Strategic Advisory

AAdvisory pillar of ARC (Leadership side)

Strategic Advisory

The senior technology voice most SMBs can't justify hiring - available as a retained engagement. We sit in your leadership rhythm, own the roadmap, and translate technology decisions into business outcomes the board actually cares about.

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What’s included

Scope that’s actually defined.

Every inclusion below is documented, delivered, and renewable under our standard agreement. No surprise scope. No silent exclusions.

vCIO - technology leadership

Quarterly strategy sessions, annual roadmap, CapEx / OpEx planning, and board-ready reporting.

vCISO - security leadership

Security strategy, risk register, incident command experience, and the voice that talks to your insurer for you.

Technology roadmap

A living 18-month view of where your technology estate is headed, refreshed quarterly and costed realistically.

Board-level reporting

Monthly or quarterly reporting tuned for your board - KPIs, risks, and decisions needed, without the technical noise.

What’s not included

The boundaries, stated up front.

Knowing where a service stops matters as much as knowing what it covers. Here’s what sits outside this engagement - so there are no awkward surprises later.

Hands-on implementation

Advisory sets the roadmap and owns the decisions; the delivery happens under the relevant service line - Managed IT, Cyber Security, Compliance - so strategy and execution stay accountable to each other.

A full-time CIO's availability

A vCIO gives you senior technology leadership at a fraction of a full-time hire: scheduled cadence plus on-call for the big calls, not a seat at every standup.

Advice shaped by vendor kickbacks

Our recommendations follow your interest, not referral commissions. Where we resell a product, we say so plainly.

How we deliver

A sequence you can hold us to.

Every engagement runs the same four steps. You always know which one we’re in and what comes next.

01
Scope
We map your current state and agree exactly what's in and out, in writing, before any work or invoice. No surprise scope, no silent exclusions.
02
Plan
A documented plan with milestones, owners, and success criteria you can hold us to - so you know what good looks like before we start.
03
Implement
We do the work with change control and your sign-off at each gate. You see progress against the plan, not a black box.
04
Operate
Ongoing management, published performance, and a quarterly review that keeps the work honest and the roadmap current.

Frequently asked

The questions we get most.

Who actually shows up - a junior or a senior?

A senior. Our vCIO and vCISO work is delivered by our principals, not outsourced to a graduate. You get the person whose name's on the service.

Can we engage just the vCISO and not the vCIO?

Yes. Some customers have a strong internal technology leader but no security strategy function. vCISO is a standalone engagement.

How does this work alongside our in-house team?

We supplement, not replace. In-house IT leaders get more strategic airtime and a peer to spar with on architecture decisions. In-house managers get a technology voice in the leadership team without hiring a CIO.

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