"We don't just advise. We've built it, broken it, fixed it, scaled it, and done it again."
The Phazed Catalyst Collective is a veteran-owned fractional executive consulting firm founded by Casey Howe and Chase Howe. We bring a rare combination: deep operational mastery in enterprise PEO and HCM transformation paired with the precision and rigor of complex systems engineering and global training deployment.
Casey built her expertise seat by seat over fifteen years in the PEO and HCM industry. Chase forged his on two parallel tracks: U.S. Army National Guard Aviation in Unmanned Systems, and a commercial aerospace systems engineering career running requirements, integrations, and global deployments. Neither of them learned this in a classroom. Both of them lived it.
We don't write reports and leave. We get in it with you — working alongside your teams, not above them. No blueprint. No shortcuts. Just the kind of expertise that can only come from having already done it.
From enterprise PEO buildouts to UKG Ready architecture to systems engineering rescues — every engagement is run by someone who has already done it under fire.
PEO operational model design, UKG Ready architecture, payroll tax operations, MasterTax, and the team and infrastructure to run all of it at scale.
See capabilities →Integrated solution architecture, MBSE, complex systems integration, and zero-defect validation pulled directly from military aviation discipline.
See capabilities →New departments built from the ground up, failing teams rescued and restructured, hiring frameworks, and the cross-departmental workflows that hold it all together.
See capabilities →Casey created entire teams — UKG Ready Solutions, Technology & Integrations, Payroll Operations — from scratch. Chase built training pipelines and standardization frameworks across global deployments. Neither of us waits for someone else to see the gap first.
Casey rebuilt a payroll tax department in crisis after fraud — no documentation, no budget — without missing a single filing deadline. Chase has been the technical bridge during failing integrations internal teams couldn't resolve. We walk into chaos and build order.
Chase's background spans U.S. Army National Guard Aviation, specifically Unmanned Systems, plus a parallel career in aerospace systems engineering. Both demanded zero-ambiguity execution most corporate environments never produce. Applied to PEO and HCM, that standard is a differentiator clients feel immediately.
When enterprise software wasn't in the budget, Casey built a complete interdepartmental operations system in Smartsheet — replacing thousands of daily emails with structured automated workflows. Constraints don't stop us. They focus us.
Every engagement begins with a discovery call. We learn your business, your gaps, your goals — no assumptions, no obligations.
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