Retained advisory
A continuing strategic relationship for opportunity reviews, executive counsel, and course correction as the market moves.
BUYER-SIDE TECHNOLOGY JUDGMENT
We’ve been the buyer.
We know what works.
For companies, executives, and investors navigating complex markets, partnerships, and high-stakes decisions.
Charting the course through
technological complexity.
EXPERIENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLETechnology companies · Integrators · Executives · Investors
CURRENT ADVISORY WORK
Judgment applied.
In active engagements.
We advise major federal systems integrators, technology companies, and advisory firms on technology strategy, federal market positioning, ecosystem partnerships, and executive decisions.
Our work brings an operator’s judgment to the consequential decisions clients face today.
ECOSYSTEM & PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY
We see the combinations
others miss.
The right technology rarely solves the whole problem alone. We help you see where complementary capabilities come together — and why a customer would care.
From partner identification to a joint value proposition, we connect technology companies, integrators, and investors around real mission needs.
Explore partnership strategyTECHNOLOGY
What it can do
What it can do
A credible
solution.
solution.
PARTNERS
Who makes it work
Who makes it work
CUSTOMER MISSION
Why it matters
Why it matters
CAPABILITY + CONTEXT + EXECUTION
FOUR WAYS WE HELP
Better judgment.
At the decisions that matter.
From the boardroom to the buying process, our advice starts with how technology works in the real world.
01Strategic Technology
Strategic Technology
& Executive Advisory
Make consequential technology decisions with an operator’s perspective on strategy, risk, and execution.
Where we contribute
- Technology strategy and executive decision support
- AI governance and adoption readiness
- Cybersecurity, resilience, and modernization priorities
02Federal & Regulated
Federal & Regulated
Market Growth
Understand where your product fits, who needs it, how it gets funded, and what it takes to earn adoption.
Where we contribute
- Mission-technology fit and market assessment
- Stakeholder translation and executive messaging
- Budget, procurement, and operational readiness
03Ecosystem &
Ecosystem &
Partnership Strategy
Find the complementary capabilities and shared customer problem that make a partnership worth building.
Where we contribute
- Partner identification and capability mapping
- Joint value propositions and ecosystem design
- Integrator alignment and opportunity-specific teaming
- Joint go-to-market and customer-fit assessment
04Investment &
Investment &
Technology Diligence
Pressure-test technology, market assumptions, and adoption risk before committing capital or strategic resources.
Where we contribute
- Technology credibility and operational risk
- Customer fit and market adoption constraints
- Executive perspective on investment assumptions
THE FIRM
Operators.
Translators. Advisors.
We know what serious buyers need, how decisions get made, and what breaks in production. Because we’ve carried that responsibility ourselves.
As Treasury CIO, Tony Arcadi led a $500M departmental IT budget and provided governance across an $8B technology portfolio.
Led by former U.S. Treasury CIO Tony Arcadi, Arcadi Advisory applies federal technology leadership to substantive advisory work with major federal systems integrators, technology companies, and advisory firms.
A network of former CIOs, procurement leaders, budget executives, and cybersecurity specialists adds the experience each engagement requires.
Meet Tony on LinkedInSELECTED RECOGNITION
Leadership.
Recognized in service.
Distinguished and meritorious service honors from Treasury and the U.S. Marshals Service recognize a career of responsibility for technology, mission, and people.
- FEDERAL SERVICE HONORS
- Treasury Secretary’s Distinguished Service AwardU.S. Department of the Treasury · 2025
- Treasury Secretary’s Meritorious Service AwardU.S. Department of the Treasury · 2023
- U.S. Marshals Service Director’s Distinguished Service AwardU.S. Marshals Service · 2008
- U.S. Marshals Service Meritorious Service AwardU.S. Marshals Service
- INDUSTRY & COMMUNITY RECOGNITION
- Engage Federal Citizen Services 150 · 2027 class ↗OrangeSlices · Peer recognition for contribution, collaboration, and strengthening the federal community.
- Three FITARA Awards for Treasury ↗Most Improved · March 2023
Most Improved, Cyber · March and December 2024
Recognizing Treasury’s improvement during Tony’s tenure as CIO. - FedScoop 50 · Federal Leadership ↗2024
HOW WE WORK
Start with the decision.
Then put judgment to work.
Focused assessment
A defined examination of a market, technology, partnership, or opportunity — with a clear view of what to pursue and why.
Targeted support
Expert consultation and hands-on support for a specific pursuit, executive conversation, or consequential decision.
MEDIA & INSIGHTS
Experience, in conversation.
Technology leadership and transformation,
from the people who have done the work.
FIRESIDE CHAT / DATADOG · OCTOBER 13, 2026
AI Without the Blind Spots
Cost, performance, and outcomes. Tony Arcadi joins Rick Therrien for a conversation at the Federal AI Forum, moderated by Greg Reeder.
View event agenda ↗Treasury took the ‘meal deal’
Shared services, cloud, and integrating security from the start.
How a Former CIO Transformed Treasury IT, Slowly
Part 1 ↗ VIDEO / CIO.INCBuilding a Culture of Innovation
Part 2 ↗LET’S TALK
What decision
is in front of you?
A market to enter. A partnership to shape. A technology to assess.
Let’s find the right course.