Technology & AI for Portfolio Companies

Private equity technology consulting that shows up in the EBITDA bridge, sized for the mid-market hold period.
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Definition

What is private equity technology consulting?

Private equity technology consulting modernizes portfolio companies on a hold-period clock: the technology due diligence that prices the work, the platform and data modernization that carries the thesis, the AI initiatives that cut unit costs, and the security that keeps all of it defensible at exit. BD Emerson runs this as one practice for funds and operating partners, with the same engineers behind our Palantir, Databricks, and private AI work, scoped to what a mid-market portfolio company can absorb and a five-year hold can pay back.

Services

What portfolio technology services are included?

Technology due diligence
Platform modernization
Data foundations and reporting
AI for portfolio companies
Security and compliance
Fractional CTO and CISO

Technology due diligence

Pre-close technology and cyber due diligence that prices the estate honestly: architecture debt, key-person code risk, security exposure, and the modernization bill. Findings arrive as a costed workplan, so the deal team underwrites the fix with the deal.

Platform modernization

Legacy platform modernization sequenced by return: cloud migration where it pays, replatforming where the roll-up demands it, and coexistence where replacement would eat the hold. The test for every project is the exit model, not the architecture diagram.

Data foundations and reporting

Data foundations that make the company legible: governed pipelines, one source of truth for the KPIs the fund tracks, and board reporting that survives an audit. Built on Databricks-class tooling sized for the mid-market, and reused by every later initiative.

AI for portfolio companies

Enterprise AI scoped for portfolio reality: routed model portfolios that keep inference costs sane, purpose-built agents for the two or three workflows that dominate unit costs, and governance that satisfies the fund and the eventual buyer. Measured in the bridge, not in demos.

Security and compliance

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and privacy programs run on portfolio playbooks, plus the security hardening that stops an incident from becoming the exit story. Certifications open enterprise pipelines during the hold and delete diligence findings at sale.

Fractional CTO and CISO

Fractional CTO and CISO leadership for companies too small to hire both: roadmap ownership, vendor leverage, board reporting, and a bench behind the title. One relationship can cover several portfolio companies with consistent standards.

Our approach

Our approach

01

Price it in diligence

The technology bill belongs in the deal model. We size it before signing so ownership starts with a plan instead of a surprise.

02

Return over elegance

Projects are sequenced by payback inside the hold. Architecture that cannot show up in the bridge waits for the next owner.

03

Reuse across the portfolio

Playbooks, reference stacks, and vendor terms carry from one portco to the next, so each deployment gets cheaper and faster than the last.

04

Build for the buyer

Every system, certification, and document is built knowing it will be diligenced. The exit inherits an estate that answers questions instead of raising them.

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Portfolio company running on borrowed technology time?

Speak with BD Emerson about the estate, the thesis, and what modernization actually pays back inside the hold.

Our Advantage

Why BD Emerson for portfolio technology

Deal-literate engineers

The team reads the deal model as fluently as the architecture diagram, because it also runs the diligence practice that priced the deal.

Enterprise stack, portco size

Palantir, Databricks, and private AI capability, deliberately scoped to what a mid-market company can run and a hold period can pay for.

Security is not a subcontract

The compliance and security practice is in-house, so modernization and certification run as one program instead of two vendors pointing at each other.

Reviews

What our customers say

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

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