Independent technology advice for business leaders
For 20 years I've been on every side of this - CEO, MSP operator, strategy consultant, technical architect. I know how proposals are built and what to push back on. I'm Jamie Harrison, and I work independently, with no vendor selling behind me.
The problems I'm here to fix
"Businesses get sold a story from a vendor based on what they sell. They end up adapting to the product rather than directing what they want."
Most businesses in this space don't have someone who genuinely understands the technology world sitting alongside them. So decisions get made based on vendor pitches, word of mouth, or what the competitor down the road is doing (and after they've done it).
What they actually need is someone who will ask the right questions first - about the business, what matters, what's working and what isn't - before anyone goes near a solution.
About my backgroundGetting sold technology that fits the vendor's lineup, not the actual business need
Switching managed service providers on price or sales pitch, without understanding scope differences or opportunities - then finding the gap after the fact
No independent voice when significant technology commitments are being made
AI projects that start with the technology and work backwards to find a use case - and go nowhere
Tender processes that generate polished responses but don't surface the best outcome, or that leave the customer with too much risk
Technology direction set by whoever is selling something, not by what the business actually needs
Services
Fractional CIO
Senior technology leadership without the full-time hire. Someone who learns your business, keeps vendors honest, and gives you a trusted connection to the technology world.
AI Advisory
Finding where AI and automation would genuinely help your business - starting from the inside, not from a vendor's pitch. Then going to market the right way.
Vendor & MSP Evaluation
An independent view of what you're being sold, from someone who's been on the other side of the table and knows how proposals are built, and what to push back on.
Technology Strategy
Multi-year direction built around your business objectives - not a vendor's product roadmap retrofitted to look like a strategy.
IT Sourcing & Tenders
Procurement that surfaces real competition on ideas, approach, and price - not a process that confirms what your incumbent wants to keep selling you.
Technology Due Diligence
Technology risk and commercial assessment for acquisitions and transactions - what the risks mean for the deal, not just a technical audit.
Why it's different
"I've no interest in using someone's P&L for the wrong thing."
I've spent 20+ years across every side of the technology industry - CEO, MSP operator, strategy consultant, technical architect. I've written the proposals, built the pricing models, run the P&L, and reported to PE investors. I know how vendors think because I've been one.
That's not a common combination. It's what makes my advice different.
My backgroundI know how proposals are constructed
Years running a technology consultancy and MSP means I know where the gaps are between what's pitched and what's delivered - before you sign anything.
I've run a business, not just a technology function
Full P&L ownership, board reporting, PE engagement. I understand what it means to make technology decisions under real commercial pressure.
I know where technology risk becomes business risk
I understand what technology exposure means for operations, reputation, and value - and how to present it to a board that doesn't speak IT.
I'll walk away from the wrong engagement
I've declined to bid on work because the client's strategy was wrong. Told them why. Got the brief rewritten. Won the right engagement. That's how I operate.
No vendor relationships. No referral fees.
My only commercial relationship is with you. Not a feature - the foundation.
Get in touch
No sales process, no obligation. If I'm not the right fit I'll tell you directly and point you somewhere more useful.