We’ve saved construction companies over $2M in combined annual ERP costs. Not by selling unnecessary work — by finding the specific fixes that deliver measurable ROI and telling you honestly when we can’t help.
Founder & Principal Consultant
Shadforth Civil Engineering (~1,000 employees, QLD) has been a client for over a decade. We built ShadConnect — a custom portal layered on Vista by Viewpoint that handles job costing, HR performance reviews, plant management, invoice automation (OCR + AP matching with a 1000% speedup), and safety & compliance. Timesheet processing dropped by 80%. Our flagship product StatementZen grew out of this work: AI-powered vendor statement reconciliation for Vista, now a standalone SaaS.
I founded MRU Consulting because I kept seeing the same problem: construction companies paying premium rates for ERP consultants who could configure screens but couldn’t write a stored procedure. They’d leave you with a report full of recommendations and no one to execute them.
The problem was never Vista. Vista by Viewpoint is a powerful platform for managing project costs, subcontractors, and financials. The problem was that most consultancies treat ERP work as a configuration exercise. They don’t write code. They don’t understand the database schema. They can’t build custom solutions when the out-of-the-box features don’t fit.
I can. With 25 years of software development and 15+ years working specifically with Viewpoint, every engagement combines strategic consulting with hands-on technical execution. When your system needs a subcontractor portal, an automated AP workflow, or a real-time WIP dashboard — I build it myself.
Four commitments we make to every client — before we write a single line of code.
If a project won't pay for itself, we'll tell you. We've turned away engagements that wouldn't deliver measurable value — because our reputation is worth more than a single invoice. Every dollar you spend with us should return multiples.
We operate with a fiduciary mindset. Your interests come first — even when that means recommending you don't hire us. We'd rather have you as a long-term advocate than a short-term client.
Every engagement includes knowledge transfer to your team. We document everything, train your people, and build solutions they can maintain. The goal is self-sufficiency, not a consulting annuity.
You'll never be handed off to a junior consultant learning on your dime. Michael is directly involved in every project — the same person who understands your business writes the code and builds the solution.
Large consulting firms send a senior partner to win the deal, then hand the work to graduates. You pay premium rates for junior execution. Worse, they have no incentive to make you self-sufficient — your dependency is their revenue model.
At MRU, the person who understands your business is the same person who writes the stored procedures, builds the reports, and architects the solution. There’s no telephone game. No miscommunication. No learning curve on your dime.
I treat your budget like my own. If a $5K fix solves the problem, I won’t propose a $50K project. My reputation — and 100% of my referral pipeline — is built on delivering honest, measurable results. Every single time.
Book a free 30-minute scoping call. We’ll talk through what you need, give you an honest recommendation, and quote the work hourly or fixed-price. No obligation.
30 minutes. No obligation. Hourly or fixed-price if we work together.