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Your Technology, As It Was Meant To Be
FormativGroup is a purpose-built consultancy focused on enabling dynamic workflows, deploying application solutions, and aligning data, so information is trusted, accessible, and available to support better business outcomes.
The FormativGroup Story
FormativGroup was created with the belief that every company deserves to reap the full benefits of their technology.
No compromising, no settling for a one-size-fits-all solution.
Our priorities are building application solutions, establishing dynamic workflows, and ensuring the right data is available when and where it’s needed.
We see clients as partners, taking our time to learn each of their unique needs, offering thoughtful guidance and execution to deliver data architecture and application solutions that hold up against what they want to accomplish today and tomorrow.
We are the only consultancy purposely designed to help growing and transforming organizations unlock the full power of their data across their technology and business ecosystem(s).
We create stronger, more effective partnerships to deliver the best results.
Executive Team

Gene Chao
Chief Executive Officer
As Chief Executive Officer, Gene Chao specializes in creating and scaling technology consulting and solutions businesses. He has extensive experience across artificial intelligence platforms, hyperautomation, next-gen applications, corporate growth, and cybersecurity initiatives. Gene has held senior leadership roles, including Executive in Residence, Chief Growth Officer, and Executive Committee Member at amelia.ai, IBM, Unisys, CSC, Hewlett-Packard, and Accenture. He also serves on the Board of Directors of CyberAB, the accreditation body of the U.S. Department of Defense cybersecurity ecosystem. Gene holds a B.S. in Business Administration & Finance from the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed executive coursework in International Business Management at the University of Pretoria-Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Charles Miller
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer of FormativGroup, Charles Miller draws on extensive experience guiding technology firms through growth, operational scale, and enterprise value expansion, leading to successful exits. He brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice President roles within software and technology organizations spanning both public and private equity-backed enterprises. His background includes expertise in reporting, accounting policy application, and M&A integration, with a strong focus on supporting long-term business growth and strategic transformation. Charles holds M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from Rutgers University.

Rachel McClary, PhD
Chief Marketing Officer
Rachel McClary, PhD is a senior executive and strategic marketing leader with deep experience driving growth, brand transformation, and go-to-market excellence for global technology organizations. She has served as Chief Marketing Officer for multiple enterprise companies, including Imprivata and Arcserve, where she led worldwide marketing, positioning, and demand generation initiatives. Rachel brings a strong advisory perspective shaped by executive leadership roles across organizations, including Diebold Nixdorf, Hewlett-Packard, EMC, as well as several advisory boards. She holds a PhD in Decision Science, an MBA from Colorado State University, and a BA in International Affairs and German from the University of New Hampshire.

Chris Oliver
Executive Director, Business Transformation
Chris Oliver is a global growth executive with more than two decades of experience accelerating growth, shaping strategy, and driving enterprise transformation across technology organizations. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Strategy & Business Development at Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), where he rebuilt the corporate strategy and M&A function, led $300M+ in acquisitions, and helped identify $500M+ in future growth opportunities. Previously, Chris held senior leadership roles at IBM, where he managed an $800M P&L, helped launch a new Edge Computing business unit, and led strategy for IBM’s $13B Partner Ecosystem business. He also held leadership roles at Pluralsight, Inc., Presidio Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and NTT. Chris holds an MBA from Yale University and an AB in Public Policy Analysis from Brown University.

Chrissy Tirazona
HR Director
Chrissy Tirazona leads the company’s people strategy, talent initiatives, and HR operations. She brings more than 12 years of experience building and scaling HR functions for private equity-backed and high-growth organizations. Most recently, Chrissy served as Head of People Operations for a Summit Partners portfolio company, where she supported fivefold revenue growth and nearly 70% workforce expansion. Her expertise spans organizational design, talent management, succession planning, employee relations, compliance, performance management, and organizational change. Chrissy holds an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources Management from Strayer University and a BA in Political Science from De La Salle University.
A Message From Our CEO
Gene Chao, Chief Executive Officer

I’m very proud to announce that we have fortified our strengths and depth in technology strategy, software development, and AI implementation with the recent acquisition of Saige Consulting. They bring distinguished technology capabilities and engineering prowess, and they’ve led the market embedding AI and automation into core business workflows to help clients move from aspirational thinking into repeatable use-cases. Welcome to the entire team!
Our FormativGroup business imperatives mirror the market themes of expansion and depth. The technology market prioritizes expansion of AI orchestration into our business systems by embedding emerging technologies deeper into dynamic workflows and strategic focus on cybersecurity, data assurance, and governance of these applied technologies. While there is a set of “FUD” (fear-uncertainty-doubt) factors ruling the market around the capabilities, intentions, and risks of AI, we are nonetheless pushing forward on adoption and finding tangible returns on the investments. Importantly, the talent shift required to enable our new environments has come back to the top of the priority list…take a look at the want/need for Forward Deployed Engineers, Claude Certified Architects, and renewed requirements on mastery of Cybersecurity elements across both public and private environments. There are TWO “arms races”…first is foundational AI embedment, the second are the centers of competency of your people driving the initiatives.
Ultimately, our clients and partnerships center on balanced efforts of emerging technologies experiences and our core competencies/skillsets. Rather than building new technologies around the behaviors of human resources, we now assess, design, and build technologies that operate/automate workflows and govern and support it by people. People following Processes supported by Technology, now works as Processes run by Technology supported by People…very important distinction and changing ways of working and building capabilities. We must be balanced, but make no mistake that the importance of understanding behaviors, engagement, and empathy are ever-present.
See you out on the playing field…
