Turn technology investments into business outcomes
You have a strategy deck and a technology budget, and they do not describe the same year. We sit between them. We turn a scattered toolset into a plan your board can follow and your team can run.
What a Fractional CSO does
We sit at the intersection of technology and the rest of the business. Making sure every tool, process, and vendor actually serves the mission.
Align tech with mission
Connect every technology decision to a measurable business or program outcome. So your investments tell a clear story to leadership, boards, and funders.
Streamline operations
Audit your processes, retire duplicate tools, automate the work nobody should be doing by hand, and free your team to focus on what matters most.
Plan budgets that hold
Build a multi-year technology budget with realistic numbers. Software, vendors, staffing, contingency. So finance, the board, and program leads are all working from the same page.
Lead change, not just change tools
Run the rollout. Train the humans. Keep the org aligned while the change happens. Big changes fail on adoption. We make sure yours does not.
Teams a Fractional CSO serves best
You have systems, vendors, and ideas. But no one owning the whole picture. These are the teams that get the most from strategy leadership.
Mid-size nonprofits
You've outgrown volunteer tech decisions. Development, programs, and operations each run their own systems. You need a single plan that makes the org feel like one organization again.
Mission-driven businesses
B Corps, co-ops, and values-led companies that want to modernize without losing what makes them different. We protect your culture while upgrading your operations.
Leaders post-reorg
A merger, new ED, or funding change left you with overlapping systems and unclear ownership. We build the integration plan and the governance that sticks.
Operations-heavy teams
Lots of manual handoffs, spreadsheets, and one-off integrations. We identify the handful of changes that unlock capacity across the whole organization. And sequence them so your team can actually absorb them.
Fractional CXO positions
Executive-level technology leadership without the full-time overhead
Fractional CTO
EOS-trained
Technical leadership & vision
$300 /hour
Reviews, decisions, and check-ins
$1,100 /half day
Our most common block
$2,000 /day
Workshops, planning, and deep work
No minimums. No long-term contracts.
Strategic technical direction, architecture decisions, and engineering team guidance for organizations that need senior tech leadership.
What's Included
- Technology roadmap & strategy
- Architecture & infrastructure planning
- Engineering team mentorship
- Vendor & tool evaluation
- Technical due diligence
- Security & compliance oversight
- Hiring & team-building support
- Board & stakeholder presentations
Ideal for:
Scaling startups
Non-technical founders
Growing dev teams
Chief Strategy Officer
EOS-trained
Modernization & growth
$300 /hour
Reviews, decisions, and check-ins
$1,100 /half day
Our most common block
$2,000 /day
Workshops, planning, and deep work
No minimums. No long-term contracts.
Align technology investments with business goals. We bridge the gap between what your tech can do and where your business needs to go.
What's Included
- Digital strategy & roadmapping
- Process optimization & automation
- Technology budget planning
- Cross-department alignment
- KPI definition & tracking
- Competitive & market analysis
- Change management guidance
- Quarterly business reviews
Ideal for:
Nonprofits
Mid-size orgs
Modernization work
Chief AI Officer
EOS-trained
AI strategy & implementation
$300 /hour
Reviews, decisions, and check-ins
$1,100 /half day
Our most common block
$2,000 /day
Workshops, planning, and deep work
No minimums. No long-term contracts.
Navigate the AI landscape with confidence. We help you identify high-impact opportunities and implement AI solutions that deliver real business value.
What's Included
- AI readiness assessment
- Use case identification & prioritization
- AI tool & platform evaluation
- Workflow automation design
- Team training & AI literacy
- Responsible AI & data governance
- Custom AI integration development
- ROI tracking & optimization
Ideal for:
AI-curious orgs
Efficiency-driven teams
Data-rich businesses
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- WordPress for nonprofits. pillar on modernizing technology for nonprofit organizations.
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- How a Discovery Session works
- Case studies
Let's make your tech tell one story
Book a free discovery call and walk us through your current landscape. We'll leave you with two or three concrete moves, whether you decide to work with us or not.