About
About Anabasis
An independent advisory firm serving organizations across Wisconsin, focused on helping organizations advance steadily toward their goals.
Our mission & vision
Our mission
To provide each client with the human and intellectual capital necessary to move them to the next level in a timely and efficient manner. We respond with personal, dedicated service, focusing on emerging needs so the leadership can focus on the organization's success.
Our vision
Clients see us as invaluable—until the growth we enable means they no longer need us.
Advance Relentlessly
The name
Anabasis comes from Greek and means an advance, a march upcountry, from the coast inland. It is best known as the title of Xenophon's account of a long, difficult journey completed through discipline and persistence. Our tagline, Advance Relentlessly, carries the same idea into the work we do with clients: steady, deliberate progress toward a clear objective.
About Jamie Preder
Jamie Preder founded Anabasis-LLC to put decades of operations, process improvement, and strategic planning experience to work for small businesses and startups, filling the roles they need but can't yet staff, such as strategist, process improver, and financial systems advisor, so they can plan with purpose, manage by fact, and continue improving.
Jamie's career began in the civilian sector as a production supervisor and logistics manager, where Jamie also earned a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. After moving to full-time service with the Wisconsin Army National Guard, Jamie brought those lean skills into every assignment.
Jamie was part of the National Guard Performance Excellence program, which is built on the Baldrige Excellence Framework, and served as an examiner, team lead, and senior review board member. As Senior Operations NCO in the Strategies, Plans, and Policies office, Jamie facilitated the creation and management of the Wisconsin Army National Guard Strategic Plan and deployed the Strategic Management System (SMS), a tool for managing strategy. Other states then asked for Jamie's help building and managing their own plans, and Jamie helped deploy SMS and train teams in other state Army National Guards.
Today, Jamie brings the same mix of strategy, process discipline, and practical follow-through to every Anabasis client.
What guides our work
- Clarity first. Decisions are only as good as the information behind them, so we start with accurate data and plain language.
- Systems thinking. Finances, strategy, operations, and customers are connected. We look at how they work together.
- Progress over perfection. A focused plan that gets used beats a perfect one that sits on a shelf.
- Continuous improvement. Every cycle of planning and review should leave the organization a little stronger.
Affiliations
- Member, Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)
Anabasis LLC serves organizations across Wisconsin.
Get in touch to talk about where your organization is headed.