UnlimITed Powerhouse provides fractional CIO services to mid-market organizations that need CIO-level technology leadership — without the overhead, the long-term contract, or the strategy deck that collects dust. Four engagement models. One practitioner. All virtual.
20‑min call. No pitch. No pressure.
Ever wonder why your technology budget keeps growing but nobody can tell you exactly what you’re paying for? It’s not complexity. It’s the absence of anyone watching.
When vendor contracts auto-renew before anyone reviews them, two departments are paying for the same tool, and the board asks a technology question nobody can answer — it’s time for a different kind of leadership.
UnlimITed Powerhouse provides the fractional CIO layer that mid-market organizations need. Here’s what changes when someone is actually watching:
She has managed vendor portfolios at Columbia University and UNC Chapel Hill. She has built the governance frameworks that kept hundred-million-dollar technology budgets accountable. She founded UnlimITed Powerhouse to bring that same rigor to the organizations that have never had access to it.
20‑min call. No pitch. No pressure.
Start with a defined project. Two fixed-scope engagements with clear deliverables, a fixed fee, and a defined end date:
A 30–45 day engagement that audits your full technology vendor stack, identifies redundancy and wasted spend, and delivers a prioritized contract action plan with a governance framework your team owns permanently.
Most clients identify $40,000–$120,000 in recoverable spend in the first pass. Fixed fee: $8,500–$14,500 depending on stack complexity.
A 90-day virtual engagement that delivers a board-ready 3-year IT strategy, a prioritized initiative backlog, a vendor and staffing framework, and a technology governance model — handed off as a living playbook your team can execute.
Built around your existing environment. No forced platform migrations. No open-ended consulting hours. Fixed fee: $15,000–$25,000.
Every mission is different—but they all need speed, security, and resilience. Let’s design an edge solution tailored to your goals.
An ongoing monthly engagement where Dr. Jerri Bland serves as your fractional CIO — attending executive meetings, guiding technology decisions, managing vendor relationships, and providing strategic IT leadership without the cost of a full-time hire.
CIO Advisra™ is the AI-powered strategic intelligence platform built to complement the UnlimITed Powerhouse fractional CIO practice.
Strategic IT intelligence delivered to your inbox. Add it to any service tier or use it as a standalone subscription.
BD Vision Canvas — AI-powered project vision and scope documentation. Project Plan Generator — AI-generated plans from plain-language inputs. Vision Health Check — project alignment and sponsorship assessment. Portfolio Dashboard — initiative-level visibility. ROI Tracking — links technology investments to measurable business outcomes.
Clients who add CIO Advisra™ consistently report that it changes how they think about technology decisions between advisory sessions. It surfaces the patterns your fractional CIO addresses before they become problems.
Add to any Fractional CIO Retainer tier and your fractional CIO works from the same data you see. Or subscribe as a standalone service starting at $750/month — no retainer required.
UnlimITed Powerhouse is the right fit if your organization has outgrown informal technology management — but isn’t ready or willing to commit to a full-time CIO.
Three types of organizations find the most value here:
You're running a 50–500 person organization that has grown faster than your technology governance. You suspect you're overpaying on vendor spend but haven't had the bandwidth to investigate. You want a senior technology voice in executive decisions without adding a full-time hire to the budget.
You're managing a portfolio company post-acquisition and the inherited technology environment hasn't been rationalized since the deal closed. Vendor redundancy is accumulating. Nobody owns the stack. You need a practitioner to clean it up before the next capital event.
You're the CIO or IT Director at a mid-market organization managing a vendor stack that has grown beyond what one person can govern cleanly. You need a senior peer, a methodology, and a defensible audit — not a junior consultant who asks you to explain your own environment.
Consulting firms send teams. You get deliverables. UnlimITed Powerhouse is a practitioner relationship — you work directly with Dr. Jerri Bland. The work product is enterprise-grade, delivered by the person whose name is on the business.
Fixed-scope engagements (Vendor Detox™ and CIO War Room Sprint™) have a defined end date — no ongoing commitment. Retainers have a 3-month minimum, then month-to-month with 30-day notice to exit. CIO Advisra™ subscriptions cancel anytime.
All engagements are primarily virtual. On-site availability is offered as an add-on for kickoff sessions, governance workshops, or board presentations where physical presence adds value. Travel billed separately at cost.
Take the Vendor Risk Assessment — 10 questions, 4 minutes, instant score. Your result (Low / Moderate / High risk) maps directly to a recommended engagement. Or book a discovery call and we’ll do the same conversation live.
