About Smith & Jones

The senior partner in the room, not the army of junior consultants.

Our Approach

Smith & Jones is a consulting and advisory firm built for middle-market manufacturers navigating complex technology decisions. We exist because these companies deserve better than the alternatives: Big 4 firms staffed with junior consultants, vendor partners selling solutions, and solo practitioners without institutional support.

We're the senior partner in the room. Every engagement gets experienced judgment because that's where the value is. We don't sell hours — we scope outcomes and work backward. If an engagement doesn't create clear value, we don't propose it.

What We Are

  • Strategic advisory for complex problems that require senior judgment
  • Fractional leadership and expertise — the role without the overhead
  • Transformation support that actually lands
  • Vendor-agnostic perspective focused on your outcomes

What We Are Not

  • A body shop — we don't sell hours
  • A slide deck factory — we ship outcomes
  • Big consulting — no layers, no leverage model
  • Generalists — we know our lanes

"When the stakes are high and the path isn't clear, you need counsel you can trust. That's where we come in."

Leadership

Mark Davison

Founder

Mark Davison is a technology executive with 20+ years of strategic IT leadership across global manufacturing organizations. His expertise spans enterprise systems, digital transformation, and operational excellence — and he's done the work himself, not just advised on it.

Before founding Smith & Jones, Mark led technology initiatives for billion-dollar manufacturing operations, orchestrating large-scale platform deployments, building cross-functional teams, and delivering transformations that actually landed.

This is earned expertise from years in the trenches of manufacturing technology — not theoretical knowledge from case studies.

20+
Years Experience
50+
Global Sites
42+
Implementations
$20M
Growth Delivered

Track Record

  • Orchestrated the largest estimating platform deployment of its kind across 50+ global sites in two years
  • Pioneered the first successful automated scheduling system after previous teams failed, delivering $20M business growth with zero headcount increase
  • Consolidated 15+ disparate systems onto a unified platform, generating $1M+ in perpetual annual cost avoidance
  • Led cross-functional teams of 75+ professionals across six continents
  • 42+ major implementations delivered on-time and on-budget
  • Featured conference speaker on manufacturing technology transformation

The Smith Ecosystem

Smith & Jones is the consulting and advisory arm of Smith, a founder-forward holding company. The name evokes the classic partnership — "Smith & Jones," the trusted duo you call when it matters.

Within the Smith family, we're the most traditional and institutional of the entities. Where other Smith companies lean toward innovation or warmth, we lean toward gravitas, depth, and partnership.

Connected, Not Conflicted

The Smith entities share common ownership, brand standards, and values while operating independently. We may refer clients to Smith & Turner for implementation work, collaborate with Smith & Archer on portfolio company advisory, or leverage tools from Smith & Cooper. The entities are distinct but connected — warm referrals, shared standards, no conflicts.

Smith & Turner

Technology implementation and integration. When strategy needs to become reality.

Smith & Archer

Venture investment. Belief in what's next.

Smith & Porter

Care services. Presence when it counts.

Smith & Cooper

R&D and product development. Building what doesn't exist yet.

Let's talk

Whether you have a specific challenge or just want to explore how we might help, we're happy to have a conversation.

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