Trusted Technology Advisor
For business owners who want a trusted technology voice without the cost of a full-time executive
The Challenge
Most mid-market businesses don't need a full-time CIO — but they do need access to senior technology judgment when decisions arise. Vendor evaluations, system performance questions, integration planning, AI questions, security concerns, build-vs-buy decisions, capital planning around technology.
What's missing is someone you can pick up the phone and call — someone with 30+ years of context who knows your business and is paid only by you.
What We Do
We become your part-time technology advisor — embedded enough to know your business, your team, and your trajectory; independent enough to always tell you what we actually think.
Engagements are structured around your actual needs: a standing monthly review, ad-hoc consultation as decisions arise, vendor and contract review, board or owner reporting support, and direct counsel to leadership on the biggest technology decisions.
What You Get
- Monthly working session with leadership
- On-call availability for urgent questions and decision points
- Vendor evaluation and contract review as needed
- Strategic technology planning support tied to business goals
- Independent perspective on team performance, vendor performance, and major decisions
- Board, ownership, or investor reporting support on technology topics
What Makes This Different
You get a senior technology voice you can call — between formal engagements, before vendor meetings, when a major decision is approaching, when something feels off in IT. Engagements aren't packaged; every relationship is shaped around what your business actually needs. The work is done personally by Mark, and the advice is paid for entirely by you — which means the recommendations are shaped only by what fits your operation.
Is This Right for You?
- You're a business owner who wants senior technology judgment available when decisions arise
- You have an internal IT team but want an independent voice at the leadership level
- You're navigating a phase of significant technology change and want experienced counsel
- You want to avoid hiring a full-time CIO at this stage of the business
- You want a long-term advisor relationship, not a one-shot engagement
The same three commitments hold across every engagement.
We start with your business, not your technology.
Time with operations leaders, not just the executive team. The workarounds, the exception cases, the small process decisions made years ago. The technology question comes after we know how the operation actually runs.
Mark personally leads every engagement.
Supplemented by hand-selected senior consultants when scope calls for it — never junior staff running discovery while a partner shows up for the milestones. The experience you're paying for is the experience doing the work.
The deliverables are written for you.
Plain English. Clear logic. Recommendations you can defend to your board, your owners, or your own team without translation. Every document is still useful a year after the engagement ends.
Ready to get started?
The first call is always just a conversation — no pitch, no pressure.
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