Leadership You Can Hire. Products You Can Run.

Senior Technology
Leadership,
On Your Terms

You need strategic technology leadership — but not a full-time C-suite salary. I embed as your fractional CIO, bringing 25+ years of real-world experience to align your technology with your business goals. And when you need a tool rather than a person, that same experience is built into our Practical Compliance products.

Experience spanning Fortune 500 SaaS to municipal government
25+
Years of Technology Leadership
$55M+
IT Budgets Managed
$500K
Annual Savings Delivered (Single Engagement)
99.9%
SaaS Uptime Achieved at McAfee
Why Fractional

The Strategic Advantage
of Fractional Leadership

01

Full CIO Expertise

Access seasoned C-suite technology leadership with cross-industry expertise — without the $300K+ salary, benefits, and equity overhead.

02

Immediate Impact

No ramp-up time. We bring proven frameworks, vendor relationships, and pattern recognition from day one.

03

Scalable Engagement

From 8 hours a month to 3 days a week — engagement scales with your needs and budget as you grow.

04

Objective Perspective

An outside lens cuts through internal politics and vendor bias, delivering recommendations grounded in what's right for the business.

Our Services

What We Deliver

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01

IT Strategy & Roadmapping

Build a 1–3 year technology roadmap aligned to your business strategy, with prioritized initiatives, budget frameworks, and governance models.

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02

Digital Transformation

Lead end-to-end transformation initiatives — from process modernization and cloud migration to ERP implementations and data strategy.

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03

Cybersecurity & Risk

Assess your security posture, align your program to recognized frameworks such as NIST CSF and CMMC, and build a risk-aware culture across your organization.

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04

Interim CIO / CTO Coverage

Provide continuity during leadership transitions, M&A activity, or rapid scaling — with board-level presence included.

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Our Products

Practical Compliance

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One readiness platform that runs inside your own Microsoft 365 environment, with a module for each framework you answer to. Prepare for the assessment, then keep your documentation current through every review cycle.

01
Available in Pilot

Practical CMMC

CMMC readiness for defense contractors and the IT providers who support them. Organize policies, map them to controls, and track gaps before an assessor finds them.

02
In Development

NIST SP 800-53 & CNSSI 1253

Control selection, documentation, and continuous monitoring support for organizations working toward an authorization to operate.

03
Planned

Practical Continuity

Build, review, and exercise a continuity of operations or business continuity plan, so it is current when you need it.

04
Planned

Practical SOC 2

Readiness and ongoing evidence upkeep for service organizations preparing for a SOC 2 audit.

Results

Impact That Speaks For Itself

Legal & Courts

Built IT from scratch at Monroe County Clerk of the Court — 10-min RTO achieved

No mature IT function existed. I built the entire department — infrastructure, security, DR, and governance — on a $2M budget.

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SaaS / Cybersecurity

McAfee SaaS platform uptime improved from 95% to 99.9% — exceeding the target

I built and led the DevOps function, scaling from 7 to 80 people and implementing automated testing that transformed platform reliability.

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What Clients & Colleagues Say

Trusted by Executives,
Recommended by Peers

Duran was instrumental in making sure we had a successful Workday ERP implementation. He brought the Clerk's IT operations and infrastructure to the next level which, in turn, helped me do my job more efficiently and effectively.

Pam Radloff
Finance Director, Monroe County Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller

Duran managed the partner delivery operations before switching over to heading development operations. Under his leadership the team had a footprint in 3 continents and provided 24×7 operations. His empowering style of leadership brings out the best in his team members.

Shailaja K. Shankar
Senior Vice President, Cisco

Duran was a pleasure to work with. He actually got things done well, timely, and efficiently. I am going to miss his wit and intelligence and 'get it done' attitude.

Thomas Barnett, AICP
Director of Community Development, City of Greenville, NC (former client)

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Schedule a complimentary 30-minute discovery call. No pitch — just a candid conversation about your technology and compliance priorities.

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