IT strategy and fractional CIO services for mid-market companies

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A clear outside view of what your IT costs, what it risks and what to fix first.

Call us when:

• IT costs rise and nobody can explain why
• A new owner, CEO or CFO wants a second opinion
• Your IT manager is stretched and priorities keep changing

You get:

• Your IT spending compared with ranges for your industry
• A review of people, processes, platforms and vendors
• Technical debt and end-of-life systems, ranked by business risk
• Top risks: cyber, key person, vendor lock-in
• A 90-day action plan and an executive readout

Duration and format: 3 weeks. Interviews on site or remote.

Built on: ISACA COBIT 2019; ITIL (PeopleCert); Gartner guidance on technical debt (2026).

Fee: per diem rate; number of days agreed in writing before work starts.

A technology plan tied to your business plan, with a budget your CFO can fund and a roadmap your team can deliver.

Call us when:

• The board asks for a technology plan
• Projects compete for the same people and budget
• An ERP, cloud or security program needs a place in a wider plan

You get:

• Business drivers and IT principles agreed with your executives
• Gaps turned into initiatives, each with an owner and an outcome measure
• A three-year roadmap sized to your real delivery capacity
• A capital and operating budget, and a one-page strategy
• A board presentation

Duration and format: 8 weeks. Remote, with executive workshops on site.

Built on: Gartner IT strategic planning model; ISACA COBIT 2019 (strategy, portfolio, budget and costs).

Fee: per diem rate; number of days agreed in writing before work starts.

Senior IT leadership on your executive team from the first week, for the days you need.

Call us when:

• Your CIO has left and the search will take months
• You have an IT manager but nobody at the executive table
• A major program needs an executive owner

You get:

• The roadmap and the IT budget owned
• Vendors and your managed service provider held to their commitments
• Your IT team coached and a steering committee run
• A monthly report to your executives
• A handover plan when the engagement ends

Duration and format: Monthly, 6 to 12 months; interim option near full time for 3 to 9 months. A set number of days each month, in three levels.

Built on: ISACA COBIT 2019; Harvard Business Review on part-time senior leaders (2024).

Fee: per diem rate, for a number of days each month agreed in writing.

Stop paying for tools you do not use and renewing contracts by default.

Call us when:

• A large renewal is coming in the next six months
• Several tools do the same thing after growth or acquisitions
• Cloud and software bills rise faster than the business

You get:

• An inventory of contracts and licences with owners and costs
• A 24-month renewal calendar
• A review of cloud and software usage and overlapping tools
• A negotiation plan for your next three renewals

Duration and format: 4 to 6 weeks. Remote.

Built on: ISACA COBIT 2019 (managed vendors); Flexera State of the Cloud (2026).

Fee: per diem rate; number of days agreed in writing before work starts.