Find the value leakage: cost, systems, delivery, people, data, contracts, risk and decision bottlenecks.
CIO / CTO leadership for investors, boards and portfolio companies
From IT risk to EBITDA impact.
CIOatWork helps private equity investors, portfolio CEOs and boards control technology risk, improve operating performance and execute the systems, data, AI and transformation work needed for growth and exit readiness.
400+ business-critical projects
PE CIO / CEO experience
EBITDA and OPEX focus
Investment issue
Technology uncertainty
Legacy systems, unreliable reporting, vendor lock-in, fragile development and unclear ownership.
Board outcome
Operating control
Clear priorities, measurable delivery, cost control, scalable systems and executive confidence.
When to call
When technology determines the investment outcome.
The company cannot explain its systems, data, vendors or technical debt clearly enough.
The CEO or CFO needs a senior technology counterpart at board level.
A turnaround, carve-out, merger, reorganization or ERP/CRM recovery must move without value leakage.
Chief-to-chief contact
Approachable senior judgement, without adding additional tension in the room.
The first conversation should feel low-threshold: competent, informative, practical and open. CIOatWork is not positioned as someone who comes in to replace good chiefs or expose managers. The role is to help CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, CIOs, investors and boards regain control when the situation has become too complex, political or urgent to solve from one seat alone.
The best assignments start with a calm conversation: what is really happening, where is value leaking, which people are under pressure, and what decision would make the next month easier?
Value creation services
Senior technology leadership around the problems that reduce or create enterprise value.
01
Technology due diligence
Pre-deal and post-deal assessment of systems, data, teams, vendors, contracts, cybersecurity and technology scalability.
02100-day value plan
A pragmatic plan that translates technology findings into EBITDA, risk, cost, delivery and exit-readiness actions.
03Interim CIO/CTO
Board-level leadership for portfolio companies that need direction, governance, delivery control and senior management support.
04Carve-outs and reorganizations
Control TSA, systems separation, data migration, vendor disentanglement, operating model changes and cutover execution.
05ERP, CRM and operating control
Recover or improve business systems so management can measure, control and scale the business.
06AI value creation
Use AI to improve sales, service, productivity, knowledge work and decision-making without uncontrolled experimentation.
Method
The CIOatWork operating model
The goal is not more IT activity. The goal is business value, control, measurable progress and fewer surprises for owners and boards.
Create executive control over budgets, backlogs, architecture, vendors, reporting and change priorities.
Run the programme with senior leadership, delivery governance and pragmatic decision making.
Train and coach the management layer so the organization keeps improving after the intervention.
Selected situations
High-stakes transformations, separations and legacy recovery.
Separation and carve-out control
Technology and data are often the longest-running separation risks. CIOatWork structures the legal, architectural, vendor and operating components so value is not lost after signing.
Data production risk
When public, operational or financial information is wrong, the issue becomes board-level immediately. CIOatWork brings governance, quality control and executive ownership to data-heavy operations.
Operating system recovery
ERP, CRM, finance and reporting systems are not back-office details. They are the control layer for growth, margins and exit readiness.
Confidential intake
Have a portfolio company, acquisition or reorganization where technology is becoming a value risk?
Start with a focused board-level technology review. No long consultancy cycle. First clarity, then control.
Discuss the situation