CTO-as-a-Service
In the rapidly changing landscape of technology and operations, we offer the expertise of a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) without the need for a full-time position with our CTO-as-a-Service. Our CTO-aaS solution is specifically designed for start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs that want to lead the way in their sector. Whether it's building a technical strategy, managing risk, or leading your technology transformation, our experienced CTOs are your key to success.
What is CTO as a service?
We notice an increasing awareness about digitization, and a growing need in the market to get to work with it effectively. Our customers therefore ask how such processes can be started strategically, at the pace and according to the budgets of the organization in question. With our CTO-as-a-Service service, we can provide startups and growing companies with the expertise of a Chief Technology Officer on a part-time basis (part-time CTO or FractionElecto). This service enables companies to benefit from high-quality technology leadership without the investment in a full-time executive. Our experienced CTOs bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in technology, strategy, and leadership.
Why CTO as a service?
For many startups and SMEs, hiring a full-time CTO can be a major financial and organizational challenge. In this way, we offer a flexible solution that grows with your company. Our CTOs help you develop technical roadmaps, build team leadership, and promote product innovation. In doing so, they start from the general business vision and translate it into the technology strategy.
Our Services:
We want to make the digitization process and introduction of new technology manageable. The implementation of a CTO's range of tasks depends heavily on the business context and intended (growth) strategy. We use it as a denominator to determine the tech strategy and operations, and ideally also consider the broader digital strategy. We make a distinction between a first strategic part and a subsequent operational part.
- ICT Strategy and Management
- Technology Strategy and Vision
Developing a long-term technology strategy that aligns with business goals. This includes identifying new technologies and trends that can help the organization grow or make it more efficient.
- Budget and cost optimization
Managing the ICT budget and looking for ways to cut costs without sacrificing quality or performance.
Advice on patents, tax optimizations and subsidies
- Talent management and team building
Building and leading an effective IT team. This includes hiring new talent, developing skills within the team, and fostering a learning culture.
- Stakeholder management and communication
Act as the bridge between technology and other departments, providing clear communication and understanding of technological issues. Explaining and defending decisions and their implications to investors and boards.
- Digital transformation
Identifying, defining and leading digital transformation initiatives beyond the boundaries of the pure technical side. An integrated, end-to-end transformation of existing business processes and value propositions where digital technologies move from the sidelines to the center of the organization.
- ICT Operations
- Technical architecture
Creating and evaluating future-proof, scalable and efficient application, data and infrastructure architectures and associated tech stacks, with attention to third-party integrations - Vendor and Partner Management
Managing relationships with ICT suppliers and partners, negotiating contracts and providing the best service and products for the organization.
- ICT best practices
Setting up development processes (such as CI/CD, validation and test flows,..)
- Proof of concepts
Developing proof of concepts or MVPs for rapid validation of product-market fit
Our way of working
With Unikoo, we strive for long-term cooperation by continuously focusing on added value creation and honest collaborations.
We always start our collaboration with a landscape assessment where we map business processes, data flows and actors of organizations. This way, we get a good overall picture and complexity of the environment in order to make the best recommendations.
Based on these insights, milestones are defined according to strategic priority and (budget) capacity so that a long-term digital vision and compatible, modular architecture can be drawn up. We remain true to our pragmatic approach (no needlessly long preliminary study) but we do not take a hasty approach, as we so often see with companies that have grown organically - because in the long run, this usually leads to a more expensive and more inhibitory approach. We continue to focus on the low hanging fruits without losing sight of the bigger picture
We discuss the way of working together based on the needs and in a personal conversation.
Who is our CTO-as-a-Service offering ideal for?
A part-time CTO is ideal for startups, SMEs, and scale-ups that want to expand their technological capabilities but are not ready for a full-time CTO. It's also perfect for companies that need temporary technical leadership during transition periods.
CTO-as-a-Service
In the rapidly changing landscape of technology and operations, we offer the expertise of a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) without the need for a full-time position with our CTO-as-a-Service service. Our CTO-aaS solution is specifically designed for start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs that want to lead the way in their sector. Whether it's building a technical strategy, managing risk, or leading your technology transformation, our experienced CTOs are your key to success.
Why CTO-as-a-Service at Unikoo?
How we help you grow
We want to make the digitization process and introduction of new technology manageable. The implementation of a CTO's range of tasks depends heavily on the business context and intended (growth) strategy. We use it as a denominator to determine the tech strategy and operations, and ideally also consider the broader digital strategy. We make a distinction between a first strategic part and a subsequent operational part.
Technology strategy and vision
Developing a long-term technology strategy that aligns with business goals. This includes identifying new technologies and trends that can help the organization grow or become more efficient.
Budget and cost optimization
Managing the ICT budget and looking for ways to cut costs without sacrificing quality or performance. Advice on patents, tax optimizations and subsidies.
Talent management and team building
Building and leading an effective IT team. This includes hiring new talent, developing skills within the team, and fostering a learning culture.
Stakeholder management and communication
Act as the bridge between technology and other departments, providing clear communication and understanding of technological issues. Explaining and defending decisions and their implications to investors and boards.
Digital transformation
Identifying, defining and leading digital transformation initiatives beyond the boundaries of the pure technical side. An integrated, end-to-end transformation of existing business processes and value propositions where digital technologies move from the sidelines to the center of the organization.
Technical architecture
Creating and evaluating future-proof, scalable and efficient application, data and infrastructure architectures and associated tech stacks, with attention to third-party integrations
Vendor and Partner Management
Managing relationships with ICT suppliers and partners, negotiating contracts and providing the best service and products for the organization
ICT best practices
Setting up development processes (such as CI/CD, validation and test flows,...), introducing appropriate development tools
Proof of concepts
Developing proof of concepts or MVPs for rapid validation of product-market fit
What we do for you
With Unikoo, we strive for long-term collaboration by continuously focusing on added value creation and honest collaborations. We always start our collaboration with a landscape assessment in which we map business processes, data flows and actors of organizations. This way, we get a good overall picture and complexity of the environment in order to make the best recommendations.
Based on these insights, milestones are defined according to strategic priority and (budget) capacity so that a long-term digital vision and compatible, modular architecture can be established. We remain true to our pragmatic approach (no needlessly long preliminary study) but we do not take a hasty approach, as we so often see with companies that have grown organically - because in the long run, this usually leads to a more expensive and more inhibitory approach. We continue to focus on the low hanging fruits without losing sight of the bigger picture
Why choose Unikoo?
A customized solution
Team-as-a-Service
We grow with you
Cynric Huys
Lead CTO Services
Cynric has years of experience as CTO in various environments and various sectors. Through his education in Civil Computer Science and Executive MBA, he combines technical skills with broad strategic business expertise. This leads to an integrated approach where technological decisions are always aligned with the broader business goals.
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