PUBLIC SECTOR
Government & Public Sector
Agencies are being asked to adopt AI while protecting service quality, public trust, and decades of workforce knowledge. Technology rarely fails on its own; adoption stalls in how work is designed, how data is governed, and how people experience the change. 71 Consulting closes that gap.
Founder Shad McFadden brings 25+ years of large-scale transformation experience, direct advisory to municipal and public-safety executives, and four years on a City Council-appointed committee, where he was elected as its first Chairman, and served as a liaison between residents and city leadership.
How 71 helps agencies adopt AI
Strategy
Name the mission problem worth solving before a tool is chosen
Structure
Redesign workflows, decision rights, human review, and data ownership
Talent
Develop, protect, or transfer the capability and knowledge the work needs
Culture
Understand what staff experience; treat resistance as information
Representative work
Direct advisory to a City Manager through community tension requiring trust and productive conflict; a 13-month engagement with a Fire Chief on culture, retention, and workforce alignment during a generational divide; four years on a City Council-appointed DEI Committee, elected its first Chairman, serving as liaison between residents and city leadership.
Registrations & certifications
- Entity type
- LLC, small business
- UEI
- QBSWM1LLKWW7
- CAGE code
- 206J8
- NAICS
- 541611*, 611430* (primary), 541612, 541618
- SAM.gov
- Active, registered small business
- 8(a) Business Development Program
- Application in progress
- CA DGS
- Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Cert #2042974; SB (Micro) & Emerging Business Enterprise (EBE)
- CPUC
- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cert #21401596; Very Small Business Enterprise (VSBE)
- LA County
- Local Small Business Enterprise (LSBE), Cert #98521
Available for open-market, sole-source, and simplified acquisition awards, and for subcontracting and teaming with federal prime contractors.
Also a registered vendor with Cal eProcure, RAMP-LA, LA County WebVen, LA Metro, and the City of Los Angeles (LAVSS).
Capability statement
Full competencies, representative engagements, and credentials in one document.
Start with Discovery
A focused first inquiry produces a shared fact base, a working diagnosis, and a transformation brief. Leadership then decides what happens next.
Based in Los Angeles, CA. SAM.gov registered and available for open-market, sole-source, simplified acquisition, and subcontracting awards.