The existence of a CIO or CTO is to lead technology strategy for a business organization, in lockstep with the other C-level executives. The CIO provides an executive-level connection between the business information, technology and resources and the rest of the organization.
Digital transformation is forcing the adaption of every aspect of business, from how companies produce and deliver s to how they deal with customers. Due to the fast pace and new demand for technology expertise and leadership. It’s no surprise that technology is driving change in any organization today. Being able to pivot and adapt not only requires intellectual property, human resources, technology but more importantly leadership.
Interim CIO. Continue pressure business goals and strategy and change o while the organization searches for a new CIO.
IT Leadership. Generate and execute tailored plans for developing and mentoring up-and-coming IT leaders and staff, building more effective teams, and improving IT customer service.
Contract Review /Re-Negotiations. Review IT contract to find efficiencies and offer suggestions to improve services or reduce costs.
New Technology Assessment. Research and recommend new information and communications technologies that help the organization innovate operations, improve quality, reduce cost, and/or expand and provide new services.
IT Health Check-Up. Examine an organization’s physical IT infrastructure and operations including data networking, computing infrastructure, software, backup and recovery, data security, virtualization, and cloud strategies.
Compliance Review. Review and access company privacy and information usage compliance along with workflow.
Legacy System Support and Retirement Strategy. Develop and implement an approach to decommission older IT systems and data that have been superseded by new systems or inherited as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
System Conversion Planning and Execution. Develop and implement a strategy to convert complex core application systems to a set of new application systems including mapping, testing, and migrating data from the old to the new IT systems.
IT Department Assessment. Evaluate an organization’s IT department including its structure, roles and responsibilities, people, processes, governance, current IT portfolio, knowledge and skills needed, and determine the value realized from the current IT spend.
Security and Vulnerability Assessments. Access defining, identifying and classifying the security weakness and limitation in information technology systems though both theoretical and real-life penetration testing.