AI-NATIVE OPERATIONS CONSULTING
Operational Excellence
for the AI Era.
Modern performance systems. Real results. We help school districts, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and small businesses build better operations, smarter systems, and stronger teams. From process improvement and AI-enabled digital transformation to leadership development and workforce training, we meet organizations where they are and help them perform at a higher level. AI powers everything we do, which means enterprise-quality consulting at 40-60% less than traditional firms.
Past Clients
Richland SD 2
Boulder Valley SD
Adams 14
Nyack Public Schools
Fulton County Schools
Cambridge Public Schools
Houston ISD
Boulder Valley SD
Hyde Park Schools
WHAT WE DO
Three capabilities. One goal: make your operations match your ambition.
Process Improvement
We use Lean Six Sigma methodology powered by AI to find where your operations are dragging and fix them. Process mapping, root cause analysis, workflow redesign. AI accelerates the analysis so you get answers in weeks, not months.
Digital Transformation
We help you move from manual, disconnected systems to AI-enabled workflows that actually save time. Custom dashboards, automated processes, and tools built for how your team works today. Not off-the-shelf software that collects dust.
Workforce Development
Operational excellence only sticks if your people can sustain it. We coach leaders, build accountability systems, and offer our AI-Native Lean Six Sigma certification so your team keeps improving after we leave.
Traditional consulting firms charge $300-500/hour and staff your project with junior analysts learning on your dime. We took a different approach: build an AI-native firm from the ground up.
AI powers how we diagnose problems, analyze data, build deliverables, and design solutions. We move faster, with less overhead, and pass those savings directly to you.
The result: Lean Six Sigma rigor, AI-powered transformation, and hands-on implementation at a cost structure that works for a 15-person nonprofit or a growing small business. We don't just talk about AI adoption. We help you rethink your workflows, retrain your teams, and rebuild your operations for how work gets done now.
WHY AMANEX
Performance excellence shouldn't cost a fortune.
25 yrs
Cross-sector operations leadership
40-60%
Cost savings vs. traditional consulting
AI-native
Built on AI from day one, not bolted on
1:1
Hands-on work with your team
HOW WE WORK
Four phases from diagnosis to self-sufficiency.
Every engagement follows the same structured methodology. AI accelerates every phase, which means faster timelines and lower costs. The goal is always the same: build your capacity so you don't need us anymore.
01
Diagnose
We find where the operational drag lives and quantify what it's costing you. Process mapping, stakeholder analysis, data audit, AI readiness assessment.
02
Design
A realistic improvement plan with clear ROI projections. Not an 80-page report that collects dust. A roadmap you can actually execute.
03
Implement
Hands-on process redesign, workflow automation, training delivery, and change management. We do the work with your team, not from a distance.
PROPRIETARY PROGRAM
AI-Native Lean Six Sigma Certification
Traditional Lean Six Sigma programs were built for an era when creating a fishbone diagram took a team meeting. We redesigned certification for how work actually gets done now. AI handles the artifacts. Your people focus on thinking, judgment, and leading change..
04
Sustain
Scorecards, accountability systems, knowledge transfer, and leadership coaching. You keep the tools and skills to improve on your own.
ABOUT ME
25 years of cross-sector strategy and operations leadership.
Now focused on making it accessible.
I've spent my career inside the kinds of organizations Amanex serves. The pattern was always the same: great people doing critical work, held back by operational systems that couldn't keep up with their ambition.
The consulting firms that could help charged rates designed for Fortune 500 budgets. I built Amanex to close that gap. This is an AI-native firm from the ground up. AI powers how I run my own operations, from analysis to deliverable creation to project management. That's not a marketing angle. It's a business model decision that lets me deliver enterprise-grade work at a fraction of the traditional cost.
Edwine Michel, M.S., M.B.A., M.Ed., Founder & Managing Partner · Lean Six Sigma Black Belt