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Fractional Chief
Data Officer

Senior data leadership — without the cost, commitment, or overhead of a full-time executive hire.

Many growing organizations reach an inflection point where data is everywhere — but no one is truly accountable for making it useful. Decisions are slow, reports conflict, and the promise of "being data-driven" stays just out of reach.

A Fractional CDO gives you an experienced data executive who works with your team on a part-time, retained basis — providing the strategic direction, governance structure, and implementation oversight that turns data chaos into a genuine competitive advantage.


This works well if you...

  • Have outgrown spreadsheets but aren't ready for a full-time CDO
  • Are making major decisions without reliable data to back them up
  • Have data in multiple systems that don't talk to each other
  • Want to build a data culture but don't know where to start
  • Have a Board or PE sponsor asking harder data questions
  • Are 50–500 employees and growing

This is probably not the right fit if...

  • You already have a strong, active CDO or VP of Data
  • You need a full-time on-site presence from day one
  • Your data challenges are primarily an IT infrastructure problem
  • You're not ready to act on recommendations

01

Discovery & Assessment

We start with a structured assessment of your current data landscape — sources, quality, governance, talent, and tooling — and map it against your business goals. No boilerplate; this is specific to your organization.

02

Strategy & Roadmap

You get a clear, prioritized roadmap that tells you what to fix first, what to build next, and what to defer. Decisions are driven by impact and feasibility, not technology trends.

03

Embedded Leadership

On a recurring basis, I work alongside your team — attending key meetings, guiding decisions, managing vendors, and keeping the data agenda moving forward. Think of it as having a senior data executive in the room, part-time.

04

Handoff & Enablement

The goal is always to build your team's capability, not dependency on me. Engagements are designed to leave you stronger — with people, processes, and governance that sustain momentum after I step back.


Every engagement is scoped to your needs, but typically includes: an initial data maturity assessment, a prioritized data strategy and roadmap, governance framework recommendations, vendor evaluation support, executive-ready reporting, and ongoing advisory access between sessions.

Part-Time Retained, fractional
engagement model
Monthly Retainer-based
pricing available
3–12 mo Typical engagement
duration
Remote + Indianapolis area
on-site available

Let's talk about what you're working with.

A 30-minute conversation is usually enough to know whether this is the right fit — for both of us.

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