vCIO & Technology Advisory

Not every business needs a full-time CTO or CIO. Many growing companies need strategic technology leadership — someone who can sit in the room with the CEO and CFO, translate technical decisions into business terms, and hold vendors accountable to commitments — but not full-time. That's the vCIO model, and it requires someone who has actually held technology leadership responsibility, not just consulted around it.

Rick Davis brings 20+ years of hands-on technology leadership to vCIO engagements. That means budget planning grounded in operational reality, vendor evaluations that go beyond the sales deck, and technology roadmaps that account for the team's actual capacity. It means being the person who tells you what you don't want to hear when the proposal you're excited about is going to be a problem in 18 months.

vCIO engagements are structured around your needs — monthly strategic calls, quarterly planning sessions, board-level technology presentations, or embedded engagement during a major initiative. We adapt to the rhythm of your business, not the other way around.