An embedded strategic partner — guiding long-term direction, aligning teams, and supporting the decisions that move the business forward. This is the Chief Strategy Officer role (not Chief Security Officer — that sits under Networking & Security).
CSO here means Chief Strategy Officer — the leader who owns where the business is going and how it gets there. If you're looking for a Chief Security Officer, that work lives in our Networking & Security practice.
A clear point of view on where the market is moving, where technology creates leverage or exposure, and where the business should place its bets — grounded in your operation, not a trend deck.
The framing, materials, and steady counsel a leadership team and board need to make big calls with confidence — trade-offs made explicit, options laid out, and a recommendation you can defend.
Annual and multi-year planning that turns direction into priorities, owners, and milestones — a plan that survives the quarter and gives every team a shared sense of what matters and why.
Strategy only works if people row the same way. We align leaders and teams around the direction and the reasoning behind it, so day-to-day decisions ladder up instead of pulling apart.
You have a strong operating team but no one whose full-time job is the long game. A fractional CSO gives you that seat — senior strategic judgment on a recurring cadence — without adding a full-time executive.
No. This role is Chief Strategy Officer — direction, planning, and the big business and technology bets. Security leadership (Chief Security Officer / vCISO-style work) sits in our Networking & Security practice, not here.
It's the partner brand The Raven Group delivers fractional strategy leadership under. Same senior operator and the same standards — a dedicated identity for the strategy seat.
It's a recurring, part-time engagement embedded in your leadership cadence — planning cycles, board preparation, and standing strategy sessions — scoped to the rhythm and involvement your business actually needs.
Fractional CSO work is a recurring monthly engagement scoped to your cadence and scope. We size it in a conversation rather than publishing fixed tiers, so it maps to your real needs.
Both. We're based in Denver and work in person across Colorado, and we lead strategy engagements remotely for teams nationwide — with on-site time for planning offsites and board sessions where it helps.
A Fractional CTO owns the technology function — architecture, delivery, vendors, and the engineering team. A Fractional CSO owns direction — market and technology strategy, planning, and board support. Some clients use both; many start with the one that closes the bigger gap.
