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What is CIO/CTO as a Service for startups and companies

Our Goal is to ensure companies increase the value they derive from their application ecosystem through executive leadership, proven methods and effective solutions.

Interim CIO/CTO.

An Interim CIO/CTO is an experienced, multi-faceted senior technology executive who serves as the part-time Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for organizations that have not budgeted or do not require a full time executive.

An Interim CIO/CTO is generally retained for a limited time to oversee a leadership transition or guide a specific project.

Key Benefits:

The key business benefit of retaining a Interim CIO/CTO is that they provide the same expertise, experience and capability of a full-time C level resource without the associated level of salary, benefits, search firm fees and overhead expense associated with augmenting the leadership team. Interim CIO/CTO’s are typically available on short notice which mitigates the lengthy hiring process associated with a senior level position.

Strategic Perspective

CIO/CTO’s provide strategic advice to executive teams. They are solely responsible for designing a technology strategy, infrastructure, staff and supporting applications that your business requires to meet its goals. As a member of your executive team, this resource will collaborate with other business unit leaders and ensure the technology strategy benefits the entire organization, closely aligning with your business needs.

Business Alignment

Working closely with both the business groups within your organization and the technology teams, a CIO/CTO ensures that your business drivers and needs are being met by current and future technology strategy or product development. Your CIO/CTO can translate business concepts into technology terms and also explain technology solutions in layman’s terms. This fosters alignment between business and technology teams by mutual understanding of goals, technology, and business drivers.

Mitigating Risk

A CIO/CTO has typically served many companies in many industries and has worked with them at various stages in their lifecycle. This unique perspective provides your business with an experienced leader who understands which techniques, technologies and processes have failed to deliver results and those which have been successful. Risk mitigation reduces threats to your business while cultivating opportunities and success.

Budgetary Analysis

Your Interim CIO/CTO will align technology spending with your budget, identify overspending or recommend areas where deficiency in spending can stymie growth or innovation. By measuring technology expenses, maintaining budgets, renegotiating contracts and calculating ROI (Return on Investment) a Fractional C level resource will correctly allocate the budgetary spend to the right projects.

Results-Driven Methodology

Every business needs experienced leadership to guide its technology strategy. We provide CTOs that understand your business and your business objectives. Our methodology focuses on three guiding principles:

Driving bottom line growth through technology utilization & process efficiency
Reducing unnecessary technology spend by protecting technology investments
Limiting exposure to business continuity threats & data security risks

Advisory Services & Deliverables

Our experienced CTOs oversee the full lifecycle of your technology investments and will ensure that your technology strategy supports your business objectives. A clear and balanced action plan is defined to address each phase with the appropriate frequency:

Business strategy & planning
Technology road mapping
Discovery & peer reviews
Security & compliance reviews
Solution architecture
Vendor selection & management
Business continuity planning
M&A due diligence

Technology Assessments

Our rapid discovery technology assessment gathers and analyzes your key business objectives, existing technology, and current technology roadmap. Key personnel, vendors, and customers may be interviewed to gather additional information. Your industry and the growth phase of your business will impact certain aspects of the assessment.

The fee for the technology assessment can range from $2,500 to $10,000 depending on the scope and deliverables required. The resulting business technology scorecard identifies where you need to focus your attention and resources.

Part-time CTO Services

With APEX, you can get the technology leadership you need but on a part-time basis that you can afford. Monthly retainer-based packages provide clearly-defined services and deliverables. Additionally, we can help you manage the “boots on the ground” technical resources whether they are internal employees, independent contractors, or 3rd party providers.

Advisory Level

$2,500 - $5,000 / month

Business Process Assessment
Strategy & Planning
Technology Evaluation & Selection
System Implementation Oversight
Vendor Evaluation & Selection
Analytics & Reporting

Management Level

$5,000 - $10,000 / month

Technology Roadmap Design
Technology Project Management
Product Design & Development
Technology Staff Management
Vendor Selection & Management
Business Continuity Planning

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