Management & technology consulting

Business strategy,
program delivery,
and operations.

Zimare Labs helps organizations plan and manage complex initiatives, assess investment choices, document how work should run, and build the technology to support it.

Engagements are led by Akshay Zimare and scoped around the decisions and deliverables a client needs.

We also build practical software for everyday life and work. HomeFit is now available in ChatGPT.

Discuss an engagement Consulting practice areas

01 / Consulting practice

The work we take on

An engagement can address one of these areas or combine several. The scope identifies the work required, the deliverables, and the people responsible for decisions.

01

Business strategy & operating plans

For a new initiative, growth plan, or change in direction that needs a practical basis for decisions.

Scope of work

We review the objectives, available information, current operations, and constraints. We compare the options, identify the assumptions that need to be tested, and assess what each option would require in cost, capacity, and organizational change. The work translates the chosen direction into priorities, responsibilities, and measures of progress.

Typical deliverables

  • Options assessment with assumptions and trade-offs
  • Operating plan with priorities, owners, and measures
  • Decision brief and implementation sequence
02

Program & portfolio management

For organizations managing competing commitments across teams, budgets, suppliers, and delivery dates.

Scope of work

We establish a view of the work already committed, the dependencies between initiatives, and the resources needed to deliver. We help prioritize the portfolio, build an integrated plan, and set up a review and escalation process. During delivery, we track risks, decisions, scope changes, and progress against the agreed plan.

Typical deliverables

  • Portfolio inventory and prioritization criteria
  • Integrated schedule, dependencies, and resource plan
  • Risk and decision registers, with executive reporting
03

Budget planning & financing preparation

For an investment or delivery program whose costs, funding needs, and alternatives must be understood.

Scope of work

We build budgets from documented assumptions about costs, timing, staffing, and expected benefits. We compare scenarios, identify cash requirements, and establish how forecasts will be updated as actual costs become known. Where financing is being considered, we prepare the business case and supporting materials for review with your finance and financing partners.

Typical deliverables

  • Budget model and assumptions register
  • Cost scenarios, funding requirements, and variance reporting
  • Business case and supporting funding materials
04

Operational documentation & decision support

For work slowed by inconsistent instructions, missing requirements, or decisions that are difficult to trace.

Scope of work

We work with the people who perform and approve the work to document how it should operate. We reconcile existing material, clarify requirements, and review the documents with their intended users. The engagement also establishes who approves changes, who maintains the material, and how teams find the current version.

Typical deliverables

  • Requirements and acceptance criteria
  • Process maps, operating procedures, and handover guides
  • Decision records and document ownership
05

Process improvement, AI & negotiation support

For recurring work that depends on manual follow-up, repeated information gathering, or supplier discussions.

Scope of work

We examine the steps, approval points, and exceptions before recommending automation. For negotiation support, we help define objectives, limits, comparison criteria, and follow-up actions so discussions are prepared and documented. Any proposed AI or call workflow is assessed against the existing systems, review requirements, and cost of maintaining it.

Typical deliverables

  • Process assessment and automation requirements
  • Negotiation brief with objectives, limits, and comparison criteria
  • Pilot workflow, review steps, and exception-handling plan
06

Product & platform development

For a business process or service concept that needs to be tested through working software.

Scope of work

We define the users, essential workflows, data requirements, and criteria for a successful release. We build and review a prototype or a defined product increment, then identify the integration, access, support, and operating requirements for its next stage. Implementation is scoped to the agreed use case and the environment in which it will run.

Typical deliverables

  • Product requirements and prioritized release scope
  • Working prototype or product increment with acceptance checks
  • Integration requirements, operating guidance, and handover

Direct involvement

Founded and led
by Akshay Zimare

Zimare Labs is a consulting and software development practice with a focus on program and portfolio management, business operations, budgeting, documentation, and product development.

Akshay leads the engagement and works directly with client stakeholders. The work includes reviewing the underlying information, developing the agreed deliverables, and helping the people responsible for implementation understand the decisions and remaining work.

Beyond the work: a childhood in Sangli, a lifelong love of chess, and a home in Boston. Get to know the person behind Zimare Labs.

Meet Akshay

03 / Our portfolio

Products and platforms
you can explore

Explore Zimare Labs products for meeting notes, housing decisions, food journaling, and more. Each overview explains what the product does and where you can use it.

Our portfolio includes web apps, a ChatGPT plugin, public previews, and event guides. For current plans and availability, follow the links to each product.

Portfolio example / NotesRecorder.ai

From meeting capture
to documented follow-up

NotesRecorder.ai combines browser-based recording, transcription, and organized meeting notes. Users can review the source conversation alongside summaries, decisions, and action items.

The application illustrates how we bring several steps of a working process into a single interface, with the information needed to review its output.

View the NotesRecorder.ai overview
NotesRecorder.ai showing organized meeting notes beside a live transcript

AI calling assistant

CallFavor

Public preview

A preview of an AI phone assistant for asking questions and gathering quotes, with instructions you review before a call.

Work represented

Call planning, conversation workflows, and outcome reporting.

Meeting documentation

NotesRecorder.ai

Web app

Browser-based meeting capture that turns recordings into transcripts, organized notes, decisions, and action items.

Work represented

Audio capture, information organization, and review workflows.

Financial scenario comparison

HomeFit

Web app + ChatGPT plugin

Compare buying with renting and investing the difference, online or in ChatGPT. Explore a separate sell-and-rent scenario on the website.

Work represented

Decision models with assumptions and alternatives users can compare.

Food journal & recipe tools

MealReplay

Web app

A photo-based meal journal with nutrition estimates and recipes that can be saved and revisited.

Work represented

Image-based input, structured records, and repeat-use workflows.

Local event & vendor guides

Market Walk

Published event guide

Revisit the September 5, 2026 Harvard Square Asian Night Market through an independent photo guide to stalls, menus, and business links.

Work represented

Organizing local information around visitor and business needs.

AI disclosure toolkit

Article 50 UX Pack

Implementation toolkit

Interface components, editable copy, and QA checklists for AI disclosure implementation. An implementation aid, not a compliance guarantee.

Work represented

Reusable components supported by documentation and review checklists.

Interactive browser experiences

Games

Two browser games

Rocket Rush and Coin Rush, two browser games built as experiments in interactive software.

Work represented

Playable interactions and browser-based experience design.

Opinions & shared perspectives

Little Takes

Web app

Explore everyday opinions, compare perspectives, and create or join surveys. Try a practice round or share a survey link to start a conversation.

Work represented

Opinion sorting, survey creation, and shared response views.

Articles & field notes

Zimare Labs Journal

Open to readers

Read articles, field notes, and ideas from Zimare Labs. Browse by topic or search for something that interests you.

Work represented

Publishing, topic navigation, and article discovery.

Discuss a potential engagement

Tell us what needs
to be decided or delivered.

Describe the current situation, the outcome you need, and any timing or budget constraints. We can then discuss the information required to assess the work and prepare a scope.

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