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AI and automation
Practical AI that removes busywork: enrichment pipelines, content generation, agents and the guardrails that keep them honest.
Technology consulting and creative studio
Go
Vertical.
Highly Vertical helps companies put AI, data and software to work, then tells the story in pictures. Senior thinking, hands-on building and work that keeps climbing after launch.
Start a projectWhat we doConsulting
Technology that pays for itself
Most of our work is advisory and build engagements for companies that need to move faster than their org chart allows. We pick the right tools, wire them together and stay until the numbers move.
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Marketing technology
Lifecycle and behavioral marketing, email deliverability, CRM and the data plumbing that ties campaigns to revenue.
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App development
Native iPhone apps and web applications, from first prototype to App Store release and beyond.
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Analytics and data
Warehouses, pipelines and dashboards that answer the question you actually asked. The database is the product.
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Websites and commerce
Fast, search-friendly sites and storefronts built to rank, convert and stay easy to change.
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Technology strategy
Fractional technology leadership: roadmaps, vendor selection and the hard calls on build versus buy.
20+years leading digital programs inside Fortune 50 companies and the largest agencies in the world
Global.Roots in enterprise marketing and data platforms at IBM Watson, Silverpop and Boehringer Ingelheim
Published.Behavioral Marketing, Wiley, 2015: the playbook for marketing that responds to what people actually do
Highly Vertical Studios
Sports, cheer and travel
Highly Vertical Studios photographs the moments that happen fast: competitive cheer from warmups to the awards stage, athletes at the top of their skill and the places the season takes us along the way. Fast glass, an eye for peak action and galleries delivered quickly, so athletes, families and programs can share them while the moment is still fresh.
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Athlete portraits
Individual and team portraits for athletes, seniors and programs. Shot at your gym, on the field or on location, with edited images ready to share and print.
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Competition coverage
Headed to a competition? Book us to follow your athlete or team through warmups, the routine and awards, so you can watch the moment instead of filming it.
Products
We build our own, too
Building products of our own keeps our consulting sharp. Every lesson about shipping, pricing and retention goes straight back to our clients.
Live
Show Up Tonight
A guide to live music, comedy and theatre across major U.S. cities. It pulls thousands of shows into one place every night and matches each one with video, so you can see the act before you buy the ticket.
- 28Cities
- 1,700+Venues
- 2,000+Shows a week
In development
For people who love podcasts and hate their podcast app
Following a lot of shows shouldn't mean a pile of unplayed episodes and a queue you can't make sense of. We're building an iPhone podcast player that keeps new episodes in order, makes it easy to line up what's next and stays out of the way when you just want to listen. The simple, well-made listening experience that's been missing. Coming to the App Store.
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Let's build
something tall.
Tell us what you are working on. We take on a small number of engagements at a time so each one gets senior attention.
hello@highlyvertical.com