The AD Leaf ® offers Virtual CTO and Virtual CIO services dedicated to reducing overhead and giving you a competitive advantage. Whether you need an expert on hand during a business transition or IT leadership on an ongoing basis, The AD Leaf ® has the answer. Our Virtual Chief Technology Officer (vCTO) and Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) services provide your organization with access to experienced, high-level professionals who can deliver corporate level leadership to your team without the cost and commitment associated with hiring full-time employees.
Technology is integral to every organization’s success. It is the foundation of core services, communication, and in building and managing valuable information. It is used to drive growth, to rise above competitors, to optimize processes, and to reach a global audience.
In order to unlock your business’ potential, a highly effective and competitive technology strategy is paramount, more so now than ever. In most small and medium businesses, technology leadership, expertise, and experience is severely lacking. Most small and medium businesses select the wrong technology, incorrect deployment schedules, and incorrect vendors and services. A great vCTO or vCIO is needed by these organizations to maximize results by the leveraging technology to its full advantage.
A full-time CTO is far too costly for a small to medium business. For this reason, outsourcing CTO functions to a highly capable and well positioned technology firm, such as The AD Leaf ®, provides great results at a fraction of the cost. With The AD Leaf ®’s vCTO Services, an experienced and dedicated CTO can be available to you virtually via phone, email, and video conference.
We take on all aspects of daily technology and product leadership, including:
Rapid Assessment: Execute intensive analysis of your technology platforms to identify the roadblocks to scaling and recommend changes in your platforms and processes to improve business and technical operations and product quality.
Daily Management: Management of your technology development and product management teams, including prioritizing work based on business need, supervising your technology and product teams, and managing the technology and product development budget.
Technology Evaluation and Selection: In any product development effort, a number of key technology choices need to be made based on the desired business outcome, cost of delivery, skills of the current and desired team, and market expectations. We put in place the structure, do the research, and make fact-based recommendations on the technologies that will be suit your needs.
All The AD Leaf ® vCTOs and vCIOs follow a practical, no-nonsense framework for identifying, planning, delivering, and supporting your IT services. When you outsource executive IT functions to The AD Leaf ®, we move quickly and efficiently to analyze your organization’s situation, take control and accountability for driving IT strategy, and recommend specific ways technology can make your business more competitive in the marketplace.
Professional IT Support and network engineers know that when their network is at risk, their organization is at risk. It can be daunting and sometimes impossible to keep track or keep up with security patches and software updates. With our Virtual CTO service, we can ensure that that all servers, computers, and other devices are up to date with the latest security patches with our automatic patch management system. We also provide the tools to enforce policies and to easily address the complexities of software and security patch deployment. Contact us today to learn more about our Virtual CTO services.