Northern Lights & Highlands Consulting Announce Strategic Partnership

We are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership between Northern Lights and Highlands Consulting, bringing together Northern Lights’ global technology and services expertise with Highlands Consulting’s boutique advisory focus on engineering digitization, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and AI‑enabled business transformation.

This partnership is designed to help organizations modernize complex engineering and digital ecosystems while ensuring technology investments are closely aligned with measurable business outcomes. By combining strategic advisory capabilities with deep technical delivery expertise, Northern Lights and Highlands Consulting will support clients in reducing operational complexity, improving data continuity, and enabling faster, more informed decision‑making across the enterprise.

“Organizations today face increasing pressure to modernize engineering environments while maintaining operational control and regulatory compliance,” said Wenjie Wang, President of Northern Lights. “Highlands Consulting brings deep expertise in engineering digitization and PLM strategy, and together we can help clients turn complex transformation initiatives into scalable, sustainable solutions.”

Highlands Consulting is recognized for its approach to unifying data, decisions, and design across engineering and digital workflows. Built on the belief that technology should simplify operations rather than create friction, the firm helps organizations connect engineering systems into cohesive, future‑ready strategies that drive efficiency, innovation, and long‑term value.

The collaboration is particularly well suited for organizations operating in highly regulated and asset‑intensive industries, including aerospace, automotive, commercial vehicle, and industrial equipment. Highlands Consulting’s cross‑industry experience enables clients to benefit from proven best practices tailored to their unique engineering and operational challenges.

“Organizations are under increasing pressure to modernize engineering and operational environments while still delivering measurable business outcomes,” said Sean Slyman, Managing Director of Highlands Consulting. “By combining Highlands Consulting’s strategic advisory expertise with Northern Lights’ technical delivery capabilities, we can help clients simplify complex digital ecosystems, improve operational visibility, and build scalable foundations for long‑term transformation.”

Through this partnership, Northern Lights and Highlands Consulting aim to support clients across the full transformation lifecycle—from PLM optimization and engineering digitization to AI‑enabled decision‑making—helping organizations move from strategy to execution with clarity and confidence.