Virtual Chief Technology Officer
ignite technologies has CTO skills and experience that your business needs
without the expense of a full-time, high-level employee
Virtual Chief Technology Officer
Technology underlies nearly every knowledge-based business. Doctors rely on electronic medical and health record systems, law offices need secure communications and document management software, and architects live and die by their CAD apps. Those are just the marquee systems. A small business may have a highly capable and successful owner, but technology is fundamental for every business and too massive of a topic to entrust to someone who isn’t steeped in the field…and dedicated to that single function.
That being said, a full-time CTO would be overkill for most small businesses. There’s plenty of work to do, but much of it is sporadic, coming primarily when new projects are in discussion and underway or emergencies pop up. The solution is a vCTO, or virtual CTO.
We see the BIG picture
With ignite Technologies vCTO service, we provide the CTO skills and experience that your business needs without the expense of a full-time, high-level employee. Some of the things a vCTO will do for you . . .
Provide an informed IT perspective in discussions of new projects to speed up decisions
Ensure that cloud services offer synergies like single sign-on or integrations with current systems
Oversee and/or support IT team members and projects to ensure efficiency and alignment with overall company goals
Prevent purchases that aren’t best in class or are incompatible with installed systems
Compare the budget for new purchases against increases in productivity and efficiency
Design a technology replacement plan that increases uptime and productivity
In the end, the utility of a vCTO is that you get someone who sees the big picture of how technology enables your company to operate at its best. That in turn leads to cost savings in the long run because it’s easier to set up technology right from the start than it is to tackle the onslaught of micro- and macro- issues that arise from disjointed, disorganized or misused systems and tools.
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