Fractional CIO/CTO Services

Has your company’s information technology and the investments made in this side of the business kept up with the times? Is information technology still adding value to your business or is it holding you back? Have you noticed that your company’s technology capabilities just aren’t good enough anymore, and due to either capacity or skill sets, your current in-house IT team is not able to rectify the situation?

If you have answered yes to even only one of these questions you could really benefit from the expertise of an experienced Galileo Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to map out the way forward. Do not let the fact that you could not afford to hire someone with the needed experience and expertise in on a full-time basis stop you from considering it. A fractional CIO / CTO could be the answer and the 20 years of experience offered by Galileo will add huge value to your business.

Here are three very good reasons why you should consider making a fractional CIO / CTO part of your team:

1.     Fractional vs full time – The work required to be done by a fractional CIO / CTO is often not permanent in nature and could be ‘seasonal’. You might feel that you only need someone on-site three days a week this month, four days a week for the month after that, and then just once or twice a week after that, based on plan and project portfolio. Many fractional CIO and CTOs are able to work like that and offer you that kind of flexibility.

A fractional CIO / CTO could also put plans, contracts, and roadmaps in place during his time at your company, and then after that, he could occasionally do checks to ensure that the team is on track.

 2.     Your technology needs an upgrade – Many companies incorrectly view IT only as a cost centre. IT is frequently required to reduce costs by doing more with less resources. Not investing properly in IT systems will eventually lead to a point where IT can no longer meet your business demands.

When IT starts to stifle your business growth, and you realize that you have resources that purely execute but there is no strategy,  a fractional CIO / CTO could fill that strategic gap to develop and drive an effective strategy. A CIO / CTO would come in and objectively assess your current situation and give strategic direction towards improvement. After that, they would provide weekly guidance to your senior management and team to ensure app strategic objectives are met.

 3.     Your company is expanding – If your company is expanding, be it to an additional location or hiring more people and creating new departments, a fractional CIO / CTO will help create consistency. A CIO / CTO will not only ensure that plans are in place to equip your new employees and offices, but they will also put processes in place that will ensure smooth integration and efficiency.