We engage with our clients to create effective solutions for specific business challenges.

About Us

Our name says it all. We engage with our clients to create effective solutions for specific business challenges.

Companies and organizations often need additional support to for community engagement, customer relations and control systems. That’s where our experts come to help. We become part of your team to create strategies just as unique as your business.

Our Mission

The mission of Engaging Solutions is to create superior value for clients, employees, associates, and partners by providing tailored solutions for evolving business needs. We will honor the communities in which we operate by giving back to improve the quality of life.

Core values

  • People
  • Impact
  • Community
  • Equity
  • Integrity

History

Located in Indianapolis, our four Managing Principals – all well respected in their specific fields of expertise – combined their talents in 2005 to create a management consultant firm. Today, Engaging Solutions employs more than 100 expert planners, outreach specialists, customer service representatives, and project analysts.

We boast a diverse list of clients in Indiana and throughout the U.S. from government and nonprofit sectors to large companies. Our footprint goes beyond Indiana; we are certified in eight other states.

We've earned a few awards along the way:

2017

MBE to MBE Spend (Class Two) – Mid-States Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.

2017

Inner City 100 – One of the fastest-growing inner-city businesses in America (The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City)

2016 - 2018

Top Work Place – Indianapolis Star

2016

William G. Mays Excellence in Entrepreneurship

2016

Mayor’s Celebration of Diversity Nominee – City of Indianapolis

2015

Mayor’s Business Award of Excellence – City of Indianapolis

2013

Midwest Women’s Empowerment Summit Award

2012

Indiana Minority Supplier Development Council Supplier of the Year Award

2011

Mayor’s Celebration of Diversity Nominee

2011

Indianapolis Public School District Office of Supplier Diversity Partner of Excellence

2007

Governor’s Award for Achievement in Business & Entrepreneurship

2007

Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce New Entrepreneur Award

Meet Our Founders

The founders of Engaging Solutions, LLC (ES) are sound business professionals with advanced degrees in business administration and urban and regional planning.

They also hold certifications in the areas of grant writing, project management, budgeting and diversity services, and training.

ES sponsored an Indianapolis little league to attend their first Indianapolis Indians game.

Commitment to Community

Corporate stewardship is reflected in our guiding principles, corporate mission, and values. It is reflected in our guiding principles, corporate mission, and values, active gifting and volunteerism. We remain actively engaged in corporate and community-based ventures that address planning, economic development, and other civic/societal topics.

Our company donates 10 percent of our net profit to the community through both in-kind and financial donations. In addition, Engaging Solutions also donates hundreds of volunteer hours to organizations in the Indianapolis area such as participating in health-related walks and community-wide events.

 

Meet our Team

DaShelle Blades
Accountant II
Sydney Johnson
Business Operations & Strategy Leader
Amanda Erickson
People Operations Director
Mark Giblin
Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Director
Warren Culpepper
Chief Technology Officer
Hardi Shah
Chief Financial Officer
Kimberly Garmany
Assistant Director, Contact Center
Janice Teal
Corporate Compliance Officer

What Some of Our Clients Say About Us

Patrick Fleming, Account Manager at Medco Health Services

“…absolutely impressive …absolute professionals…”

Lisa Lant, RN, Program Manager at Anthem Medicaid

“…spectacular…can do attitude”

Mark Reed, Manager at MHS

“…energetic…helpful…”

Jacquelyn Shearer Adams, Vice President, Operations at Managed Health Services

“ES is very easy to do business with and their team has become our team.  We appreciate partners willing to jump through hoops with us and place a very high value on that.  We can count on them to deliver and help us think through solutions.  With their help we have seen increases in several critical key performance indexes.”