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Building. Durable. Growth. Companies.

The strongest operational and industrial technology companies aren’t just growing - they’re built to last. As technology changes, markets shift, and competition evolves, the best companies continue to thrive and generate superior returns for their shareholders. At VDC Strategy, our years of experience working with operational and industrial technology companies and their backers uniquely positions us to provide the insights and strategies that lead to durable growth and high value exits.

Industrial Tech. It’s What We Do.

Since 1971, we’ve been singularly focused on operational and industrial technology. Long before IoT, AI, and wireless communications were commercialized, we were guiding innovators in sensors, kiosks, machine vision systems, and embedded processors toward growth. While others chased crowded enterprise IT and SaaS markets, we stayed committed to industrial tech - where opportunities for rapid growth, strong margins, and high returns have been available year after year.

Begin With The End In Mind

No matter what growth opportunity of challenge you face, we stress an outcomes-based approach. Regardless of the decision, whether to enter a new market, target a new segment, develop a new product, raise prices, improve customer retention, grow market share, gain wallet share, develop a strategic plan, make an acquisition, or nearly any other growth-centered initiative or investment decision, our approach begins by starting with the end in mind and developing a high-confidence strategy to achieve the desired outcome.

Exceptional Value. A Highly Disciplined Approach.

We create impact by working lean, fast, and smart. Every client engagement is rigorously focused on what matters—no wasted effort, no padded hours. We constantly test new tools and methods to cut time-to-insight and deepen analysis. Our balance of speed and rigor gets you from ideas to execution quickly. Deliverables are crisp, clear, and practical—no artificially inflated decks or over-engineered charts, just insights you can understand and act on immediately.

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About Mitch

Mitch Solomon

President

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Mitch has spent years supporting senior leaders of operational and industrial technology companies as well as private equity investors that participate in the space.  He is an active member of the Technology and Innovation Council at Graham Partners, a leading industrial technology focused private equity firm, and serves on the advisory boards of OptConnect (a top IoT connectivity provider) and DecisionPoint (a rapidly growing operational technology systems integrator).  Mitch has worked closely with a wide range of industrial technology clients on a diverse array of growth opportunities and challenges including applications of AI, c-suite recruiting, strategic planning, new market identification and entry, product strategy, competitive positioning, revenue retention, value proposition identification and messaging, sales strategy and execution, and board presentations. Mitch holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.