Fractional CIO Service

 
 
What is our Fractional CIO Service?
Experienced, executive I.T. leadership - our virtual CIO service answers the critical questions that businesses face at the strategic, senior level of management, where I.T. should begin. Our Virtual CIO will understand your business, your goals, and put a technology related strategic plan in place to achieve these goals. A strong technology strategic plan matching the company goals allows an I.T. department to understand what it needs to accomplish and what order it needs to be done. It allows for the appropriate match of skill sets to achieve the goals, answers the questions of when to utilize a vendor for their expertise and when to do the work with your internal staff.
 
The Virtual CIO service can compliment your existing mid-level IT staff and provide the senior level, broad industry experience to your organization for a fraction of the cost of a full time CIO, Director, Manager or Coordinator of an I.T. department.
 
 
From Wikipedia (source):

Fractional CIO's differ from traditional CIO's in that they serve as a working member of a company's executive management team as a contractor and may-or-may-not serve on the company's board of directors. They use portfolio management skills as a way to align the company's information technology strategy and spending with the overall business objectives of the company.

A fractional CIO, also known as a Virtual CIO, vCIO, Interim CIO, Part-Time CIO, or CIO on-demand is an experienced, multi-faceted professional who serves as the part-time chief information officer of a small or medium-sized business that otherwise could not afford or would not need a full time executive to hold the position of chief information officer. The key business benefit of retaining a fractional CIO is that they provide the same expertise and capability of a full-time CIO without the associated level of overhead and benefits associated with adding another top level executive.