Fractional IT director: an expert on your side, a few hours a month
The judgment of an IT director without the full-time salary. I manage your tech vendors, review your setup every quarter, keep your AI use and AI pilots under review, and plan the budget, so IT decisions stop being made in a hurry.
- Price
- Fixed-fee, quoted after a free call.
- Typical timeline
- Ongoing, monthly
Sound familiar?
- We pay an IT company, but nobody checks whether we get what we pay for.
- Renewals and price increases keep surprising us.
- We want someone to call with tech questions without hiring a full-time person.
What is included
- Vendor management: one point of contact for your IT provider, software vendors and internet and phone carriers, with regular check-ins against what they promised.
- A quarterly review of your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 setup: accounts, admin rights, second-step login (MFA) coverage, file sharing and licenses nobody uses.
- A quarterly review of your cloud platform if you run on Azure, Google Cloud or AWS: who has access and what it costs.
- Proof from your provider that backups run, updates go out and security alerts get answered.
- AI oversight: keep your AI use policy current, review new AI tools and vendor terms before anyone signs up, review how the AI pilots in production are doing with whoever runs them, and propose the next pilot each quarter.
- Budget and renewal planning: a calendar of every contract, license, domain and warranty, and an annual IT budget.
- A set block of advisory hours each month for questions, planning and vendor decisions.
What you receive at the end
- A one-page quarterly report: what was checked, what was found, how your AI tools and pilots are doing, and what your providers are doing about it.
- A renewal calendar and an annual IT budget you can plan around.
- A standing slot for planning, so you always know who to ask.
Who it suits
- Businesses that have finished an assessment and want someone to see the roadmap through.
- Businesses whose IT provider handles day-to-day support, but nobody oversees the provider.
- Owners who spend too much of their own time on tech decisions.
- Businesses running an AI pilot in production that want someone overseeing it after handoff.
Where this work happens
Remote. The reviews and advisory hours happen over video calls, with an occasional visit to your office for Carson City and Reno clients when it helps.
Related services
The $1,500 technology assessment is the usual starting point, so the advice is grounded in facts. This service pairs well with Technology assessment and roadmap and IT provider selection and contract scoping.
Fractional IT director: common questions
What does fractional mean?
Part-time. You get the planning, vendor oversight and decisions an IT director would handle, for a few hours a month instead of a full-time hire.
Will you fix things yourself?
No. I decide what needs doing and make sure it gets done. Your IT provider does the hands-on work, and when a job is beyond them, I help you find and brief the right specialist.
Is this 24/7 support?
No. It is scheduled reviews and advisory time, not an around-the-clock help desk. Day-to-day support stays with your IT provider.
Does this cover AI?
Yes. AI oversight is part of the service: the AI use policy stays current, new AI tools and vendor terms get reviewed before anyone signs up, AI pilots in production are reviewed with whoever runs them, and each quarter there is a proposal for the next one. It is the ongoing step after an AI pilot is handed over.
Can we start here without the assessment?
It usually starts after an assessment, so there is a known baseline and a roadmap to work from.
Talk it through first
Fractional IT director is fixed-fee, quoted after a free call. The $1,500 assessment is the usual starting point, so the advice is grounded in facts.