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Fractional CIO / CISO & strategy

A senior IT executive on your bench. Without the comp plan.

A named fractional CIO or CISO who attends your board meetings, owns the compliance roadmap, and actually executes the plan.

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Why teams call us

The problems we’re built to take off your plate.

  • Our board is asking IT questions our team cannot answer.

    → A vCIO who attends your board meetings, builds the slides, and answers questions in the language your investors use.

  • We are selling — and the diligence is going badly.

    → Sell-side diligence prep that moves quickly: a clean evidence room, a tour-ready environment, and a clear narrative for buyers.

  • Our consultants left a big invoice and a deck no one uses.

    → Our vCIO does not just write the plan — they own the execution. Backed by Athena IT operations, recommendations actually get done.

  • We need SOC 2 and have no idea where to start.

    → We select the framework, build the evidence pipeline, manage the auditor, and own board reporting end to end.

What’s included

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.

Fractional CIO

Named senior embedded in your leadership rhythm — board prep, strategy, IT budget, vendor strategy.

Fractional CISO

Named senior who owns security strategy, compliance, board reporting, and regulator relationships.

IT strategy & roadmap

A multi-year IT roadmap aligned to your business plan and refreshed quarterly with leadership.

Compliance program

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, CMMC, PCI, GDPR, CCPA — designed, implemented, and run, not just advised.

M&A diligence

Quick-turn IT and security diligence for acquisitions — risk register, integration plan, day-one playbook.

Board & investor reporting

Quarterly memos and slide decks written by people who have sat on both sides of the table.

How it works

A clear path. No black boxes.

  1. 01

    Embed

    Match a named vCIO or vCISO to your stage, industry, and personality — onboarding is short and structured.

  2. 02

    Plan

    Build a multi-year roadmap with leadership, set quarterly milestones, and establish clear metrics.

  3. 03

    Execute

    Backed by Athena IT operations, the plan actually ships. No deck and dash.

  4. 04

    Report

    Board pack, KPIs, and a quarterly leadership review — you are always confident in the answer.

In practice

We run the same consolidation we recommend to you —“Athena IT accelerated client onboarding and knocked out tool sprawl by choosing JumpCloud as their single, unified access platform.”

JumpCloud case study — read it
Common questions

Questions about it consulting & vcio.

Don’t see yours? Email the team — a senior engineer answers personally.

Is this just consulting, or do you actually do the work?
Both. Our vCIOs design the strategy and own the outcome. Backed by Athena IT operations, the recommendations get implemented.

How many hours per month do you commit?
We offer tiered packages from a light advisory cadence to a deeply embedded engagement, with burst capacity for board prep, M&A, or audits.

Can we use a vCIO without using your other services?
Yes. We integrate cleanly as a pure advisory layer with no requirement to shift your existing operations.

What is the typical client?
Companies between 20 and 500 employees who need senior strategic IT and security leadership without a full-time CIO or CISO on the payroll.

How fast can a vCIO start?
Typically a short onboarding period from contract to embedded. We move faster when the situation calls for it — a looming audit, an acquisition, or an imminent board meeting.
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Ready when you are

Let’s see if it consulting & vcio is the right fit.

Tell us what you’re dealing with. A senior engineer reads it and replies with where we’d start.

Tell us what’s broken

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