// FRACTIONAL CIO · TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSLATION
I speak Technology,
Business, and People.
Then I translate.
I am Chris Conway. For thirty years I have walked into chaotic situations, identified the core problems with a handful of data points, and put things in order. I use digital technologies to transform companies to meet the challenges of an ever changing business landscape. I do that two ways now: as a fractional CIO for companies that need a steady hand, and as a writer making technology make sense to the people who have to live with it.
two jobs, one goal: making complicated things simple.
// TWO WAYS IN
Pick the door that fits.
The Fractional CIO
For middle-market and private-equity-backed companies that need senior technology leadership and guidance in the new world of AI without a full-time hire. Roadmaps, future state planning, change management and the unglamorous work of fixing broken processes.
See the consulting workTechnology in Translation
Technology and its impact explained for the people who have to live with it, not build it. The finance director told their company is buying an AI platform. The manager asked to explain a context window to the CEO. Plain language, honest takes, no hype.
Browse the series// THE OPERATING PHILOSOPHY
Trilingual leadership.
Most technology problems are not technology problems. They are translation problems. Three groups want three different things and nobody is speaking the same language. The work is turning each one's requirements into something the others can act on.
Technology
Cloud strategy, large-scale ERP, cybersecurity (CISSP, CCSP), enterprise architecture. The real thing, not the brochure version.
Business
Translating IT investment into outcomes the board can measure. Budgets up to $16M. Mergers, integrations, and the P&L behind every decision.
People
Change is a psychological problem before it is a technical one. Buy-in beats mandate. Attraction beats persuasion. Heroes and martyrs mean a broken process.
// SELECTED RESULTS
Twenty years, point A to point F.
built for migrations and rebuilds. not for keeping the lights on.
// TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSLATION
Complicated · made simple.
A newsletter for CIOs, executives, PE operators, and curious generalists who want the honest version of how technology, business, and people actually work together. No jargon-first explanations. No breathless hype. Just the thing, explained simply.
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