Transform Your Enterprise with Strategic Innovation
Transform Your Enterprise
Lift and Shift is a specialized consulting firm led by Fortune 500 industry veterans, delivering robust ROI by modernizing cloud, AI, and data ecosystems, accelerating digital transformation, and ensuring operational excellence at scale. Our outcome-driven approach merges real-world best practices with cutting-edge innovation, unlocking new revenue streams and strengthening competitive advantage. With a proven track record spanning digital transformation, cloud innovation, artificial intelligence, and operational excellence, we empower clients to navigate complex challenges and achieve sustainable growth.
Lift and Shift is a specialized consulting firm with a proven track record of digital transformation, cloud innovation and artificial intelligence. We help our clients navigate complex challenges and achieve sustainable growth.
Our Products
Innovative solutions for your business needs
Lending and Compliance
Deliver SMB lending with robust, scalable foundations that reduce default risk and streamline compliance. Our lending platform is built on top of a modern API driven, developer friendly ecosystem and a responsive, mobile friendly interface for underwriting, onboarding, compliance and servicing
Key Features
- Robust, Modern, and Scalable Foundations
- Data Drives Everything: Feature Store for Data-Driven Lending, Borrower metrics and behavioral data, Dynamic scoring models
- Proprietary Risk Assessment Score: "Fresher" data for real-time lending decisions, Reduce reliance on costly external credit sources
- Loan Classification Approach: Streamlined process to package and sell loans, Enhanced liquidity and risk distribution
- Compliance and regulatory readiness
Strategic Roadmap
- Integrate data into platform for underwriting and reporting
- Extend lending platform to support external partnerships
- Improve user and developer experience with modern APIs and tools
- "Platform-as-a-Service" model with cloud and on-premise licensing
- Partner with leading credit bureaus for proprietary credit score
Data Governance
Unlock end-to-end data ownership, classification and versioning with automated guardrails from source to dashboards. Seamlessly map data elements to PCI DSS, CECL, Rule 1071 and more with version controlled lineage, retention, and change-management to keep auditors satisfied and innovation moving fast.
Core Capabilities
- Ownership and Stewardship: Single Point of Accountability, RACI Model implementation
- Classification and Access Control: Clear classification levels, Security requirements, PII handling
- Data Quality and Integrity: Documented allowed values, Data type constraints, Referential integrity
Key Features
- Data Quality Monitoring: Automated uniqueness checks, Completeness verification, Conformity validation
- Lineage and Data Flow: Comprehensive source documentation, Change tracking, Data transformation mapping
- Retention and Archival: Clear retention requirements, System documentation, Compliance mapping
Compliance and Security
- Regulatory Requirements: SSBCI, Rule 1071, CECL, PCI/DSS compliance
- Audit Readiness: Documented controls, Access management, System boundaries
- Standardized Naming: Consistent field names, Alias management, Version control
ID3N Claims Verification
ID3N transforms invasive and high friction KYC into a developer friendly, portable, tokenized credentialed identity. An API first approach to verifiable claims with minimal disclosures enabling usecases like anonymized onboarding for large transactions, art or real-estate auctions and modern SMB credit with digital notarization. Unlock a privacy‑first, regulator‑ready trust ecosystem that accelerates commerce while safeguarding transactions and reducing fraud
Core Capabilities
- Privacy Focused KYC: Tokenized identity and net worth claims, Portable compliance
- Modern SMB Solvency Checks: Real-time financial health verification, Frictionless underwriting
- Notarized Credibility: Legal verification with digital notarization, High value transaction support
Strategic Roadmap
- Portable Tokenized KYC
- Solvency Verification APIs
- AML, OFAC and sanctions integrations
- Notarized verifications
- Legal and fintech partnerships
- ID3N trust ecosystem and marketplace
Target Markets
- Global Identity Verification
- SMB Financing and Escrow
- HNW Private Banking and Transactions
- Trusted Marketplaces
Transaction Risk
Our transaction and Onboarding Risk Engine with configurable rules, data sources and pluggable ML models stop emerging fraud vectors, payment card testing, and chargebacks in their tracks while delivering portability of risk profile data, A/B testing across payment service providers and one‑click integrations with Plaid, LexisNexis, escrow, and financing APIs.
Core Capabilities
- Risk Proxy Functionality: Buyer and seller credibility verification, Advanced KYC and AML workflows
- Real-time ML Integration: Adaptive risk scoring, Transaction pattern analysis
- Integrated Dashboards: Transaction history tracking, Velocity measurement, Risk threshold configuration
Key Features
- Configurable Onboarding: Visual rule editor, External verification integration, Progressive onboarding
- Trust Management: Transaction verification, Credibility assessment, Risk mitigation
- Marketplace Integration: Unified risk management, Payment provider integration and multiple marketplace support
Technical Implementation
- Scalable infrastructure, Real-time processing, Secure data handling
- API-first approach with developer focused ecosystem
- Advanced encryption, Access controls, Audit logging
Progressive Onboarding
API‑first onboarding engine that fuses portable, tokenized KYC and provable credentials with a modern risk platform that allows you to configure end‑to‑end flows in minutes: drag‑and‑drop rules, external checks (Plaid, LexisNexis, AML), KYC and OFAC plug‑ins and AI‑tuned models that learn from every transaction. You keep ownership of your data and add digital progressive onboarding to any use-case. Focus on growth, not gatekeeping.
Core Capabilities
- Visual Rule Editor: Intuitive interface, Drag-and-drop functionality, Real-time preview
- External Integration: Plaid, Zelle, LexisNexis support, Custom API integration
- Progressive Onboarding: Trust tier management, Transaction value-based access, Reputation-based permissions
Key Features
- Flexible workflow design, Conditional logic, Multi-step verification
- Third-party service integration, API management, Webhook configuration
- Role-based permissions, Dynamic access levels, Audit trail
Target Markets
- Luxury Goods: High-value item verification, Buyer qualification, Transaction security
- Real Estate: Property verification, Buyer qualification, Document management
- Collectibles: Authentication support, Value verification, Transaction security
- Insurance: KYC and AML compliance, Transaction security
- Marketplaces: Unified risk management, Payment provider integration
Trusted Marketplace
Welcome to the Trusted Marketplace, an invitation‑only arena where every bottle of rare whisky, heirloom watch, or vintage supercar is backed by our Trust‑as‑a‑Service Risk Engine. Progressive onboarding, tokenized reputational data, and AI‑driven screening to ensure that buyers are solvent, sellers are credible, and transactions are cleared in real time with escrow and financing just a click away. Trade high‑value goods confidently and privately because here, trust is built in, not bolted on.
Core Capabilities
- Managed risk and onboarding platform and credibility verification
- Curated merchant list, digital and offline verifications
- Real-time risk assessment, ML-based scoring, Pattern analysis
Key Features
- Payment integration and data portability
- API based ecosystem with third-party service integration
- Real-time balance and transaction tracking
- Performance analytics and reporting
Additional Services
- In-house funding, Seller financing, Third-party financing
- Escrow services, Arbitration support, Dispute resolution
- Private transactions, Secure messaging, Zero-knowledge verification
Target Markets
- Luxury Goods: High-value item verification, Buyer qualification, Transaction security
- Real Estate: Property verification, Buyer qualification, Document management
- Collectibles: Authentication support, Value verification, Transaction security
- Insurance: KYC and AML compliance, Transaction security
- Marketplaces: Unified risk management, Payment provider integration
Services
Solutions tailored to your needs
Cloud Modernization
Transform your infrastructure for strategic agility, reduced TCO, and faster delivery by leveraging advanced container orchestration and cost controls. We develop robust multi-cloud architectures tailored to your business objectives.
Enterprise Cloud Transformation
Our cloud modernization approach delivers measurable business outcomes through:
- Initiatives aligned with ROI
- Cost management and optimization
- Multi-cloud architectures
- Security, governance and compliance
Data, Analytics and BI
Accelerate your data-driven decision making with real-time analytics and modern cloud-native business intelligence. Our solutions unify data sources, enforce governance, and empower strategic decisions at scale. Transform raw data into insights, real-time OKRs, dashboards, and enterprise-grade analytics.
Analytics and Business Intelligence
Our data and analytics solutions deliver:
- Real-time business intelligence
- Reporting and visualization
- Data warehousing and data lakes
- Machine learning and predictive analytics
Digital Transformation
Seamlessly modernize core systems, cultivate an innovation mindset, and integrate digital solutions that future proof your platforms, processes, and people.
Enterprise Digital Transformation
Our transformation approach covers:
- Core modernization journeys
- APIs for legacy systems
- Data ingestion at scale
- Cloud native architectures
- Governance, security and compliance
Operational Excellence
Elevate operations with realtime observability and SRE best practices. Our automated incident response and mitigation frees you to focus on strategic innovation and drive your business forward.
Operational Maturity and Reliability
We deliver best in class operational excellence:
- Automated incident management
- SRE best practices
- Structured playbooks
- Data security and governance
- Cost effective logging, observability and alerting
Customer Experience
Deliver personalized, omnichannel engagement that fosters loyalty and drives business growth. We help you deliver elevated customer journeys by aligning solutions with key business and customer metrics.
Customer Journey and Experience
We help you deliver best in class customer engagement and journeys:
- Omnichannel engagement
- Seamless journey mapping
- Improved satisfaction scores
- Bot detection and mitigation
- AI driven support flows
- Fraudulent actor detection and prevention
DevOps Automation
Streamline development cycles and accelerate innovation with CI/CD, container orchestration, and automated workflows. We enable faster, safer software releases while maintaining high standards. Our proven DevOps framework aligns development and operations for faster time to market and superior reliability.
DevOps, CI/CD and Automation
We deliver best in class DevOps, CI/CD and automation:
- Automated CI/CD pipelines
- Zero-downtime deployments
- Testing and quality control gates
- Infrastructure as Code
- Automated rollbacks strategies
- Reproducible environments
Security and Compliance
Defend enterprise assets with zero-trust strategies, rigorous threat intelligence, and robust compliance frameworks. Protect your brand and meet global regulations at every layer of the stack.
Security and Compliance Delivered
Best in class security and compliance:
- Zero-trust architecture for data
- Compliance monitoring and audits
- Real-time threat detection
- Encryption and key management
- Secure and compliant data handling
AI & Machine Learning
Implement cutting-edge AI, leverage MLOps practices, and solve complex business challenges with real-time intelligence. Transform operations with advanced ML solutions that optimize for your business goals at scale.
AIML, LLMs and MLOps
We deliver best in class AI and ML solutions with:
- Deploy ML models with ease
- Automate manual processes
- ML Ops for training and deployment
- Solve business problems with Large Language Models and machine learning
Turnkey Solutions
Accelerate digital transformation in commerce, banking, and beyond. Deploy advanced APIs, platforms, and end-to-end solutions. We offer proven frameworks in commerce, banking, healthcare, and beyond to jump-start your transformation.
Enterprise Turnkey Solutions
Turnkey solutions to give you a head start:
- Accelerated time-to-market
- Out of box integrations
- Compliance and security frameworks
- Analytics and reporting
- Customizable white-label solutions
Our Approach
Reinventing Enterprise Growth Through Cloud, AI, and Operational Excellence
Executive Summary
In an era of rapid technological change, Fortune 500 organizations face mounting pressures: harnessing data for strategic decisions, keeping pace with AI innovations, modernizing legacy infrastructures, and responding swiftly to evolving market demands. Lift and Shift, led by Fortune 500 industry veterans, specializes in modernizing cloud, AI, and data ecosystems, accelerating digital transformation, and ensuring operational excellence at scale. The metrics from our success stories speak for themselves.
Problem Statement
Large enterprises often grapple with critical challenges that hinder growth and innovation. Our integrated approach addresses these challenges head-on, enabling organizations to thrive in the digital age.
- Technical Debt: Inflexible legacy systems hamper agility and innovation
- Data Silos: Fragmented data prevents holistic analytics and AI initiatives
- Growing Customer Expectations: Omnichannel engagement and real-time services are now table stakes
- Global Competition: Digital-native disruptors accelerate product cycles and innovate rapidly
- Regulatory Compliance: Complex regulations and security standards pose significant challenges
Solutions We Offer
Our comprehensive suite of services is designed to drive measurable business outcomes and sustainable growth.
- Cloud Modernization: Accelerated time to market, reduced CapEx, better scalability
- Data & Business Analytics: Real-time insights, predictive analytics, data-driven decision-making
- AI & Machine Learning: Intelligent automation, LLM integration, continuous learning systems
- Digital Transformation: Improved agility, customer-centric innovation, integrated digital platforms
- Operational Excellence: Enhanced reliability, faster recovery, continuous improvement
- Customer Experience: Heightened satisfaction, loyalty, and revenue from repeat business
- Security & Compliance: Zero-trust architectures, risk mitigation, brand trust, regulatory adherence
- Turnkey Industry Solutions: Accelerated market entry, proven frameworks for specific verticals
How We Deliver
Our proven delivery methodology ensures successful outcomes and sustainable transformation.
- Discovery & Roadmapping: In-depth assessment of current infrastructure, workflows, and opportunities
- Agile Implementation: Sprint-based delivery ensures incremental value
- Continuous Optimization: Proactive monitoring with real-time analytics
- Change Management & Enablement: Training and knowledge transfer for in-house teams
- Cloud Native Architecture: Modern cloud-native architectures for scalability and resilience
Key Outcomes & ROI
Our approach delivers measurable results that drive business growth and competitive advantage.
- Cost Efficiency: Eliminate CapEx, reduce OpEx, optimize licensing, and automate routine tasks
- Innovation Velocity: Leverage cloud services and modern architectures to experiment, pivot, and scale faster
- Risk Reduction: Robust governance, zero-trust security, and enterprise-grade compliance
- Customer Delight: Personalized experiences, seamless journeys, and consistent performance
- Strategic Alignment: Roadmaps tailored to specific business goals, ensuring every technical initiative supports measurable outcomes
Next Steps
Begin your transformation journey with our proven approach to enterprise modernization.
- Schedule a Strategy Session: We work closely with your executive team to understand pain points and high-level goals
- Request an Assessment: Get a detailed cloud/data maturity assessment that highlights quick wins and high-impact transformations
- Co-Create a Roadmap: Collaborate on an actionable plan that covers technology, processes, and people
- Launch a Pilot or Proof of Concept: Demonstrate tangible ROI with a well-defined pilot project, setting the stage for broader rollouts
Success Stories
See how we've helped customers transform operations and drive growth
Platform Modernization
At JPMorgan, our experts modernized the risk platform with automated rule authoring and real-time pipelines.
- Fraud Reduction: 40 bps reduction in SMB fraud through risk rules and ML models
- Operational Efficiency: 90% reduction in manual outflow through automation and AI/ML
- Cost Savings: 80% reduction in operational costs through modernized pipelines
- Time to Market: Reduced from 2 months to 1 sprint with digital tools
Cloud Migration
At Apple, our experts built a microsecond-latency threat detection platform while modernizing infrastructure.
- Performance: Reduced threat detection time from 5 seconds to microseconds
- Cost Efficiency: 70% reduction in infrastructure costs through AWS migration
- Infrastructure: Eliminated CapEx by migrating in-house metrics to cloud
- Security: Ultra-fast security response times with modern architecture
Digital Transformation
At American Express, we modernized core payment and credit card platforms, enabling rapid innovation.
- Time to Market: Reduced new product rollout from 11 months to 2 sprints
- Integration: Enabled frictionless commerce with Amazon, Apple, Google
- Cost Reduction: Eliminated hundreds of millions in mainframe costs
- Modernization: Migrated core systems to cloud-native architecture
Omnichannel Commerce
At Ticketmaster, we modernized omni-channel commerce capabilities and improved security.
- Cost Reduction: 90% reduction in PCI audit costs through tokenization
- Development Speed: Reduced feature deployment to single sprint
- Customer Experience: 12% improvement in satisfaction scores
- Security: Enhanced bot detection and real-time purchase validation
Global Credit Expansion
At PayPal, we revolutionized the credit platform with modern microservices architecture.
- Performance: 60% reduction in latency with Fast Lane architecture
- Growth: 20% lift in merchant adoption
- Innovation: Enabled Apple iPhone installment plans globally
- Cost Savings: $100M/year optimization in FX performance
Operational Excellence
At Pearson, we transformed their global education platform's reliability and performance.
- Response Time: 75% faster incident response
- Uptime: 99.99% system uptime achieved
- Prevention: 99% of outages prevented before impact
- Testing: Improved reliability through chaos engineering
Let's Connect
Schedule a strategy session with one of our leading industry experts. We will create a roadmap tailored to your unique needs and deliver the results you need to achieve sustainable growth.
Email us at info@liftandshift.com or fill out the quick inquiry form below.
Email us at info@liftandshift.com or fill out the quick inquiry form.
Join Our Team
Join our team and work on cutting-edge projects with Fortune 500 companies, drive innovation, and make a real impact.
Join a team of industry veterans who are shaping the future of enterprise technology. Work on cutting-edge projects with Fortune 500 companies, drive innovation, and make a real impact.
Professionals
We're looking for experienced professionals in:
- Data Engineering
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Cloud Architecture
- DevOps
Email your resume to:
experienced@liftandshift.ioEarly Career
Fresh graduates and early career professionals are welcome to apply. We provide mentorship and growth opportunities in:
- Cloud Computing
- Data Engineering
- Machine Learning
- DevOps
- Site Reliability Engineering
Email your resume to:
careers@liftandshift.ioSummer Internships
Gain hands-on experience in enterprise technology through our summer internship program. We offer opportunities in:
- Cloud Computing
- Data Engineering
- Machine Learning
- DevOps
- Site Reliability Engineering
Email your resume to:
internships@liftandshift.ioEducation Partnerships
We believe in cultivating the next generation of top-tier technologists by collaborating closely with universities, nonprofits, and local communities. Our goal is to bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world enterprise demands, ensuring students, fresh graduates, and early career professionals are ready to thrive in modern tech environments.
University Collaborations
Lift and Shift partners with leading academic institutions to develop tailored curricula, hands-on workshops, and joint research and commercial products. Through these collaborations, students gain deep exposure to real-world technologies such as cloud computing, data engineering, and AI-based enterprise solutions.
Summer Internships
Our 10-12 week program immerses interns in real product development journeys in production environments, leveraging AI, DevOps, and site reliability engineering (SRE) best practices. Guided by senior engineers, interns learn to build, test, and deploy advanced solutions, jumpstarting their careers and delivering tangible value to community partners and clients.
Community Development
By investing in local talent, we help foster sustainable economic growth. Our educational outreach extends to workforce development boards and philanthropic foundations to ensure that all qualified individuals, regardless of socioeconomic background, have access to next-generation technology skills.