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Helping mission-driven organizations turn technology
into a strategic advantage.

Technology consulting for mission-driven organizations

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We build alongside you.

bridgeAI works with NGOs, international development organizations, and nonprofits to build digital solutions they can own, grow, and be proud of.

With 15+ years leading enterprise IT across multi-country operations, we've seen firsthand how disconnected systems and underused platforms quietly drain organizations of time, money, and focus.

We help fix that — designing and delivering secure, modern solutions that remove inefficiencies, integrate systems, and give decision-makers the clarity they need.

Most consultants advise.
We build — alongside you.
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Years of enterprise
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Management &
Leadership
IT Director-level leadership across multi-country NGO operations
Governance &
Strategy
Enterprise IT governance, strategic planning, multi-year roadmaps
Digital
Transformation
End-to-end modernization from legacy to cloud
Integration &
Automation
Cloud infrastructure, workflow automation, ETL & data pipelines
Data &
Analytics
Star schema warehouses, BI dashboards, dimensional modeling

Agentic AI at the center.
Practical services around it.

We lead with secure AI agents, then connect the systems, data, governance, and leadership support needed to make them useful in real operations.

01

AI Readiness & Strategy

Prepare your organization for the AI era with a clear, actionable roadmap. We assess your data maturity, technology landscape, and team readiness, then design a phased adoption strategy that aligns AI investments with your mission outcomes. Every engagement includes responsible AI governance frameworks tailored to donor and board expectations.

  • AI readiness assessment with maturity scoring
  • Responsible AI risk analysis and governance framework
  • Multi-year AI adoption roadmap with prioritized use cases
  • Staff capacity building and change management plan
  • Donor-ready AI policy documentation
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ERP, HRIS & Systems Integration

Connect your legacy and existing enterprise solutions into simpler, more reliable workflows. We integrate ERP, HRIS, finance, collaboration, and cloud platforms so teams can stop moving data by hand, reduce duplicate work, and operate from clearer, more trusted information.

  • ERP/HRIS implementation, optimization, and modernization
  • System integration architecture with APIs and secure data flows
  • Data migration strategy and execution
  • Workflow simplification and custom process automation
  • User training and post-launch hypercare support
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Reporting & Analytics

Transform scattered data into clear, actionable visibility for every level of your organization. We replace spreadsheet chaos with fast, role-based dashboards and reports so teams can answer their own questions in no time and maintain clear visibility on activities, performance, and decisions.

  • Star schema data warehouse design and implementation
  • ETL pipeline development with automated scheduling refreshes
  • Executive dashboards, operational dashboards, and report hubs
  • Hierarchical financial and operational reporting across programs, grants, and entities
  • BI migration and custom reporting solutions that optimize licensing, performance, and responsiveness
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Cloud Infrastructure & Cybersecurity

Secure, scalable cloud foundations built for multi-country operations. We architect and deploy cloud infrastructure on Azure and other leading cloud platforms that meets donor and government compliance requirements. From identity management with Entra ID to network security and disaster recovery.

  • Azure, AWS and Google cloud architecture and deployment
  • Microsoft Entra ID SSO and role-based access control
  • Security assessment, hardening, and compliance readiness
  • Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
  • Cloud cost optimization and governance frameworks
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Fractional CTO

Practical technology leadership when your organization needs extra capacity, perspective, or steady guidance. We work alongside your leadership and technical teams to clarify direction, evaluate options, support vendors and initiatives, and keep technology decisions aligned with mission priorities.

  • Meetings and support for senior leadership planning and decisions
  • Technology strategy and multi-year roadmap development
  • Vendor evaluation, selection, and contract negotiation
  • Technical team mentoring and organizational design
  • IT budget planning and investment prioritization

Useful agents need more than a model.

The value comes from connecting the right systems, shaping safe actions, grounding answers in trusted data, and giving people clear oversight.

Grounded Knowledge

Agents answer from approved sources, enterprise systems, and documented workflows instead of relying on general memory.

Approval Paths

Sensitive actions can require human review, manager approval, or a clear handoff before anything is changed.

Action Guardrails

Role-based permissions, scoped tools, audit logs, and policy checks help prevent unsafe actions or data exposure.

Continuous Evaluation

Test sets, monitoring, feedback loops, and incident review keep the agent improving as usage and workflows evolve.

One-page brief

Agentic AI Service Brief

A concise overview of the offer, safety model, delivery approach, and example workflows for mission-driven organizations.

  • What a first agent pilot can include
  • How safety, governance, and approvals are handled
  • What systems and data are needed to start
  • What success can look like in the first 4-8 weeks

We don't leave you with a strategy deck
and a handshake.

Every engagement produces working assets your team can use from day one.

Production Code & Systems
Deployed applications, configured ERPs, integrated APIs, automated pipelines — running in your environment, not ours.
Documentation & Runbooks
Technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, and admin guides your team can reference independently.
Training & Knowledge Transfer
Hands-on sessions, recorded walkthroughs, and shadowed handoffs so your team can operate and extend what we built.
Governance Frameworks
Policies, risk registers, decision frameworks, and compliance documentation ready for donors and auditors.
Roadmaps & Recommendations
Prioritized next steps, architecture evolution plans, and vendor evaluation matrices for your ongoing journey.
Full IP Ownership
Everything we build belongs to you — source code, configurations, content, and documentation. No lock-in, ever.

The result isn't just a new platform or integration.

Seconds, not days
The finance director who can answer the board's question in seconds instead of days.
Systems that talk
The IT lead who finally has systems that talk to each other — not around each other.
Teams that own it
Solutions people inside the organization can carry forward long after we're done.
Mission, not tools
Making teams faster, clearer, and free to focus on mission — not on fighting their tools.

Real results from real engagements

Anonymized to preserve client confidentiality

CASE STUDY

HRIS Interface & Reporting Platform

International health NGO — 15+ offices

Challenge: Staff finding navigating the native UI of D365 F&O difficult and lacking additional features, to manage approvals in bulk. People & Culture team relied on manual data pulls. Managers had little self-service visibility into their teams.

Solution: Built a Next.js frontend UI and reporting platform with 97+ reports across 4 role-based hubs (Employee, Manager, People & Culture, Executive), interactive org chart, Entra ID SSO/RBAC.

✓ 97 reports across 4 role-based hubs ✓ Improved HRIS features, org-chart export, bulk approval, team focus insights ✓ Unified, fast and responsive solution added to D365 F&O ✓ Modern UI and improved UX for 500+ staff globally
CASE STUDY

Financial Reporting Modernization

Global nutrition NGO — multi-grant operations

Challenge: Finance leaders spent days assembling reports from disconnected finance and budgeting data. Existing BI tools were slow, costly, and difficult for teams to adapt.

Solution: Delivered a responsive reporting hub with automated data refreshes, role-based views, drill-down navigation, scheduled delivery, and self-service access to the numbers teams needed most.

✓ Faster financial answers with drill-down visibility ✓ Executive and operational reporting in one experience ✓ Automated refreshes replacing manual data pulls ✓ Lower licensing cost with a responsive, scalable solution
CASE STUDY

AI-Powered HR Assistant

International development organization

Challenge: HR managers needed quick access to employee information and workforce KPIs spread across several independent systems.

Solution: Built a secure HR assistant that lets HR managers ask questions in natural language, retrieve grounded information, and view KPI insights across connected systems.

✓ Natural language access to HR information and KPIs ✓ Connected insight across independent enterprise systems ✓ Role-aware access, grounded responses, and safety guardrails ✓ Faster answers for HR managers without manual lookups
CASE STUDY

Enterprise HRIS on Dynamics 365 F&O

Global health NGO — 60+ countries

Challenge: Fragmented HR processes across 13+ countries with inconsistent data. Legacy systems lacked end-to-end employee lifecycle coverage.

Solution: Designed integrated D365 F&O solution covering full employee lifecycle from recruitment to separation. Implemented change management strategies and multi-country compliance workflows.

✓ 40% adoption improvement ✓ 100% on-time, under-budget delivery ✓ Full lifecycle: recruit to retire
CASE STUDY

Oracle NetSuite OneWorld ERP

Global NGO — multi-subsidiary operations

Challenge: Legacy financial systems fragmented across countries. Complex multi-currency, multi-subsidiary needs for 60+ country operations with strict donor compliance.

Solution: Deployed NetSuite OneWorld with multi-subsidiary, multi-currency configuration. Built custom SuiteScript extensions to accommodate for internal processes around contracting, budgeting, etc.

✓ Multi-currency, multi-subsidiary ERP ✓ Custom SuiteScript extensions ✓ Full Donor Grant management: From opportunity, to contracting and reporting back
CASE STUDY

Enterprise Cloud Migration & M365

Global NGO — 13+ country offices

Challenge: Aging on-premises infrastructure with poor uptime and high costs. Distributed workforce lacked modern collaboration tools and records governance.

Solution: Migrated to Azure Cloud achieving 98% uptime. Deployed M365 with Teams and Business Voice. Established SharePoint as single source of truth with Purview governance.

✓ 98% uptime achieved ✓ 450+ users migrated globally ✓ 50% workflow reduction ✓ Modern and paperless environment
CASE STUDY

Budgeting & Workforce Planning Platform

Global health NGO — cross-functional planning

Challenge: Disconnected budgeting between workforce planning and program work & budget. Portfolio planning lacked unified cross-functional visibility.

Solution: Implemented Board platform covering WFP, PWB, and project/portfolio planning. Migrated legacy data with full validation and established unified planning workflows.

✓ Unified WFP + PWB planning ✓ Full data migration & validation ✓ Cross-functional stakeholder access
CASE STUDY

Data Governance & Compliance Framework

Global NGO — multi-jurisdiction compliance

Challenge: No formal data governance framework. Paper-based approval workflows creating compliance gaps. GDPR/PIPEDA requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

Solution: Developed enterprise data governance framework with logical architecture units, metadata, defined ownership and policies. Deployed DocuSign for paperless workflows and Microsoft Purview for information governance.

✓ GDPR/PIPEDA compliance controls ✓ Paperless workflows via middleware and DocuSign ✓ AI-readiness governance provisions
CASE STUDY

IT Strategic Roadmaps & Governance

Global NGO — $3.5M IT portfolio

Challenge: No structured technology roadmap. Budget allocation lacked transparency. Fragmented stakeholder engagement with 20 vendor relationships to optimize.

Solution: Developed two 3-year roadmaps with KPIs and sustainability. Optimized $3.5M budget achieving 15-20% savings. Established stakeholder committees across functions.

✓ 15-20% cost savings achieved ✓ 9 staff + 20 vendors managed ✓ 450+ users across 13 countries
AND MUCH MORE...

A Broader Portfolio to Explore Together

Strategy, modernization, implementation, governance, and secure operations

Beyond the examples above, our work includes IT roadmaps, digital transformation programs, ERP and HRIS implementation, cloud modernization, security and compliance, data governance, budgeting and workforce planning, and workflow simplification.

IT Roadmaps Digital Transformation System Implementation Security & Compliance Data Governance Workflow Modernization
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A proven four-phase methodology

Every engagement follows a proven four-phase methodology — adapted to your context, never cookie-cutter.

01

Discover

Week 1-2

Stakeholder interviews, system landscape mapping, pain point analysis, data maturity assessment. We listen before we prescribe.

02

Design

Week 2-4

Architecture decisions, solution design, scope definition, milestone planning. You approve before we build.

03

Build & Iterate

Week 4-12

Agile sprints with bi-weekly demos. Working software in your environment, validated against real data and real users.

04

Transfer & Embed

Week 12-16

Documentation, training, hypercare, and capability transfer. Success = your team operates independently.

✓ Transparent communication ✓ Milestone-based delivery ✓ Your team involved at every step ✓ Full IP ownership

We're practitioners who have done this
work from the inside.

Not a traditional consulting firm.

Mission-First Approach

Every technology decision evaluated against mission impact, not technology trends. We recommend what your organization actually needs.

Build, Don't Just Advise

Working systems, trained teams, and documented knowledge transfer — not slide decks. We ship.

INGO Context

Donor compliance, multi-country operations, restricted funding, and the unique governance of international development organizations.

Capability Transfer

Internal ownership is the measure of success, not consultant dependency. Your team runs it from day one.

Full-Stack Expertise

Boardroom strategy to production code — Governance Frameworks, ERP, API, data architecture, AI agents, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity.

Mission-Driven Focus

We understand NGO operations from the inside — grant management, donor compliance, multi-currency accounting, and distributed teams. Technology decisions are grounded in mission impact.

We Build, Not Just Advise

Hands-on delivery from strategy through implementation to support. One accountable partner, no handoffs between firms, no knowledge lost in translation.

AI-Forward Thinking

Every engagement considers how generative and agentic AI can amplify your team's capabilities — and we make sure your people can carry the work forward long after we're done.

Flexible structures designed for
NGO budgeting realities

Sensible and flexible structures designed for the realities of NGO and nonprofit budgeting cycles so you can invest more where it matters most — your programs and the people and causes you exist to serve.

Ready to explore how bridgeAI
can support your organization?

We'd love to learn about your challenges and discuss how we can help.

Website
Location
Ottawa, Canada
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Lamine Mbengue

Founder & CEO

15+ years leading enterprise IT for international NGOs across multiple countries. Hands-on technology leader who builds alongside you.

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