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Security. AI. Operational discipline.

Echelon Alpha is a veteran-owned consulting firm helping businesses modernize security operations and deploy AI that actually works.

Based in California · Serving clients nationwide

What we do

Three disciplines. One operator’s mindset.

Cybersecurity Consulting

SOC optimization, SIEM/EDR/MDR deployment, threat detection engineering, and security program maturity assessments. Built on 20+ years running enterprise security operations.

AI Enablement

Practical AI for real businesses. Internal assistants, workflow automation, RAG systems, and tool adoption strategies that cut cost without cutting corners.

Automation & Workflow

Stop paying people to do what scripts can handle. We design and deploy automation across your ops, security, and customer-facing workflows.

How we work

Operator-led. No fluff. Outcomes over slide decks.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We start by understanding your actual operations — not what the org chart says.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Threats, gaps, and opportunities mapped to your business risk, not a generic framework.

  3. 03

    Implement

    Hands-on execution. We build, deploy, and integrate — not just recommend.

  4. 04

    Sustain

    Handoff with documentation, training, and optional ongoing advisory.

Built by an operator, not a consultant.

Two decades in enterprise security operations. From SOC analyst to leadership, across regulated industries and high-stakes environments.

Military background. Operational discipline is not a marketing word — it’s how work gets done.

Small by design. You work directly with the founder. No junior consultants cutting their teeth on your account.

Recent work

In development

VSO AI Platform

A private AI system designed to help veterans navigate VA disability claims, CRSC packages, and benefits research. Built with OCR pipelines, RAG over medical and policy corpora, ChromaDB vector storage, and Flask APIs producing decision-style evidence analysis. Launching to eligible veterans as a free tool.

  • OCR
  • RAG
  • ChromaDB
  • Flask
  • Python

Mission before margin.

Echelon Alpha is veteran-owned. Veterans receive substantial discounts on every service we offer — not as a promotion, but as policy. If you served, the rate reflects it.

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Prefer email? eric@echelon-alpha.com