Arben Consulting's virtual CIO service delivers expertise and adds value to your business without the time and expense involved in hiring a permanent CIO
Don't remain stagnant within outdated systems/tech or repeat the same mistakes with complicated processes that add no value to your current business model. Discover the benefits of our fractional / virtual CIO who can help organisations use information and technology to their business's advantage, enhancing business structure, streamlining processes and benefiting staff output.
Wellington-based Arben Consulting's boutique on-demand CIO service provides medium to large businesses with trusted and experienced independent leadership - without the significant big consultancy firm overheads or the financial commitment of hiring a permanent CIO.
Our strategic IT professionals have over 30 years of industry-specific experience. We work alongside your team to get to know your unique business model, offering customised advice tailored to your needs. Each stage of progress is tracked and measured against business goals and adjusted as requirements change.
Contact our team to discuss your CIO and leadership outsourcing needs. With various terms of engagement available, you can choose from the flexibility of pay-as-you-go, on-demand CIO services or a fixed-term engagement for mid to longer-term leadership. If you prefer to harness your current team's talent, book a digital leadership training course and gain invaluable knowledge from our experienced team.
Arben Consulting
provides comprehensive support for businesses across New Zealand
In addition to fractional / virtual services, our team provide various digital enhancement services. Whether you require a strategic roadmap to optimise your company's potential, digital transformation initiatives, or pain-point resolution strategies for technological advancement, look no further than Arben Consulting.
These terms basically mean the same thing. Fractional means you are buying a fraction of a full-time employee as a consultant, Virtual means the consultant is a virtual staff member not a full-time employee, and On Demand means you pay the consultant only when you need them. Think of it like an Accountant, you only use them for specific things at specific times, and you only pay for what you use. If your business cannot justify or afford a full time CIO but need strategic input at certain times, then a fractional / virtual CIO service would work well for you.
- Big question, it depends on what you want them to do and for how long. Arben engage with our customers for: ongoing part time support for their IT function (acting CIO); one off strategic consulting for things like digital transformations; specific outputs like roadmaps; targeted resolution of business problems; and lots more.
- For a true strategic full time CIO, you should budget NZ$250K - NZ$350K pa. If you are paying a lot less than that you are probably getting IT Management not Strategic thinking, but hey, maybe you lucked out and got a real CIO on the cheap, congratulations.
- For a fractional / virtual CIO for a significant piece of work for a year you should budget half of the full time equivalent.
- For a single output like a strategic roadmap budget NZ$20K-NZ$50K depending on the size of your organisation.
- For one off small engagements like a single pain point resolution or Arben's health check it can be as low as NZ$5K if you are a smaller business.
- A CIO thinks business first, not managing IT. A CIO truly understands why your business exists, and what can be done to improve it by using information and systems, not just the Information Technology. At Arben our tagline is Systems with Purpose for a reason; every business system, be it digital or not, must be fit for purpose.
- A good IT Manager can certainly become a great CIO - Arben can help mentor your IT Manager (or whatever title they have), and also offer our Digital Leadership course, to give them the foundations of being a great CIO.
Benefits of hiring a fractional / virtual CIO for your company
Give your business a boost and objectively plan for the future with strategic guidance from an experienced IT executive. A fractional / virtual CIO provides value by:
- Setting strategic priorities, outlining key initiatives, and identifying ROI
- Maintaining control of your company's IT infrastructure
- Providing streamlined methods and processes to successfully drive change
- Assessing and offering input on regulatory, security, privacy and compliance matters
- Objectively evaluating current skills and formulating continuity plans
- Managing your technology and digital direction
- Supporting beneficial vendor relationships
On-demand fractional / virtual CIO service available to businesses of all sizes across Wellington and throughout NZ
Fractional / Virtual CIO
- All the benefits of an experienced CIO without constant commitment
- Implementing proven systems to align your business plan with tangible goals
- Professional CIO with decades of technology and digital systems insight
Arben Consulting is based in Wellington and works with clients across New Zealand