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IT Advisory & vCIO Services for Minneapolis Businesses
Strategic technology planning, M&A due diligence, compliance roadmaps. CIO-level expertise at 10% of full-time cost—technology strategy that enables business growth.
Strategic IT Leadership Without Full-Time CIO Costs
Need CIO-level strategic planning but don't have $200K+ budget. Manufacturing needs technology roadmaps and CMMC planning. Professional services needs IT strategy aligned with delivery. Portfolio companies need consistent strategy across acquisitions.
Manufacturing
(technology roadmaps for production optimization, CMMC compliance planning, capacity planning for growth)
Professional Services
(IT strategy aligned with client delivery, compliance roadmaps for ISO 27001, technology investment justification)
Portfolio Companies
(consistent IT strategy across acquisitions, M&A due diligence expertise, multi-location planning)
Growing businesses
(strategic technology planning enabling growth, not reacting to it)
Where you are
What's Driving Your Need for Strategic IT Leadership?
Growing But IT Strategy Can't Keep Up
IT decisions driven by emergencies, not strategy
No technology roadmap
Growth initiatives delayed by IT capacity
Can't justify technology investments
Board asking about IT strategy—no good answers
Our approach: 1, 3, 5-year roadmaps aligned with business goals. Quarterly reviews. Strategic planning prevents IT from becoming bottleneck.
Acquiring Companies or Being Acquired
Acquiring company, need IT due diligence
Integration plan needed
Being acquired, buyer requiring IT documentation
PE firm requiring consistent strategy across portfolio
Professional services needs ISO 27001 for enterprise RFPs
Compliance overwhelming (47 items to fix)
No strategic roadmap
Our approach: Compliance roadmaps with prioritized plans. Gap assessment to certification. Budget forecasting.
Our services
McNallan vCIO Advisory Services
From strategic technology roadmaps to M&A integration, we provide CIO-level expertise that enables business growth at a fraction of full-time executive costs.
Technology Roadmap Planning
Multi-year technology plans aligned with your business objectives and budget — 1-year tactical, 3-year strategic, 5-year vision. We identify where aging infrastructure creates risk, where new technology can improve performance, and what needs to happen when, so nothing catches you off guard.
M&A Due Diligence
IT due diligence, integration planning, and risk assessment for mergers and acquisitions. We evaluate the target company’s technology environment before the deal closes and build the integration plan that protects deal value post-acquisition.
Expert guidance for CMMC, ISO 27001, and NIST SP 800-171 compliance requirements. Gap assessments identify exactly where you stand, prioritized remediation plans address the highest-risk items first, and documentation satisfies what auditors actually need to see.
Budget Forecasting
12-24 month technology budget visibility through lifecycle planning and capital forecasting. We eliminate surprise $50K hardware purchases by planning replacements before they become emergencies — so technology expenses are budgeted, not reactive.
Regular strategic reviews of your technology environment, spending, security posture, and upcoming needs. We bring performance metrics and a real conversation about what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s coming — not an auto-generated report.
Vendor Management
We coordinate with your software vendors, ISPs, and technology partners so your team doesn’t waste hours on hold. Single point of contact for all technology vendor relationships, contract negotiation, and multi-vendor issue resolution.
IT Policy & Governance
Policy development, governance framework, and documentation that satisfies compliance requirements and protects the business. We build the policies cyber insurance underwriters, ISO 27001 auditors, and CMMC assessors need to see — and make sure they’re actually implemented.
Capacity Planning
Infrastructure forecasting aligned with your growth plans so technology scales with the business instead of becoming the bottleneck. We identify when servers, storage, network, and licensing will hit capacity constraints — and plan ahead.
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The process
How McNallan vCIO Advisory Works
STEP 1
Strategic Planning (Building the Roadmap)
We develop comprehensive technology strategy aligned with business goals.
Discovery & Assessment:
Business goal understanding and gap analysis
1, 3, 5-year roadmap development
Budget forecasting and investment justification
Risk mitigation and compliance planning
Roadmap Development:
1-year tactical plans (immediate needs and quick wins)
Need strategic planning but can't justify $200K+ CIO
Growing and IT became reactive bottleneck
Acquiring companies (need due diligence/integration)
Need compliance roadmap (CMMC, ISO 27001)
Leadership wants IT visibility and strategy
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McNallan Technology Solutions works best with growth-focused Minnesota businesses (25+ employees) that view technology as a productivity investment, not a cost to minimize.
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