About CoreSolva

We exist to make enterprise deployment predictable.

CoreSolva is an enterprise IT deployment partner for Fortune 5000 organizations. We own the entire chain, from the first scoping conversation to the final cutover, so the hard parts of large scale rollouts stop falling through the cracks.

Leadership

The people behind CoreSolva

Decades of enterprise deployment experience on both sides of the table: the business that scopes and funds the work, and the architecture that makes it real.

James Irish, Founder of CoreSolva
James Irish
Founder & Principal Consultant

James brings more than 26 years in enterprise business development, channel management, and solution selling to CoreSolva. Across a career spanning enterprise technology vendors, partner programs, and senior business development leadership, he has worked at the intersection of complex technology and the people who buy it, turning ambitious infrastructure goals into programs clients can actually fund and execute.

Known for building durable client relationships and championing deployment automation, James makes sure every engagement is scoped honestly and delivered on its promise. At CoreSolva he leads client strategy and partnerships. He is the first conversation you'll have, and the person accountable for the outcome you're promised.

Justin Johnson, Founder and Principal Architect at CoreSolva
Justin Johnson
Founder & Principal Architect

Justin is a Microsoft and cloud architect with over 25 years designing and delivering enterprise scale digital transformation across highly regulated industries including government, finance, healthcare, energy, and higher education. A former C level executive and university IT adjunct professor, he has led some of the field's most demanding programs: a global Active Directory consolidation of 177 forests and 200+ domains migrating 275,000+ identities, a 150,000 account university move to Microsoft 365, and cyber resiliency solutions enabling fully automated recovery from a ransomware or cyber attack in hours.

His work spans clients including major financial, government, and higher education institutions. At CoreSolva, Justin owns the technical blueprint, translating complex requirements into low level designs detailed enough for any engineer to build from, eliminating pain points and reducing the long term cost of ownership.

Who we are

One accountable partner, end to end

Most large IT programs don't fail because of bad technology. They fail in the seams: between the strategy deck and the design, between the design and the engineers on the ground, between one vendor's scope and another's. Every handoff is a place for accountability to disappear.

CoreSolva was built to close those seams. We bring scoping, solutioning, design, planning, deployment, validation, and documentation under one roof and one point of accountability. When you work with us, there is never a question of whose job it was. It was ours.

The result is deployment you can plan a business around: clear scope, low level designs detailed enough to build from with a clear bill of materials and acceptance criteria, and a team that executes in controlled waves while production stays safe.

What we believe

Principles we deploy by

Write it down

If it isn't documented, it isn't done. Our LLDs and runbooks are precise enough for any engineer to execute consistently, and to outlive the project.

Own the whole chain

Strategy, design, and execution under one roof. No finger pointing between vendors, no gaps where accountability slips away.

Protect production

Waved cutovers, dependency mapping, rollback plans, and hypercare keep the lights on through every stage of the rollout.

Scale to the curve

The right certified engineers, in the right place, at the right moment, spun up and down to match each phase of your program.

Earn the next call

We take on a limited number of programs so each gets senior attention. We'd rather do fewer engagements exceptionally than many adequately.

Clarity before cost

We define the true boundaries of a program before a dollar is spent, so the plan your board signs is the plan your engineers build.

How we work

A disciplined path from idea to operational reality

Every engagement runs the same seven stage lifecycle: Engage, Solution, Design, Plan, Deploy, Validate, and Document. It is a continuous loop that turns ambitious infrastructure programs into clean, on time delivery, and it is the backbone of how we keep complex rollouts predictable.

Let's talk about your next deployment.

Bring us the scope, or just the rough idea of what you are targeting. In a short call, we'll help you shape it into a plan your board can sign and your engineers can build.