Essential Tech Due Diligence Skills: Reasons to Avoid the ‘We’ve Got a Guy’ Shortcut
Essential Tech Due Diligence SkillsReasons to Avoid the ‘We’ve Got a Guy’ ShortcutWhen it comes to technical due diligence, some investors opt for big-name firms, investing significant resources to ensure [...]
Technical Due Diligence: Benefits, Process, & How-to Checklist
When investors are considering acquiring a company, they often say, “We bet on the founders.” This sentiment becomes a rationale for skipping technical due diligence -- an in-depth assessment of [...]
TechCXO Returns to Inc 5000 List
TechCXO, the pioneer of on-demand executive leadership services, returns to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies. The company has been on the list for 15 of [...]
AirWorks Case Study CTO, CFO
INTERIM CTO & FRACTIONAL CFO AirWorks, a spinout of the MIT Sloan Business School, utilizes Machine Learning to process multi-spectral aerial drone surveys for the building and construction industry. [...]
TechCXO Reports Full-Year Revenue Growth for 2023; 20th Straight Year of Top-Line Growth
TechCXO Reports Full-Year Revenue Growth for 2023; 20th Straight Year of Top-Line GrowthATLANTA, MARCH 12, 2024 – TechCXO, a pioneer in providing industry-relevant, on-demand executives delivering fractional and interim professional [...]
Payments Company Case Study
CTO Services Case Study California Payments Co. Needed Interim CTO “I appreciate the work you did. Can’t imagine this will be the last time we need an Interim CTO, [...]
Wake Up Warrior
Wake Up Warrior THE CHALLENGE -Establishing a sound software foundation and growing into a strong software platform -The coaching platform was unable to pivot [...]
CISO-As-a-Service
CISO as a Service A Fractional CISO as a Service, sometimes called vCISO (virtual Chief Information Security Officer), is an alternative security program leadership strategy that leverages a flexible [...]
UDoTest Case Study
UDoTest OVERVIEW: UDoTest, Inc. is a Boston-based, B2B, at-home lab testing software platform utilized by insurers, employers, consumers and laboratories. The goal of UDoTest [...]
Top Tech Consultants 2022
TechCXO’s Todd Merrill has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Tech Leaders in Consulting for 2022. Todd is an experienced software executive who typically assists his clients as [...]
Top 50 Information Security Professional
TechCXO’s Kevin Carlson has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Information Security professionals in the world. Kevin is a TechCXO partner and supports clients as a fractional CISO [...]
How to Get the Best Offshore Results
In his 2005 Book, The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman sums it up pretty well. “There is just a job, and in more cases than ever before it will go to [...]
Are you leveraging fractional C-level leadership? Maybe you should
Does Fractional Leadership work?Fractional leadership is the practice of leveraging external experienced C-level executives to fill leadership gaps in your business in a part time capacity. The fractional executive works [...]
Aptitude Health Case Study
Aptitude Health THE CHALLENGE Full service support, including Financial, Technology and Strategy. THE SITUATION Aptitude Health experienced CTO vacancy with significant delivery challenges. [...]
CEO vs CTO: Fixing a Broken Marriage
CEO vs CTO – Fixing a Broken Marriage Many times IT dysfunction in a company comes down to the inability of the CEO and the CTO (or CIO) to effectively communicate. [...]
Acquisition Integration: Systems and Technology
Part Three: Systems and Technology Companies seek to accelerate revenue growth or enter new markets through mergers and acquisitions. They spend a lot of energy and resources identifying the right [...]
What is the right cloud spend?
I was recently asked by a client – What is the right spend on cloud for my organization? The client was asking about both cloud software (SaaS – Software as [...]
Business Continuity Plans
Here's a rhetorical question... When is the best time to prepare for a hurricane or tropical storm? (BEFORE it strikes). If you weren't dealing with the busy hurricane season directly, [...]
RNC Data Breach and Your Business
This article was slated for a later release, but given the news about nearly 200 million American’s PII was made publicly available by a firm working for the RNC, [...]
Technical Debt: Startups Silent Killer
There’s a condition that silently but relentlessly stalks startups and is one of their leading killers: technical debt. Here are few of its symptoms: General discomfort from the feeling [...]
Product Success – Post-Launch Checklist
The (Other) Only Thing That Matters for a Startup Marc Andressen once famously wrote that in the great debate about what is most important for a startup: the team, [...]
Product Rescue
Exactly what is a "Product Rescue"? There is nothing that puts a knot in the gut of an entrepreneur than the struggle to scale a product solution. The Founder [...]
The Crucial Computer Science Skills Employers Are Craving
You’ve spent a lot of time around technology. Whether through formal training or pursuing your natural interests, you have likely developed a skill set that employers all over will [...]
Three Non-Technical Things a CTO Must do to Survive Growth
A growing company is a great place to be. It’s fun to see customer acquisition rates and revenue increase. You’re excited for each new day, each new customer, and each [...]