Fractional CIO/CTOfor mission-driven teams.
You don't need another solution. You need the right outcome.
Depending on the work, I engage as a fractional CIO, CTO, or VP of Engineering, usually for about six months.
Fractional leadership for nonprofits and B Corps.
Much of my practice sits with nonprofits, B Corps, and mission-driven teams: a group pushing policy toward financial equity for Black women, a nonprofit behind national movements, an early-stage organization shaping how the country approaches data centers.
They want their energy on the mission while the technology holds up underneath. More on why mission-driven work.
Safeguards for your people and community
Security for your staff and the sensitive data of those you serve, built to what funders and boards expect.
Tools that free up your team
Technology that takes the busywork off your plate, so the hours go to the work only your team can do.
AI that respects your mission
AI that serves the work and protects the people behind your data, without the hype.
One person accountable, from scoping to handoff.
The behavioral-health infrastructure I built for a California county still runs today, and the platforms I've helped build serve enterprise teams across AI, healthcare, and enterprise SaaS.
The best thing I do happens in the hard rooms. When a decision has stalled and everyone is talking past each other, I'm the one who says: let's get one shoe on, then the next.
The shape of an engagement.
Figure out where you're actually headed
Some arrive with a solution already researched. Others just know something isn't working. Either way we name what “better” looks like first.
Find the highest-value move you can make now
I map where things stand, find the work that returns most for least, and we start there. Real progress in weeks, not quarters.
Build it so your team can carry it
Every solution is shaped to how your team works and handed off so they can run it without me. The exit is written in from the start.
You'll recognize a few of these.
- You're making architecture or security calls that will be expensive to unwind later.
- A deal, an audit, a funder, or your board needs a compliance story you don't have yet.
- Your engineering team is growing faster than the leadership around it.
- You need senior technical judgment, but not a full-time executive hire yet.
Need hands on the work?
I scope and lead the build. Depending on the work, the engineers are GSD's own team or an outside shop you contract with directly, and I direct the work either way. GSD also runs day-to-day IT, with mission-aligned pricing for nonprofits and B Corps.
Tell me what you're trying to figure out.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. If it's a fit, we'll shape it on the call. If not, I'll point you somewhere better.
Book a callshiraz@getsitdone.ai