Most companies between 20 and 500 people don't need a full-time CIO. They need someone senior to call when the board asks hard questions, when an investor demands SOC 2, when an acquisition lands on the desk. We do that.
30 minutes. No pressure. Yours to keep.
"Our board is asking IT questions our team can't answer."
The gap: Your IT lead is brilliant at running the help desk and terrible at writing a board memo. Both are reasonable.
What we do: A vCIO who attends your board meetings, builds the slides, and answers questions in language your investors actually use.
"We're selling — and the diligence is going badly."
The gap: Buyers asking for evidence you don't have. SOC 2 reports, DR drills, vendor lists, security memos.
What we do: Sell-side diligence prep in 30–60 days. Clean evidence room. Tour-ready environment. We've walked clients through 40+ acquisitions.
"Our consultants left a giant Excel file and a $80K invoice."
The gap: Strategy delivered, not implemented. Recommendations no one owns. PowerPoint as a service.
What we do: Our vCIO doesn't just write the plan — they own the execution. Backed by Athena IT operations, the recommendations actually get done.
We build a tailored scope against your environment. Here's the full menu — pick what fits, drop what doesn't.
Named senior, embedded in your leadership rhythm. Board prep, strategy, vendor strategy, IT budget, hiring plans.
Named senior, owns security strategy, compliance, board / audit-committee reporting, regulator relationships.
12 / 24 / 36-month IT roadmap aligned to your business plan, refreshed quarterly with leadership.
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, CMMC, PCI, GDPR, CCPA — designed, implemented, and run, not just advised.
Quick-turn IT and security diligence for acquisitions. Risk register, integration plan, day-one playbook.
Pre-sale clean-up: documentation, evidence room, environment hardening, exit narrative for buyers.
Quarterly memos, slide decks, KPIs that mean something — written by people who've sat on both sides of the table.
SOC 2 / ISO / HIPAA / state attorney-general inquiries, FTC settlement orders. We've walked clients through them.
Customer security questionnaires, RFPs, DPAs, vendor risk inquiries — answered in hours, not weeks.
Every deliverable is documented, version-controlled, and yours to keep — even if you ever leave.
A specific human, not a queue. Reachable on Slack, email, phone. Same person, every meeting.
A 24-month plan aligned to your business goals, refreshed quarterly with leadership.
Quarterly memo + slides on IT and security posture, ready for your board deck.
Owned end-to-end: framework selection, evidence pipeline, auditor management, board reporting.
Tracker, DPAs, annual reviews, exit playbook for risky vendors.
Pre-built answers to 90% of the questions your customers will ask.
Quick-turn diligence support, with day-one and 100-day integration playbooks.
A 90-minute working session with your CEO/COO/CFO. Outcomes, not slideware.
Match a named vCIO/vCISO to your stage, industry, and personality. Two-week onboarding.
Build the 24-month roadmap with leadership. Set quarterly milestones and metrics.
Backed by Athena IT operations, the plan actually ships. No PowerPoint-as-a-service.
Board pack, KPIs, and a quarterly leadership review. You're always confident in the answer.
Don't see yours? Ask us anything — we answer real emails personally.
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll listen, ask better questions than the last guys, and write up a tailored proposal — only if it makes sense for you.
