Full On Consulting provides independent M&A IT due diligence and pre-acquisition technology assessment for private equity sponsors, strategic acquirers, and companies evaluating software or technology asset purchases. Our technology due diligence engagements surface the IT risks, architecture gaps, and organizational issues that financial due diligence never finds — giving deal teams the full picture before they sign.
WHO THIS IS FOR
- ▸ Private equity sponsors evaluating a platform or add-on acquisition
- ▸ Strategic acquirers buying a technology-dependent business
- ▸ Companies evaluating the purchase of a software product or code base
- ▸ Deal teams that need independent IT risk assessment before close
The IT Risk Your Financial Due Diligence Won’t Find
Financial due diligence tells you what a business earned. IT due diligence tells you what it will cost — and what could go wrong. Aging infrastructure, undocumented technical debt, a single developer who built the entire platform, security gaps, no disaster recovery plan — these are the risks that surface after close, and they come with real price tags.
Our pre-acquisition IT assessments are conducted by senior practitioners with both enterprise IT delivery experience and direct PE deal exposure. We know what deal teams need: clear findings, accurate cost estimates, and direct answers — delivered fast enough to inform the deal process.
READY TO TALK?
Evaluating an acquisition? We can scope and begin a technology due diligence engagement quickly — most assessments are completed in 2 to 4 weeks.
What Our IT Due Diligence Covers
Application Architecture & Technical Debt
We assess the core technology platform — architecture soundness, code quality, scalability, third-party dependencies, and the level of technical debt that will require investment post-acquisition. For software acquisitions, this includes direct code review.
Infrastructure & Security Posture
Review of infrastructure design, hosting environment, disaster recovery capability, backup practices, and security controls. We identify gaps that represent operational risk and estimate the cost to remediate.
IT Organization & Key Person Risk
Assessment of the IT team — size, skills, tenure, and organizational structure. We identify key person dependencies, single points of failure, and gaps in the IT leadership bench that could create post-acquisition risk.
Business Systems & Process Alignment
Review of core business applications (ERP, CRM, billing, operations), the degree to which IT supports versus constrains business operations, and the systems investment required to scale the business post-acquisition.
Risk Rating & Prioritized Findings
All findings are rated by impact and probability, giving deal teams a clear view of which risks are deal-material versus addressable post-close. We provide a prioritized remediation roadmap with realistic cost estimates.
Integration & Day-One Readiness
For strategic acquirers, we assess integration complexity — systems compatibility, data migration requirements, and the IT workload required to integrate the acquired business into the parent organization.
What You Get
Executive Summary
A concise summary of findings, risk rating, and overall IT health — written for deal sponsors and board members, not just IT teams.
Detailed Findings Report
A structured assessment across all review areas — with specific findings, risk ratings (impact × probability), and direct recommendations for each issue identified.
Investment Roadmap
Prioritized remediation recommendations with time horizon (immediate / near-term / medium-term) and realistic cost estimates — so deal teams can build IT investment into their financial model.
Deal Team Q&A
Direct access to the assessment team to answer questions from investment committee, deal counsel, or management — throughout the process and at close.
M&A IT Due Diligence Experience
Our principal has personally led IT due diligence engagements across private equity, strategic acquisitions, and software asset purchases — spanning SaaS platforms, enterprise services businesses, and logistics technology.
PE Technology Due Diligence
Video Surveillance SaaS Platform
Private Equity Sponsor
End-to-end technology due diligence of a cloud-hosted video surveillance SaaS company prior to acquisition. Assessed application architecture, product roadmap credibility, infrastructure design, DR capability, and technical staffing. Delivered risk-rated findings across all domains with prioritized investment recommendations.
Pre-Acquisition IT Assessment
Healthcare Technology Services
Private Equity Sponsor
Pre-acquisition IT assessment of a managed care technology services business. Covered core IT systems, proprietary calculation platform, IT organization assessment, business process review, and market potential analysis. Delivered phased investment roadmap — immediate, near-term, and medium-term — with cost estimates by workstream.
Software Acquisition Assessment
Transportation Management System
Logistics Company
Independent technical assessment to determine whether a logistics company should acquire a third-party TMS code base. Evaluated application architecture, code quality, scalability characteristics, and acquisition-specific risk factors. Delivered buy/build analysis with hosting infrastructure requirements and cost modeling.
How an Engagement Works
Scope & Kickoff
We align on deal timeline, access requirements, and assessment scope — typically a one-day process.
Document Review
We review architecture docs, system inventories, org charts, contracts, and prior assessments provided by the target.
Management & Technical Interviews
Direct interviews with IT leadership, key technical staff, and business stakeholders — structured to surface what the documents don't show.
Report & Deal Team Briefing
Findings report delivered with executive summary. We participate in deal team Q&A and are available through close.
Most engagements are completed in 2 to 4 weeks — designed to fit within standard deal timelines without disrupting the broader due diligence process.
WHY FULL ON CONSULTING
Senior Consultants Only
Every engagement is led and delivered by senior consultants — former CIOs, CTOs, and enterprise IT executives. You get the people you were sold, not a bait-and-switch to junior staff after the contract is signed.
$40M+ in Documented Savings
Our track record includes $40M+ in verified client savings, a $130M M&A integration across 90+ global facilities, and an end-user computing transformation for 18,000 employees. We deliver measurable outcomes — not just recommendations.
20+ Years of Enterprise Experience
Our consultants average 20+ years of enterprise IT experience across Fortune 500 and mid-market companies. We have run the same programs we are being asked to lead — across SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and large-scale transformations.
Strategy Through Execution
We do not hand you a strategy deck and walk away. Our teams stay engaged from initial assessment through go-live — accountable for outcomes, not just deliverables. If we recommend it, we are prepared to execute it.
Boutique Agility
As a boutique firm, we move faster, adapt to your priorities, and work with your team rather than around it. No bureaucracy, no layers of overhead — just focused, senior-led execution from day one.
A Partner, Not a Vendor
We build long-term relationships grounded in trust and integrity. Many of our clients have engaged us across multiple initiatives and refer us to peers — because we do what we say we will do, every time.
