What Rocker vCIO Does
- Define the right roles, titles, and responsibilities for IT staff
- Help set compensation and career paths so you can keep the people you want
- Coach IT leaders on communication, influence, and executive presence
- Build and review the IT budget
- Answer "does this invoice make sense" for technology spending
- Review and renegotiate key contracts
- Run RFP or RFQ processes for major projects
- Manage MSPs, cloud providers, and SaaS vendors in a coordinated way
- Align technology policies and controls with legal and regulatory requirements
- Support your compliance, legal, and HR teams as they update customer, vendor, and employee agreements
- Work with your brokers and carriers on cyber and technology insurance questions
- Help navigate incidents such as suspected data breaches or threats against staff
- Build a multi-year plan to move IT from cost center to internal consulting partner
- Support projects involving analytics, field sensors, and cloud platforms
- Participate in board and executive meetings to keep technology aligned with strategy
How Rocker vCIO is Different from MSP vCIO
- •Represent the MSP and focus on what their firm sells
- •Work mainly on laptops, servers, and helpdesk metrics
- •Limited involvement in hiring, compensation, or organizational design
- Reports to you and does not sell managed services
- Works across all technology assets and vendors
- Helps hire IT leaders and staff and can temporarily run IT when you are between leaders
Additional Capabilities
Technology due diligence and integration support for mergers and acquisitions. We work with M&A teams on acquisitions or sales of organizations, identifying technology risks and opportunities in target companies.
We help hire IT managers and directors for organizations, with better retention rates than traditional headhunters. Our approach focuses on finding candidates who fit your culture and business needs.
Temporary management while you search for a new IT leader. We can step in to run IT operations during leadership transitions, ensuring continuity and stability.
Select Client Examples
Rocker has supported organizations across construction, transportation, banking, manufacturing, associations, and more, including:
ATS Construction
Bank of the Bluegrass
RJ Corman
Yokohama
Forcht Group
Associations International
Big Ass Fans
Clark MHC
Engagement Options
Monthly retainer with defined meeting cadence for continuous strategic IT leadership and support.
Temporary management while you search for a new IT leader, ensuring continuity during transitions.
Support for a specific initiative or deal, such as M&A due diligence or major technology projects.
Note: Pricing is discussed after an initial conversation and scoping.