Executive technology leadership — without the full-time price tag.
A sitting CIO on retainer: the strategy, security, and systems discipline of a national operation, scaled to a business your size.
One firm. Four disciplines. The same standard.
Most providers advise, or build, or manage. Skylance does all three for the same client — the CIO who can set the strategy, write the integration, and harden the tenant.
The difference between a help desk and a CIO.
The market is full of providers who keep the lights on. Few can sit at your leadership table and own technology as a business function.
Typical MSP
- Reacts to tickets after something breaks
- A quarterly slide deck from an account manager
- Resells tools; rarely builds anything
- Generic checklists, no business context
- You explain your operation to a new tech each time
Skylance
- Sets strategy and prevents the breakage
- A working CIO in your leadership conversations
- Builds the integration and migration in-house
- Decisions framed against your budget and goals
- You work directly with the founder, every time
Start with an assessment. Continue with leadership.
Technology Assessment
- Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace security configuration
- Email authentication and fraud resistance (MFA, DKIM, DMARC)
- Network, backup, and endpoint posture
- Vendor, licensing, and cost review
- Written findings and a prioritized 12-month roadmap
Fractional CIO Retainer
- Technology strategy and annual IT budgeting
- Vendor selection, management, and negotiation
- Security oversight and incident readiness
- Cloud tenant governance (M365 / Workspace)
- Quarterly business reviews with clear reporting
- Priority access for ERP, migrations, and integrations
Real work, on the record.
- Commercial new build — designed and deployed the complete network and surveillance infrastructure: cabling, switching, routing, and 10 cameras.
- Atlanta retail business — installed and configured a multi-camera surveillance system and structured network drops.
- Distribution company — integrated Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with a bulk email platform for transactional and marketing sends.
- Residential trades business — ongoing website, marketing, and technology management.
Victor — Founder & Principal
Call Skylance and you get Victor — not an account manager, not a junior tech.
Twenty years in IT, from the support desk to the CIO chair. Victor currently leads technology for a national manufacturing and distribution company — ERP, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and the team that keeps it all running. Skylance Systems brings that same discipline to businesses too small for a full-time CIO but too important to run on guesswork.
The result is a rare combination: someone who can sit in your leadership meetings and write the code, configure the tenant, and read the security report — without handing you off to anyone.
Handling client funds or confidential records? You're a target.
Law firms and real estate professionals are among the most attacked businesses in the country. Wire fraud during closings almost always starts the same way: a compromised or spoofed email account. Skylance hardens the systems attackers actually use — your email tenant, your authentication, your money-movement procedures — and gives you documentation your malpractice carrier and title partners will ask for.
Book an email security reviewStraight answers.
What do you actually deliver?
Fractional CIO leadership, managed IT, cybersecurity, and Dynamics business-application work for small and mid-sized businesses.
How does your service model work?
Start with a fixed-price assessment. Continue, if it makes sense, with a monthly retainer — clear deliverables, no long-term lock-in.
Who will be my main contact?
You work directly with the founder — a sitting CIO with twenty years in IT. No call centers, no junior staff.
Can you manage our existing systems and vendors?
Yes. Skylance supports Microsoft, cloud, and ERP environments and coordinates with your current vendors rather than ripping things out.
Know exactly where you stand in three weeks.
Fixed price. Written findings. A roadmap you keep — whether or not we work together after.
Book a Technology Assessment