About CDAT LLC
CDAT LLC was founded to bring decades of experience in technology, service management, operations, cybersecurity compliance, and organizational improvement to organizations that need practical guidance without unnecessary complexity.
The focus is straightforward: understand the challenge, apply experience and structured thinking, and develop practical solutions that organizations can actually use.
About Scott Rifkin
Scott is an experienced technology and service management leader, advisor, author, and U.S. Army veteran whose career has focused on solving complex operational and technology challenges.
His experience includes enterprise service management, Service Management Office development, IT operations, governance, organizational assessments, process improvement, cybersecurity compliance, CMMC, and NIST SP 800-171.
He holds a Master of Science in Operations and Project Management from Southern New Hampshire University and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Arizona.
He is also the author of The Service Management Office: Building the Operating Model for Enterprise Service Management and founder of CDAT Press, through which he develops books, frameworks, models, and practical resources based on real-world experience.
The Philosophy
Experience should simplify problems, not complicate them.
CDAT LLC is built around practical advice, independent thinking, and solutions appropriate to the problem at hand. The objective is not to create another consulting dependency. It is to help organizations understand where they are, determine where they need to go, and identify a practical path forward.