Fractional CIO2024-03-22T10:27:36-04:00

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Fractional CIO

TechCXO’s Fractional Chief Information Officers provide the benefits of experienced IT leadership for strategic tech decisions on a virtual, part-time, and on-demand basis.

Overview

What to Expect

Impact

Insights

Our Team

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What does a Fractional Chief Information Officer do?

You may not need a full-time Chief Information Officer (or CIO), but every organization can benefit from the seasoned knowledge and skill that a CIO can bring to their company’s technology systems. A Fractional Chief Information Officer is a part-time or contract-based executive who provides advisory services, strategic guidance, and leadership on information technology (IT) matters to organizations that may not need a full-time CIO. Consider a Fractional CIO to be the same as a part-time CIO – we help small and medium sized businesses align their IT strategy with their overall business processes and business objectives, and ensure that their IT infrastructure and operations are efficient, secure, and effective. They work closely with the leadership team to understand the business’s goals and create an IT roadmap to support those goals while at the same time aligning how the technology platform can help address business challenges.

A Fractional CIO (also sometimes referred to as a Virtual CIO, or vCIO) is particularly useful for small and medium-sized businesses that need expert guidance on IT matters but do not have the resources or need for a full-time CIO. They can help with challenges such as managing IT initiatives, providing advisory services, optimizing business processes, and addressing security concerns. A Fractional CIO can also act as a virtual CIO, managing an internal or external IT team and overseeing the implementation of IT projects. By offering fractional services, organizations can get access to experienced CIOs at a more affordable cost, allowing them to leverage their expertise without incurring the expense of a full-time executive. Because a relationship with a Fractional CIO is so cost-effective, they typically become long-term relationships in support of the company.

Fractional CIO Services

A Fractional Chief Information Officer helps companies ensure that their technology systems, applications, and infrastructure support the needs of the company today, as well as are in line to meet the future needs of the company based on its business strategy.

Infrastructure Management

All companies require an IT infrastructure of some type. The size and complexity of that infrastructure is entirely dependent on the needs of the company. Whether located in a company’s office, in the cloud, or both, these systems, applications, and processes need to be managed.

  • Systems Design and Rightsizing
  • Systems monitoring and alerting
  • Cloud Migrations
  • Helpdesk Services Management
  • New Systems and Applications Evaluations
  • New Systems and Applications Implementation

Technology Strategy

A critical capability of a Fractional CIO is the ability to participate as part of the company’s executive team, to understand the particular needs and strategy of a business, and to translate those needs to an IT strategy that will support it.

  • Technology Roadmap
  • Human Capital Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Cost Management

Technology Implementation

There are times when a company’s technology team may not have the skills to execute on specific technology initiatives needed by the company. A TechCXO Fractional CIO has the ability to augment those skills for the duration of the initiative by bringing in the specific skilled resource needed. Examples of these skills might include:

  • Cloud Migrations
  • ERP Implementation
  • SOC2 Initiatives
  • Security Assessments
  • Data Storage Projects
  • Data Center Projects
  • Cloud Cost Management

What to Expect

Executive Leadership

Seasoned CIO’s deliver high value to companies and, as such, are hard to find and are also expensive to hire. TechCXO’s Fractional CIO provides technology strategy leadership to the executive team and tactical decision-making and leadership to a company’s technology team.

Focused CIO Engagements

Experienced CIO leaders improve processes and deliver results:

  • Improved alignment of IT Strategy with Business Strategy
  • Improved IT Systems Health
  • Improved Internal Customer Satisfaction with IT Systems
  • Reduced IT Systems Cost

Product & Program Management

Experienced Project and Program Management professionals are part-time leaders producing full-time results. Leverage executive experience driving large-scale implementations, technical projects, and cross-functional program management.

Impact

Cost-Savings

Reduce the ongoing costs for your IT systems and overhead spend.

Alignment

Align internal teams on business goals and team priorities for growth.

Satisfaction

Improve internal satisfaction with efficient IT systems and processes.

Confidence

Regain confidence on internal efficiencies so you can focus on business growth.

Client Testimonials

When the Vantaca Success book is written in the future, there will be many people that will be credited with our success. Greg Smith will have his own chapter as he provided clarity, confidence, and leadership for the engineering team and the company when it was so desperately needed.

Dave Sweyer, Chairman and Founder, Vantaca

You were crucial for us (and me) in our early months of launch — everything from having internet service to NexusTek. And your transition of all you’ve built has been seamless. I cannot thank you enough. We won’t hesitate to call on you!

Atul Gawande, CEO, Haven

We have successfully used Greg as both a coach and a fractional CTO, and in both cases, the portfolio companies were very happy with the result and felt that he helped us focus appropriately and move the ball forward.

Brennan Mulcahey, Partner, Brook Venture Partners

Our Team

Ian Findlay
Ian FindlayPartner - Interim & Fractional CIO
Sam Schneider
Sam SchneiderPartner - Product & Technology; Interim / Fractional CIO
Dan Brown
Dan BrownPartner - Product & Technology; Interim & Fractional CIO, CTO
Kirby Winters
Kirby WintersInfoSec Practice Lead / Fractional CiSO / Interim CTO / Fractional CIO
Greg Smith
Greg SmithManaging Partner, Product & Technology
David Johnston
David JohnstonPrincipal, Product & Technology

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