Scottsdale, AZ (Aug. 13, 2026) — Stramaglio Consulting (SC) today announced a strategic alliance with the TWAIN Working Group (TWG) to advance Workplace Asset Lifecycle Management (WALM), a platform for unified management of connected workplace assets throughout their operational lifecycles.
The alliance combines SC’s business-development network with TWG’s interoperability expertise to create a scalable framework through which imaging equipment, robotics, sensors, facility technologies, and other connected devices can exchange operational data and support coordinated service workflows.
The strategic alliance will focus on five primary areas:
- Leading the development and industry adoption of the WALM platform.
- Leveraging The Consortium and the Executive Connection Summit (ECS) to build the WALM business ecosystem and recruit technology, service, financing, and channel partners.
- Applying TWG’s technical expertise to establish interoperability between WALM and workplace assets.
- Demonstrating an interoperability-focused WALM proof of concept at TWG’s Converge event in November 2026.
- Showcasing the WALM platform and its collaboration partners at ECS 2027 in March 2027.
WALM is being developed to manage workplace assets across the full lifecycle—from planning and deployment through monitoring, maintenance, service optimization, and eventual replacement or redeployment. Its interoperability framework will normalize multi-vendor data to support predictive maintenance, automated workflows, coordinated service, and outcome-based models.
“WALM is an opportunity to connect technologies traditionally managed in separate environments,” said Mike Stramaglio, President and CEO of Stramaglio Consulting. “This alliance combines the technical foundation, industry relationships, and collaborative environment needed to advance WALM commercially.”
SC will lead business and partnership development through The Consortium and ECS, while TWG will contribute expertise in interoperability, connectivity, data capture, and integration architecture to connect diverse workplace assets to WALM.
“Interoperability is essential to unlocking the value of connected workplace assets,” said Erin Dempsey, managing director of the TWAIN Working Group. “Together, we can extend interoperable data capture into new workplace environments and enable more intelligent, efficient, and scalable service operations.”
The first milestone will be a WALM proof of concept at TWG’s Converge event in November 2026, demonstrating how data from different workplace assets can be integrated into a common WALM environment.
At ECS 2027 in March 2027, the alliance will showcase the broader WALM platform and partner ecosystem, bringing together connected assets, integration technologies, service organizations, and prospective commercial partners.
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About Stramaglio Consulting LLC
Stramaglio Consulting is a business transformation and strategic advisory firm serving the imaging, office technology, managed services, and evolving workplace-technology industries. Through its consulting activities, The Consortium, and the Executive Connection Summit, SC brings together executives, technology developers, service providers, channel partners, and investors to accelerate collaboration and create new business opportunities. Its founder, Mike Stramaglio, is a well-known and respected industry leader with more than 40 years’ experience in the office imaging technology channel.
About the TWAIN Working Group
The TWAIN Working Group is a nonprofit industry organization dedicated to developing and maintaining open standards that enable interoperability between imaging devices, robotics, and software applications. The TWAIN standard is embedded in hundreds of millions of devices and applications worldwide and is recognized as the definitive interoperability standard for document imaging. Building on that foundation, TWG’s twAIn Robotics initiative extends open standards to autonomous mobile robots and robotic systems — spanning office automation and the production print environment — establishing common frameworks for fleet interoperability, billing, and device communication. TWG members include leading hardware manufacturers, independent software vendors, systems integrators, and end-user organizations across the globe.
