- AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner
- Established 1999
Private Equity Value Creation Through Technology
Senior engineers who assess a target's technology before close, then do the work after it: a 100-day plan, modernization, AI, and rescuing stalled projects across the hold period.
From diligence through exit
- DiligenceCode, security, cost to fixDone
- First 100 daysFixes from the findingsDone
- Value creationModernization and AIUnder way
- Exit readinessNext
SAME SENIOR ENGINEERS
Portfolio company
Running throughout
Technology for Private Equity Firms
JBS Dev helps private equity firms and their portfolio companies with technology across the hold period: technology due diligence before close, a 100-day plan from the findings, and the modernization and AI work that follows.
JBS Dev has worked with 12 portfolio companies of one mid-market PE firm. The senior engineers who run the diligence can also do the work after close, so portfolio company value creation starts from what the review found, and nothing gets lost between the report and the fix.
Where most engagements start
Many engagements begin with a Quick Launch Lab assessment, free for qualifying organizations. We review your systems and workflows, then recommend where to start, including what to leave alone.
WHAT WE HEAR
The Problems Private Equity Firms Bring Us
Private equity firms usually come to us with technology risk they can't see in a data room, 100-day plans that need engineering capacity, and pressure to show progress on AI before exit. Private equity value creation depends on knowing which technology work will pay back within the hold period.
Risk hidden in the target
A target's code, security, and technical debt don't show up in a management presentation, yet they decide what the technology will cost after close.
Findings with no one to fix them
A diligence report lists the problems, then the deal team has to find another firm to do the work, and context gets lost between the report and the fix.
AI pressure across the portfolio
Boards want progress on AI at every portfolio company, but not every use case will pay for itself within the hold period.
A critical project that stalled
A portfolio company's key software project is late or failing, and the value creation plan depends on it.
OUR APPROACH
Diligence That Turns Into the Work
We read the code, not just the slide deck, and the engineers who assess a target can stay to do the work. Every finding comes with the cost to fix it, so it can shape the price, the deal terms, and the first 100 days. Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, and nearshore support is an option for ongoing work.
Checklist diligence
- Interviews instead of code review
- Findings with no cost attached
- A report handed to another vendor
- No plan for the first 100 days
Engineers who can do the work
Senior engineers read the code
Senior engineers and technical leaders read the code and make architecture, integration, and security decisions directly.
A cost on every finding
Every finding comes with a recommendation, the level of effort to fix it, and a cost estimate, so the deal team can weigh it against the price and the 100-day plan.
From report to 100-day plan
Because the engineers who ran the diligence can also do the work, the findings turn directly into a 100-day plan for the private equity owner.
The company owns what we build
We don't sell licenses or platforms. The portfolio company owns everything we build.
WHAT WE DO
Technology Services for Private Equity Firms
We support private equity firms and their portfolio companies at each stage of the hold period, from diligence before close to modernization, data, and AI after it.
Technology Due Diligence
Assesses a target's code, architecture, security, and team before close, with the cost to fix what it finds.
AI Readiness Assessment
Checks data, systems, and goals, then ranks the AI use cases worth building first.
Legacy Application Modernization
Updates aging applications in stages so they keep supporting the business, without a risky full rewrite.
Software Project Rescue
Takes over a stalled or failing software project, finds what went wrong, and gets it back on track.
Data Warehouse & Data Platforms
Brings data from many systems into one trusted source for reporting, analytics, and AI.
AI Agent Development
Builds AI agents that carry out multi-step work across systems, with people approving the actions that matter.
HOW IT WORKS
How a Hold Period Engagement Runs
STEP 1
Scope call
We align on the investment thesis, the systems in scope, and the deal timeline.
STEP 2
Diligence
Senior engineers assess the code, architecture, security, infrastructure, and team, with a cost to fix each finding.
STEP 3
Readout
We walk the deal team through the findings and the written report.
STEP 4
100-day plan
The findings become a 100-day plan, and the same engineers can lead the fixes.
STEP 5
Value creation
Modernization, AI, and project rescue across the rest of the hold period.
AI IN PRIVATE EQUITY
AI in Private Equity: Where It Works Today
AI in private equity creates value at the portfolio company, where it can take manual work out of a process, speed up reporting, or make old systems easier to change. The test for every AI for private equity investment is the same: will it pay for itself within the hold period, and how soon?
Each pattern below keeps a person in the loop for the decisions that matter.
01 · LEGACY CODE
Reading an aging codebase before it changes
Old systems hold years of business rules that nobody wrote down. AI coding tools surface the rules in the code, our engineers review them with the company's team, and the system is modernized in stages so old and new run side by side until results match.
Task
Understand an aging codebase after close
AI
AI coding tools surface the business rules
Person reviews
Engineers review the rules with the company's team
Outcome
Modernization without losing years of business rules
02 · DOCUMENT CHECKS
Checking invoices against contracts
Automated invoice processing can run on the BI or integration jobs a portfolio company already has. The job pulls each invoice, finds the contract, and asks a language model whether price and terms match. Confident matches clear, and anything uncertain waits for a person.
Task
Match each invoice to its contract terms
AI
A language model added to an existing BI job
Person reviews
Finance decides anything uncertain
Outcome
Confident matches clear, and exceptions wait for a person
03 · ASK THE DATA
Answering questions from company data
Instead of waiting days for a report, leaders ask questions in plain English. An AI agent writes the queries, runs the analysis in a sandbox instead of the production data warehouse, and returns results a person checks before acting.
Task
Answer leadership's questions from company data
AI
An AI agent writes and runs the queries in a sandbox
Person reviews
Leaders check the results before acting
Outcome
Answers without a week-long report request
Compare AI opportunities across the portfolio
Not every AI idea pays back within the hold period. An AI readiness assessment applies the same test to every use case: will it pay for itself, and how soon? That makes opportunities comparable across portfolio companies, so the firm can fund the ones that return value fastest.
PROOF
Results for Private Equity
JBS Dev has worked with 12 portfolio companies of one mid-market PE firm.
$1M+
Cut from annual cloud costs
Automotive
Generative AI Photo Pipeline for a Used-Car Retailer
Challenge: Vehicle photo capture was inefficient, costly to maintain, and hard to scale.
Result: A GenAI pipeline on Kubernetes automates plate blurring, cropping, and background edits, and cut annual cloud costs by over $1 million.
Read Case Study100+
Jobs moved to Azure in 213 days
Restaurants
Integration Platform Migration for a Top Worldwide Restaurant Chain
Challenge: A costly, unreliable proprietary workflow platform was nearing contract expiration.
Result: More than 100 jobs moved to VisualCron, SSIS, and .NET Azure APIs in 213 days, with estimated annual savings in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read Case Study400%
Traffic increase absorbed, no outages
E-commerce
Serverless Ecommerce for Wine Access
Challenge: Wine Access ran its site on costly self-hosted servers from the 1990s.
Result: A move to AWS Lambda and Amazon Aurora absorbed a 400% traffic increase with no outages and cut database costs by about 50%.
Read Case Study"JBS feels more like an extension of our internal team than a traditional vendor relationship."
Senior IT Leader, AmeriVet Partners
BEFORE AND AFTER CLOSE
From Diligence to the 100-Day Plan
Because the engineers who ran the diligence can also do the work, the findings turn directly into a 100-day plan for the private equity owner. After close, that work can include legacy application modernization, an AI readiness assessment to find value creation opportunities, or Software Project Rescue when a critical project has stalled. Nothing gets lost between the report and the fix.
Explore Technology Due DiligenceBEFORE CLOSE
Diligence findings
Risk and cost to fix
100-day plan
For the private equity owner
AFTER CLOSE
Legacy modernization
AI readiness assessment
Software Project Rescue
ENGAGEMENT MODELS
Ways to Work With Us
There are three ways to work with us: an assessment, a defined project, or ongoing teaming and managed delivery. Most engagements start with the assessment, so the plan is settled before anyone touches a production system.
Read more about the ways to work with us.
Assessment & Strategy
For companies that need clarity before committing to a build.
Start here if you're not sure what to change first. We review your systems and workflows, weigh difficulty against business impact, and recommend where to start, including what to leave alone. You get a roadmap you can act on with us or on your own. Many engagements begin with a Quick Launch Lab assessment, free for qualifying organizations.
- Technical assessment
- Architecture review
- AI opportunity mapping
- Modernization roadmap
- Prioritized recommendations
Best when: You need to understand the opportunity, risk, architecture, or roadmap before investing in a larger build.
Projects
For companies ready to build or modernize a defined system.
For a defined scope, senior engineers lead delivery from architecture through release. We work in stages around the systems you already run, write tests for core components, and ship through CI/CD so progress is visible early. You own everything we build, with knowledge transfer and documentation tailored to your team.
- Modernization projects
- Custom applications
- Cloud platforms
- Data systems
- Integrations
- AI agents
Best when: You have a clear business problem, workflow, or platform that needs to be built, modernized, or connected.
Teaming / Managed Delivery
For companies that need experienced delivery capacity.
When you need more than a single project, services we can provide include architectural guidance for your existing team, hands-on development, QA, and ongoing support for the systems we build or modernize. Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, and nearshore support is an option for ongoing work.
- Senior-led teams
- Embedded engineering
- Ongoing development
- Knowledge transfer
- Flexible support
Best when: You need reliable engineering capacity, technical leadership, or ongoing delivery support without adding unnecessary management overhead.
WHO YOU WORK WITH
Senior Engineers Who Know Private Equity
Engagements are led by senior engineers and technical leaders, and the people you meet in the first call do the work.
Joe Rose
President
An engineer by training, Joe has spent two decades building and leading software teams and has led JBS Dev since 2021. Before that, he ran project delivery across JBS engagements as Vice President of Delivery.
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Doug Parker
Senior VP of Sales & Marketing
Doug has spent more than two decades at JBS Dev, starting as a developer. As Senior Vice President of Delivery, he set the delivery standards used across JBS Dev engagements. He holds PMP, CSM, and PMI-ACP certifications.
Read Doug's bioWHY JBS DEV
How to Choose a Technology Partner for Private Equity
Whether you need technology diligence or AI consulting for private equity portfolio companies, these five questions separate a partner who can do the work from one who only writes the report.
- Will senior engineers read the code, or will juniors fill out a checklist?
- Senior engineers read the code. Engagements are led by senior engineers and technical leaders who can make architecture, integration, and security decisions directly. Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, with nearshore support available for ongoing work.
- Can they quantify the cost to fix what they find?
- Yes. Every finding comes with a recommendation, the level of effort to fix it, and a cost estimate, so the deal team can weigh it against the price and the 100-day plan.
- Can they move at deal speed?
- Yes. We scope the tech due diligence to your deal timeline on the first call, and senior engineers make decisions directly, with fewer handoffs. If the timeline can't support the depth you need, we'll tell you before we start.
- Can they do the work after close?
- Yes. The engineers who ran the diligence can lead the fixes, from modernization to AI to rescuing a stalled project, so nothing is lost between the report and the work.
- Do you build AI tools for private equity firms or for portfolio companies?
- The value usually sits at the portfolio company, so that's where we start. An AI readiness assessment ranks each company's use cases by payback, and we build the ones worth building, with people approving the actions that matter.
JBS Dev is a senior-led software development company, founded in 1999, that assesses, modernizes, and builds technology for private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
FAQ
Private Equity Value Creation FAQs
What does private equity value creation through technology include?
Private equity value creation through technology covers the work that raises a portfolio company's value during the hold period: technology due diligence before close, a 100-day plan from the findings, modernization of aging systems, data platforms for reporting, and AI use cases that pay back in time. The same senior engineers can carry the work from diligence to delivery.
Where does private equity AI pay off?
At the portfolio company, on work that repeats and has a cost you can measure: document handling, support tickets, reporting, and finding answers in company data. AI agents for private equity portfolio companies work best with a person approving the actions that matter, and every use case should pass one test: will it pay for itself within the hold period, and how soon?
Can you help the portfolio company after close?
Yes. The same senior engineers who ran the diligence can turn the findings into a 100-day plan and do the work: legacy application modernization, AI readiness and value creation, or Software Project Rescue for a stalled project.
What does exit readiness mean for technology?
Exit readiness means the technology will hold up when a buyer runs its own diligence. Buyers review code quality, technical debt, security, infrastructure and cloud cost, and the team, and problems found late can affect the price or the terms. Fixing or documenting those issues during the hold period leaves fewer surprises at sale.
How long does technology due diligence take?
It depends on scope and access, and we set the schedule on the scope call to fit your deal timeline. A single product with ready access to code and people moves faster than several systems or a target slow to share documentation. We'll tell you up front if the timeline limits how deep we can go.
How does an engagement with JBS Dev start?
Most engagements start with a short scope call. While a deal is in progress, technology due diligence comes first. After close, many begin with an AI readiness assessment or a Quick Launch Lab assessment, free for qualifying organizations, with no obligation to continue.
