What Technology Consulting Is For
Every growing business ends up making technology decisions with long consequences: which software to standardize on, whether to replace a system that mostly works, how to connect the tools that don't talk to each other, how much to spend and on what. Vendors are happy to help, but each one recommends its own product.
A technology consultant works for you. We look at how your business actually operates, then recommend what fits, including, sometimes, not building anything at all.
What We Help With
- Technology strategy and roadmaps: where technology can make the biggest difference over the next year or two, and in what order to invest.
- Software and vendor selection: comparing the options against your real requirements, total cost and lock-in, before you sign.
- Process automation and integrations: finding the manual, repetitive work in your operations and connecting your tools so data is entered once.
- Data and reporting: getting the numbers you need out of the systems you already have.
- Reliability and security basics: backups, access management, hosting and the risks a small team tends to overlook.
- Project oversight: keeping an outsourced project on track when nobody in-house speaks the developers' language.
Fractional CTO for Growing Companies
Many companies need senior technical judgment long before they can justify a full-time Chief Technology Officer. As a fractional CTO, we take that role part-time: we set the technical direction, review the work of your developers or vendors, take part in hiring, and represent the technical side in front of partners and investors.
Plain Language, No Jargon
Technology should not be a barrier to running your business. We explain options, costs and risks in terms a business owner can act on, and we write our recommendations down so they can be shared with your team.
How We Work
- Discovery call: a free conversation about where you are and where you want to go.
- Assessment: interviews with the people doing the work and a look at the tools they use.
- Recommendations: a short written plan, ranked by impact and effort, with costs.
- Follow-through: we implement the plan with you, or stay on call while your team does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you tied to any software vendor?
No. We don't resell software or earn commissions, so our recommendations are based only on what fits your business.
Can you also build what you recommend?
Yes. We are a software development company, so when a recommendation involves custom work, we can do it ourselves. See software development consulting.
Do you work with companies outside Montréal?
Yes. Most of our work is done remotely, in English or French, for clients in Canada and the United States.
