For many business leaders, technology is a necessary burden—something that’s always breaking, outdated, or just barely holding things together. Monica Swanson sees it differently. As the founder of MonRoe Business Solutions, she helps mid-sized companies reframe IT as a strategic enabler of growth—not just a cost center or operational headache.
With more than three decades of experience in global companies like Cargill and Thomson Reuters, Monica brings deep knowledge and executive insight to the organizations she serves. After years in corporate IT and business leadership roles, she launched MonRoe Business Solutions to better manage both her personal priorities and professional expertise while serving a business community she felt was under-supported.
From Global Roles to Local Impact
She explains that as mid-sized businesses are focused on their core products and services, often their business technology tends to lag behind. That’s where she steps in to strip the fear out of tech and replace it with clarity —aligning technology with a company’s growth goals to save time and money, and reduce long-term risk.
Monica offers fractional IT leadership and technology consulting services—helping companies assess their systems, design scalable strategies, and guide execution with the bigger picture in mind. Her services include:
IT Solutions That Fit the Business
Rather than pushing trendy software or complex solutions, Monica is focused on helping companies
figure out what works best for them. That means recommending the right tools and support models, building roadmaps, and ensuring everything aligns with their future business goals. She knows from experience that the best IT strategies are right-sized—not overbuilt or under-supported.
To help business leaders understand her approach, Monica often uses a party planner analogy. Planning a party involves deciding on the venue, food, guest list and decorations—along with deciding what to handle yourself and where to bring in help. Similarly, building custom business technology systems involves choosing the right mix of tools, vendors, and internal processes. Leaders can do it all themselves—but they risk ending up with mediocre solutions and stretched too thin. Monica steps in to ask the right questions, coordinate the details, and ensure the final outcome supports the company’s broader vision.
Building Capacity, Not Dependency
While Monica can assist with the hands-on execution, her focus is always long-term sustainability. She works closely with clients to ensure clear ownership of their systems, upskilling internal teams or supporting the hiring of future IT leadership. With a background in global enterprise, she simplifies complex systems and is careful to avoid overbuilding. It’s all about helping clients get what they need—without paying for what they don’t.
One of her most practical tools is the free IT Health Check, a simple self-assessment business owners can use to evaluate the current state of their tech infrastructure. It includes questions about scalability, security risks, and more—all designed to uncover pain points and future-proof their systems.
A Partner in Business Growth
Throughout every engagement, Monica’s focus remains on making IT approachable, effective, and aligned with the business. She understands that no one starts a business because they want to manage technology—but with the right strategy, it can become one of their most powerful assets to save time and money. That’s why her clients appreciate her collaborative, jargon-free approach and her ability to translate IT complexity into clear, actionable guidance.
If your business is growing and your systems are holding you back, MonRoe Business Solutions offers a way forward—with expertise that’s scalable, strategy-focused, and built to empower.
Learn more at www.monroebusinesssolutions.com
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