Get the records into a usable routine
Connect bookkeeping and payroll preparation with source documents, clear approvals and monthly reporting. Make the accountant handoff easier and give the owner a dependable view of the numbers.
Houston, Texas
Business consulting, compliance & automation in Houston.
Strata Modus provides business consulting, bookkeeping, payroll support and compliance automation for Houston businesses. Allana Steele brings local, in-person support to the financial routines, approval controls and reporting that help a growing business stay organized.
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What we can improve in Houston.
Automate the work behind the controls
Build access reviews, evidence collection and recurring reporting into owned workflows. Confirm what needs approval and where a human review belongs before automating the steps.
Connect the back office to growth
Bring marketing and customer-response systems into the same operating plan. Track how inquiries become approved work and whether the team can deliver it profitably.
In-person support and specialist expertise
The team behind your Houston engagement.
Allana is based in Houston and provides in-person consultation by appointment. She leads compliance and automation controls, with marketing, software and security specialists brought into your engagement when useful. Your consultation sets the meeting location, responsibilities and practical delivery schedule.
Micheal is happy to travel to meet clients and support all of our members in person whenever needed.
Allana Steele
Director of Compliance & Automation Controls
Allana leads bookkeeping and payroll services alongside compliance and automation controls. She helps businesses keep their financial records organized, build reliable payroll routines and strengthen the processes that support audit readiness.
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Micheal Golliet
CEO & Growth Strategist
Micheal connects technical marketing and business strategy with Google and SEO services, data analytics, financial engineering and production-safe AI systems.
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Keegan Justis
Chief Security Consultant & Cloud Architect
Keegan is a senior cloud development and operations engineer specializing in AI automation and cybersecurity, with a decade of experience at Fortune 500 and private equity companies.
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Choose where to start.
A focused project can solve an immediate gap. Ongoing support connects visibility, customer response and operations as the business grows.
Marketing packages start with your existing systems and the work you need. Bookkeeping, payroll, compliance and standalone consulting are scoped separately.
Compare monthly starting packages ↗Local operating context
Build the plan around how your city works.
These official resources inform useful planning questions. We organize the process and records around the requirements you confirm with the responsible authority.
Start with the right business resource
Houston's Office of Business Opportunity Solutions Center provides business-planning resources, permit and licensing information and access to counseling.
How we can help: We can organize the questions, confirmed requirements and follow-up records into a business operating checklist, using the relevant agency for regulatory decisions.
Houston OBO Solutions Center ↗Connect supplier work with finance records
Houston's Strategic Procurement Division publishes solicitation access, supplier forms, training resources and purchasing-platform information.
How we can help: We can connect supplier documents, proposal deadlines and financial handoffs so your team can evaluate opportunities without rebuilding the record for each submission.
Doing Business with the City of Houston ↗Municipal sources reviewed October 8, 2026.
Work by our team
See how we connect the pieces.
These projects show websites, discovery platforms and operational software we have built. Each story explains the implemented work and the decisions behind it.
Service website & local SEO
Solis Interiors
Make the work visible. Make the next step clear.
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Help homeowners find the right trade, and see the record first.
Explore the project ↗Roofing network & intakeWashington Roofing Network
Shared systems behind independent local roofers.
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Bring the goal. We’ll map the work.
We start with your business, customers and current systems. Then we define the priority improvements, assign the right people and agree on a scope you can act on. We use AI to enhance the customer experience and better serve them, never to distance your business from the customer.
Discuss your Houston business ↗Make the next decision with context