Technology Consulting

Straight answers, no sales agenda

Most technology advice comes from someone who profits from the answer: the MSP selling seats, the vendor selling licenses. We sell neither. Elevate 716 brings a career of building technology inside institutional banks to one question: what does your business actually need? Sometimes the answer is less than you're paying for now.

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Security built in from day one
Documentation and runbooks included
Fractional CIO retainers
Budgets stay predictable

Capabilities

From strategy to switch ports

We work at every altitude, from boardroom technology strategy down to the network hardware in your closet, so nothing gets lost between the plan and the execution.

Cloud architecture & migration

Move to the cloud deliberately, not accidentally. We design and execute migrations to Microsoft 365, Azure, and the cloud platforms that actually fit your business, with security controls built in from day one.

Infrastructure & secure office networking

Retire the aging servers and tangled networks. We design and configure resilient, monitored, documented environments, including office Wi-Fi with guest isolation, firewalls set up properly, and your point-of-sale and cameras kept off the office network.

IT strategy & roadmaps

A multi-year technology plan aligned to business goals, with honest build-vs-buy guidance and budgets your CFO can actually plan around.

Business continuity & disaster recovery

Banking measures downtime in dollars and trust. We design backup and disaster-recovery capabilities that are tested, not just promised.

Vendor selection & management

MSPs, ISPs, SaaS platforms, security tools: we run vendor evaluations with a banker's skepticism and negotiate from your side of the table.

A senior technologist, on demand

Twenty plus years of experience for exactly the hours you need: running vendor relationships, keeping projects on track, and giving you one seasoned point of contact for the decisions that matter, without a full-time hire.

Run it right

Two ways to have a technology leader without hiring one

Advice is only useful if someone owns what happens next. These two offerings are how that ownership works in practice: one for the decisions, one for the platform your whole team lives in.

Fractional CIO

A CIO for the hours you need, not the salary you don't

Most small businesses do not need a full-time technology executive. They need one senior person who knows the whole picture, shows up every quarter, and answers the phone in between.

A technology roadmap and budget, reviewed with you every quarter
Vendor and renewal management: we read the contracts and make the calls
One accountable point of contact for every technology decision
The security, backup, and compliance work sequenced so nothing gets missed

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Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace Management

The platform your team lives in, set up and run properly

Email, files, calendars, and video are your real office now. We migrate you to it cleanly, license it sensibly, connect it to the tools you already use, and keep it running.

Migration and setup, from an old server or a tangle of personal accounts to one clean tenant
Licensing right-sized so you stop paying for seats and tiers you do not use
Integrations with your CRM, accounting, phones, and scheduling tools
New devices set up to a standard, and ongoing administration by the month

Sort out our workspace

Already on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace and worried it is running on defaults? That is the hardening package, on the security side.

Our approach

Built like a bank. Priced like a partner.

Institutional banking technology has three non-negotiables: it must be secure, it must be available, and it must be auditable. Those instincts, formed over a career inside those institutions, shape every SMB engagement we take on, without the enterprise price tag or the enterprise bureaucracy.

Security woven into every design decision, never bolted on after
Documentation and runbooks included, so knowledge never walks out the door
Right-sized solutions: we will talk you out of technology you don't need
Fixed-scope options available, so budgets stay predictable

Wondering what this looks like in your shop? Ask in a free consultation.

Ready for technology that pulls its weight?

Tell us what's slowing you down: the server nobody dares to reboot, the renewal quote that doubled, the project your vendor keeps sliding. The first conversation is free, and you'll leave it with at least one concrete step you can take whether we work together or not.

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