Service

Fractional IT Leadership

Senior technology decision support for companies that are not ready to hire a full-time IT executive. Roadmap, budget planning, vendor strategy, and oversight of internal staff or existing providers — with written decisions instead of hallway consensus.

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Fit

Best for, and not for

Best for

Companies where technology decisions land on the COO or CFO by default
Organizations with capable IT staff but no one setting direction
Teams with an existing provider who needs to be managed and measured
Leadership planning a budget cycle, migration, or growth step

Not for

Day-to-day help desk on its own
Companies that need hands-on device support and nothing else
Enterprises with an established CIO or CTO function
Software architecture or product engineering leadership

Symptoms

What it looks like before this work

If several of these are familiar, the problem is structural rather than occasional.

Technology spend grows and nobody can explain the trend
Renewals are approved because the deadline arrived
Overlapping tools were bought by different departments
Leadership spends meeting time on decisions it lacks context for
The internal IT person is technically strong but unsupported on strategy

Outcomes

What you have afterward

A 12-month roadmap tied to business plans, not tool trends
A technology budget with named drivers and renewal calendar
A vendor list with purpose, cost, owner, and renewal date
Clear escalation and decision rights between leadership and IT
Regular executive reporting in language the board can read

Scope

What is included

Roadmap ownership

A sequenced plan covering identity, devices, network, security readiness, and site expansion.

Budget and renewals

Cost baseline, renewal calendar, consolidation opportunities, and capital planning for refresh cycles.

Vendor strategy

Selection criteria, negotiation support, and performance review against agreed expectations.

Internal team oversight

Priorities, workload structure, documentation standards, and coaching for internal IT staff.

Executive decision support

Recurring leadership sessions with written recommendations and explicit trade-offs.

Process

How the engagement runs

Readiness conversation
We confirm which decisions are currently stuck and who owns them today.
Current-state review
Spend, vendors, systems, staffing, and open projects are documented in one place.
Roadmap and budget draft
A ranked plan with cost ranges, sequencing logic, and dependencies.
Operating cadence
A recurring rhythm: leadership session, written decisions, and tracked follow-through.
Review and adjust
Quarterly reassessment against business changes, headcount, and new sites.

Boundaries

What this service is not

This is not day-to-day help desk coverage; pair it with Managed IT when hands-on support is needed.
We do not sign contracts or commit spend on your behalf.
We do not provide legal, insurance, or accounting advice.
We do not lead software product engineering.

Inputs

What we need from you

Approximate answers are fine at the start. Precision comes during discovery.

Current technology spend and vendor list
Business plans for headcount, sites, or acquisitions
Existing IT staffing and reporting lines
Known problem areas and stalled projects
Budget cycle and approval process

Pricing

How pricing is handled

Pricing is scoped after the readiness conversation. The variables are employee count, number of locations, device count and standardization, identity platform complexity, coverage expectations, and how much cleanup is needed before steady operation. We do not publish rates for work we have not scoped.

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