful.
- The Audit. Two weeks later you hold a risk-ranked register of exactly what will break your next opening or cutover — and the fixes.
- The system. If the findings justify it: the Playbook installs it with your team, or Fractional runs the slate end to end.
WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH
Deon Coleman
18+ years leading multi-site technology delivery — from the help desk to enterprise program leadership — inside Macy's, Under Armour, Carter's | OshKosh, Georgia-Pacific, Shake Shack, and Flex Technology Group. POS platforms (Aptos, VeriFone, NCR, Epicor), Cisco network infrastructure, MDM at fleet scale (Intune, Meraki, AirWatch), IoT devices, printers and peripherals, kitchen and back-office hardware, PCI programs, and the vendor orchestration that holds it all together. That includes venue-scale IoT — deployments delivered at SoFi Stadium, Gillette Stadium, UBS Arena, Spectrum Center, Globe Life Field, Hartsfield-Jackson ATL, the Colorado Convention Center, and Brown University.
Certified ScrumMaster. Based in metro Atlanta, working nationally. I don't sell hardware, licenses, or installation labor — no commissions, no side deals. My only incentive is your dates holding.
QUESTIONS I HEAR ON EVERY FIRST CALL
Fair questions, straight answers.
We already have a project manager.
Good — keep them. I install the system your PM runs. The Playbook exists precisely so your team doesn't need me forever.
Will you work with our existing vendors?
Yes — vendor governance is the job. I take no commissions from anyone, so the only side of the table I sit on is yours.
Do you do the physical installs?
No. I lead the program and govern the vendors who do. That independence is the point.
Why not hire a full-time PM?
Because you need this 15–20 hours a week for a couple of quarters, not a $140k salary with benefits. When you do need the hire, I'll help write the job description and hand over the playbook.
We're not in retail or restaurants — can you still help?
Probably. The system is built for any organization landing technology across many sites at once — branches, clinics, plants, warehouses. If the problem sounds familiar, book the call and I'll tell you honestly whether it transfers.
How does pricing work?
Fixed for the Audit, scoped for everything else, retainers billed monthly in advance. Audit terms: 50% on signature, 50% on delivery. ACH preferred.
The dates that matter, kept.
If your next two quarters include openings, a POS migration, or a PCI deadline — the fit call takes twenty minutes and costs nothing but honesty.
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