4th Source Case Study
4th Source THE CHALLENGE 4th Source is a nearshore IT services business that offers its clients same time zone communication, cultural alignment and access to highly qualified [...]
Secretariat International
Secretariat International THE SITUATION Rebuild Secretariat International accounting system after major data loss, transition from cash to accrual accounting; [...]
Sovereign Systems Case Study
Sovereign Systems THE CHALLENGE Sovereign Systems helps transform legacy data center technologies and applications into ultra-efficient, cloud-based platforms. They needed multi-level finance/accounting leadership and expertise with the [...]
Aptitude Health Case Study
Aptitude Health THE CHALLENGE Full service support, including Financial, Technology and Strategy. THE SITUATION Aptitude Health experienced CTO vacancy with significant delivery challenges. [...]
Deluxe Case Study
Deluxe THE CHALLENGE Deluxe had a three-pronged vision for accelerating revenue growth from recent acquisitions: streamline the sales and client relationship model, cross-sell new software and services [...]
Alliance Bus Group Case Study
Alliance Bus Group THE CHALLENGE Create a Sales 2.0 Organization THE SITUATION Alliance Bus Group needed to transform its 50 person sales organization [...]
Larson Juhl Case Study
Larson Juhl THE CHALLENGE Transform Sales and Marketing to meet strategic objectives. THE SITUATION The company’s sales organization was misaligned with its customer [...]
Zverse Case Study
Zverse Zverse 3D printing gives businesses the ability to offer professional 3D modeling & high-quality 3D print services. CHALLENGE • Stagnating, fragmented, opportunistic [...]
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals THE CHALLENGE Building and financing a drug discovery platform company. THE SITUATION Within two months of creating Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, the company's two [...]
CEO vs CTO: Fixing a Broken Marriage
CEO vs CTO – Fixing a Broken Marriage Many times IT dysfunction in a company comes down to the inability of the CEO and the CTO (or CIO) to effectively communicate. [...]
Acquisition Integration: Systems and Technology
Part Three: Systems and Technology Companies seek to accelerate revenue growth or enter new markets through mergers and acquisitions. They spend a lot of energy and resources identifying the right [...]
What is the right cloud spend?
I was recently asked by a client – What is the right spend on cloud for my organization? The client was asking about both cloud software (SaaS – Software as [...]
The Art of Being Scrappy
People often equate the word “scrappy” with a startup or a lean organization. Larger organizations, on the other hand, are labeled as bureaucratic, slow and process-oriented. There’s rarely an association [...]
All we need is a million dollars, and we will be unstoppable
All we need is a million dollars, and we will be unstoppable! (A cautionary tale) Keith Heffron is a TechCXO Partner and an innovative financial leader, business owner and [...]
Business Continuity Plans
Here's a rhetorical question... When is the best time to prepare for a hurricane or tropical storm? (BEFORE it strikes). If you weren't dealing with the busy hurricane season directly, [...]
Disruptive by Design
Why is Dr. Clayton Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation Theory Important for Your Business? Disruption Innovation Theory is about growth and creation of shareholder value. It generates viral growth, often 20 times [...]
Open APIs light a FHIR under interoperability
With a certification deadline looming, EHR vendors and healthcare providers should look to 3rd-party applications that meet the promise of secure and effective data-sharing By the end of April, only [...]
Scale Up – Optimizing for Growth
Founders flounder, as the saying goes, and scaling up is much harder than starting up. At TechCXO, we've worked with hundreds of startups and see ample evidence to support these [...]
Outgrown Your Accounting System?
New cloud-based accounting systems, such as NetSuite, offer much more functionality, flexibility, and interactivity than traditional accounting systems. Based on their extensive experience as CFOs, TechCXO’s Finance partners can review [...]
RNC Data Breach and Your Business
This article was slated for a later release, but given the news about nearly 200 million American’s PII was made publicly available by a firm working for the RNC, [...]
Technical Debt: Startups Silent Killer
There’s a condition that silently but relentlessly stalks startups and is one of their leading killers: technical debt. Here are few of its symptoms: General discomfort from the feeling [...]
Disruption Response – Short and Mid-Term
TechCXO Disruption Response Resources Management teams don't need to "lock up", no matter the severity of business disruption or the ensuing uncertainty. You can focus your teams around short-, [...]
The Data Business within Your Business
Unlocking Data with Care There's a business sitting inside your business... a treasure trove of data that may be even more valuable than your core business.... if you know how [...]
8 Guidelines for International Expansion
You have a pretty good business and things are growing nicely. If you have a Board or some advisors or even a relative living abroad, then someone has said to [...]