Frequently Asked Questions
What growing companies ask us before starting work: scope, timelines, existing systems, and what changed for previous clients.
About TechPath
What does TechPath Advisors do?
TechPath Advisors builds business-first data, automation, and AI systems for growing companies. We start with the business outcome and apply the right technology to reach it. Our approach is "Business-first. Tech-second."
Where is TechPath Advisors located?
TechPath Advisors is based in Media, Pennsylvania, and serves clients across the United States. The delivery team spans the US and Europe, so work continues across time zones.
What does "business-first, tech-second" mean?
It means we begin with your business goals and constraints, then choose technology to serve them, rather than forcing a tool or platform and hoping it fits. In practice, the first conversation is about what the business needs to happen differently, not about a stack.
Who will I actually work with at TechPath Advisors?
You work directly with the senior people delivering the project. TechPath Advisors is led by Vasil Hlinka (Lead Advisor and Managing Partner), Michal Ennert, PhD (Technical Lead and Managing Partner), and Viktoria Hlinka, MBA (Director). There is no account-management layer between you and the people writing the code.
How big is TechPath Advisors?
TechPath Advisors is a compact senior team of data experts, developers, and business professionals working across the US and Europe. The size is deliberate: it keeps engagements partner-led and avoids handing delivery to junior staff.
Is TechPath Advisors a good fit for small and mid-size companies?
Yes. TechPath Advisors focuses on growing companies and scopes each engagement to the size and maturity of your operations, so solutions stay practical and cost-effective. Several of our published case studies began as a single automated process rather than a platform program.
What industries does TechPath Advisors work with?
TechPath Advisors works across healthcare administration and employee benefits, insurance operations and claims processing, financial services and investment operations, industrial manufacturing, automotive production and quality management, logistics and freight forwarding, and supply chain operations.
Services and capabilities
What services does TechPath Advisors offer?
TechPath Advisors offers nine services: Data Platform Engineering, Business Workflow Automation, Custom Business Applications, Data & AI-Driven Insights, AI Enablement & Adoption, Cloud & Systems Integration, Technology Strategy & Advisory, Data Governance & Traceability, and Translating Business into Tech.
Does TechPath Advisors build custom AI systems?
Yes. TechPath Advisors designs and implements custom AI and automation systems, from AI-driven reporting and insights to intelligent workflow automation, and helps teams adopt them effectively. Work includes rule-based validation engines, predictive models, natural language processing, and AI assistants built on OpenAI, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot.
What technologies does TechPath Advisors work with?
TechPath Advisors works with Python, C#, Node.js, React, and Angular for applications; Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, and Supabase for data platforms; Power BI for reporting; and OpenAI, Claude, Azure AI Search, and Microsoft 365 Copilot for AI. Tools are chosen to fit your existing ecosystem rather than a fixed toolset.
Can TechPath Advisors work with our existing systems instead of replacing them?
Yes, and that is usually the better option. Most TechPath Advisors engagements connect and modernize what is already in place rather than replacing it, integrating vendor feeds, ERPs, and legacy databases so data flows between them. Replacement is a recommendation we make only when maintaining the current system costs more than moving off it.
Can TechPath Advisors help us decide what to build before we commit to building it?
Yes. Technology Strategy & Advisory exists for exactly that: auditing your current stack, mapping a realistic roadmap, and sequencing the work that returns value fastest. It is advice grounded in delivery rather than slideware, and it is a common way to start when the problem is clear but the solution is not.
Does TechPath Advisors help teams adopt AI, or only build it?
Both. AI Enablement & Adoption covers the human side: hands-on training, practical guardrails, and reshaping day-to-day workflows so AI use sticks. Systems that are technically sound but unused are a common failure mode, and it is the reason this is a distinct service rather than a footnote to delivery.
Does TechPath Advisors build dashboards and reporting?
Yes. TechPath Advisors builds reporting and analytics through Data & AI-Driven Insights, combining data mining, natural language processing, and predictive models to power dashboards and forecasts. Reporting work usually depends on data quality first, so it is often paired with data platform or governance work rather than delivered on its own.
How does TechPath Advisors handle data governance and audit requirements?
Through Data Governance & Traceability: end-to-end traceability, clear audit trails, and role-based access, so data stays accurate, secure, and audit-ready. In manufacturing work this has meant a full product "digital CV" from raw material to final packing, cutting traceability lookups from hours to seconds.
How we work
How does a TechPath Advisors engagement usually start?
Engagements start with stakeholder discovery: the process, the people using it, and the constraints around it. Only then are build decisions made. That discovery produces a scoped first deliverable rather than a full program, so the first thing you see is working software addressing a real bottleneck.
How long does a typical TechPath Advisors project take?
Most first deliverables land in six to twelve weeks. Across our published case studies, an MVP typically took six weeks, an initial production deployment twelve weeks, and full rollouts three to four months with iterative enhancements after that. Longer engagements are phased so each stage delivers something usable.
Do we need to have our data organized before TechPath Advisors can help?
No. Disorganized data is usually the starting condition, not a prerequisite. Several published engagements began precisely because data arrived from many sources in different formats and on different schedules. Cleaning, standardizing, and connecting that data is Data Platform Engineering, and it is often the first phase of work.
Does TechPath Advisors work remotely or on-site?
TechPath Advisors works primarily remotely, with the team distributed across the US and Europe, which is how we serve clients throughout the United States. On-site time is arranged where a project genuinely needs it. Shop-floor and operations work often does, particularly during discovery.
Does TechPath Advisors maintain what it builds after launch?
Yes, where clients want that. Some engagements hand over a finished system; others continue as an on-demand development team, and one published client relationship has run as ongoing development since 2018. The intent is that you are not forced to hire and manage an internal IT team to keep what we built running.
Can TechPath Advisors work alongside our internal IT team?
Yes. TechPath Advisors is often brought in to cover a capability an internal team does not have the time or expertise for, rather than to replace it. Translating Business into Tech exists partly for this: bridging business stakeholders and technical delivery so both sides are working from the same definition of done.
How do I get started with TechPath Advisors?
Email info@techpathadvisors.com or call +1 (484) 352-3827 to arrange a first conversation, or schedule a call directly through the contact section of techpathadvisors.com. The first call is about the business problem. No preparation or technical detail is needed.
Results and proof
What results has TechPath Advisors delivered for clients?
Published results include more than $1.5M in cost savings on a healthcare claims platform, 8,000+ hours saved annually through automated claims reporting, an audit process made 35x faster (from over four hours to under seven minutes), 3,200+ hours saved annually on benefits census reconciliation, a 90% reduction in manual invoice handling, and a 12% improvement in production line performance.
Can I see examples of TechPath Advisors work?
Yes. Nine case studies are published at techpathadvisors.com/projects, covering healthcare claims, insurance billing and census reconciliation, investment operations, automotive and industrial manufacturing, freight forwarding, and logistics dispatch. Each one sets out the original problem, what was built, and the measured outcome.
How does TechPath Advisors measure whether a project succeeded?
Against a business metric agreed before the build, not delivery milestones. In practice that has meant hours of manual effort removed, cycle time reduced, error and duplicate rates eliminated, or onboarding time shortened. On one engagement, vendor onboarding went from more than a year to one or two months. If a system ships and the metric does not move, it did not succeed.
What makes TechPath Advisors different from a larger consultancy?
You work with senior people directly, and scope stays tied to a business outcome rather than a billable roadmap. TechPath Advisors is partner-led, builds around your processes rather than a template, and sequences work so value arrives early. The published engagements show first deliverables in six to twelve weeks rather than year-long programs.
Still have a question?
Email info@techpathadvisors.com or call +1 (484) 352-3827. If you would rather see the work first, the case studies cover nine engagements in detail.