The IT departmentyou don't have to hire.
I run identity, devices, security, and infrastructure for growing companies — the strategy of a seasoned IT director and the hands to execute it, without a full-time line on your payroll.
Everything an IT director does. One person doing it.
Retainer-based coverage across the stack. You get a strategy partner who also opens the ticket, runs the migration, and picks up the phone.
Identity & access
01Single sign-on, MFA enforcement, conditional access, and clean joiner-mover-leaver flows. One identity per person, revoked the day they leave.
- →Entra ID / Google Workspace
- →SAML & OIDC SSO
- →Offboarding automation
Device management
02Mac, Windows, and iPad fleets enrolled, hardened, and recoverable. Remote lock and wipe from day one, zero-touch where the hardware allows.
- →Rippling IT MDM
- →Apple Business Manager
- →Provisioning SOPs
Security posture
03Managed EDR, mail authentication, and a defensible baseline sized for a company without a security team. Real coverage, not a compliance checkbox.
- →Managed EDR
- →SPF · DKIM · DMARC
- →Incident response
Migrations & integration
04Email, file storage, and identity moved without a lost weekend — including the IT side of acquisitions, from tenant consolidation to device re-enrollment.
- →Tenant consolidation
- →M&A IT integration
- →File platform moves
Network & infrastructure
05Office and warehouse networks that stay up. Segmented, monitored, and documented so the next problem is one you can actually see.
- →Meraki design
- →VPN & remote access
- →Site standups
Vendor strategy
06Platform decisions made on tradeoffs and real pricing, not vendor decks. I tell you what I'd run and why — then I run it.
- →Head-to-head evaluations
- →Cost & ROI framing
- →Roadmap planning
A deliberate sequence, not a scramble.
The same path every engagement follows — so the work is predictable even when the problems aren't.
Assess
I map what you actually have — identities, devices, licenses, the shadow IT nobody documented. You get a clear picture before anyone proposes spending money.
Prioritize
We sort the findings into what's on fire, what's a real risk, and what can wait. Every item framed as business impact, not technical jargon.
Execute
I do the work — migrations, rollouts, hardening, vendor changes — and keep the lights on while it happens. No handoff to a team that doesn't exist.
Operate
Ongoing coverage on retainer: onboarding, offboarding, tickets, and a standing report so leadership always knows where things stand.
A full-time IT director is a six-figure hire. Most growing companies need the judgment, not the headcount.
Shiny Objects is one experienced operator on retainer — senior enough to set direction, hands-on enough to ship it. No bench to pay for, no junior tech learning on your environment.
Trusted with environments that don't get second chances.
From a venture accelerator to a social network at scale to growing trades businesses — the same operator, accountable for the whole stack.
- Twitter (pre-2023)01
- Techstars Boulder02
- PRQ Exteriors03
- Fieldguide IT04
- Blndspt05
- & more under NDA
Tell me what's breaking — or what you're about to build.
A 30-minute intro call, no pitch deck. We'll figure out whether fractional IT is the right fit and what the first 90 days would look like.