Sacramento · CA Small Business · CA TDDC · CMAS

Management consulting, built on affinity.

Decades of public sector delivery, transformed into AI-powered offerings.

Affinian is a management consulting firm and not just an IT vendor. We bring PMO discipline, risk and quality management, IV&V, and strategic roadmapping to the state agencies and departments that call us when the program is large, timelines are fixed, and outcomes can't slip.

Active & recent state-agency engagements
About Us

Derived from affinity and relationships.

It's our name, our core values, and our operating model. Trust earned over decades with clients, partners, and the people we hire — translated into delivery that actually moves on legislatively mandated timelines. Founded in 2018, we've delivered for 10+ California state departments with a 100% project delivery success rate.

01 / Affinity to clients

We work as an extension of your team, not a vendor.

Same faces, day one of a procurement and day 1,000 of an SDLC — building deep, lasting partnerships grounded in shared institutional knowledge.

02 / Affinity to employees

We invest in the people who deliver the work.

From supporting continuous learning and new technologies to providing stable career paths, we give all our practitioners the environment and resources they need to succeed across every engagement.

03 / Outcome-driven

Outcomes, not status reports.

Legislatively mandated work delivered on time and within budget to ensure full statutory compliance, audit readiness, and measurable outcomes.

04 / Culture of accountability

We own the outcome, not just the task.

PMP and CSM certified senior practitioners who drive critical releases, lead UAT, and take total ownership of project success.

Services

What we do for departments.

Combining deep business domain expertise with full-lifecycle technology delivery, we help departments navigate legislative mandates, align stakeholders, and modernize mission-critical systems.

Project & Program Management

End-to-end PMO services aligned to CA-PMF, CDT's PAL, SDDP, and PMBOK. By embedding structured PMO methodology and proactive risk management, we help state departments navigate complex legislative mandates without sacrificing project velocity, budget control, or statutory compliance.

PMO setup CA-PMF PAL SAFe Independent QA Waterfall Agile Hybrid

Business Analysis

Affinian uniquely combines deep public sector domain expertise with AI-assisted discovery, ensuring policy intent translates into buildable specifications faster while eliminating scope creep and rework.

Requirements elicitation Process modeling User stories & BRDs Requirements traceability Stakeholder facilitation

Quality Assurance

Independent full lifecycle test management covering manual, regression, automation, performance, and UAT. Our QA practitioners deliver rigorous test governance and defect management to protect public investments, ensure system stability, and guarantee seamless go live readiness. sector projects.

Manual Regression Automation Performance UAT

Application Development & Maintenance

Enterprise application engineering and ongoing maintenance. We deliver deep engineering capacity across Salesforce, Java, dot NET, Talend, and legacy mainframes, maintaining critical operations while accelerating cloud and system modernization.

Java .NET Talend Legacy modernization

Salesforce Engineering

Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow Builder. We have the ability to deliver solutions using Salesforce end-to-end.

Apex · LWC Flow Builder Grants module Copado

SimpliGov Configuration

Low code configuration and workflow administration on the SimpliGov platform. We build automated workflows, routed intake forms, electronic signatures, and dynamic document generation that eliminate custom engineering backlogs. As an authorized SimpliGov reseller and implementation partner, Affinian accelerates digital service delivery across state programs.

Workflow configuration Form design E-signature routing Document generation Reseller partner
Offerings

Built for the problems departments face.

Intelligent · Accelerated · Trustworthy

Combining management consulting expertise, deep domain knowledge, and full-stack technical capability, Affinian delivers AI-driven offerings tailored to state agencies and departments.

Payment Disbursement

Our Payment Disbursement offering is purpose-built for government disbursement: compliant by design, not by patch. Multi-rail payouts (ACH, prepaid card, digital, check) across UI, DI, PFL, and child-support flows; DOL/OCSE-ready reporting and audit trails; AI-assisted pre-payment fraud screening; and integration with existing state systems — no rip-and-replace.

Multi-rail disbursementDOL · OCSE reportingSB 216-readyMulti-vendor integrationSeamless integrationReal-time fraud detection

Payment Fraud Detection

Detection-first machine learning risk scoring that layers onto existing payment disbursement systems without replacing them. Pre-payment screening flags suspicious activities before funds leave the system; identity-anomaly detection scores behavioral and identity signals.

Pre-payment screeningIdentity anomaly detectionUI, DI, PFL, SDUSeamless integration

Digital Language Translation

Purpose-built for government — an automated, English-authored HTML pipeline delivering accessible services in every language, with Machine Translation (MT) - assisted translation, human review, and Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM) quality scoring. WCAG 2.1 AA, ADA, and Section 508 built in by default; plugs into existing department systems with no rework.

AB 138 compliance-readyMT + human reviewMQM scoringWCAG 2.1 AA200+ languagesGlossary managementSeamless integration

Legislative Analysis

Instantly evaluate the impact of new legislation, executive orders, or regulatory changes across your organization. Our AI solution identifies compliance gaps, resolves requirement conflicts, and delivers a clear path to remediation. Easily export verified compliance matrices that meet strict audit and oversight standards.

AI Legislative AnalysisGap IdentificationCompliance Matrix Export

SimpliGov Business Process Automation

SimpliGov delivers comprehensive business process automation through a centralized, no-code platform. It integrates web form creation, automated document generation, e-signatures, language translation, and legacy / enterprise system integration into one seamless solution. Affinian is an authorized SimpliGov partner and holds a California Software Licensing Program (SLP) contract.

Workflow automationDocument automationLanguage access servicesElectronic SignaturesAuthorized resellerImplementation partner

QA Test Preparation & Verification

Accelerate QA readiness with AI-generated test scenarios directly linked to requirements. Identify coverage gaps and deliver complete test-to-requirement traceability to prove test coverage.

QA Scenario GenerationEnd-to-End TraceabilityCoverage verification
Clients We Serve

Where we've delivered.

Trusted by leading state departments across health & human services, workforce, motor vehicles and housing programs.

California Employment Development Department

Affinian's longest-running relationship — senior PM and EBP expertise on the AB 138 / SB 497 ACH direct-deposit transition, UI/DI/PFL test automation, the myEDD UX/CX redesign, and SimpliGov-based translation of UI, DI, and PFL vital forms.

Recent: SB 1123 · AB 499 SSN Mitigation · AB 908 SDI Online · AB 397 Disqualification Notice
Project & Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisElectronic Benefit PaymentsQuality AssuranceUX/CXDigital Language Translation
California Housing & Community Development

Affinian's largest program stand-up — the CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Program, launched in 87 days: $2.5B disbursed to 300,000+ households, with Affinian providing PM, vendor management, QA, and BA. Now leading CHAAPP, a Salesforce Public Sector grants-management platform unifying HCD's housing programs, plus the CAPES replacement pilot that helped resolve a $120M HUD monitoring finding.

CHAAPP · CA COVID-19 RRP · CAPES Replacement Pilot
Project & Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisQuality AssuranceSalesforce EngineeringSalesforce Grants MgmtSalesforce Solution Architecture
Covered California

Functional and automation testing on CalHEERS, California's health-insurance eligibility and enrollment marketplace — one of the state's highest-traffic public-facing systems.

Quality Assurance
California Department of Motor Vehicles

Business analysis, development, testing, and organizational change management on the Vehicle Registration and Occupational Licensing modernization projects.

Business AnalysisQuality AssuranceOCMSalesforce Engineering
California Department of Public Health

Development, QA, business analysis, and integration/ETL engineering on the Office of AIDS and Federal Data Systems Support (FDSS) project.

Business AnalysisQuality AssuranceJava DevelopmentIntegration / ETL
California Department of Health Care Services

Project management services for California's Medicaid and health-financing agency — an initial engagement, with pipeline interest around Medi-Cal eligibility and CMS compliance reporting.

Project & Program Management
California Department of Social Services

Delivery support on CARES, the department's child welfare services platform — business analysis, Salesforce and Talend development, and legacy data conversion, layered on performance, automation, and functional testing plus OCM and training. Also a SimpliGov reseller with two active contracts: consultants staffed through Affinian, plus configuration and workflow administration on a renewal engagement.

Salesforce EngineeringQuality AssuranceTalendData ConversionSimpliGov Configuration
Contract Vehicles

Easy to contract. Easy to mobilize.

Active on the procurement vehicles that state and local agencies actually use. Certifications and licensing validated by past performance.

Contract vehicle
California TDDC MSA Tier 2
No. 5-22-70-25-012
Contract vehicle
CMAS
No. 3-23-03-1066
Certification
California Small Business
No. 2010362
California Software Licensing Program (SLP)
SimpliGov
Authorized reseller
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The direct deposit implementation would not have been possible without their hard work and talent — ushering in a new era of flexibility and security for claimants.
EDD
Project Sponsor
CA Employment Development Department
Affinian brought together program management, business analysis, and Salesforce expertise in a way that made a real difference for us. The project manager kept us on track through a number of replans, their business analysts bridged the gap between our program and technical teams, and their Salesforce expert understood our needs well enough to push back constructively when an alternate approach served us better. It's rare to find that range of capability working this well together.
HCD
Project Product Owner
California Dept. of Housing & Community Development
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