The It Plan

Providing Strategic and Tactical IT Implementations, Construction, and Team Building at Early Stage Companies. Remote or On-Site in New York City in retail, healthcare, AI, and all other industries. The technical gap between operations and engineering is filled by IT. When it comes time to scale, this function is rarely developed and creates a lot of operational pain. From a large sample set, we've found that building an IT program from scratch - from Seed to Scale - is a standardized process with just four factors – industry, resources, constraints, and goals. With this information, I can tell you exactly which IT problems are causing you trouble, what you should do and why, and even implement the solutions. This includes the people, proceses, and technology itself. Here's why making us your first stop is a good idea. Build your IT team, or work with existing junior IT staff:* expand your pool of potential IT hires,* target appropriate salary ranges without sacrificing experience,* provide a ‘perk’ to candidates - IT growth/coaching/leadership 2. Reduce your operational headcount spend * our rates < full time hire * expands geographic location of IT hires * we'll be hands-on in NYC! Early IT decisions have far-reaching consequences * improves the odds of choosing the right technology avoids tech debt * Avoids new office and construction mistakes Engagements often look like this. Design your IT Plan:* avoid future technical debt * skip the line in getting from zero to fully-fledged IT team 2. Tactically implement components of your plan * the hands on-work to get IT moving, for as long as you need * immediately alleviate Ops staff of IT work 3. Strategically manage the rest * consultative check-ins * leadership/mentorship/guidance of full-time IT hire In an embedded/virtual/fractional engagement, you’ll have my cell phone and find me online with the team, every day.