A vCIO with a seat at your leadership table
vCIO services ยท Atlanta, GAYour vCIO (virtual CIO) owns the technology plan for your organization: the roadmap, the budget, the vendors, and the risk picture your board asks about. You get senior technology leadership every month, scoped to the size of your team.
What your vCIO owns
Growing organizations reach a point where technology decisions carry real money and real risk, and nobody on the leadership team owns them. Renewals slip through, the budget is a guess, and the board asks questions nobody can answer with confidence.
Your vCIO takes those four areas and keeps them current, so every technology decision has an owner and a reason behind it.
Roadmap and budget
A 12 to 36 month technology roadmap tied to your business plan, an annual IT budget, and spend forecasts your finance lead can plan around.
Vendors and contracts
An inventory of every SaaS tool and license, a renewal calendar so nothing renews unnoticed, and someone on your side of the table when contracts come up for negotiation.
Leadership and board reporting
Your vCIO joins leadership meetings and prepares a board-ready report on technology, risk, and spend, written so non-technical directors can act on it.
Risk, compliance, and AI policy
Compliance planning for HIPAA and SOC 2 readiness, answers for cyber insurance questionnaires, and an AI usage policy your team can follow.
Our AI strategy services →A plan built on what your systems report
Your vCIO works alongside the engineers who run cloud, security, and cost governance for our clients every day. Every recommendation gets checked by the people who would carry it out.
For managed clients, the roadmap and budget draw on the same monitoring and spend data that goes into your monthly report, and Nexus can add a live view on top. Standalone clients get the same team behind every recommendation, working from the systems you already have.
The vendor work, in one engagement
A 52-person nonprofit had 12+ SaaS subscriptions and no live view of its software spend. We mapped every tool and license and put the spend on one dashboard. SaaS sprawl fell by 40%, and $127K in savings went back into program delivery within the first year.
Read the nonprofit case study →How to bring in a vCIO
Hire a vCIO on its own, or get one as part of a managed services tier.
| Option | What your vCIO covers |
|---|---|
| StandaloneKeep your current IT team or provider | All four areas, with a monthly working session and a quarterly roadmap and budget review. Foundation clients can add it the same way. |
| Growth tierIncluded | Quarterly roadmap and budget reviews alongside your quarterly business reviews. |
| Strategic tierIncluded | The full vCIO: all four areas, a seat in your leadership meetings, and board reporting. |
Scope and price are set in your Clarity Assessment.Compare service tiers →
Questions about vCIO services
What is a vCIO?
A vCIO (virtual chief information officer) is a part-time technology executive. Your vCIO owns your technology roadmap, budget, vendors, and risk planning, and reports to your leadership team the way an in-house CIO would.
Do we need managed services to hire a vCIO?
No. You can hire a vCIO on its own and keep your current IT team or provider. A standalone engagement includes a monthly working session and a quarterly roadmap and budget review.
How does a vCIO compare with a full-time CIO?
A vCIO covers the same planning work: roadmap, budget, vendors, risk, and board reporting. It fits organizations that need CIO-level decisions every month and aren't ready for a full-time executive hire.
How is a vCIO engagement priced?
Scope and price are set in your Clarity Assessment, based on your size, your systems, and how much of the work you need covered.
Can our vCIO help with AI?
Yes. Your vCIO writes an AI usage policy with you and folds AI projects into the roadmap and budget. As a Claude Partner Network member, our team can also build the projects that make the cut.
How do we get started?
Book a Clarity Assessment. It's a focused working session where we map your current technology, surface the risks and waste, and agree on what your vCIO should own first.
Let's find out where your technology plan stands.
Bring your budget, your vendor list, and the questions your board keeps asking. We'll show you what a vCIO would take on first.
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