Fractional CIO
A senior technology leader on a monthly retainer. Roadmap, budget, vendors, security posture, and a seat at the leadership table, without a full-time executive hire.
Best for: growing companies with an IT team but no CIO.
Three ways to work together
Pick the level of involvement your company needs now. Many engagements start small and change shape as the business does.
Interim CIO
Full-time leadership for a defined stretch: a departure, a turnaround, or a sale process. Stabilize the team, steady operations, and hand off cleanly to the next leader.
Best for: a vacant CIO seat or a company in transition.
Transformation & integration
Project leadership for work that can't wait: ERP and HR platform implementations, cloud migrations, security uplift, and technology diligence and integration for acquisitions.
Best for: a deal, a deadline, or a platform change.
Experience you can check
Results from senior IT leadership at a $1B+ PE-backed veterinary platform.
- 377acquisitions with technology diligence and integration
- 90–120 daysaverage time to onboard an acquired site onto network, M365, security and Workday
- 109 daysto deliver a company-wide Workday implementation
- 2 → 4cybersecurity maturity on a 5-level scale, per third-party NIST-based assessments
Also: 45-person IT organization across seven teams, $7M capital budget, infrastructure scaled from 36 to 413 locations.
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About
Matthew Papas has led enterprise technology through rapid growth, acquisition and platform change. He built the technology diligence and integration program for 377 acquisitions, led three Workday implementations, and built the cybersecurity governance program on NIST CSF.
He holds a Master of Professional Studies in Technology Management from Georgetown, completed MIT Sloan's AI for Business Strategy program, is a member of the Society for Information Management, and served in the U.S. Navy.
Start with a 30-minute conversation
Tell me what's changing and where technology is in the way. If I can help, I'll say how. If not, I'll say that too.