Fractional CIO Leadership
Your technology decisions should reflect where your business is going — not where it's been.
On-demand executive IT leadership. One accountable partner. No long-term contracts.
Fractional CIO Leadership
On-demand executive IT leadership. One accountable partner. No long-term contracts.
Who This Is For
That gap is normal. Most growing businesses reach a point where they need someone who thinks like a CIO without the full-time overhead. Aeolus adds the strategic layer that makes everything else work harder — alongside whatever's already in place.
Due diligence is thorough. If there are gaps in your infrastructure, security posture, or vendor contracts, Aeolus has navigated 11 transactions and knows exactly how to close them. You need someone who's been on both sides of the table — not someone who's read about it.
Workspace adoption is easy. Identity governance, security hardening, and vendor consolidation are not. Aeolus builds the roadmap and stays to execute it — working alongside your existing team to get it done right.
If any of this is your company, we should talk.
Start the conversation →What We Do
Every Aeolus engagement starts at the top: understand the business, build the strategy, then execute. Strategy first. Roadmap second. Execution third. Continuous, intentional improvement — not reactive fixes.
Your CIO. On demand.
Aeolus joins your leadership team as your accountable technology executive — attending key meetings, owning the roadmap, managing vendors, reporting to you. From a single monthly retainer. Cancel any time.
Know exactly where you're going.
Assessment of your current infrastructure, security posture, and vendor stack — delivered as a clear 90-day and 12-month roadmap. What to build. What to buy. What to kill. Delivered in two weeks.
Eleven transactions. Both sides of the table.
Technical due diligence, IT integration planning, and post-close execution for PE-backed deals and founder exits. Aeolus has navigated every stage — buyer, seller, and operator.
Built this. Running it.
Architecture, migration, identity management, and security hardening for Google-first organizations. Whether you're adopting Workspace or scaling past it, this is the roadmap.
Vetted vendors. Your leverage.
Single-source procurement of the technology your business actually needs — through Aeolus's established relationships and AppDirect partnership. No markups. Right-sized solutions.
20+
Years of Technology Leadership
11
M&A Transactions
3
Companies Built and Exited
NC State EE
TBJ 40 Under 40
Education & Recognition
Trusted By
No long-term contracts. Cancel any time. Engagements structured around your actual needs.
How It Works
30 minutes
Tell me what's broken, what's planned, and where you want to be in 12 months. No pitch deck. No RFP. Just a direct conversation about your technology reality.
1–2 weeks
I audit your current infrastructure, security posture, vendor contracts, and team capabilities. You receive a written brief: what's working, what's not, and a prioritized list of what needs to happen first.
one conversation
We define the engagement based on what you actually need — not a packaged tier. Monthly retainer. Cancel any time. You know the monthly number before we start.
ongoing
Roadmap. Vendor selection. Security hardening. M&A prep. Team augmentation. Whatever the business requires — I'm accountable for it, not just advisory on it.
From the Field
All Insights →SMB Leadership
There's a specific gap between needing executive IT leadership and being able to justify a full-time hire. Most growing companies operate in that gap for years. Here's what it costs them — and what an alternative actually looks like.
Read →M&A Advisory
Eleven transactions. Here's the short list of what acquirers look at — and what kills deals.
Read →Google Workspace
Workspace adoption is easy. Identity governance, security hardening, and vendor consolidation are not.
Read →Let's have a direct conversation about what you actually need — and whether Aeolus is the right fit. No pitch. No obligation.
Schedule a Discovery CallNo contract. Cancel any time. Engagements start from a single monthly retainer.