Technology and consulting since 2001

Five practices. One team. One point of contact.

Business consulting, custom software and AI, managed services, procurement and supply chain, and marketing — run by people who stay long enough to learn how your organization actually works.

  • 25 yrs

    of full-service consulting

    Strategy and operations through to software, support, procurement and marketing — all of it run in-house since 2001.

  • 125+

    clients

    Healthcare, manufacturing, education, financial and professional services, alongside the associations and nonprofits we started with — some relationships now in their second decade.

  • 5

    practices, one relationship

    Engage one, or several, without managing several suppliers.

What we do

Five practices, one team

Separate operations with their own specialists, under one point of contact. Most clients start with one and add others once the first has found something.

Proof

Work we can show

Written up end to end — what the problem was, what we did, and what it produced. The numbers come from different engagements and different sources, which is why they hold together.

Who we work with

  • Agriculture & Food Systems Institute
  • AppJaxx
  • BREG
  • Capital Educators
  • Capstone
  • Center for Community Investment
  • CropLife America
  • Discovery Behavioral Health
  • Electrical Training Alliance
  • FitDC
  • Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
  • Most Valuable Kids
  • NASFAA
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • Open Technology Fund
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University
  • Society for Developmental Biology
  • Spacelabs Healthcare
  • Streetsense
  • TRACE International
  • WT Controls

In their words

What clients say

  • I felt as if my company was their only client. They responded to my needs quickly and efficiently despite short turnaround time and intense demands.

    Teaching Strategies, Inc.
  • Their team was responsive through all phases of our project and delivered quality work on time and on budget. I would work with them again.

    National Center for Safe Routes to School
  • Modern Signal significantly enhanced our site to be more efficient and user-friendly. Excellent service, timely and cost-effective.

    Center for Medicare Education
  • They took the time to understand exactly what was needed and built the functionality, rather than delivering a cookie cutter solution.

    Ecosystem Investment Partners

Recognition

  • Clutch · Multiple years running

    Top Software Development Company

    Named by Clutch across more than one year, based on client reviews rather than a submission.

  • Digital Health Awards · 2025

    Responsive Website Design

    For aucd.org, built for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. A project award in the category the site was built for, on a site whose own remit is accessibility.

Before you ask

Questions we hear

What does Modern Signal do?

Five things, run as separate practices by separate specialists: business consulting, custom software and AI, managed services, procurement and supply chain, and marketing. What they have in common is that we run things rather than advise on them, and that one person is accountable to you across all of it.

Do you work with small organizations as well?

Yes, and they are a large part of the book. Associations and nonprofits are the biggest single group among our more than 125 clients, and several of those relationships are into their second decade.

The honest version: if the work is a single small website with no systems behind it, we are probably not the cheapest option and will say so.

What happens after launch?

Usually the managed services practice takes it on, which is why most of our client relationships are measured in years rather than projects. Support sits with people who built or already run the system, so a ticket does not start with explaining your organization.

If you would rather run it yourself, you own the system and its documentation. That is the point of building custom.

Where are your teams located?

Pennsylvania, and Hyderabad since 2026 through ModernSignal Services Private Limited. The Hyderabad center is a capability center rather than an outsourcing arrangement — dedicated teams who work as part of a client's organization, which is what makes round-the-clock coverage work.

Still deciding where to start?

Two or three sentences about the problem is plenty. We will point at the practice that fits — including when the answer is that you do not need us yet.

Tell us what you run

Start a project

Nothing here is required except an email address and enough detail to reply usefully. The more you tell us, the better the first answer.

If you do not know, leave it. We will work it out.

What you run, what is not working, and roughly when you need it fixed.

No need to prepare a brief. A few honest sentences gets a better first reply than a polished one.