Here is the catch: I am receiving a lot of positive feedback from my audits but it's actually the bad practice to ask to write something after the ISO audit. Everyone stressed in the process and so relieved then it's successfully done. Also, keep in mind that ISO auditors cannot consult or recommend something. But the knowledge of the audit process and governance frameworks are clearly seen from the implementation and consulting feedback
Working with Elena was a transformative experience for our team. Before her consultation, most of our employees saw ISO implementation as something disconnected from their actual work—just another burden to add on top of their already demanding schedules. But Elena didn’t just teach; she inspired. Her energy and clarity turned skeptics into supporters. Suddenly, departments that used to avoid documentation were leading the charge. For the first time in years, I feel genuinely confident preparing for audits—not just checking boxes, but actually understanding the purpose behind the requirements. One of the most valuable outcomes of Elena’s work was how she broke down the certification and audit process. What we thought would be a complex, expensive, and painful journey turned out to be smooth and efficient, thanks to her guidance. Honestly, I wish we’d met her a decade ago—our entire compliance journey could’ve been so much easier.
We always thought our compliance frameworks had to stay separate and we have separate team working on some of them: ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, GDPR, ISO 27001, DoD, ISO 22301, TISAX… we maintained each in a silo, with separate teams and overlapping controls that wasted both time and money. Then Elena first gave us idea that it could be different. With her help, we were able to seamlessly merge six different frameworks into one integrated system. It was almost hard to believe at first. She didn’t just align the processes and documents—she showed us how to weave ISO compliance into our real business operations in a way that worked for us. Her approach was lean, efficient, and smart. Our audit readiness is now strong, and our team doesn’t feel buried in unnecessary processes. She unlocked a clarity we didn’t think was possible.
When Elena came on board, we had just received a handful of non-conformities in our last audit, and morale was low. We didn’t just need fixes—we needed to understand why our system kept falling short. Elena didn’t offer quick band-aids. She carefully walked us through every clause, process, and gap, connecting each point to our real-world struggles. With her support, we closed every single non-conformity and built a system we actually trust. Even better, she helped us reconnect our staff with the purpose behind ISO, which changed the tone across the company. Now, our people feel motivated and responsible—not overwhelmed. We see ISO as a tool, not a punishment. That shift is entirely thanks to Elena.
(...) We just talked about that and can’t overstate the impact Elena had on our ISO certification journey. Most consultants we worked with before focused on forms, policies, pile of documents and passing the audit without understanding the meanings. Elena focused on the big picture and purpose, she has a strong realistic approach and understand the resources limitation. She motivated employees across every department, even those who had previously said, “ISO isn’t my job.” She made it their job in a way that made sense and didn’t add stress. That cultural shift created momentum we’d never seen before. On top of that, the way she explained the certification process helped us drastically cut unnecessary costs. We realized how many resources we were wasting by overcomplicating things. Elena saved us more than money—she saved us from ISO fatigue.
Before Elena, we were stuck in a loop—every audit, same findings, same confusion, fear of the next audit and desperation. It felt like no matter how hard we tried, we were always missing something. Elena didn’t just fix our system—she unlocked it. She pinpointed the root causes of our recurring non-conformities and helped us rebuild from the ground up. What truly stood out was how she explained the audit lifecycle in plain, human language and the simple schematic approach. Suddenly, things clicked. Our team could finally see the why behind the what, and it gave them confidence we never had before. The difference in our last audit was night and day.
Elena came into a very fragmented environment. We had compliance tools, but they weren’t aligned. Each standard had its own life, separate from how our business actually functioned. When we prepared for the audits it was chaotic and stressful, repetitive actions on top of each other, duplicated work. Elena's ability to bring everything together was nothing short of brilliant. She didn’t just give us the processes prioritization —she taught us how to build our system. She highlighted where we had unnecessary steps or repetitions. Tons of excessive reviews of pages and pages of documentation. Her approach was lean, flexible, and tailored to our real business needs. And beyond the structure, her passion lit a fire under our teams. Employees who once saw audits as a scary external judgment now feel empowered to face them—and win. For years, we operated under the assumption that ISO implementation was just something you suffered through to get certified. Elena shattered that mindset. Her way of teaching was engaging, motivating, and—most importantly—relevant. She tied every concept to something we were already doing (or should’ve been doing), which made it all click. Employees started to care—not because they were told to, but because they finally understood how it mattered. She even made our executive team rethink how we approached compliance budgets. The simplified certification path she laid out ended up saving us far more than we spent on her consultation. We all keep saying, “If only we’d known this earlier!"
We had just started a large digital transformation project when we realized we needed to align our compliance systems… fast. We had three different consultants before, each one provides with different templates and different instructions which are not aligned with our processes, we thought... we believed that it is what it is and it couldn't be different! Instead, Elena jumped in and quickly assessed what we already had, what was missing, and how we could get there without starting over and endlessly filling out and reviewing pointless templates. She showed us how to integrate everything - ISO 27001, 27701, 27017 and 22301, and even industry-specific frameworks into our existing processes. Now we have a strong, unified system that passed the audit with no major findings. But more than that, Elena gave our team a renewed sense of capability. People felt proud to be part of the project, not just dragged along. That’s a rare and powerful thing. We thank you for that!
