We act as your part-time CIO with a long-term commitment.

• Get a leader with over 30 years of experience at much less than the cost of a full-time employee.
• Long term relationship brings deeper knowledge of your business and style which, in turn, builds a longer-term perspective into our recommendations.

Services Provided

We tackle as much or as little as you desire, scaling our services appropriately.

Guidance and Direction - We Provide Guidance and Direction in the Following Areas:

• Business Technology Strategy and Planning
• Applications Mix and Architecture
• Optimizing your Business Processes for Higher Profitability (Highly Effective When
• Changing Systems)
• Reliable and Predictable Processes for Delivering Applications and Utility Services (email, hosting, wireless networks, etc.)
• Reliable, Predictable, and Low Cost Processes for the Helpdesk, Problem Resolution, and Applications Change
• Management and Planning of Continuity, Availability, and Capacity of Applications and Services
• Managing Security and Privacy
• Selecting and Managing Vendors

Staff Management and Development - We build your team's capabilities and culture, as high capability and appropriate culture are prerequisites for good IT performance.

• We manage your staff, whether employees or outsourced contractors.
• We guide your employees in their professional development.
• We cultivate a service-oriented culture with customer-focused values, regardless of whether your team members are employees or contractors.
• We build collaboration and teamwork.
• We'll cultivate our successor within your team.

Since our service is guidance and direction, extensive process design, architecture, vendor solicitation and selection, and extensive plan development will be provided as separate services. Your IT team will be a critical partner in achieving success. In this way, we keep your costs consistent with your needs.