From contract redlines to organizational transformation, Cashell Consulting Group brings the right level of expertise to every engagement, from hands-on contract work to executive leadership.
Whether you need hands-on contract work, executive-level leadership, or both, we scale our engagement to fit your needs, your team, and your stage of growth.
We draft, review, and negotiate contracts that protect your position, ensuring favorable terms, clear obligations, and enforceable rights before you sign. From routine agreements to complex multi-party arrangements.
Systematic contract risk reviews that identify red flags, non-standard terms, and compliance gaps, before they become costly problems. We speak both commercial and government contract language.
Day-to-day contract management including change order management, deliverables tracking, invoice review, and proactive issue resolution throughout the contract lifecycle.
Protect your proprietary information and competitive standing with well-structured NDAs and teaming agreements designed for both commercial and government contracting environments.
GovCon SpecializedNeed senior contracts leadership without a full-time executive? We embed as your Fractional VP or Contracts Director, providing strategic direction, team leadership, and organizational transformation on a flexible engagement model.
Executive AdvisoryComprehensive prime-to-sub and sub-to-prime subcontract management, with flow-down compliance, milestone tracking, and dispute prevention built in from the start.
GovCon SpecializedWe build a documented set of your negotiating positions, redlines, and risk standards, a clear structured reference guide your team can follow to review contracts consistently, whether used manually or as the foundation for AI-assisted review.
Consulting DeliverableFor clients who want to leverage AI in their contract review process, we configure and guide AI tools using contract expertise and best practices, delivering faster, more consistent results backed by professional judgment.
Technology EnabledYour Playbook defines your standards. AI-Assisted Review puts them into action at speed. Together they create a consistent, scalable contract review system grounded in your institutional knowledge, not generic AI output. Each service also stands on its own.
Government contracting operates under a distinct and demanding regulatory framework. The consequences of FAR/DFARS non-compliance extend far beyond a single contract — they can jeopardize your clearance, your past performance record, and your ability to compete.
Cashell Consulting Group brings specialized GovCon contract management expertise earned across decades of work within major defense and federal contracting organizations, the kind of experience most commercial consulting firms simply don't have.
We navigate the full spectrum of government contracting regulations so your team doesn't have to:
A contract playbook is a documented reference guide that captures your organization's negotiating positions, redlines, and risk standards, written clearly enough that anyone reviewing a contract knows exactly what to accept, what to push back on, and what to flag. It can be used by your team on its own, or as the foundation for AI-assisted review.
Your playbook will:
AI tools can read contracts fast. But raw AI output without expert guidance misses context, misreads risk, and carries no accountability when something goes wrong. Our AI-Assisted Review service combines the speed of AI tools with the professional judgment of an experienced contract professional, configured using contract best practices.
What you get:
We bring structure to every engagement, so you always know where things stand and what comes next.
We learn your business, contract volume, risk profile, and most pressing needs in a focused 20-minute conversation.
We define exactly what we'll do, how long it will take, and what success looks like, no ambiguity, no surprises.
We execute with precision, keeping you informed and in control at every milestone throughout the engagement.
We document, close, and debrief, capturing lessons learned and strengthening your position going forward.
Jeff Cashell, MBA
Founder, Cashell Consulting Group"Every contract is a commitment. We make sure yours protects you."
Jeff Cashell is the founder of Cashell Consulting Group and a contract management professional with over 27 years of experience across Technology, Defense, Aerospace, and Health industries. What sets Jeff apart is the rare combination of technical contract depth and executive leadership experience, he has done the hands-on work of drafting, negotiating, and redlining contracts, and has led the organizations responsible for doing it at scale.
Over the course of his career, Jeff has worked across virtually every type of contract situation, from complex multi-party government agreements to fast-moving commercial deals, from routine NDAs to enterprise-wide compliance overhauls. He has served in individual contributor roles where the details of every clause mattered, and in VP-level executive roles where he was accountable for transforming entire contract and procurement functions, leading teams, driving out costs, and building the processes that make contracting organizations run well.
Jeff's GovCon experience runs deep. He has spent years working within the frameworks of FAR, DFARS, and major defense agency requirements, navigating DCAA audits, business system reviews, subcontract structures, and the compliance demands that come with prime and sub relationships at every tier. He brings that firsthand regulatory fluency to every client engagement.
Today, clients work with Jeff directly. Whether the need is a single contract review, ongoing contract administration, a custom-built playbook, or a fractional leadership engagement to build and lead a contracts team, they get the same thing: someone who has seen it, done it, and can be trusted to get it right.
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