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Overview
AKF Partners brings decades of real-world experience as CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Chief Architects, and Technical Operations leaders. We can fill vacancies on your technology leadership team, help source and interview candidates for these positions, or mentor people stepping up into these roles. Hiring the right person can take weeks or even months — don't rush the process just to fill the position. We can step in, giving you time to recruit and retain the right person for the long term.
A sample of the interim leadership roles AKF Partners has held recently:
CTO — Online Marketing Analytics Company, NYC
Executed a cutover to Azure in three weeks; shut down two data centers in four weeks; lowered data center operating costs by $500k per year; reorganized the technology team; promoted a new VP and built two agile teams.
SVP of Operations — Online Accounting & Tax Company, Mountain View, CA
The re-organization eliminated both the perception and reality of silos, uniting employees in a common purpose; created shared ownership by decentralizing decision-making, fostering innovation, and leading to faster time to market; improved reporting beginning with business impact analysis and availability trends; improved availability by creating fault isolation, reducing both the duration and number of incidents impacting customers.
Chief Architect — SaaS IT Service Business, San Diego, CA
A new architecture reduced replication lag and minimized data loss during failure; server recovery time dropped from a day to minutes; data center recovery time in the event of a failure or complete loss was also reduced to minutes; significant reductions in TCO were realized.
Whether you need a leader for a project or to fill a vacancy, we can help. Let us take the pressure off quickly filling a role and take the risk out of hiring the wrong person — AKF can provide technical leadership, write job descriptions, help recruit, interview, and ultimately assist with the transition to the new leader.
What's Included
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Interim CTO, CIO, CISO placement
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Transformation & turnaround leadership
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Executive-to-permanent transition
How We Work
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Discover & Assess
We begin every engagement with a thorough discovery — understanding your goals, constraints, team, and current state. No assumptions, no cookie-cutter frameworks.
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Design & Prioritize
We develop a clear roadmap with prioritized recommendations. You get practical guidance, not a 200-page report that collects dust.
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Execute & Transfer
We stay through execution — leading, coaching, and delivering alongside your team — then transfer knowledge so you own the outcome long after we're gone.