Data engineering & integration · Data quality & reconciliation
02 AI & Machine LearningApplied machine learning · Generative AI
03 Software & Product EngineeringCustom application development · Legacy modernization
04 Cloud & CybersecurityCloud migration & modernization · Cloud operations & support
05 Acquisition & Financial ManagementAnalysis of Alternatives · Market research & COTS/NDI evaluation
06 Program & Project ManagementProgram management & PMO support · Process improvement
Reconcile the record · instrument the definitions · ship the smallest thing that runs · close the loop.
Readiness, sustainment, acquisition and program financial systems.
IntelligenceSecure analytics, transcription and technical talent for missions.
Federal CivilianEnterprise cloud, case workflows and public financial accountability.
State, Local & TribalFederal-grade accountability on a state or municipal budget.
HealthReliability, forecasting and workforce analytics for clinical operations.
Commercial & Small BusinessFor organizations that must defend an AI-assisted decision.
Where a customer can't be named, the component and scale are characterized instead.
ALL WORKGAO, CBO and IG findings, read closely and written up plainly.
ALL INSIGHTSEngineering, data science, and Ghost Works.
OPEN ROLES INTERNSHIPSHands-on projects and practical challenges, including our Drone Development internship.
EXPLORE INTERNSHIPS →Founded in 2013. Still founder-run.
The Boulevard Consulting Group, LLC, doing business as BoulevardLabs, is an SBA 8(a) certified small business serving federal health, financial, intelligence, defense and commerce missions.
We were built the other way round from most consultancies: the analysis produces a system, and the people who wrote the analysis are the ones who run it. Thirteen years in, both partners are still in the work.
Before you can predict a failure, you have to agree on what happened yesterday.
The instinct when the numbers look bad is to reach for a better model. In our experience that is often the wrong end of the problem. Better analysis starts by establishing what happened, defining what the measures actually mean, and creating a feedback loop between the model and the work.
Reconcile the record
Find every system that claims to answer the question and establish where they disagree. The goal is not to force one source to win every time. It is to understand which source is authoritative for which question.
Instrument the definitions
Make the definitions explicit. Most reporting failures are not purely technical; they happen because terms, measures and assumptions are not defined consistently across the organization.
Ship the smallest thing that runs
Put something useful in front of real operators quickly. A working first version creates better information than months of abstract planning.
Close the loop
Feed execution history back into the model. Organizations improve when forecasts, estimates and assumptions are continuously tested against what actually happened.
Built through the work.
From a consulting firm founded in 2013 to the technology and workforce company BoulevardLabs is today.
SCROLL TO EXPLORE →Boulevard is founded.
Boulevard begins with a focus on solving complex operational and organizational challenges.
The work begins.
First federal contract supporting Headquarters Marine Corps readiness analysis.
The team starts to grow.
First employee hired, and expansion into additional federal work including the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Ideas become part of the work.
Boulevard publishes “Engineering Solutions to America’s Healthcare Challenges.”
Building the culture.
The company continues building its team, culture and public presence, including its first company Volunteer Day.
Boulevard expands into the U.S. Army.
The company begins supporting Lean Six Sigma and business analytics work for the Army.
Routine for Results.
Lessons in building and operating a growing small business, published.
Defense work expands.
Boulevard grows its Naval Aviation and Marine Corps headquarters portfolio and is awarded Navy SeaPort-NxG.
A headquarters.
Boulevard expands its presence in Crystal City, Virginia.
The company scales its federal reach.
Expanded GSA contracting capabilities and a move to a larger Crystal City headquarters.
Boulevard becomes a prime.
First sole-source prime contract, supporting U.S. Special Operations Command.
Consulting begins evolving into technology.
A multi-million-dollar Navy contract to build specialized aircraft contract-management software, the first time the firm ships software as the deliverable.
IT, cloud and healthcare.
Expansion into IT and cloud services, a growing healthcare portfolio, and work with the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.
New communities. New kinds of problems.
Supporting Native American tribal governments across feasibility, healthcare development, governance, branding and design.
Beyond government.
Commercial industrial work: simulation, production-flow analysis and engineering expertise for a global manufacturer.
Technology moves to the center.
The technology portfolio expands through Microsoft services and data-driven, machine-learning software work for federal customers.
Room to build what comes next.
A larger Crystal City headquarters, designed to support continued growth, collaboration and new capabilities.
Defense technology deepens.
Advanced analytics work supporting NAWCAD further strengthens the company’s defense technology portfolio.
Boulevard becomes BoulevardLabs.
The company evolves around a growing focus on applied technology, AI-enabled workforce capability, product development and specialized technology talent.
Consulting remains part of the foundation. Building becomes part of the identity.
Building what’s next.
BoulevardLabs brings together technology, products, AI workforce enablement and specialized talent to help organizations move from complexity to capability.
The next chapter is being built now.
Both partners are in the work.
On an engagement of any size, one of them is reachable, not as an escalation path, but as someone who has read the source data and can answer for the approach.
Ryan Burge
MANAGING PARTNER & CO-FOUNDERFifteen years in data science, advanced analytics and technology consulting, focused on cloud-based data systems, predictive analytics and performance tracking across federal programs.
Ryan owns the engineering side of the firm. He set the reconciliation-first method the delivery teams work to, architected RAM and the forecasting behind it, and leads the technical approach on the COMFRC analytics work. When a client question turns out to be answerable in code, he is usually the one who decides what gets built and what does not.
James Bagg
MANAGING PARTNER & CO-FOUNDERA Marine Corps leadership background applied to process improvement, readiness analysis and data-driven decision-making, including military policy, training pipeline optimization and operational effectiveness.
James owns the operations and client side. He built the firm's readiness and sustainment practice and runs the acquisition and contracting posture that keeps a small business reachable. He keeps the firm focused on work where its experience makes a real difference for the client.
Two divisions that strengthen our work.
Ghost Works gives our team room to build and test new ideas, and AI for Impact helps the people we work with put AI to good use. Both make our client delivery stronger.
Special projects on a 90-day clock.
Small teams, internally funded, no billable pressure. Every project ends in working code or a written result, whether or not it worked.
Executive education, built and taught in-house.
A portfolio of AI programs delivered with James Madison University's School of Professional & Continuing Education, from the three-day executive intensive to role-based training and readiness assessments.
Everything a market research memo needs.
No form in front of it. Take what you need and go.
CONTRACTING & TEAMING