Technology consulting for companies where technology has stopped keeping up with business

Part-time technical director works part-time (6-20 h/month in Option 2), not full-time. Benefits: no recruitment (start in 2 weeks), 70-90% cost savings (£3.5-9k/month vs. £30-50k gross full-time), no risk of leaving after a year.

Limitations: lack of daily presence (does not replace a full director in an intensive transition - then Option 3), lack of full legal responsibility (role of advisor, not board member).

Partial technical director (3.5-9 thousand PLN/month, 6-20 h/month) is enough when:

• The company has its own technical team operating without the day-to-day presence of a director
• Strategic decisions once/week or once/month
• Junior director exists, partial outsider is a mentor

Full external technical director (£25-40k/month, 50%+ time) when:

• Lack of own director and transformation requires daily presence
• After the departure of the previous director, before recruiting a successor (12-24 month transition)
• Intense growth - daily recruiting, architectural, partnering decisions

A preliminary conversation determines which option fits.

Written report (30-80 pages depending on scope) including:

• Inventory of current technology (technology stack, infrastructure, integrations, documentation)
• List of identified risks (technical, business, compliance) with prioritization
• Architectural decisions documented
• Action plan with concrete steps (short/medium/long term)
• Follow-up meeting with management (90 min, discussion of report)
• 30 days of post-audit support (questions, clarifications)

The report is your property - you can use it regardless of further cooperation (e.g. give it to another implementation provider, use it in due diligence, show it to investors).

The free initial interview (20 min) does not require an NDA - we talk about business context, not trade secrets. Most conversations are about"how your company works". i"what are the current technological challenges".

The NDA is signed before:

• Audit (Option 1) - before the launch, the package usually includes confidentiality and RODO clauses
• Partial/Full Technical Director (Option 2/3) - in the standard contract DPA + NDA + safety procedures

Digital Vantage works under NDA with many clients, for some under NDA is the entire relationship (examples of implementations cannot be public).

Yes - this is the typical scope of the audit Option 1 or partial technical director Option 2:

• Selection phase: Requirements analysis, shortlist of systems, demonstrations, request for proposal, negotiations with suppliers, final decision with documentation
• Implementation phase: Integration architecture design, implementation supervision (external contractor), acceptance test, documentation

DV does not perform ERP/CRM implementation by itself (we are not a partner of Comarch, Oracle, SAP). We act as an architect + supervisor. The implementation is performed by a specialized partner (we recommend specific contractors) or the client's internal team.

DV differentiator: handover to internal team as a success, not a failure. Three paths after consulting:

• Recruit your own technical director - DV supports the recruitment process (candidates, technical interviews), implementation of the new director, handover of the project (1-3 months of overlap)
• Junior director development - junior director is promoted to full, DV becomes external advisor (Option 2 basic 3.5 thousand PLN/month for selected decisions)
• Continued partnership - DV remains as a partial/full director, but in a smaller capacity (basic instead of extended, at an hourly rate instead of on a continuous basis)

The goal: in 12-24 months, the company has a technology it doesn't need to fear. DV becomes an optional partner, not a dependency.