External IT Director (CIO as a Service)

Strategic IT Management without a Full-Time Director

Not every medium or small business needs or can afford to have a full-fledged IT director on staff. However, without strategic management of technology, it is impossible to achieve high efficiency and maintain competitiveness in the modern world. The “External IT Director” service (CIO as a Service) provides top-level expertise under a flexible contract, freeing you from the costs of maintaining an expensive in-house manager.

We work as your strategic IT partner: planning technology development, strictly controlling task execution, and, most importantly, ensuring full compliance of the IT infrastructure and all processes with the strategic goals of your business.

What an External IT Director Does

CIO as a Service represents a fundamentally different level than technical support. It is pure strategic management. Our tasks include developing a long-term IT strategy, planning and optimizing the budget, controlling and auditing the work of all contractors, managing risks and cybersecurity, optimizing internal processes, and preparing the IT infrastructure for business scaling. We transform IT from a source of uncertain costs into a clearly managed tool for achieving business goals.

Who the Service is Suitable For

This solution is ideal for medium-sized businesses that have outgrown the “one sysadmin for everything” model but are not yet ready to hire a full-fledged CIO. It is also suitable for companies that need to bring in a fresh strategic perspective on IT and for any business that wants to achieve complete transparency and control over its technological domain. In Latvia, many companies face the problem of the lack of systematic IT planning, and the external IT director professionally addresses this issue without increasing staff.

What You Get

As a result of collaboration, you receive a professional and realistic IT strategy, an optimized and transparent budget, strict control over contractors and the internal team, a significant reduction in technological risks, and confident, systematic technological development of the business. We firmly believe that IT should work for the business, not create additional complexities and headaches for it.