Fractional CIO · CTO · Applied Intelligence AdvisoR

Senior Technology, AI, and Product Leadership applied to measurable business value.

Andrew Parry steps in as a fractional CIO / CTO and Applied Intelligence Advisor — bringing executive-level strategy to Founders, CEOs, Boards, and Private Equity investors to accelerate AI, sharpen product direction, modernize technology, and de-risk investment decisions.

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Former enterprise CIO & SVP, Product & Technology · South Florida & Remote Nationwide

Andrew Parry

Fractional CIO, CTO & Applied Intelligence Advisor

Role

Fractional CIO, CTO & Applied Intelligence Advisor

Based

South Florida & Remote Nationwide

Background

Former enterprise CIO & SVP, Product & Technology

Best fit

Founder-led, Growth, Mid-Market, Enterprise & PE

Service lanes

Six ways I create leverage.

Senior leadership across technology, AI, product, diligence, and resilience. Available individually or together, matched to where your business needs it most.

01 · CIO / CTO

Fractional CIO / CTO Leadership

Senior technology leadership on a fractional basis: modernization, operating leverage, and cost discipline, without immediately hiring a full-time executive.

Typical outputs

Executive roadmap

Operating cadence

Vendor / platform plan

Delivery governance

What’s included

Modernization priorities and technology strategy

Operating-model and organization design

Vendor, platform, and build-vs-buy decisions

AI-enabled operating leverage and risk reduction

Cost and complexity reduction; delivery governance

02 · AI

AI Acceleration, Integration & Applied Intelligence

Turn scattered AI activity into prioritized, governed work that creates measurable value, not experimentation theater. I help leadership teams find where AI actually pays, then make it safe, adopted, and measured.

Typical outputs

AI roadmap

Use-case portfolio

Governance model

Adoption plan

KPI / value tracking

What’s included

AI opportunity assessment and use-case prioritization

Workflow redesign and decision support

Governance, guardrails, and model / vendor risk

Adoption, training, and change enablement

Integration and KPI / value measurement

03 · PRODUCT

Product Strategy & Technology Modernization

Product direction, roadmap clarity, and a product operating model that ships, with product, technology, AI, and business priorities aligned to one plan.

Typical outputs

Product & tech roadmap

Platform assessment

Delivery model

Team / role design

What’s included

Product direction and roadmap clarity

Platform strategy and modernization

Product operating model and cross-functional delivery

Team and role design

Alignment between product, technology, AI, and business goals

04 · DILIGENCE

Private Equity Evaluation & Due Diligence

Operator-led technology, product, and AI diligence for sponsors, operating partners, and investors, practical, commercial, and focused on what affects investment confidence, risk, and enterprise value.

Typical outputs

Diligence memo

Findings deck

Risk scorecard

100-day plan

What’s included

Pre-LOI technology screen and confirmatory diligence

Technology, product, and AI-readiness evaluation

Team, vendor, and operating-model assessment

Investment risk assessment

Value-creation planning and 100-day priorities

05 · GROWTH

Transformation, Growth & Portfolio Value Creation

Transformation reset and scaling discipline that turn strategy into execution with AI-enabled value creation for portfolio companies and growth-stage businesses.

Typical outputs

Transformation plan

Portfolio priorities

Operating-model reset

Sponsor / board readout

What’s included

Transformation reset and portfolio prioritization

Scaling discipline and operating cadence

Talent and operating-model review

Enterprise modernization and integration support

AI-enabled value-creation planning and execution acceleration

06 · RESILIENCE

Incident Prevention & Management

Operational resilience that protects revenue, customers, and reputation: preventing incidents where possible, and running calm, well-rehearsed response and recovery when they happen.

Typical outputs

Incident response plan

Runbooks & playbooks

On-call / escalation model

BC / DR plan

Reliability SLOs & metrics

What’s included

Prevention and reliability engineering: redundancy, failure modes, and change / release safeguards

Observability, monitoring, and alerting that catch issues before customers do

Incident response and command: severity, on-call, escalation, and rehearsed runbooks

Business continuity, disaster recovery, and security-incident readiness

Blameless post-incident reviews, SLOs, and MTTD / MTTR improvement

Private equity

Technical clarity before, and after, the investment decision.

For investor-backed contexts I act as an operator-led diligence partner — evaluating technology, product, AI readiness, team, and risk, then translating findings into a practical value-creation roadmap.

Deliverables can include an executive findings deck, risk & opportunity scorecard, technical-debt heatmap, AI-readiness assessment, diligence question list, value-creation roadmap, and post-close 100-day plan.

Pre-LOI technology screen

Platform maturity, scalability signals, team profile, vendor concentration, red flags.

Confirmatory diligence

Architecture, technical debt, reliability, security, delivery, data, vendors, roadmap realism.

Product & roadmap diligence

Product strategy, customer value, roadmap quality, delivery throughput, operating model.

AI-readiness diligence

AI opportunities, data readiness, governance, model / vendor risk, adoption barriers.

Spend & vendor review

SaaS / cloud spend, vendor dependency, toolchain overlap, contract and integration risk.

Team & operating model

Leadership capability, org design, process, delivery discipline, talent gaps.

Post-close value creation

Sequencing across modernization, AI, scalability, spend, product, and governance.

Add-on / integration

Platform compatibility, data / system integration, duplication, operating-model fit.

The promise

Turn technology, AI, product, and investment complexity into business clarity, execution, confidence, and measurable value.

When I’m brought in

Product direction is unclear, or delivery is slipping.

AI activity is scattered, experimental, or not tied to value.

Technology spend is high, fragmented, or hard to explain.

Transformation has stalled or become too diffuse.

A PE sponsor is evaluating a new platform or add-on.

A portfolio company needs a post-close 100-day plan.

About

A former operator, not a generic consultant.

Andrew Parry is a former enterprise CIO and senior technology and product executive who works with founders, leadership teams, boards, investors, and private equity sponsors as a fractional CIO, CTO, applied intelligence advisor, and diligence partner.

He helps organizations accelerate AI, clarify product direction, modernize technology, evaluate risk, and turn technology complexity into growth, cost, speed, resilience, execution, EBITDA, and enterprise-value improvements.

25+ years leading enterprise technology across retail, B2B, e-commerce, and supply chain.

Former SVP & CIO of a $6B enterprise; reported to the CEO on the Executive Leadership Team.

Board & advisory

FAU College of Engineering & Computer Science, Industry Advisory Board

Tech Hub South Florida, Board Member

Venture Mentoring Team, Mentor

How it works

Senior judgment, on a clear cadence.

Scope

A short, senior conversation about where you are and where the leverage is.

Diagnose

A fast, structured assessment of technology, AI, product, and risk.

Prioritize

A sequenced plan tied to measurable value, with clear owners and cadence.

Lead

Senior leadership through execution, accountable for outcomes.

Questions

Common questions.

What is a fractional CIO or CTO?

A fractional CIO or CTO is a seasoned technology executive who leads your technology function part-time or for a defined period. You get senior leadership, strategy, modernization, operating-model design, and delivery accountability without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.

How is fractional leadership different from hiring a consultant?

What is applied intelligence?

What does technology due diligence include for private equity?

Who do you work with?

How does an engagement work?

Where are you based, and do you work remotely?

Start a conversation

Book a call.

A short, senior conversation about where you are and where the leverage is. No pitch theater.

Andrew.parry@apappliedintelligence.com

561 245 0683

apappliedintelligence.com

South Florida · Remote nationwide