CHESA Discovery

You don’t need more tools. You need a plan.

YOUR WORKFLOW ISN'T BROKEN.
IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED.

Most media operations are built reactively. Layer on layer, tool on tool, workaround on workaround. CHESA Discovery is the blueprint phase: we diagnose before we prescribe, so your technology investments are purposeful, aligned, and scalable.

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  • Workflow bottlenecks
  • Siloed teams
  • Vendor sprawl
  • No roadmap

What Is Discovery

DIAGNOSIS BEFORE PRESCRIPTION.

CHESA Discovery is the blueprint phase of every successful engagement. It’s how we work with clients to uncover workflows, pain points, and goals so we can design solutions that are aligned, scalable, and future-ready.

Think of it like drawing up blueprints before building a house. You wouldn’t start construction without them. You shouldn’t start a technology initiative without Discovery.

Our approach is vendor-neutral and right-sized to your organization. We don’t arrive with a product to sell. We arrive with questions to ask. The recommendations come after we’ve documented your reality, not before.

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How It Works

THREE STEPS TO CLARITY.

Every engagement starts with a complimentary consultation. Structured, consultative, and designed to give you a clear picture of what a right-sized Discovery looks like for your organization.

01

FREE CONSULTATION

A focused conversation to understand your environment, challenges, and goals. We listen first. By the end, we’ll outline what a scoped Discovery engagement looks like for you.
No cost · No commitment

02

SCOPED DISCOVERY

We build a right-sized proposal based on what we heard. Stakeholder interviews, workflow documentation, user stories, system inventory, and a roadmap tailored to your scope and budget.
Timeline scales with scope

03

ACTIONABLE ROADMAP

You walk away with an executive-ready deliverable: documented current state, identified bottlenecks, vendor-neutral recommendations, and a phased roadmap you can act on immediately.

Leadership readout included

What You Get

EVERY DISCOVERY DELIVERS.

Discovery isn’t a report that gathers dust. Every deliverable is designed to drive action, align stakeholders, and reduce risk before you commit resources.

WORKFLOW AUDIT

Full operational analysis across ingest, editorial, review, archive, and distribution. We map how your team actually works, not how the org chart says they should.

USER STORIES & PAIN POINTS

Documented use cases and pain points captured directly from operators, editors, producers, and leadership across every division in scope.

BPMN DOCUMENTATION

Industry-standard workflow diagrams showing current state and future state. Visual, defensible, and designed to communicate across technical and executive audiences.

SYSTEM INVENTORY

Deep-dive snapshot of your technology environment: platforms, storage, networking, and integrations. The foundation for any architecture decision.

VENDOR-NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Technology stack evaluation aligned to your goals, not a vendor’s sales cycle. Solution proposals with BOMs and alternative paths where applicable.

PRIORITIZED ROADMAP

Phased deployment plan with budget, timeline, and growth projections. Executive-ready and built for board-level conversations.

LEADERSHIP READOUTS

Tailored presentations for decision-makers. Findings, recommendations, and next steps in language that resonates with executives, not just engineers.

TOPOLOGY DIAGRAMS

Network, storage, workflow, or custom topology diagrams that visualize your current and proposed architecture. Clear, accurate, and deployment-ready.

What Makes CHESA Different

MOST CONSULTANCIES STOP AT THE REPORT. WE KEEP GOING.

Traditional consultancies deliver a PDF and wish you luck. You then have to find vendors, run procurement, hire an integrator, brief them on everything the consultancy found, and hope nothing gets lost in translation. That gap between “here’s what you need” and “here’s how you get it built” is where projects stall, budgets balloon, and good recommendations die on the vine.

Traditional Consultancy

THEY EVALUATE.

  • ✓ Stakeholder interviews
  • ✓ Workflow documentation
  • ✓ Recommendations report
  • ✗ System design proposal
  • ✗ Product recommendations with BOM
  • ✗ Labor estimate for implementation
  • ✗ Procurement and sourcing
  • ✗ Deployment and integration
  • ✗ Long-term support

↳ ENGAGEMENT ENDS HERE

CHESA Discovery

WE EVALUATE, DESIGN, BUILD, AND STAY.

  • ✓ Stakeholder interviews
  • ✓ Workflow documentation
  • ✓ Recommendations report
  • ✓ Full system design proposal
  • ✓ Product recommendations with costed BOM
  • ✓ Labor estimate for implementation
  • ✓ Multi-vendor procurement and sourcing
  • ✓ Deployment and integration
  • ✓ Long-term support and advisory

↳ ONE PARTNER. NO HANDOFFS. NO GAPS.

CONTINUITY OF INTELLIGENCE.

The team that diagnosed your environment is the same team that designs the solution, prices the BOM, deploys the infrastructure, and supports it long-term. Nothing gets lost in translation because there is no translation.
DISCOVER
Audit workflows, document pain points, capture user stories, map current state
DESIGN
System architecture, product selection, costed BOMs, phased roadmap
DEPLOY
Procurement, integration, configuration, testing, user training
SUPPORT
Ongoing advisory, SLA support, strategic planning, CaaS retainer

VENDOR-NEUTRAL DOESN'T MEAN VENDOR-ABSENT.

We recommend specific platforms and products, but every recommendation comes from Discovery findings, not a sales quota. We’re a multi-vendor reseller precisely so we can prescribe the right fit. The system design proposal that other firms would charge $30-50K for separately? It’s built into your Discovery engagement.

The Return on Discovery

THIS ISN'T A COST. IT'S AN INVESTMENT.

You invest in stocks, bonds, and 401(k)s expecting a return. A CHESA Discovery works the same way. Except the returns aren’t hypothetical. They show up in your first year as reduced costs, eliminated waste, and smarter decisions that compound over time.

Traditional Investment

HIGH-YIELD SAVINGS

4–5% ANNUAL

$25,000 invested earns you roughly $1,250 in year one. Solid. Safe. Predictable.

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CHESA Discovery

DISCOVERY ENGAGEMENT

300–1000%+ YEAR ONE

$25,000 invested routinely uncovers $75K–$250K+ in savings, efficiencies, and avoided mistakes in the first 12 months alone.

WHERE THE RETURNS COME FROM

Discovery doesn’t just tell you what to buy. It shows you what to stop paying for, what to consolidate, and where your operation is bleeding money you can’t see.
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PLATFORM CONSOLIDATION

Discovery reveals you’re paying $100K/year for a platform that can be replaced at 75% less cost with better functionality.
Discovery investment $25,000
Annual platform savings $75,000
Year-one net return +$50,000
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WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY

Eliminating manual handoffs and redundant steps across editorial and review saves 15 hours per week across a 10-person team.
Discovery investment $20,000
Recovered labor value/year $58,500
Year-one net return +$38,500
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INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT-SIZING

Legacy hardware consuming rack space, power, cooling, and maintenance contracts for capacity nobody uses. Discovery finds it. You decommission it.
Discovery investment $15,000
Eliminated annual overhead $40,000
Year-one net return +$25,000

THE MOST EXPENSIVE TECHNOLOGY DECISION IS THE ONE YOU MAKE WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

Discovery doesn’t add to your budget. It protects it. The clarity you gain in weeks prevents the kind of six-figure mistakes that take years to unwind.

Discovery Packages

RIGHT-SIZED TO YOUR REALITY.

Every Discovery starts with a free consultation and is scoped to fit your organization. Deliverables scale with complexity. These packages anchor the conversation.

ESSENTIALS

Starting at $10K

~2 weeks
A rapid assessment for smaller facilities or single divisions. Get a clear snapshot of where you stand and a budgetary path forward.
Typically Covers
  • Stakeholder interviews across 1–2 divisions
  • Current-state snapshot and pain point identification
  • User stories and workflow documentation
  • Solution proposal with budgetary BOM
  • Leadership readout with Q&A
MOST POPULAR

CORE

Starting at $15K

3–4 weeks
Detailed analysis for multi-division organizations needing consensus-building, documented current and future state, and a phased roadmap.
Typically Covers
  • Expanded stakeholder interviews and user story sets
  • BPMN documentation for current and future state
  • Custom topology diagrams
  • Multi-year roadmap with phased deployment
  • Solution proposal with alternative paths
  • Multiple leadership readouts

ENHANCED

Starting at $20K

4–6 weeks
Cross-division deep dive for teams needing detailed workflow documentation, inventory snapshots, and multiple solution paths.
Typically Covers
  • Stakeholders across multiple collaborating divisions
  • Deep-dive system and inventory snapshots
  • Multiple BPMN documentation sets
  • Primary and alternative solution proposals
  • Multi-year growth and lifecycle roadmap

ENTERPRISE

Starting at $25K

6–9 weeks
Full-scale transformation planning for organizations preparing for platform changes, with phased options, TCO analysis, and multiple SME involvement.
Typically Covers
  • Broad stakeholder engagement across the organization
  • Multiple SME disciplines as needed
  • Comprehensive system inventory and deep analysis
  • Long-term roadmap with TCO considerations
  • Executive-tailored readouts and decks
Optional Add-Ons
  • Vendor bake-off with scored rubric
  • AI readiness audit
  • Security posture assessment
  • DR & business continuity readiness audit
  • Cloud migration readiness assessment
  • Compliance & governance review
  • Multi-year TCO analysis
  • Platform POC (proof of concept)
  • Engineering design package + runbooks
  • Performance baselining
  • Expanded inventory audit
  • + More available on request

Why CHESA

NOT JUST CONSULTANTS. PRACTITIONERS.

INDUSTRY VETERANS
Our team comes from the edit suite, the control room, and the vendor side. Former editors, producers, broadcast engineers, and audio engineers who became consultants. 20+ years average tenure in M&E.
VENDOR-NEUTRAL
We’ve held senior roles at major vendors and manufacturers. We know how products get built and sold, which is exactly why our recommendations serve you, not a sales quota.
BATTLE-TESTED
Live production under real pressure. Network control rooms. Federal broadcast modernization. 7 Peabody Awards, an Emmy, a Sports Emmy, and a Dupont Award across the team.
FULL LIFECYCLE
Discovery feeds directly into design, deployment, and long-term support. One partner from assessment through implementation. No handoff gaps. No re-learning your environment.
CONSULTATIVE DNA
Structured stakeholder interviews, BPMN documentation, user stories, and roadmaps. This isn’t opinion-based advice. It’s evidence-based architecture.
DEEP BENCH
When you hire CHESA, you don’t get one consultant. You get an entire brain trust: workflow architects, broadcast engineers, storage SMEs, cloud developers, and AI strategists.

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Every CHESA Discovery begins with a free consultation. No cost, no commitment. Just a focused conversation about where you are and where you want to go.

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Initial consultation

$10K+

Discovery packages from

2–9 WEEKS

Depending on scope

Diagnosis Before Prescription

At CHESA, we dont bring a pre-packaged answer in search of a question. Our primary mission is to first understand your unique challenges and needs, and then architect the optimal solutions tailored to you.