Opportunities Identified, Strategy Delivered

Advisory Services

  • Achieve international sales and replicate your manufacturing in a new country

  • Project Management

  • Tender Response

  • Business Development

Services Provided

Project Management

A thorough hands-on project management support for Industry and Defence projects. From feasibility studies through to project delivery.

1. Project setup, delivery planning and schedule control.

2. Recovery of underperforming manufacturing or technology-enabled projects.

3. Governance, risk and compliance alignment.

4. Executive-level reporting that enables confident investment decisions.

5. Delivery of projects requiring regulatory approvals, cost modelling and staged delivery.

6. An expert in the One Defence Capability System. I have moved projects from initiation through Gate 1 and Gate 2 as well as through 1st and 2nd Pass to Cabinet.

Achieve international sales and replicate your manufacturing in a new country

In partnership with GDI Strategies, we will assist you achieve international sales and develop opportunities to replicate your manufacturing in new countries.


A plan we will assist you to implement, to obtain:
1. Options and meetings to pitch international sales.

2. Support to replicate your business in a foreign market with stronger demand and a stronger dollar.

3. A report to identify opportunities for a joint venture in a suitable foreign market.

Business Development

Provide guidance to facilitate the expansion of your business.
Structured a business case that enable businesses to assess expansion options.

1. Capital investment business cases and feasibility assessment.

2. Cost modelling.

3. Market and demand assessment.

4. Clear articulation of risk, return and delivery pathways

Targeted business development support to help manufacturers articulate value and secure new work.

a. Opportunity identification and prioritisation.

b. Pitch material and executive messaging.

c. Client engagement planning.

Tender Response

Management and team organisation to develop the tender response.

1. Develop the tender response plan and delivery schedule.

2. Key message development.

3. Organisation of the review schedule.

4. Draft an executive summary to assist the tender pitch.

The Alighten perspective

In Alighten tradition is valued, because traditions are essentially proven experiments that have worked for the majority of society successfully for the longest period of time. This is something that should be understood, prior to agreeing to discard a proven and successful practices.

The practices that have proven successful across consulting, disaster management, disaster recovery, the Military and Education systems are:

  1. Rigorous analysis to define the problem.

  2. Prioritisation of needs, assets and tasks.

  3. Stakeholder engagement to understand the human terrain, of the workplace in need.

  4. Identifying simple solutions that can be implemented immediately are robust enough to work.

  5. Collaborating to build teams and deliver the solution.

  6. Flexibility to problem solve and pursue the clients desired goals.

  7. Steadfast work ethic.

  8. Honesty when discussing difficult topics.

  9. Integrity and self-discipline

How Alighten stands out from the crowd

Specific and Steadfast

At Alighten we take pride in being specific about our role, the problems being addressed, the timeline to implement solutions and the cost of the work at hand.

We are steadfast in fighting for our client and in our pursuit to achieve their desired end-state.

Honest and engaging with clients

Alighten provides a factual and honest assessment of every situation. We work collaboratively with each client to identify the options available and determine your best path forward.

Flexible problem solving

At lighten we understand that complex problems don’t stop metastasising. This is why we remain flexible when applying solutions to client’s problems. A flexible mindset and continually checking the limits of an issue, as well as the effectiveness of implemented solutions has proved to be most effective problem solving principle.

Integrity and Self-discipline

At Alighten the standard accepted is to act solely in the client’s best interest. To conduct ourselves ethically and to be incorruptible in all matters. Integrity is only found in employees who possess self-discipline that is why self-discipline a trait prized among Alighten.

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