Cloud Automation Strategy — Portfolio Environment
Beacon BioLogic
52 active vendors · 7 spend categories
CFO · Finance Office-0.9% vs plan
EBITDA Bridge & Run-Rate
Adjusted Baseline
$7.4M
Realized
$2.0M
Forward Locked
$1.5M
+5.4 mo EBITDA runway
- • Lab automation stack now reconciled to clinical revenue drivers.
- • Forward savings assumes tiered pricing from CRO renegotiations.
CIO / CTO ViewIn Progress · 84% rubric coverage
Architecture & Risk Posture
Zero Trust
78% of privileged identities gated
Cloud Commit Coverage
79% of research workloads on reserved capacity
Automation Health
Automation telemetry at 76% coverage
Incidents
1 moderate GMP incident resolved in 48h
- • Complete CFR Part 11 validation for analytics add-ons.
- • Back-port utilization data from legacy ELN tools.
- • Publish data-retention guardrails for CRO partners.
Annual Spend Overview
Beacon BioLogic currently manages $7.40M across 7 spend categories. The mix below highlights where the largest optimization opportunities exist today.
Clinical Platforms
$1,600K
21.6% of total portfolio spend
R&D Informatics
$1,200K
16.2% of total portfolio spend
Cloud Infrastructure
$1,100K
14.9% of total portfolio spend
Spend by Category
Delivery Roadmap
How Beacon BioLogic Progresses Through CASt Phases
Phase 0
Setup
- •Agree on baseline methodology and taxonomy
- •Ingest contracts, invoices, and portal credentials
- •Publish first renewal map grouped by 90/180/365 days
Phase 1
Baseline & Pipeline
- •Publish Adjusted Baseline with Finance validation
- •Stand up renewal review cadence and scorecard
- •Launch decision log with architecture sign-off
Phase 2
Execute Quick Wins
- •Retire duplicates with billing-stop evidence
- •Negotiate in-flight renewals using utilization data
- •Align license tiers to active roles
Phase 3
Strategic Resets
- •Consolidate to anchor platforms
- •Plan migrations that shift next-year run rate
- •Document architecture rubric per platform
Phase 4
Sustain
- •Transition to managed service posture
- •Refresh ownership and renewal map quarterly
- •Report realized vs forward savings transparently