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Practical technology solutions

Enterprise expertise.
Local commitment.
Lasting trust.

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

Primary markets
Federal agencies · State government
Small business set-asides
NAICS 541511 541512
Established
2026
Illinois LLC
Delivery
Senior-led
The person you meet does the work
Also serving
Local government & private sector
Nationwide, remote · on-site in Chicago & Milwaukee
30+
Years of senior IT experience
8
Countries worked in
6
Industry sectors served
The problem we solve

Technology challenges should have practical solutions.

Many organizations face technology environments that have become difficult to manage over time. Administrative processes may still depend heavily on manual work. Different systems may not communicate effectively. Technology investments may be made without a clear long-term direction. Internal IT teams may be stretched, or organizations may simply lack access to experienced technology leadership.

At the same time, modernization often needs to happen without unnecessary disruption or the cost of replacing everything that already works. Novare Systems helps organizations address these challenges with practical, sustainable solutions designed around their actual needs — not around technology for its own sake.

Services

What we help our clients achieve.

Our service portfolio focuses on four areas where practical technology improvements can 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, and modernize solutions tailored to your processes.
  • Requirements analysis and solution design
  • Web application development
  • Modernization of existing applications
  • Evolution of delivered solutions under a defined scope
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
IT Strategy & Governance
Create a clear technology direction. Technology decisions should form part of a coherent long-term direction rather than being made one issue at a time. We deliver defined strategic work, with an optional annual review.
  • IT strategy and technology roadmaps
  • Technology investment planning
  • Architecture and solution reviews
  • Technology and decision governance
Strategy Roadmapping Governance
Getting started · Technology Assessment

A clear view before any commitment. A fixed-scope engagement with a defined deliverable: an assessment of your current technology environment and a prioritized set of recommendations.

It is the natural first step — small, focused, and useful on its own.

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Why Novare Systems

Enterprise experience. Practical approach. Direct involvement.

Novare Systems brings together the discipline and experience 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 delivery at federal level in Brazil, with state-level pilot projects, rounds out the record.
More than two 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
The person who understands your problem is the person accountable for solving it — from the first conversation through delivery.
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
Agencies seeking custom development, systems integration, and IT strategy, 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, connect systems, and make better technology decisions.
Commercial
Small & Mid-Sized Businesses
Organizations that need experienced technology expertise to improve efficiency, develop appropriate solutions, and establish a sound direction for future technology 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 & Other Underserved Organizations
Organizations that need practical technology 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 anywhere in the United States, delivered remotely, with on-site presence in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas.
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
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 registered for public-sector contracting at the federal and state levels.

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

  • Direct senior accountability Every engagement is led and delivered by the Managing Member, who stays accountable for it from the first conversation to the final deliverable.
  • 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
PSCDA01
Business sizeSmall business
Socioeconomic statusNone claimed
SAM.gov UEIHK8LY1HT4QT6
CAGE25QY6
State of IllinoisRegistered in the Illinois Procurement Gateway
BidBuy vendor # V00050610
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 the client's circumstances, priorities, 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.

Understand what the client really needs. Deliver the best their budget allows. Custom should mean built for the problem — not a generic product with a few tweaks.

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 projects 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, CELG, and 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.

For more than two decades he ran 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 in Python (FastAPI, Django), JavaScript/TypeScript and React, containerized deployment, CI/CD pipeline design, AWS, and the integration of LLM APIs into business applications. He 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 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.

He brings particular strength in IT service management, operational governance, change management, stakeholder management, technology transformation, and the connection between technology and business outcomes.

IT service management Service delivery Governance 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 business need, connect existing systems, or establish a clearer long-term technology direction? Let's start with the problem and explore what makes sense for your organization.

Principal office
Libertyville, Illinois, USA
Available for on-site meetings in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas
Contracting
NAICS 541511 · 541512
Small business · SAM.gov UEI HK8LY1HT4QT6 · CAGE 25QY6
Service area
Federal: nationwide
State, local, and private sector: anywhere in the US, delivered remotely
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