Mantle · Cincinnati, Ohio

Secure your Microsoft environment. Automate the work that slows it down.

Mantle is a boutique consultancy led by one accountable expert, with a bench of specialists to call on when the work needs them.

Book a 15-minute call A conversation about where you are. No sales pitch.
What I do

Two sides of one environment

Most small businesses don't need a big IT firm. They need someone who understands their environment and takes responsibility for it.

Security & infrastructure

Know your Microsoft tenant is actually locked down

Most tenants I review have quiet problems the owner never sees: old admin accounts, weak sign-in policies, sharing settings nobody chose on purpose. I find them and fix them.

  • A hardened Microsoft 365 tenant, with the reasoning documented
  • Identity and access cleaned up. The right people can get in, nobody else can
  • A compliance posture you can show an insurer, auditor, or customer
Data & automation

Automate the busywork, and trust the numbers it produces

If someone at your company spends days each month copying numbers between files, that work can almost always be automated, and the result is usually more accurate.

  • Repetitive, manual workflows automated so your team does higher-value work
  • Reporting that builds and refreshes itself, on schedule, with no one touching a spreadsheet
  • Dashboards your leadership team actually opens
Selected work

Recent results

Some client names withheld - I work with small companies where discretion matters. Happy to discuss specifics on a call.

Healthcare · Security

Reduced unmanaged admin accounts from 40 to 3 for a regional healthcare provider

A full identity review found years of accumulated access. We removed what wasn't needed, documented what was, and set up alerts so it stays clean.

Distribution · Data

Replaced four days of manual month-end reporting with a dashboard that refreshes overnight

An industrial distributor was building the same Excel report by hand every month. It's now a Power BI dashboard fed directly from their ERP.

Manufacturing · Security

Took a 60-person manufacturer through MFA rollout with zero lost workdays

Their cyber-insurance renewal required MFA everywhere. We phased it by department, trained as we went, and passed the insurer's review on the first submission.

About

Hi, I'm Sam

Sam, founder of Mantle, at a mountain overlook at sunset

I built Microsoft 365 environments and reporting systems for sensitive environments before starting Mantle. I've been the person responsible when things break at 2 a.m., and the person explaining a security posture to an auditor the next morning. That's the experience I bring to your business.

I started Mantle because small and mid-sized companies keep getting one of two bad options: an overstretched generalist IT shop, or an enterprise consultancy that sends juniors and invoices. There's a better option: one experienced person, a narrow set of things done well, and direct accountability.

I live and work in Cincinnati. If you're nearby, I'm happy to meet in person

Start with a 15-minute call

Tell me what's bothering you - a nagging security worry, a report that takes too long, a project that's stalled. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.

Book a 15-minute call

Most engagements start with a short, fixed-scope assessment so you'll know the cost and the deliverable before we begin.