🎉A Message from Our Founder
Wow, where has the time gone? Just about 360 months ago, after starting my career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and working for two other consulting firms, I felt constrained by internal politics, vendor preferences, and biases, which prevented me from serving my clients in the most positive manner. Ultimately, I wanted to start a consulting firm where our culture prioritized putting clients’ needs and objectives first, always.
The result? Transforming Solutions, Inc. was born in the spare bedroom of a Bucktown home in Chicago. Since then, we’ve grown steadily, serving over 250 corporations and universities, including many that have appeared on the fastest-growing company and leading university lists.
I’m so grateful to our clients who took a chance on TSI when we were starting out and to my wonderful, talented, and hard-working team. I appreciate all that you do and your openness to learn, grow and make each other better. You’ve made me better.
I’m genuinely excited about the road ahead—and I’ve never been more confident that our culture, brought to life by our incredibly talented team, is what will continue to set us apart. Yes, our strength lies in aligning technology, organizational change, and the constituent experience. But at the heart of it all is the trust our clients place in us. That trust—and the chemistry we’ve built with both clients and colleagues—is something truly rare and special.
The past 30 years have been remarkable. Here’s to the next 30.
With gratitude,
Dan Feely
President of TSI
🕰️ From Spare Bedroom to Board Rooms
2025: Celebrating 30 years with hundreds of successful projects and a team built on trust and a shared vision.
1995: TSI is founded in the Bucktown neighborhood in Chicago, serving primarily mid-market, growth-oriented corporations
1996 – 2000: Helped many corporations improve processes and select ERP, HRMS/HCM, CRM and other enterprise systems ahead of Y2K.
2001 – 2003: Assisted many growth-oriented corporations in moving from “brick and mortar” to e-commerce and the web
2004: Completed our first large-scale university digital transformation (the University of Illinois System)
2005: Expanded services to include CRM and enterprise change programs
2017: Rainbows and Unicorns start showing up in our workshops, helping our clients dream about “what could be”
2018: TSI begins helping non-profits, including one of the largest faith-based non-profits in the US
2020: Guided many organizations through successful digital transformations and strategic planning projects during the pandemic
2020: Celebrating 30 years and getting ready for the next 30+.
đź”® Looking Ahead: What’s Next?
As we celebrate the past, we’re excited for what’s to come:
- Expanding our work with universities and nonprofits
- Investing in Artificial Intelligence, new change enablement tools, and digital transformation strategies
- Continuing to support clients with a human-first, data-informed approach and delivering our services with a personalized touch.
It’s not just about fixing problems—it’s about building better ways of working together, so our clients can go further, faster.
🥂 Thank You for 30 Years of Trust and Collaboration
Whether you’ve been with us from the beginning or just joined us on the journey, thank you. Your collaboration, confidence, and shared purpose have made TSI what it is today. We look forward to the next chapter, with the same passion that started it all, in that spare bedroom 30 years ago.
Dan Feely
President
Transforming Solutions, Inc.
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While we continue to strive to be the best in our industry, our intention is not only to serve our clients, but also to support our surrounding communities. TSI has been proud to call Chicago home for the last 30 years and to work with non-profit organizations like the NIU Foundation, Northern Illinois Food Bank, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Feeding America, who continue to serve those in need.
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