Celebrating Over 20 Years of Providing Management and IT Consulting Services

A sincere thank you to all our clients, employees, and partners for your trust and collaboration.

About Us

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Who We Are

In an industry with high attrition, we have extremely low turnover. Meet some of our consultants and find out why.

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What We Do

We help our clients perform better by providing responsive, insightful, and exceptional management consulting services.

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How We Work

We have successfully completed hundreds of projects for public and private sector clients, with 100% positive references.

Our Clients

Our values keep us together, and set us apart from most firms. We revisit and refine them every year to ensure they reflect who we are.

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Our Story

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    2002
    Founded by Mike Cappelluti, based in downtown Sacramento
  • 2005
    Applied the Prosci organizational change management methodology for a $500M implementation
  • 2007
    Completed over 50 projects in the first 5 years of business
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    2008
    Instituted annual charitable giving to purpose-driven organizations, selected by our employees
  • 2010
    Grew our team to 15 consultants, serving clients in education, health, and transportation sectors
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    2011
    Became the only Prosci OCM Authorized Training Provider on the West Coast
  • 2012
    Celebrated 10 years in business with over 150 completed projects
  • 2014
    Added our 50th client to our portfolio
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    2017
    Grew our team to 25 consultants, all PMP and/or Prosci certified
  • 2018
    Debuted the Rapid Process Improvement (RPI) methodology in California
  • 2019
    Embraced the Association of Change Management Professionals with leadership and financial support
  • 2020
    Helped California Department of Public Health build its systems and processes to respond to COVID-19
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    2021
    Grew our team to 45 consultants, with one of the highest employee retention rates in the industry

What People Say

"I must say, you are a huge asset! You have been AWESOME in communicating the most important things. I cannot say enough about all the positive things you have done for us, and I believe it’s very important you know you are highly respected. I sincerely appreciate all you do!"

— Manager, California State Client

2017-07-24T12:15:08-07:00

— Manager, California State Client

"I must say, you are a huge asset! You have been AWESOME in communicating the most important things. I cannot say enough about all the positive things you have done for us, and I believe it’s very important you know you are highly respected. I sincerely appreciate all you do!"
"It has been a great pleasure in working with the Highlands Consulting team. I've worked alongside a few consulting firms in my professional career, and Highlands has been the best team I've encountered."

— Chief, State of California Transportation Agency

2020-08-31T12:46:40-07:00

— Chief, State of California Transportation Agency

"It has been a great pleasure in working with the Highlands Consulting team. I've worked alongside a few consulting firms in my professional career, and Highlands has been the best team I've encountered."
"I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work with you... surfacing issues, solving problems, and enabling open dialogue. The Department is fortunate to have you and the Highlands team as partners."

— Division Chief, State Transportation Agency

2022-03-01T08:30:49-08:00

— Division Chief, State Transportation Agency

"I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work with you... surfacing issues, solving problems, and enabling open dialogue. The Department is fortunate to have you and the Highlands team as partners."

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