# HigherEchelon

> HigherEchelon is a Huntsville-based consulting and technical services company that combines leadership development and performance psychology with engineering, cyber services, enterprise technology, and simulation. Founded in 2009 by Joe Ross and Paul Maggiano, it serves government and commercial organizations; its Salesforce practice was sold to Cherokee Federal in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Huntsville, United States
- **Founders:** Joe Ross (Co-founder, CEO and President), Paul Maggiano (Co-founder; described as Partner in his company biography)
- **Products:** Resilient and Adaptable Leader, Executive Coaching and Assessments, Gaming and Simulation, Engineering Solutions, Cyber Solutions
- **Notable:** Procurify, supported by HigherEchelon with Army Game Studio and SAIC, won the 2022 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Best Government Audience Game Award., Named to Fortune’s 2022 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services list., 2023 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Engineering/Defense Business of the Year, medium-size category.

## Products & services

- **Resilient and Adaptable Leader** — Proprietary leadership development methodology delivered through tailored workshops, education, training, and coaching.
- **Executive Coaching and Assessments** — Individual and group coaching, 360 assessments, interviews, and diagnostic tools.
- **Gaming and Simulation** — Serious games, virtual trainers, extended reality, and sports training application development and instruction.
- **Engineering Solutions** — Systems engineering, software development, program management, airworthiness, digital engineering, and C5ISR integration and testing.
- **Cyber Solutions** — Cyber operations, training, risk management framework support, and cyber policy.
- **Enterprise Technology** — Cloud and application modernization, systems integration, data governance and analytics, AI/ML, and robotic process automation.
- **Performance & Paint** — Team-building workshop pairing performance principles with collaborative art.
- **Salesforce practice (historical)** — Former consulting practice divested to Cherokee Federal in a transaction announced October 7, 2025, effective November 1.

## Achievements

- Procurify, supported by HigherEchelon with Army Game Studio and SAIC, won the 2022 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Best Government Audience Game Award.
- Named to Fortune’s 2022 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services list.
- 2023 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Engineering/Defense Business of the Year, medium-size category.
- Company reports a February 3, 2022 CMMI Services Maturity Level 3 appraisal and ISO 9001:2015 registration.
- Former Salesforce practice completed more than 120 implementations over six years, according to Cherokee Federal’s October 2025 announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Cherokee Federal announced an agreement to acquire the Salesforce practice, effective November 1, 2025; Paul Maggiano described a renewed emphasis on human capital, cyber, engineering support, and educational gaming.
- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: the current company website lists Joe Ross as CEO and President, a Bradford Drive headquarters, and training plus technology service lines. This is a verification date, not an announcement date.

## Links

- Website: https://www.higherechelon.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/higherechelon-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HE_Consulting
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HigherEchelonInc/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23