A Fractional CIO (Chief Information Officer) is a strategic technology leader who works with your business part-time or on a project basis providing the same executive-level guidance as a full-time CIO, but without the full-time cost. Unlike an IT manager or MSP, a Fractional CIO focuses on aligning technology with your business goals, improving decision-making, and planning for scalable growth. You get senior-level insights and leadership tailored to your stage of growth.
Growing businesses, typically with 20 and 200 employees, often find themselves in a technology gap: too complex for ad-hoc IT but not ready for a full-time CIO. Companies undergoing expansion, M&A, digital transformation, or compliance shifts especially benefit. If you're making critical tech investments, struggling with misaligned systems, or unsure if your IT strategy supports your growth goals, a Fractional CIO brings clarity and direction.
We help businesses scale by ensuring your technology stack supports, not slows down, your growth. That means creating a roadmap, reducing technical debt, selecting scalable platforms, and ensuring your teams are productive and secure. We bring a blend of business acumen and technical insight, so every IT decision supports revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
You gain executive-level strategy without the full-time salary and benefit costs. But beyond cost savings, the real ROI comes from making smarter tech investments, avoiding costly mistakes, improving uptime and productivity, and preparing your systems for future growth. Clients often see returns through streamlined operations, avoided vendor lock-in, and faster execution on strategic initiatives.
We don’t replace your IT team, we elevate it. Whether you have in-house IT or an MSP, we partner closely to define strategic priorities, remove roadblocks, and ensure accountability. Think of us as the bridge between leadership and technical execution. We bring structure, visibility, and strategic oversight to make sure your tech is enabling your business to meet your goals.
Absolutely. We lead complex initiatives such as ERP/CRM rollouts, cloud migrations, and cybersecurity upgrades, ensuring they align with business goals and are executed efficiently. We bring structure to projects that can otherwise stall or go over budget. Our role is to de-risk these initiatives, ensure adoption, and deliver business outcomes, not just tech outputs.
Our engagements are tailored to your needs. We offer both short-term project leadership (e.g., system selection, IT assessments, compliance initiatives) for smaller businesses and ongoing part-time CIO support for mid-sized businesses who need ongoing help. As your needs evolve, we adapt by providing just the right amount of leadership without the long-term overhead.
We’ve worked across a variety of industries including professional services, non-profits, commercial construction, and manufacturing. What these clients have in common is complexity and growth. Our focus is on businesses that need strategic technology leadership to scale effectively, manage risk, and unlock operational efficiency.
We start by understanding your business strategy, challenges, and existing tech environment. This typically includes a tech maturity assessment, stakeholder interviews, and review of current systems and vendors. From there, we deliver a strategic IT roadmap aligned to your business goals. You get immediate insight, clarity, and a prioritized action plan.
If technology decisions are slowing down your growth, you're outgrowing your current systems, or your IT spend feels disconnected from outcomes, it’s time. A Fractional CIO helps when you're making high-stakes tech decisions without the internal expertise to guide them. We help you move faster, avoid pitfalls, and build a strong foundation for growth.