Email: aaronworsham@sazboom.com
Phone: 248.812.9043
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Location: Chelsea, MI
Tech Advisory
Sometimes you just need someone to listen and give advice. Our businesses have experts in every profession that can guide us in our decisions. You are a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in your field. You shouldn’t also have to be that with your tech needs. A Fractional CTO is here to be that Tech SME for your business.
A free initial consultation might be all you need to help make a decision. Or, any one of the other services a Fractional CTO can offer might help make that decision an easy win.
Real Answers about AI and your Business
AI is a topic with a dangerous amount of Misinformation for businesses at this critical stage. AI is a game changer, but do you know how to sift through the hype and over promises to get at the wealth it can unlock?
Is the competition already ahead of you in adoption of a meaningful use of AI in your industry? If so, how can you catch up?
Is the person telling you about how AI will change your business incentivised by something other than your business’s success? You likely need an advisor who isn’t sales incentivised
Do you just have questions about AI and you know know if ChatGPT is the best place to get honest answers?
A Fractional CTO is deeply wired into the bleeding edge of technology and knows which parts are real and which parts are overhype. They have the experience to know the difference between where GenAI can make a difference and where it will just cause more problems than it solves, plus have a finger on the pulse of sentiment around GenAI online.
Market Analysis & Vendor Selection
It seems Technology lies at the heart of most Business decisions these days, irrespective of industry or company size. How can you grow your market, service your customers, acquire new capabilities, all while managing an ever shrinking operational budget? More often than not, Technology has been the answer. But making the wrong tech decision in a competitive market can be more costly than the initial price tag.
You need someone who can advice you on options, suggest alternatives, and help guide you thorough some of the tools we use in Enterprise Technology organizations to make decisions like these.
Tech Strategy & Solution Architecture
Businesses, large and small, need a Tech Strategy as a North Star to help them navigate the uncharted waters of our changing world. It isn’t enough anymore to find a vendor, trust them implicitly with your business goals, and simply pay their potentially ungrounded invoices. A Fractional CTO is your advocate by helping you chart your own path with technology with zero sales incentive.
Once you have a Tech Strategy, the next hurdle you will likely face will be drafting an Action Plan against that Strategy. What problem do we tackle first? How do we approach it and what are our guidelines and milestones? A Fractional CTO can Architect a Solution to the Tech Strategy that delivers for your business.
Project & Program Management
Your Business has an important project or tech implementation you need done right. It could be disastrous for your business if it goes poorly. But you don’t have anyone with experience to drive that project to completion. Let a Fractional CTO help.
Fractional CTOs have decades of experience delivering highly complex projects with multiple vendors to completion on time and under budget.
Software Development & Delivery
Sometimes is makes more sense to Build than to Buy. That decision can be the first place a Fractional CTO can help evaluate. Once you have decided to Build, let a Fractional CTO guide you thorough the process of Software Development at every stage from Vendor Selection to Requirements Drafting to Product Ownership and Delivery.
Most Fractional CTOs are also Software Developmers. I have spent most of my career building custom solutions for corporations. Let me help you build your competitive advantage.
Executive & Team Training
Expertise in Business means your knoweldge in multiple fields needs to be as wide as an Ocean and just as deep to compete. Fractional CTOs are experienced in training and mentoring teams and leaders on how they can add depth to their understanding of technology. Fractional CTOs can offer Tech Leadership training on Best Practices used at Enterprise level Corporations. They also know Professional Trainers who can dive into specific areas of interest for your team
Fractional CTOs have a wealth of leadership and operational knowledge they are willing to share if your business.