Assess
We review the current situation, including systems, costs, risks, vendors, projects, staffing, and business needs.
Independent Technology Advisory
Make important technology decisions with an experienced executive on your side
Ronin Advisory provides senior technology guidance to business leaders. We advise organizations as they evaluate options, understand costs and risks, choose a direction, and oversee important work involving technology, AI, data, vendors, projects, and teams.
You can engage Ronin for a single decision, a major initiative, or ongoing fractional executive technology leadership—senior CIO-level guidance without hiring a full-time executive.
What Ronin does
Ronin serves as an independent technology advisor to leadership. We do not sell software, represent vendors, or provide day-to-day technical support. Our role is to give leadership independent judgment and oversight for technology decisions.
Recommend
We explain the available options in business terms and recommend a practical course of action.
Support execution
When needed, we remain involved to establish priorities, monitor progress, advise leadership, and hold projects and vendors accountable.
Depending on the engagement, the work may produce an assessment, recommendation, roadmap, vendor review, decision brief, leadership presentation, or ongoing executive oversight.
Situations where Ronin adds value
A major purchase needs an independent review
A vendor has recommended an expensive platform, contract, or project, but leadership needs an objective opinion before approving it.
Ronin's role
Explore technology strategy & investment We review the recommendation, assumptions, costs, organizational fit, and risks before you commit.
Your organization wants to use AI
Leadership sees potential in AI but is unsure where it would provide real value or whether the organization's data, policies, and controls are ready.
Ronin's role
Explore AI and data readiness and governance We identify practical opportunities, readiness gaps, governance needs, and sensible next steps.
An important project is difficult to evaluate
A technology initiative is delayed, over budget, poorly explained, or moving forward without clear ownership.
Ronin's role
Explore vendor and initiative oversight We give leadership a clearer view of progress, risks, responsibilities, vendor performance, and required decisions.
Technology is being managed without executive direction
Your employees or IT provider handle daily needs, but no senior technology leader connects systems, spending, projects, risk, and staffing to the organization's goals.
Ronin's role
Explore fractional CIO leadership Ronin provides fractional executive technology leadership that connects technology decisions, spending, projects, risk, and staffing with the organization’s goals.
Experience behind the advice
Ronin brings executive-level experience to the technology decisions that affect an organization’s direction, investment, operations, and risk.
The experience behind Ronin’s services includes:
- Executive leadership of technology strategy, operations, governance, and organizational change
- Organization-wide modernization across cloud platforms, business systems, data, reporting, and automation
- Oversight of technology investments, budgets, vendors, teams, security, and business continuity
- Guidance to executives, boards, and other stakeholders on major technology decisions, risks, and opportunities
- Advanced degrees, professional education, and real-world experience spanning business and technology—including MIT Professional Education—supporting an informed bridge between technical decisions and business priorities
This experience supports engagements ranging from a focused independent review to a major initiative or ongoing fractional executive technology leadership.
Every engagement is independent, senior-led, and tailored to the organization’s needs.
Consultation request
Tell us what you'd like to discuss
A few sentences are enough. Tell us what decision or problem your organization is facing and what outcome you want.
We will review the information you shared before the introductory conversation. That conversation is used to understand the need, confirm fit, and discuss the possible scope of an engagement. Detailed analysis and recommendations begin after an engagement is agreed upon.