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Practical technology solutions

Enterprise expertise.
Local commitment.
Lasting trust.

We help public and private organizations modernize their operations, solve technical challenges, and make better long-term technology decisions — combining more than three decades of senior IT experience with the accessibility of a boutique consultancy.

Primary market
Federal civilian agencies
Small business set-asides · nationwide
NAICS 541511 541512 541519
Established
2026
Illinois LLC
Delivery
Senior-led
No junior handoffs
Also serving
State & local government
Illinois · Wisconsin · private sector
30+
Years of senior IT experience
8
Countries worked in
6
Industry sectors served
Services

What we help our clients achieve.

Our initial service portfolio focuses on four areas where practical technology improvements create meaningful operational value.

Administrative Modernization
Make everyday work simpler, faster, and more reliable. We identify opportunities to simplify and automate administrative processes that consume time, create errors, or depend too heavily on manual work.
  • Process assessment and simplification
  • Workflow automation
  • Reduction of manual data handling
  • Improved reliability and consistency
Process automation Operational efficiency
Custom Application Solutions
Get technology that fits the way your organization actually works. When existing software does not adequately support a specific need, we design, develop, modernize, and support solutions tailored to your processes.
  • Requirements analysis and solution design
  • Web application development
  • Modernization of existing applications
  • Ongoing support and evolution
Python React REST APIs Cloud
Systems Integration
Make your existing systems work better together. Organizations often hold valuable information in systems that operate independently. We connect them so information flows and becomes useful, customized output.
  • System-to-system integration
  • Elimination of manual data transfers
  • Consolidated information and workflows
  • Legacy and mainframe environments
API integration Data pipelines Middleware
Continuous IT Strategy & Governance
Create a clear technology direction and keep it aligned. Technology decisions should form part of a coherent long-term direction rather than being made one issue at a time.
  • IT strategy and technology roadmaps
  • Technology investment planning
  • Architecture and solution reviews
  • Technology and decision governance
Advisory Roadmapping Governance
Why Novare Systems

Enterprise experience. Practical approach. Direct involvement.

We bring together the discipline developed in demanding enterprise environments with the accessibility of a specialized boutique consultancy.

Three decades of senior experience
Delivery in demanding enterprise and banking environments across five countries, with pilot work in three more. Government projects at federal and state level in another jurisdiction round out the record.
Decades running businesses of his own
Responsibility for delivery, client relationships, and results — not technical execution alone. You are working with an owner, not a resource assigned to your account.
Direct senior involvement
No junior handoffs and no anonymous delivery teams. The person who understands your problem is the person accountable for solving it.
Current, hands-on practice
Active technical work in modern stacks — not supervision from a distance. Long experience combined with current practice, rather than one or the other.
Independent recommendations
No vendor incentives and no reseller margins. Recommendations are driven by what your organization actually needs.
Work with what you have
Where practical and economically justified, we improve and integrate the technology you already own rather than assuming replacement is the answer.

We do not sell technology for its own sake. We help clients understand what they need, determine what makes sense for their circumstances, and implement solutions that deliver practical value.

Our competitive advantage is not scale. It is the combination of experience, direct involvement, practicality, and trust.

Who we serve

Technology expertise for organizations that need practical value.

We work with organizations that need experienced technology guidance without the complexity and overhead of a large consulting firm.

Primary market
Federal Agencies
Federal civilian agencies seeking custom development, systems integration, and IT strategy advisory, including small business set-aside opportunities under NAICS 541511 and 541512.
Public sector
State & Local Government
State agencies, counties, municipalities, and public organizations seeking practical ways to improve operations, modernize processes, and connect systems.
Commercial
Small & Mid-Sized Businesses
Organizations that need experienced technology expertise to improve efficiency, develop appropriate solutions, and set a sound direction for future investments.
Commercial
Professional Service Firms
Organizations whose operations depend on reliable processes, effective information systems, and technology that supports rather than complicates the business.
Nonprofit
Nonprofits & Underserved Organizations
Organizations that need practical solutions and experienced guidance but may not have the internal resources to address complex technology challenges on their own.
Service area
Nationwide & Regional
Federal engagements nationwide. State, local, and private-sector work focused on the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas, with opportunities throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.
How we work

Small by design, disciplined by necessity.

Novare Systems is a principal-led practice, not a staffed firm. The disciplines below are formally covered on every engagement — they describe how the work is governed, not an organization chart.

Engineering
Solution architecture and delivery
Requirements analysis, solution design, development, and integration, carried out by the principal rather than delegated.
  • Architecture and technical design
  • Development and modernization
  • Integration with existing environments
  • Testing and documentation
Delivery governance
Scope, schedule, and accountability
Structured delivery practice drawn from decades of enterprise and government service management, applied at a scale that fits smaller engagements.
  • Scope definition and change control
  • Progress reporting and escalation
  • Service management practices
  • Post-delivery review
Compliance and administration
Contract and regulatory obligations
Registration, reporting, recordkeeping, and contract administration are maintained as standing obligations, not handled reactively when a deadline arrives.
  • Federal and state registration upkeep
  • Contract administration and reporting
  • Records retention and audit trail
  • US-based data and infrastructure
Opportunity assessment
Deliberate about what we take on
Opportunities are assessed against a written framework before pursuit. Where an engagement does not fit the capability or the capacity available, we say so rather than accept it.
  • Structured bid and no-bid assessment
  • Honest scoping before commitment
  • Referral where we are not the right fit
  • Documented decision record
Government contracting

Registered, eligible, and ready to contract.

Novare Systems LLC is an Illinois small business structured for public-sector contracting at the federal, state, and local levels.

We welcome Sources Sought responses, Requests for Information, and early market research conversations.

  • US-based data & infrastructure All storage, processing, and communications remain within the United States — no offshore hosting or subcontracting.
  • Direct senior accountability Every engagement is led and delivered by the founding team — not handed off to anonymous or junior resources.
  • Confidential by default Information shared in Sources Sought responses, RFIs, and inquiries is used only for the stated purpose.
Novare Systems LLC contracting information
Legal nameNovare Systems LLC
State of organizationIllinois
Principal officeLibertyville, Illinois
Primary NAICS541511 — Custom Computer Programming Services
Secondary NAICS541512 — Computer Systems Design Services
541519 — Other Computer Related Services
Business sizeSmall business
SAM.govRegistration in progress
UEI / CAGETo be published upon assignment
Data & infrastructureUnited States
Our approach

Experienced professionals. Practical solutions. Lasting relationships.

Technology consulting should begin with understanding the organization, its challenges, and what it is actually trying to achieve.

01
First
Understand the problem
We start with the organization's real operational or technology challenge, not with a proposed solution.
02
Then
Determine what makes sense
We evaluate practical alternatives based on circumstances, priorities, the existing environment, and objectives.
03
Next
Implement what creates value
Where a solution is appropriate, we help turn the decision into a practical improvement.
04
Always
Stay focused on the long term
Technology needs evolve. Our objective is to build relationships that allow better decisions over time.

I'd rather spend an extra week understanding the real problem than a year fixing the wrong solution. That's not a slogan — it's just cheaper, for everyone, in the long run.

Claudio De Paulo · Managing Member
The people behind Novare Systems

A shared vision built on decades of experience.

The business project associated with Novare Systems emerged from the shared objectives of two senior IT professionals who have known each other for more than two decades.

They first worked together on a banking transformation project in Lisbon. They subsequently followed separate professional paths while maintaining their relationship and building complementary experience across different areas of the IT industry.

Novare Systems is the business vehicle through which this shared vision is being brought to organizations that need experienced technology expertise without the complexity of a large consulting firm.

Claudio De Paulo
Claudio De Paulo
Managing Member
Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois

Claudio brings more than three decades of international IT experience, beginning in 1990, spanning software engineering, technology consulting, systems integration, project leadership, and technology modernization. He has delivered engagements in five countries — Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, France, and the United States — with pilot and proof-of-concept work in Spain, Poland, and Colombia.

His career includes modernization and integration projects for organizations such as Editora Abril, Banco Espírito Santo, Banco Itaú, and CELG, and for Brazil's federal judiciary, Federal Police, and federal tax authority. Several of these initiatives combined web applications with IBM mainframe environments and produced significant operational improvements, including a 70% reduction in service time in a call-center modernization project and 50% in a banking application modernization.

Over nearly three decades he has run businesses of his own as a partner and founder, carrying responsibility for delivery, client relationships, and results — not technical execution alone.

He maintains an active technical practice and is currently completing a technologist degree in AI and Digital Automation.

Python FastAPI Django React TypeScript Docker CI/CD AWS LLM APIs IBM Mainframe
Carlos Lima
Carlos Lima
Strategic Advisor
Lisbon, Portugal

Carlos brings more than three decades of experience across the full IT value chain, including software engineering, solution design, project and program leadership, service delivery, mission-critical operations, business transformation, governance, and technology strategy.

His professional experience includes senior responsibility for government technology services across Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa. At Vision-Box, he managed service delivery for government accounts covering e-ID and border-control contracts, with responsibility for service performance, customer experience, operational improvement, and commercial results.

Earlier in his career, Carlos held leadership and delivery roles at organizations including Zetes, Ecoman, and Capgemini, contributing to large-scale technology projects for major Portuguese banks and to the development of Portugal's early mobile application ecosystem.

Carlos holds the ITIL Foundation certification and brings particular strength in IT service management, operational governance, continuous improvement, change management, stakeholder management, and the connection between technology and business outcomes.

IT service management Service delivery Governance ITIL Foundation Digital identity
Get in touch

Let's discuss your technology challenges.

Are you trying to modernize an administrative process, develop a solution for a specific need, connect existing systems, or establish a clearer long-term technology direction? Let's start with the problem.

Principal office
Libertyville, Illinois, USA
Available for on-site meetings in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas
Contracting
NAICS 541511 · 541512 · 541519
Small business · SAM.gov registration in progress
Service area
Federal: nationwide
State, local, and private sector: Illinois and Wisconsin
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