Smaller companies often can't justify a full-time CIO or CTO but still need experienced technical leadership. Our Fractional model provides hands-on technology leadership part-time — including AI strategy and governance — and the Interim model covers the full role for a defined period.
Fractional CIO / CTO
Full responsibility for the role on a fractional basis — typically around 25% of a full-time equivalent. The Partner acts as a member of the management team, owns the IT and AI strategy, manages the vendor ecosystem, and holds the role accountable to the CEO, Board, and investors.
Interim CIO / CTO
Full-time technology leadership for companies facing a leadership void — typically three to nine months. Used to stabilize the IT organization, deliver in-flight priorities, and set up the permanent successor for success.
What the role covers
- Setting IT strategy and aligning it to business strategy.
- Identifying and closing gaps in IT capabilities.
- AI strategy, policy, and governance — helping clients explore use cases, set guardrails, and focus on what's important.
- Hands-on technical leadership, architecture, and operational decisions.
- Managing lower-cost engineers, technicians, and external service providers.
- Staff augmentation and evaluation of permanent CIO/CTO candidates when the time is right.
- Sustaining the business and delivering short-term objectives while building the organization for the future.
Why it works
The Fractional CIO executes at about 25% capacity — focused on direction, not execution. The MSP or internal team runs infrastructure and service desk. The Fractional CIO owns the outcome — including the cross-cutting AI questions that don't sit cleanly with any one team. Both are critical, but they are not interchangeable.
