We didn't set out to start a company.

We were just two people who'd been building things together for a long time, who kept noticing the same problems, and who genuinely loved helping brands figure them out. At some point that became BAMPT.

Meet the Team

Chantal Emmanuel

I design automation architecture.


Driven by curiosity and built on purpose, this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution. Let’s create something meaningful together.

I started building automation systems because I was frustrated. As a CTO I was scaling technology companies and kept hitting the same wall: we'd build processes manually, they'd work for a while, then they'd break as we grew.

So I built automation for my own operations: order processing, logistics coordination, partner communication, performance reporting. Operations became predictable instead of chaotic.

Then I started seeing the same operational challenges everywhere: agencies drowning in proposal requests, professional services firms spending hours on client onboarding, businesses with great expertise but terrible processes.

That's why BAMPT exists.

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Black and white portrait of a woman with long hair, wearing large glasses and a patterned top.

Ashley Etling

Helping Businesses Implement Operations with a Minimal Lens

I work with professionals to clarify positioning and productize services. Not theoretical frameworks - practical systems you can implement immediately.

When clients come to BAMPT for automation, we start by mapping their operations. Sometimes we find operational bottlenecks that automation solves. Sometimes we find strategic gaps: unclear positioning, undefined target market, unproductized services, inconsistent messaging.

That's when I get involved.

ETHOS: Good Business

Our philosophy is human-centered innovation: start with the person who has to live with the result, and design backwards from there.

For clients, we translate that into a phrase they already understand: good business. The model is Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Good Design (1976), still the clearest articulation of what design should aspire to. We think the same standards apply to how a business operates. A good business is:


A GOOD WAY FORWARD

ONE. Innovative

Open to new methods, but never novelty for its own sake.


TWO. Useful

It solves real problems for real people, inside and outside the company.


THREE. Considered

Its operations have been thought through, not duct-taped.


FOUR. Understandable

Anyone on the team can read how it works.

FIVE. Unobtrusive

It gets out of the way of the work.


SIX. Honest

It says what it does and does what it says.


SEVEN. Long-Lasting

Its systems outlive the next hire or tool change.


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