Fractional CIO support across the North-East of England, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. The North-East - Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham, Teesside and the Tees Valley - has a concentrated industrial, financial-services back-office and process-engineering base, plus a growing tech cluster.
Local home base means on-site availability across the region can be arranged at short notice - including half-day visits, board attendance and informal site walk-throughs.
Travel and on-site: Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Durham all reachable as same-day on-site visits with no overnight travel.
Long-standing presence in the North-East across food manufacturing (M.I. Dicksons), industrial supply chain (LoneStar Group / Tees Valley) and the wider regional executive community.
Scale-ups, PE-backed businesses and mid-market enterprises that need senior IT representation in the boardroom but aren't ready (or don't need) a permanent CIO.
Local home base means on-site availability across the region can be arranged at short notice - including half-day visits, board attendance and informal site walk-throughs.
Long-standing presence in the North-East across food manufacturing (M.I. Dicksons), industrial supply chain (LoneStar Group / Tees Valley) and the wider regional executive community.
Scale-ups, PE-backed businesses and mid-market enterprises that need senior IT representation in the boardroom but aren't ready (or don't need) a permanent CIO.
Most Fractional CIO engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A defensible 12–24 month IT strategy aligned to commercial outcomes; Rationalised vendor and licence spend with clear governance; An IT operating model that scales with the business, not against it; Confident board reporting on technology risk and investment.
Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Durham all reachable as same-day on-site visits with no overnight travel.
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