Fractional CIO & IT Executive Advisory
Technology touches
everything. Someone
should steer it.
Symplify Group gives growing companies executive-level technology leadership without the cost of a full-time CIO. We bring the seat at the table that keeps technology decisions aligned with where your business is actually headed.
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Why This Matters
Blind decisions are dangerous.
Tech touches every decision
From sales and operations to finance, security, and hiring, nearly every business decision today has a technology dimension. Someone needs to own that lens.
The middle gets left out
You've outgrown "figure it out as you go," but you're not yet a company that can justify a full-time CIO salary and team.
Reactive costs more
Without oversight, tech decisions get made in silos, resulting in redundant tools, security gaps, and untracked technology spend.
Fractional means fit
You get the strategic oversight of a CIO, scaled to what your business actually needs right now, not a fixed headcount cost.
Our Services
Two ways to work with us.
Most partnerships start with the stack optimization: a fast, low-risk way to see how we work and start recovering value immediately. From there, many clients bring us on as their ongoing fractional CIO.
Entry Engagement · One-Time
Tech Stack Optimization
A focused, project-based audit. Most companies already run on Microsoft 365 in some form and are leaving value, simplicity, and savings on the table across security, collaboration, and IT operations. The audit itself is free. If you want the full roadmap delivered, our fee is success-based: a percentage of your verified year-one savings only.
- Full license utilization review
- Overlap and redundant-tool identification
- Prioritized savings & consolidation roadmap
Ongoing Partnership
IT Executive Advisory
(Fractional CIO)
Executive-level technology leadership on a fractional basis. We sit alongside your leadership team, translate technology into business terms, and make sure every tech decision supports where the company is going.
- Strategic technology roadmap tied to business goals
- A standing seat in leadership and budget conversations
- Vendor, security, and infrastructure oversight
- Guidance scaled to what your business needs, on a monthly or quarterly cadence
How It Works
How most partnerships begin.
You don't have to commit to an ongoing retainer to get started. Most relationships follow this path, starting small, proving value, and growing from there.
Free discovery call
We talk through your business and current technology environment and scope a tech stack audit if there's clear opportunity.
Tech stack audit
We kick off with a working session to ask the questions that matter, then go to work auditing your environment at no cost. If there's an opportunity for savings, delivering the full roadmap comes with a simple, success-based fee: a percentage of your verified year-one savings only.
Ongoing executive oversight
With trust established, many clients bring us on as their fractional CIO (Compass, Pilot, or Captain) for continued strategic leadership.
Tiers & Packages
Start with a free audit. Then scale up.
Most partnerships start with a free tech stack audit, then move into ongoing leadership at the level your business needs. Book a consultation to talk through the right fit and pricing for your company.
Step One · Free Audit
Tech Stack Optimization
A free audit of your technology, vendors, and costs. We identify where savings are hiding. If you want the full roadmap delivered, our fee is success-based: a percentage of your verified year-one savings only.
Then, choose your ongoing leadership tier
Advisory Only
Compass
5 hours / month
Strategic input on demand, with no standing seat or ongoing management.
For companies not yet ready for hands-on leadership, but who want a hand to check in with.
- On-demand strategic advisory access
- Light vendor or contract review upon request
- Ad hoc budget/IT decision sanity-checks
- Monthly check-in call
Most Common
Pilot
15 hours / month
A standing seat in IT and budget conversations, driving the roadmap forward.
Continuous technology leadership for businesses that need a hand on the wheel without a full-time CIO.
- Everything in Compass
- Standing seat in IT & budget conversations
- Vendor management & tool consolidation
- Baseline security & infrastructure oversight
- Annual roadmap refresh, including AI readiness
- Quarterly business reviews
Embedded
Captain
25 hours / month
A seat in the core executive leadership team, not just IT conversations.
For companies using technology as a core lever of business transformation.
- Everything in Pilot
- Seat in the core executive leadership team
- Digital transformation strategy & major initiatives
- Elevated security governance & compliance oversight
- Technology due diligence for acquisitions
- Board-level reporting
"Clear, actionable guidance that drives measurable ROI."
Symplify Group is an IT advisory group dedicated to giving growing companies the executive technology leadership they need, without the overhead of a full-time hire.
We work as a single fractional CIO service: we make the strategic calls and drive the roadmap forward ourselves, from vendor consolidation to infrastructure changes. Many clients start with a tech stack audit and move naturally into one of our ongoing leadership tiers: Compass, Pilot, or Captain.
Our mission is simple: make sure technology decisions are made with the same rigor and business alignment as every other decision at the leadership table.
Contact Us
Let's find your starting point.
Whether you want a full stack audit or an ongoing seat at the table, tell us a bit about your business and we'll recommend where to start.
Fractional CIO & IT Executive Advisory
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