Coherent Solutions Named the Twin Cities' Largest IT Consulting Firm, Signals a Market Shift From Hours to Outcomes

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 15, 2026--

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal ranks Coherent Solutions first on its list of the Largest IT Consulting Firms in the Twin Cities. The ranking comes as the firm reshapes how it builds software, pointing to a shift toward value measured by outcomes at the top of the region's technology market.

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Coherent produced the metro's largest billed output delivered through a network of development centers worldwide. Coherent's edge is engineering judgment, where its designers and engineers steer the AI systems that produce software for clients, choosing what to build and how, and verifying the outcome.

The traditional way software gets built is changing, as AI agents now take on routine production work and engineers direct the decisions above it and concentrate on increasingly complex workstreams.

"Our success comes from delivering what clients truly need rather than buying into hype," says Igor Epshteyn, CEO of Coherent Solutions. "The market is changing underneath everyone in it. What a client buys now is strategic judgment and the real value it creates."

"How you deliver client value gets measured differently now," says Tom Stallings, Chief Revenue Officer at Coherent Solutions. "With an AI-enabled tech stack, we fundamentally benchmark against whether our work shipped to production and got there faster than before."

As Coherent tops the list, it continues to introduce meaningful changes to how it executes in the age of AI. The firm's frameworks, Continuous Delivery Loop for AI-native delivery and Digital Value Creation framework for tying digital investments to business outcomes, turn that approach into results clients can measure.

About Coherent Solutions

Coherent Solutions is a global digital solutions engineering firm founded in 1995. With teams in 10 development centers across Europe and Latin America, the firm brings 30 years of technology expertise and industry knowledge to deliver tailored digital solutions. Partnering with high-growth scale-ups and ambitious global brands, Coherent Solutions is recognized for its commitment to quality, transparency, and innovation.

About Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is a premier source of local business news, offering in-depth coverage across various industries, including healthcare, real estate, and technology. Targeting business leaders and decision-makers, the Journal provides essential insights into market trends and opportunities, helping businesses stay ahead of the curve.

Coherent Solutions is the largest IT consulting firm in the Twin Cities

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms, saying justices who opposed him were “not the people I interviewed.”

The Trump administration had made a last-minute push to have the U.S. Postal Service play a central role in deciding who would be able to receive a mail ballot. But state election officials argued there was not enough time to make the changes for the Nov. 3 midterm elections — and said their systems were already secure and accurate.

The court ruled late Monday in an emergency order that the restrictions would likely lose in court, at least for this year’s election.

“The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History,” Trump wrote in a lengthy social media post Tuesday. “This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years.”

Justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh were all nominated by Trump in his first term but ruled against him in Monday’s decision.

“These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves,” Trump said, continuing that the court "is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings that are of such magnitude that it won’t be easily possible for our Country to recover or heal.”

Trump has opposed mail voting and falsely blamed it for his 2020 election loss. A report by the Brookings Institution published in 2025 found that mail voting fraud occurred in only about four cases out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.

Roughly a third of voters use mail ballots, and mail voting has already begun in some states. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years.

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to his limousine upon his arrival at the Ellipse just outside of the White House, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)