You don’t need to commit to a full-time CIO to get the experience needed to help your business . . . you can “hire” a part-time CIO and enjoy the benefits of a skilled professional whose real-world experience and independent view of best practices and vendor relations, can move your organization forward. The advantage of an hourly consultant is that you can focus your resources just on your needs: as an interim solution or part-time for a period of time, whether for small projects, to review progress and assist the team, or monthly to independently review progress of already agreed-upon objectives. Without a big commitment, you can immediately determine the value gained and make decisions based on results.