AI & Tech Leadership Services
Services Tailored to Your Needs
Each need below points to one way of working with us. Every engagement is led by a C-level tech leader from your industry.
IT & AI Assessment
A fixed-fee baseline of your IT & AI, with a roadmap ranked by business impact.
Contract CIO+®
A former CIO from your industry joins your leadership team and leads IT & AI, month-to-month.
Virtual CAIO (vCAIO)
One accountable owner for your AI program, with or without a CIO.
CIO IQ®
Weekly strategic advice from a proven CIO in your sector, starting at $1k per week.
What Each Service Delivers
Contract CIO+® · Embedded AI & Tech Leadership
Our flagship engagement. A former CIO from your industry joins your executive team part-time and runs IT & AI: strategy, budget, vendors, security, people and AI governance. They own results instead of advising from the sidelines. Month-to-month, with no long-term commitment.Explore Contract CIO+® →
CIO IQ® · Focused Tech Advisory
A proven CIO from your industry works with your team every week. They pressure-test your strategy, architecture, budget and vendors and guide your AI readiness, while your people do the execution. Senior judgment without adding an executive to the payroll. 100% of the Expertise, a Fraction of the Cost®.Explore CIO IQ® →
IT & AI Assessments
A fixed-fee diagnosis of where your technology stands: platform, architecture, security, data, team, vendors and AI readiness. You get a board-ready baseline and recommendations ranked by business impact, so you know what to fix first and what your next dollar should buy.Explore IT & AI Assessments →
Virtual CAIO (vCAIO)
A fractional Chief AI Officer: one accountable owner for AI. Your vCAIO carries the AI roadmap and its business case, vendor choices, governance and board reporting. It works with or without a CIO; if you have one, the vCAIO carries AI so your CIO can keep running the platform.Explore vCAIO →
AI Strategy
A plan that turns scattered AI experiments into a funded, sequenced program. We separate the AI your people already use on their own (Citizen AI) from the AI the business should build and run (Production AI), then put the data foundation and governance in place so the returns can be measured.Explore AI Strategy →
Virtual CIO / CTO Services
Virtual CIO is the market’s name for a part-time technology executive. We deliver it two ways: Contract CIO+® when you want them leading, CIO IQ® when you want them advising. Either way, your leader comes from our network of 450+ former CIOs, CTOs and CISOs, matched to your sector.Explore Virtual CIO Services →
Interim CIO Services
When your head of IT leaves, or a turnaround, investment or merger needs steady hands, an interim CIO steps in with sector knowledge on day one. They keep operations stable and strategy moving, and can help you find and onboard the permanent leader.Explore Interim CIO Services →
Tech Strategy & Roadmap
One IT & AI roadmap tied to how you compete: what to build, buy, fix or retire, in what order and at what cost. We build it with your team, so your platform can support it and your people can carry it out.Explore Tech Strategy & Roadmap →
Digital Transformation
Changing how the business runs, not just which software it uses. We plan and lead the work that reshapes customer experience, operations, supply chain and value chain around your competitive position, with measures agreed before the work begins.Explore Digital Transformation →
Cybersecurity Consulting
Independent security leadership from virtual and interim CISOs: risk assessment, policy, incident response planning and compliance oversight. Vendor-neutral, so the advice isn’t tied to a product, and written so your board can follow it.Explore Cybersecurity Consulting →
Data & Analytics Strategy
Data is what AI runs on. We plan how your systems connect, how data quality is kept up, and how reporting and analytics reach the people who decide, so the same data serves today’s operations and tomorrow’s AI.Explore Data & Analytics Strategy →
Stabilize IT & AI
Phase one of our Innovating Beyond Efficiency® framework. Before you chase efficiency or new revenue, technology has to be something the business can count on every day: stable systems, the right team and a sound security posture.Explore Stabilize IT & AI →
Optimize IT & AI
Phase two. Once the platform is stable, the question shifts from whether it works to whether it works smart: the right balance of leading-edge capability and cost, set by your competitive position rather than a generic playbook.Explore Optimize IT & AI →
Monetize IT & AI
Phase three, where we go beyond efficiency. For companies ready for it, IT, data and AI become sources of new revenue, faster business models and, in some cases, a way to reshape the industry.Explore Monetize IT & AI →
M&A CIO Services
Technology leadership for deals. Before you sign, IT & AI due diligence; after, integration planning and post-close execution. Our leaders have done this in your sector, so technology protects the deal thesis instead of eroding it.Explore M&A CIO Services →
Disaster Recovery CIO Services
When a disaster or cyberattack takes your systems down, an experienced CIO takes technology recovery off your plate: triage, vendors, restoration and communication. You lead the rest of the recovery.Explore Disaster Recovery CIO Services →
Startup CIO Services
Early technology choices are expensive to undo: cloud, ERP, security and how you will scale. A virtual CIO with startup experience in your sector helps you make those calls well, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.Explore Startup CIO Services →
CIO Intrapreneur Advisory
Already have a CIO? We mentor your technology leader one-on-one as they take on growth, AI or a platform upgrade, so you strengthen the leader you have instead of replacing them.Explore CIO Intrapreneur Advisory →
Digital Marketing Strategy
Your website, marketing automation, SEO and marketing AI should follow the same plan as the rest of your technology. We align them to your IT & AI strategy, so marketing and IT stop working in parallel.Explore Digital Marketing Strategy →
MSP Oversight
Your managed service provider keeps the lights on, but who is steering? A former CIO reviews what your MSP delivers against your goals, not just the minimum in the contract, and pushes for the strategy and innovation you pay for. Delivered through CIO IQ®.Explore MSP oversight with CIO IQ® →