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Decisions you can stand behind
Big technology bets - ERP, new software, an AI initiative - get pressure-tested before you spend. You stop guessing, and stop making the expensive mistakes that come from buying on a vendor's word.
A senior technologist embedded in your leadership team. Single tier. We deliberately keep one tier so our incentives stay clean - there's no upsell ladder.
The weekly rhythm below is how we work. This is what you get out of it - the decisions made cleaner, the money kept in your pocket, and the technology plan that finally exists.
Big technology bets - ERP, new software, an AI initiative - get pressure-tested before you spend. You stop guessing, and stop making the expensive mistakes that come from buying on a vendor's word.
A prioritized technology plan tied to your business goals and your operating rhythm - not a slide deck that dies in a drawer. You always know what's next, what it costs, and why it matters.
We sit between you and your software vendors, MSPs, and contractors - reviewing contracts, questioning renewals, and cutting the spend you don't need. Many clients find the retainer pays for a good part of itself right here.
A senior voice who turns vendor-speak and jargon into business terms your leadership team can act on. No more nodding along in meetings you don't fully follow, or signing off on things you can't see clearly.
Internal developers, IT staff, or an outside agency get senior technical oversight - direction, architecture and code review, and accountability - without you hiring a full-time CTO to manage them.
No tiers, no upsell ladder, no surprise invoices - just a senior voice in the room. Start with a WPR →
25 hours included each month. No long-term lock-in. Cancel month-to-month - we don't keep clients who don't want to be here.
We deliberately keep one tier so our incentives stay clean. There's no upsell ladder, no "premium" version. The room you walk into is the same room every retainer client gets.
Your fractional CTO doesn't always pick up at 11pm. Elmer does. A private AI assistant ingesting your emails, decisions, recorded conversations and strategy docs - so the institutional memory of your business never sleeps.
See how Elmer worksEvery leadership meeting, 1:1, vendor call, strategy doc, and decision-flagged email goes in. Nothing leaves.
"What did we decide about X?" "Who owns Y?" "Find that vendor doc." Plain language. Cited answers.
Tracks open action items from your leadership meetings. Surfaces what's slipping before the next one.
Pre-meeting briefs, monthly work summaries, quarterly recap drafts. You skim, not write.
We'll tell you so before taking your booking. Promise.
Not every engagement fits a monthly retainer. A six-week architecture review, a board-prep sprint, a specific build, a vendor selection - those get scoped individually. The retainer stays one clean tier; custom work lives on its own track.
Every retainer begins with a $2,500 What's Possible Report (WPR) - fully guaranteed, written 90-day plan, your call on whether we continue.