Derek Consulting Group (DCG) provides information technology strategic planning, design, project management oversight, implementation, and integration services to airports and clients in the public sector. Formed in 1989, we have staff in the Philadelphia, PA area, and Texas (Houston, San Antonio). Our public sector consulting practice focuses primarily on airports, but also includes other local governmental entities including cities, counties, and utilities.

What distinguishes DCG from other information systems consultants is our singular focus on systems and technology in the governmental sector. We already know your business.

Our consultants have an intimate understanding of encumbrance/fund accounting, your application integration dependencies, government procurement practices, statutory compliance issues, and strategic technology and integration issues unique to government entities.

DCG has particular and extensive expertise in the airport sector, where we have direct experience with virtually all operational and financial systems including event/incident management, security/access control, CCTV, badging, budget control, CIP project management and plan submittal, emergency notification, emergency protocol, facilities maintenance/work order, FIDS/BIDS, financial/ERP, ground transportation/AVI, passenger tracking, noise monitoring, operations control, call center, and revenue/property management to name a few. We have also provided extensive construction administration services for IT components of facility design and construction projects, including high availability infrastructure, networking, FIDS, access control, CCTV, and fire alarm.

DCG has unique expertise in the planning, design, and implementation of Airport Integrated Operation Centers (IOC), including serving as IT Program Manager for the state of the art facility being implemented by Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Authority (DFW). Capabilities include planning, design (facility, technology, organization), concept of operations (ConOps), integrated processes development, integrated systems requirements, and core situational awareness support systems including event/incident management, 311/consolidated call center, video wall/content distribution, and integrated/collaborative communication.

DCG professionals are highly qualified to assist you with the implementation of financial, operations, materials management, and asset management maintenance/work order applications. In the areas of network and infrastructure services our professionals provide facility infrastructure design, management, and construction administration services, including inspection and security assessment services. We have also provided extensive construction administration services for IT components of facility design and construction projects, including networking, FIDS, access control, CCTV, and fire alarm.

Finally, DCG professionals have extensive experience in business process improvement (BPI), operations review; procedures development; organization and strategic planning; industrial engineering; financial modeling; demand analysis; project management; cost of services analysis; financial analysis, forecasting and feasibility study; litigation support; and, contract development and negotiation.