What we do

Fractional leadership.

Technology consulting. Projects and delivery. Security.

Combined, we have saved our clients millions
by doing the right things well.

Independent. In the room. NZ owned.
01

Fractional CIO and strategic advice

Independent leadership. A senior team owns your technology direction and every major decision, including the transformation programmes that deliver it, and holds your vendors to account.

Most of our clients call us the week a board member asks a question nobody in the room can answer with confidence: what's actually in this contract, why haven't we upgraded that, what happens if it fails. That is the gap we fill.

Week one

We map what you have, what it costs, and where the risk actually sits.

First quarter

A rolling roadmap with real priorities, and vendors who know someone is watching.

Ongoing

Quarterly board reporting, and decisions made before they turn into problems.

No surprises, and clean answers when the board asks the hard questions.

A senior team that owns your technology direction
A rolling roadmap, reviewed every quarter
Vendors directed and held to their commitments
Board-ready reporting on risk, spend, and progress
02

Technology consulting

Independent advice on the technology that runs your business: cloud, Microsoft 365, networking, and the data underneath it. We assess what you have and design what fits.

It usually starts with one decision: a platform renewal, a cloud bill that has crept up again, or a nagging feeling nobody has actually checked whether the environment is secure. We start with what you have, not what a vendor wants to sell you.

Assess

We look at what you are running and why, with no assumptions carried over from the last provider.

Design

A plan for the platform, licensing, and network that fits the business you actually have.

Implement

Changes made with the people who use the systems every day, not around them.

Right workload, right platform, right cost. Nothing recommended just because it is new.

Cloud strategy, Azure and AWS, workload placement
Microsoft 365 configuration, licensing, and identity
Secure networking: SASE, zero trust, multi-site
Data and knowledge foundations that make AI useful
03

Projects and delivery

Structured, phased transformation programmes that take a business from where it is to where it needs to be: foundations first, then modern work, AI, and automation that sticks.

There is usually already a transformation programme somewhere: stalled, half-scoped, or sitting in a slide deck nobody has looked at since it was approved. We pick it up, or start it properly.

Foundations

We fix what is underneath before anything new gets built on top of it.

Delivery

Modern work, AI, and automation rolled out in phases that stick, not a big-bang launch that breaks on day one.

Outcome

Every initiative measured against a business number, not a technology milestone.

The goal is not to be using new technology. It is to be faster and sharper than the business next to you.

Programmes scoped, led, and owned end to end
Foundations fixed before anything is built on top
AI readiness, Copilot rollout, workflow automation
Every initiative measured against a business outcome
04

Security and operations

Security runs through every decision we make: posture, gaps, risk, and the governance that keeps it on track. The day-to-day basics, automated and enforced.

The trigger is usually an insurer's questionnaire, a board asking what happens if we are breached, or a near miss that made everyone in the room go quiet. We give you an honest answer, then fix it.

Posture

An honest assessment against NIST and SMB1001, gaps included, not glossed over.

Response

Managed detection, monitoring, and an incident plan that has actually been rehearsed.

Assurance

Reporting your board and insurer can rely on, not a checkbox exercise.

Managed detection, vulnerability management, and backups that actually work on the bad day.

Posture assessment against NIST and SMB1001
Managed detection, response, and vulnerability management
Incident response, rehearsed, not improvised
Board and insurer-ready risk reporting

Combined, we have saved our clients millions by doing the right things well.

Vendor reviews, contract renegotiations, and technology decisions made right the first time.

Delivery sits wherever it works best. Your team, your provider, us, or a mix. No lock-in.

See how we work

Not sure which pillar fits

Thirty minutes tells you exactly where you need us.

No pitch, no prep. We will tell you exactly which of these you need first, and which you do not need at all.

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