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The product team behind high-performing investments

We help organizations validate what's worth building, design what it should be, and launch it faster than they could alone

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Crema brings product thinking to your most critical decisions

Most organizations come to us with deep expertise in their industry, but product thinking isn't always their native discipline. And at a certain point - under new pressure, new expectations, or a shifting competitive landscape - the cracks in technology, process, and team alignment become impossible to ignore.

We've come alongside teams as a trusted partner to overcome significant hurdles on the road to modernization, AI integration, digital transformation, or acquisition.

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While the technology landscape is constantly changing, our experience enables us to proceed with confidence and speed.

0+ Years in business
With nearly two decades of learnings and much of founding staff remaining, we've built up the context required to deliver the best results possible.

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The most fruitful engagements require natural synergy and focus. This means we're highly selective about who we work with.

Product Strategy

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Knowing what to do next is easier said than done. We guide our clients to imagine prioritize, and decide what's next.

Product Experience

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This is where we live day in and day out. We design and build digital products that close the gap between vision and value. From first concept through launch and beyond.

Product Practice

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Product teams rarely fail because of talent. They fail when clarity, accountability, and momentum break down. We help fix the system, not just the symptoms.

How we help

Unlike other consultancies, we often run the full length of the marathon with clients. Starting with exploration and research, through to designing and building technology that delivers the intended impact.

Product Strategy

Product Experience

Product Practice

Need to enhance your existing team?

Our product experts move fast and play well with others. Perfect for lean teams striving to move their audacious software initiatives across the finish line. We make the eventual handoff as seamless as possible.

Our most common engagements to start

Calling on external support can feel daunting. Where do you begin? The majority of our collaborative partnerships begin with one of these tried-and-true offerings.

“They're good at a lot of things, but they're particularly good at one thing, which is taking an idea that somebody has, helping make it less nebulous, and putting together a path towards making that a reality. And then making sure that it looks really fantastic, is really easy to use, and clients love it.”
Francisco Donoso, Chief Technology Officer at Lodestone

Outcomes

While most do, not all of our engagements result in a product build. Sometimes we find the answer isn't building software at all. Every business enters with unique needs and goals to be met.

Existing product renovations

Custom web or mobile products

Transformed product teams

Simply put

We shape
build
coach
accelerate
high-performing
strategies
products
teams
investments
* Crema is not a marketing agency or graphic design studio

Case studies

Common questions about working with Crema

What is Crema?

Crema is a design & technology consultancy that helps organizations evaluate product potential, reduce risk, and build digital products that increase value. Based in Kansas City with team members across the U.S., we've been working at the intersection of product strategy, design, and engineering since 2009.

What are Crema's three main service pillars?

Crema's work falls into three areas: Strategy, Experience, and Practice. Product strategy focuses teams on decisions that strengthen their advantage in the market. Product experience is designing and building technology that amplifies an organization's capability. Product practice strengthens the foundations of a product organization to work at the highest level possible. Most engagements touch more than one pillar.

Do we work with organizations that already have internal product or technology teams?

Almost always! Crema fits and flexes alongside existing teams, though we don't view our offering as staff augmentation. We're not a replacement for internal capability, instead we're an accelerant. Our role is to bring outside perspective, specialist depth, and proven process to the moments where internal teams are stretched, uncertain, or building something genuinely new. We're often complimented on how well we play with others.

What does it mean that all work is delivered as client IP?

Every design, codebase, and system Crema builds belongs entirely to the client — not to Crema. There are no licensing fees, no lock-in, no proprietary platforms you're dependent on after an engagement ends. What we build, you own. That's always been how we operate.

Can we help a company that has recently undergone a change in ownership, leadership, or strategic direction?

Yes. That's often the moment organizations need us most. New ownership or leadership tends to surface the questions that were too hard to ask before: whether the technology can scale, whether the team can execute at the next level, and whether the product roadmap actually reflects where the business needs to go. Crema has been the trusted partner for organizations navigating exactly these transitions.

A Crema engagement is a partnership between your team and ours.

Get in touch to learn more about our services. We'd love to hear about your project.