Real engagements, with the operational details that matter: the volumes, the timelines, the disciplines, and the outcomes. We publish what our clients allow us to publish, anonymized where required, with the metrics that hold up to scrutiny.
A wealth management leader needed a complete technology team for a major new business initiative: Program Managers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Solution Architects, and Client Associates. The case study walks through what we did, how we did it, and why the team is still intact 12 months in.
Read the engagementDetailed case studies for our largest and most distinctive engagements. Each one anchored in measurable outcomes, with the operational discipline visible in the work, not just claimed in the marketing.
How we became the workforce partner for a global industrial manufacturer's Automation CoE: building out the CoE itself, the PMO that governs it, and the HR systems modernization program that runs through it. Appian, UiPath, ServiceNow, SuccessFactors, and ADP across one engagement.
Read the engagementHow we became an executive-search partner for a global live entertainment leader, placing Controllers, Directors of Finance, and Business Management Reporting heads into one of the most operationally distinctive industries in the world.
Read the engagementHow we modernized loan servicing reporting for a structured finance firm by bridging a 30-year-old AS400-based McCracken STRATEGY platform to a modern Azure data warehouse and Power BI reporting layer, without rip-and-replace.
Read the engagement15+ engineering and IT specialists across ten platform disciplines (SAP HANA, Oracle, Python, MuleSoft, Java Full Stack, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Big Data, AWS and Azure) delivered in 90 days through the carrier's global implementation partner, every seat US Citizen or Green Card.
Read full case study →A national self-storage REIT executing a confidential $1B+ acquisition integration needed service desk capacity at scale, fast. Delivered 45 Tier 1 Service Desk Analysts in 60 days from SOW signing, staged in batches of 15 every two weeks, predominantly onsite.
Read full case study →A publicly-traded community bank needed senior risk and compliance consulting capacity that could plug directly into the existing function. MSA signed at the C-suite, first consultant onsite in weeks, replaced when the role evolved, extended past the original term on consultant fit.
Read full case study →A healthcare-focused POS fintech building engineering, risk, credit operations, and corporate communications in parallel. One Master Contractor Agreement, one C-suite relationship, multiple workstreams in flight, without four versions of the same conversation.
Read full case study →A PE-backed accounting and business advisory firm scaling through acquisition engaged Thunderhawk as its primary workforce partner across the full technology stack. One MSA carries every engagement model the buildout needs (consulting, fractional executive, direct hire, and retainer), sustained across years and supported at the C-suite throughout.
Read full case study →Each industry deep-dive page includes a featured engagement specific to that vertical, with sub-practice context, typical role categories, and the operational realities of hiring in that industry.
Banking, Financial Services & Insurance: featured wealth management engagement.
Telecom, Media & Entertainment: featured Tier 1 engagement.
Top-tier pharma engagements across clinical, regulatory, and data science.
Manufacturing & Industrial: featured multi-discipline engagement.
Health IT, RCM, telehealth, and clinical operations across payer + provider.
Cleared, ITAR-aware engineering talent for defense programs.
Most of our best engagements started with a conversation about a problem, not a fit-to-template request. Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll tell you whether we're the right partner.