We view GenAI through the lens of business process excellence.  With domain expertise across myriad industries, Lyftbridge takes a business model-first approach toward AI use cases to address your business’s top priorities.

Who We Are

We are a dynamic and experienced team of domain experts, process experts, and seasoned leaders.  Our domain expertise spans dozens of industries, business models, and go-to-market models.   As leaders, we can offer a client-first engagement that adds precision and impact to your application of AI tools.

Our Approach

Each engagement starts with the assumption that your organization knows its business best.  We use design-thinking, agile. lean and other change leadership tools to surface priorities and capture your best thinking.  Next, we focus your team on prioritizing and delivering AI solutions.  Finally, each project ends with self-sufficiency - including custom AI solutions that your team continues to train-in and train-on.

Our Team

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Founder & CEO

##### Paul Acito

##### Danielle Amfahr

Strategy

Danielle Amfahr is a business leader passionate about strategy, innovation, and professional development. As a former Vice President of Strategy & Marketing Development at 3M, she led a 40-person internal consultancy driving high-impact projects and developing future leaders. Danielle has advised educational institutions and small businesses on strategy and the use of AI for growth and efficiency. She also teaches in the AI Applications in Marketing course for Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business Executive Education Program. Danielle holds an MBA from Kelley and undergraduate degrees from George Mason University. She lives in St. Paul, MN with her family.

Paul Acito is a global business leader with four decades of experience at 3M and Medtronic, leading multibillion-dollar divisions across technology, healthcare, and safety industries. He has worked internationally and holds 10 patents.

Paul serves on multiple boards, including Penumbra Theatre and Indiana University’s Kelley School Global Dean’s Council. He is also an adjunct professor at Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, and St. Catherine’s University.

Our Mission

At Lyftbridge, our mission is to generate sustainable, profitable growth for our clients through the transformative potential of technology. We subscribe to the McKnight Principles of business leadership that embody diversity, inclusion, initiative, experimentation, and a belief in the power of business and technology as forces for good.

Harmless.  Honest.   Helpful.   Honorable.   Human/e.

These five values guide every step of our process so we can create

lasting growth for our clients and the communities they touch.