Business analysis + software engineering

The analyst and the developer are the same person.

I work with you and your team to understand the problem, agree what a better result looks like, and put the right solution in place.

For owners and finance leaders in professional services firms serving the resource industries.

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Gord Cross · Principal, GKC Data Solutions

From understanding to a better result

Understand the work togetherPeople, decisions and the result you need
Assess the optionsProcesses, systems, data and available software
Agree and implement the changesA solution that fits the work
Review the business resultsWhat improved and what needs attention

Consulting and custom development

Where the work gets stuck.

You can see what needs to improve. I help work through the details and carry the agreed changes into your systems.

Business analysis and process improvement, systems integration, ERP migration, custom software, AI integration and modernization of existing applications.

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Employee, project and cost-code records live in different systems. Someone keeps them aligned manually.
A spreadsheet and a chain of emails have become the approval process. It is hard to see what is waiting or who owns the next step.
An ERP migration is approaching, but gaps, old codes and inconsistent data still need decisions.
An application does an essential job, but every change depends on the few people who understand it.

What changed for the business

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EMS Extension · Work at Allnorth

Field time and expenses, without the weekend entry work.

While employed at Allnorth, I replaced manual field time and expense entry with validated ERP imports and automated contractor invoice preparation.

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Evenings and weekends backThe out-of-hours entry work for these transactions ended.
Hundreds of invoices in minutesApproved timesheets supplied the contractor vendor invoices.
More accurate pay and billingBetter rate matching reduced payment complaints and client invoice problems.

The person behind GKC

I’m Gord Cross.

Principal · British Columbia, Canada

I work through the details with you and the people doing the job, then carry that understanding into the systems and software that support the work.

My background spans forestry, project accounting and software development. It helps me connect what happens in the field with what operations and finance need from the data.

More about me

GKC products

Explore the products

Data Discovery and Email Archiver are available for demonstrations and pilot discussions.

Data Discovery

Search a document archive and ask questions with citations to the supporting material. Original files stay unchanged.

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Email Archiver

File business correspondence with the project, contract or other record it belongs to, in SharePoint or network folders.

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How an engagement starts

It starts with a conversation about what is difficult today. Together, we establish what needs to change, what has to keep working, and what a better result would look like.

I assess software already on the market first and recommend buying when a product fits. Integration or custom development covers what is missing. We agree on the scope, responsibilities and how to review the result before implementation begins.

Let’s talk about what needs to change.

Describe the problem in your own words. That is enough to start a conversation.

Discuss a problem gord@gkcdatasolutions.com