Build Understanding
Make strategy, measures, and insights understandable so everyone knows what matters and why.
ABOUT TOUCHSTONE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Built on Experience. Powered by People. Driven by Purpose.
We believe analytics is most powerful when it connects business strategy, trusted information, and the people responsible for making decisions. That's why we bring senior expertise and a collaborative mindset to every engagement.
Let's Talk About Your Goals ↗OUR BELIEF
Better information is only the beginning.
Better decisions change the business.
Better decisions change the business.
Understand→Align→Activate→Improve
WHY TOUCHSTONE EXISTS
Technology Should Serve a Bigger Purpose.
Organizations have more data and more technology than ever before. Yet useful insight can remain trapped between systems, departments, and habits that have developed over years.
Touchstone was built to close that gap. We help construction and manufacturing organizations connect their strategic priorities to meaningful performance measures, modern data foundations, and analytics their teams can actually use.
Derrick JacksonFounder · Touchstone Technology Solutions
MEET THE FOUNDER
Experience Sets the Direction. Teamwork Delivers the Results.
Derrick Jackson founded Touchstone with a perspective shaped by more than 20 years in the Trimble enterprise software ecosystem and extensive experience connecting technology with construction business operations.
His career spans ERP implementations and conversions, complex integrations and custom solutions, and the development of business intelligence and advanced analytics practices. That breadth of experience informs a central belief: meaningful transformation requires more than technical proficiency. It requires an understanding of how people work, how leaders measure success, and how organizations adapt.
Today, that perspective guides Touchstone's strategy-first approach—and an experienced team turns it into practical solutions.
Connect with Derrick on LinkedIn ↗OUR LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
Keep People Informed. Involved. Inspired.
A successful analytics program is not something IT delivers to the business. It's something leaders, managers, and teams build together—and continue improving.
Create Ownership
Engage stakeholders across finance, operations, technology, and the field in shaping useful solutions.
Enable Progress
Give teams confidence to act on information, challenge assumptions, and improve continuously.
MORE THAN ONE PERSON
A Shared Game Plan. A Team Built to Deliver.
Leadership provides direction. Results require people with complementary strengths, shared accountability, and a commitment to the client's success.
Touchstone brings together senior specialists in data engineering, business intelligence, quality assurance, and UI/UX design. Every team member brings more than a decade of experience in their discipline.
We work collaboratively with client teams—listening to business needs, testing assumptions, transferring knowledge, and building solutions that can evolve long after the first release.
20+ yearsFounder experience in Trimble systems
10+ yearsExperience per team specialist
HOW WE THINK
From Strategy to Insight. From Insight to Action.
Our point of view is shaped by experience in enterprise systems, business performance, and the continuous cycle of analytics.
Start With the Why
Define the business problem and the outcome before choosing the technology.
Measure What Matters
Connect strategic goals to balanced, actionable performance indicators.
Earn Trust in the Data
Establish the quality, context, governance, and ownership that make insights credible.
Make Improvement Continuous
Keep insights relevant through adoption, feedback, and changing business priorities.
PERSPECTIVES FROM OUR FOUNDER
Ideas Worth Sharing.
Explore Derrick's writing on analytics leadership, performance strategy, and the evolving role of data in construction.
LEADERSHIP & ADOPTION
The 3 Faces of IT Leadership
Why people need to stay informed, involved, and inspired through technology change.
Read article ↗STRATEGY & PERFORMANCEBalanced Scorecarding in Construction Data Analytics
Connecting business strategy, meaningful measures, and the analytics lifecycle.
Read article ↗ADVANCED ANALYTICS5 Reasons to Unlock the Power of Advanced Analytics
Practical reasons to invest in analytics, from reducing risk to better decisions.
Read article ↗LET'S BUILD WHAT MATTERS
Experienced People. Shared Purpose. Better Outcomes.
Bring us your business challenges. We'll bring the right experience, the right team, and a plan to make progress.
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