Lean TECHniques Achieves Select Partner Status in the Claude Partner Network
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Iowa-based consultancy recognized for delivering Claude solutions for clients and helping engineering and product teams move to agentic-first ways of working
Lean TECHniques has achieved Select partner status in the Claude Partner Network. The recognition reflects Lean TECHniques’ commitment to delivering its capabilities alongside leading technology providers, so clients get better access to the expertise, resources, and support behind the platforms they rely on.
Select status recognizes Lean TECHniques for building a deep bench of Claude-certified practitioners, delivering proven use cases for clients on Claude and proving that work through customer stories and references.
“As our clients invest in AI, they want to know it will make a measurable difference in how their business runs and how it serves customers,” said Tim Gifford, Chief Innovation Officer at Lean TECHniques. “Earning this status with Anthropic means they can bring us in with confidence, knowing the work we do with them on Claude is backed by certified practitioners and greater support as that work grows.”
Building AI Solutions and Agentic-First Teams
Lean TECHniques helps organizations put AI to work in two key ways: building AI solutions that improve how the business runs and how it serves customers, and helping engineering and product teams better leverage AI within their work. Both start with the client’s priorities and the systems they already have, show progress early, and leave teams able to carry the work forward themselves.
“We start with the teams and systems a client already has and work alongside them on the initiatives that matter most to the business,” said Scott Sauber, Director of Engineering at Lean TECHniques. “For some clients, that means engineering a custom AI solution powered by Claude. For others, it means helping their teams adopt agentic-first ways of working across the software development lifecycle.”
How Lean TECHniques Helps Clients Deploy Claude
Lean TECHniques’ US-based senior practitioners work directly alongside client teams to put Claude to work across the business. Some of the ways we do this include:
- AI Advisory & Assessment: helping leaders assess AI readiness, prioritize use cases, and build the business case before committing further.
- AI Engineering: proving value with prototypes on real data, then building production solutions on Claude, from internal agents that automate work across business systems to AI features inside customer-facing products.
- Agentic-First Team Development & Upskilling: hands-on coaching that helps engineering and product teams adopt agentic-first ways of working while delivering the work the business is counting on.
- Forward-Deployed Engineers: senior engineers who embed with a client’s team to advise on both approach and do the hands-on work alongside them, inside the client’s own environment, tools, and processes.
“The leaders we work with are facing a lot of uncertainty in today’s business climate, and the technology decisions they make affect their whole organization,” said Danielle Brommer, Chief Customer Officer at Lean TECHniques. “We strive to be a trusted advisor through that, building solutions that fit their needs, their systems, and their teams. That’s why we keep investing in our people and keeping pace with category-defining platforms like Claude, so we can serve our clients as well as we possibly can.”
Learn more about Lean TECHniques’ work with Claude in the Claude Partner Network directory here.
About Lean TECHniques
Lean TECHniques is a Midwest-based software and technology modernization consultancy serving companies throughout the Midwest and beyond. Lean TECHniques builds custom AI solutions, provides forward-deployed engineers who work inside client teams, and helps organizations build engineering and product teams that lead with AI. Its US-based senior practitioners also provide software delivery, IT modernization, cloud, and data and analytics advisory and implementation. Lean TECHniques was named the 2025 IT Service Provider Technology Company of the Year by the Technology Association of Iowa.
About the Claude Partner Network
The Claude Partner Network is how Anthropic works with the firms that put Claude into production for customers. The Services Track recognizes partners for building a certified delivery team, delivering Claude use cases for clients, and proving the work through public customer references. Partners advance through Certified, Select, Preferred, and Global Premier tiers. Learn more at claude.com/partners.