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Technology Consulting & Advisory
Identify technology needs, evaluate options, and make informed decisions aligned with your business goals.
- Understand needs and priorities
- Evaluate technology options
- Align investments with business objectives
Technology advisory · Strategic growth
Technology decisions.
Business growth.
A clear path forward.
Pathlight Consulting helps organizations navigate technology decisions with greater clarity, confidence, and direction. We connect your business goals with technical advice, secure solutions, and strategic growth opportunities.
More than 20 years of experience · A consultative, client-first approach
Clarity. Experience. Direction.
Technology advisory
Secure solutions
Strategic growth
How we help
Your business goals.
A clearer technology path.
From evaluating technology to building strategic relationships, Pathlight brings a practical, client-first perspective to the decisions that move your business forward.
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Technology Solutions & Security
Connect with providers and solutions that support security, efficiency, connectivity, and business continuity.
- Cybersecurity and document protection
- Legacy technology modernization
- Solutions matched to your needs
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Business Development & Strategic Growth
Help companies and solution providers identify opportunities, develop go-to-market strategies, and build strategic relationships.
- Growth opportunity identification
- Go-to-market strategy
- Strategic relationship development
Why Pathlight Consulting?
Experience that brings
decisions into focus.
Choosing technology is about more than products and features. It is about finding solutions that address real challenges, reduce risk, and create business value.
Discuss your prioritiesAn experienced perspective
More than 20 years across technology sales, enterprise solutions, cybersecurity, and strategic business development.
Your business comes first
Recommendations begin with your objectives, challenges, and priorities.
Connections with purpose
Identify and evaluate technologies and providers that fit your specific needs.
A relationship built on trust
A knowledgeable resource as your business and technology needs evolve.
Meet the founder
Technology expertise.
A personal commitment.
Cheryl Richardson is the Founder and Principal of Pathlight Consulting, a technology consulting and strategic growth firm helping organizations navigate complex technology decisions, strengthen operations, and identify opportunities for growth.
With more than 20 years of experience in technology, enterprise sales, business development, cybersecurity, and strategic account management—including seven years with Cisco—Cheryl brings a unique blend of technology expertise, business insight, and relationship-building to her work.
Cheryl is also the author of COMPLETEly YOU: 12 Things Every Girl Needs to Know, a book created to encourage girls and young women to build confidence, understand their value, and navigate life with purpose.
Whether helping organizations solve complex technology challenges or empowering the next generation through her writing, Cheryl is passionate about turning challenges into clear, actionable paths forward.
Our approach
Listening comes first.
Clarity follows.
We take the time to understand your business, your challenges, and what you want to accomplish before recommending a path forward.
Start with the business
Your goals and challenges guide the conversation.
Make sense of the options
Simplify complex decisions and understand the possibilities.
Find the right fit
Identify technologies and providers aligned with your needs.
Focus on business impact
Consider efficiency, security, productivity, and growth.
Keep moving together
Build a trusted advisory relationship as your needs evolve.
Referral partner
Protect the information
that matters.
Pathlight Consulting is a Locklizard referral partner. Locklizard offers digital rights management solutions for protecting PDF documents.
Talk with us about your document-security needs and whether a referral to Locklizard may be a fit.
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A few helpful
starting points.
What should I bring to the first conversation?
A brief description of your organization, the challenge you’re facing, and what you hope to accomplish. If you have a timeline or constraints, those are helpful too.
Which service is right for my organization?
Start with your situation rather than a service label. The introductory conversation can help determine whether technology advisory, technology solutions, or business development is the best fit.
How do we discuss scope and cost?
Share your goals, timeline, and budget considerations. Those details provide a starting point for discussing appropriate support and the scope of a potential engagement.
Let’s find your path forward
Your next step starts
with a conversation.
Tell us where you are, where you want to go, and what’s getting in the way.
Schedule a conversationinfo@pathlightconsultingdfw.com
Prefer email? Send a brief introduction.
We look forward to learning about your business.