Independent Technology Advisory · Est. 2008

Independent technology advisory for infrastructure, cybersecurity, and cloud decisions.

For more than 17 years, TDS USA has helped public sector, nonprofit, and regulated organizations evaluate complex technology solutions — without reseller bias.

Schedule a discovery meeting Why organizations choose TDS

17⁺

Years of independent advisory

400⁺

Vetted global technology providers

50⁺

Combined years on the team

Reseller commissions on your contract

01/ The Difference

Why organizations partner with TDS.

Most organizations don't lack for technology options — they lack the time and pattern recognition to vet those options effectively. TDS provides the bridge between your requirements and the global provider landscape.

Independent & Vendor-Agnostic

We are not an MSP or a reseller. We do not put deals on our paper. Your contract is always directly with the vendor.

Deep Sector Expertise

Specialized experience navigating the unique compliance and procurement hurdles of Government, Healthcare, and Financial Services.

Pattern Recognition

We draw on insights from hundreds of active environments to help you avoid common — and expensive — implementation mistakes.

Outcome-Focused

We don't sell products. We facilitate the selection of infrastructure that works for your specific team and budget.

02/ Focus Areas

Strategic vetting across the technology stack.

We provide unbiased vetting and architectural guidance across 400+ global technology providers in the following categories.

01 — Risk & Defense

Cybersecurity & Risk

Architecture, managed SOC, EDR/MDR, and incident response readiness — built around your compliance footprint, not a vendor's product line.

02 — Infrastructure

Cloud & Data Center

Hybrid-cloud strategy, data center modernization, and colocation — modeled against your real workload economics, not a glossy migration playbook.

03 — Network

Connectivity & Networking

SD-WAN, SASE, and high-resiliency fiber architecture for distributed and multi-site environments.

04 — Resilience

Business Continuity

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and immutable backup strategies aligned to your RTO/RPO realities.

05 — Operations

Managed & Co-Managed Services

Selecting and auditing operational models that reduce internal strain while improving accountability.

03/ How We Work

A proven framework for selection.

Our process is designed to cut through market noise and move your projects from exploration to execution with confidence.

Discovery & Baseline Audit

Understand your current environment and long-term goals.

Constraint Mapping

Identify the technical, financial, and procurement boundaries.

Strategic Architecture

Build realistic solution paths and shortlist capable providers.

Guided Vetting

Facilitate evaluations and demos against your actual requirements.

Implementation Support

Stay your advocate through transition to ensure delivery.

04/ Market Insight

Decision Framework

Three viable paths Modeled per environment

Current Market Volatility

Navigating the Broadcom / VMware shift.

Current shifts in the virtualization market are creating significant budgetary and operational risk for organizations of every size.

The TDS Approach

We are currently helping leadership teams audit their virtualization footprint, model the financial impact of new licensing structures, and evaluate viable alternative paths — whether that means staying the course, migrating to public/private cloud, or exploring alternative hypervisors.

05/ Experience

Sector experience & recent engagements.

We serve organizations in highly regulated environments where downtime and security gaps are not an option.

State & Local Government Nonprofits Healthcare Financial Services Manufacturing Logistics Education

Infrastructure & Cloud Stabilization

Advised an organization following a security incident — evaluating and implementing IaaS, Microsoft 365, and cybersecurity solutions to stabilize and modernize.

Cybersecurity Response & SOC Implementation

Supported organizations post-breach with SOC-as-a-Service, endpoint protection, and segmentation strategies to improve detection and response.

Network & Connectivity Modernization

Helped multi-site environments consolidate network management and ISP relationships into unified, resilient architectures.

UCaaS / CCaaS Transformation

Guided organizations through modernization of legacy phone systems — improving functionality, reducing cost, supporting distributed teams.

Disaster Recovery & Ransomware Resilience

Advised on DRaaS and backup strategy evaluations to strengthen recovery capabilities and align to evolving ransomware requirements.

Virtualization & Infrastructure Strategy

Supported evaluation of hypervisor and infrastructure alternatives in response to licensing changes — including private and hybrid cloud paths.

Cloud Migration & Workload Assessment

Assisting clients in evaluating which workloads belong in cloud, which should remain on-prem, and the long-term cost and operational impact.

Security & Compliance Alignment

Helped organizations evaluate MDR, EDR, and microsegmentation solutions to align security posture with operational risk.

Licensing & Platform Optimization

Advised on Microsoft 365 licensing alignment and broader platform optimization to reduce inefficiencies and better support requirements.

06/ Our Team

Experience you can lean on.

With over 50 years of combined experience in technology infrastructure, our team acts as an extension of your leadership.

Jeff Dodig

President & Founder

Jeff founded TDS USA 17 years ago to provide organizations with an advocate in the technology selection process. With 37 years of industry experience, he ensures TDS maintains its independent, client-first approach.

Leo Dodig

VP, Technology Advisor

Active with TDS for over 8 years, Leo works with IT and executive leaders across government and regulated industries to guide modernization, cloud strategy, and cybersecurity evaluations.

Rob Piano

Chief Technology Advisor

With more than 10 years at TDS, Rob specializes in helping municipalities and nonprofits align multiple stakeholders around complex technology decisions and long-term infrastructure planning.

Diego Dodig

Senior Technology Advisor

Diego supports organizations through the discovery and evaluation phase, ensuring client requirements are clearly translated into actionable vendor requirements.