When You Need an Interim CIO
Technology leadership gaps create immediate risk across operations, security, and competitive positioning. CXO Partners interim CIOs step in during your company's most critical moments to provide steady, expert guidance.
Our Interim CIO Services Address:
Are you experiencing operational, market, strategic or leadership disruptions?
Industries We Serve
CXO Partners interim CIOs bring deep expertise across the industries driving mid-market growth. We understand the unique technology challenges, security requirements, and digital capabilities that matter in your sector, from SaaS platform architecture to healthcare data privacy, manufacturing OT/IT convergence to retail omnichannel systems.
Our executives have served as CIOs in your industry, speak your language, and know what boards, investors, and regulators expect. Whether navigating complex compliance requirements, optimizing industry-specific technology stacks, or preparing for sector-focused M&A activity, our interim CIOs deliver technology leadership grounded in real operational experience within your market.
Proven Expertise Across Your Industry
When you engage a CXO Partners interim CIO, you're not getting a generalist learning your industry on your dime. You're getting an executive who has already solved the technology challenges you're facing in companies like yours, with boards like yours, and with investors who understand your sector. Whether navigating complex compliance requirements, modernizing legacy systems critical to your operations, preparing technology infrastructure for sector-focused M&A activity, or building digital capabilities that create competitive advantage, our interim CIOs deliver leadership grounded in real operational experience within your market.
Software & Technology
SaaS revenue recognition, subscription metrics (ARR, MRR, CAC, LTV), Rule of 40 optimization, and investor-grade financial reporting for high-growth tech companies.
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Complex reimbursement models, regulatory compliance, clinical trial accounting, revenue cycle management, and value-based care financial frameworks.
Financial Services and FinTech
Banking regulations, lending portfolio management, payment processing economics, capital adequacy, AML compliance, and fintech unit economics.
Manufacturing and Distribution
Cost accounting, inventory management and valuation, supply chain finance, working capital optimization, and capacity planning for operational efficiency.
Consumer and Retail
Omnichannel retail accounting, DTC economics, inventory planning, promotional analysis, and brand portfolio management for profitable growth.
Business Services
Project-based accounting, utilization metrics, pricing optimization, professional services automation, and recurring revenue model development.
Find The Right Interim CIO For Your Organization
A CXO Partner Interim CIO executive can immediately assess what's needed, stabilize a situation, provide steady leadership, and execute a growth plan for your business.
Steady
Our interim CIOs bring calm, experienced leadership during your most turbulent moments. Whether navigating sudden executive departure, cybersecurity incidents, or rapid technology scaling challenges, they quickly diagnose the situation, identify priorities, and establish the technical stability your business needs to move forward with confidence.
Reliable
Count on our interim CIOs to focus relentlessly on your most pressing technology priorities. From securing the infrastructure needed to protect your business, to implementing the systems that scale with your growth, to establishing the governance that protects enterprise value, they deliver the technology leadership and expertise that mid-market companies need to thrive.
Effective
Our interim CIOs don't just maintain operations, they drive transformation. They implement new technology platforms, modernize legacy systems, execute cloud migrations, strengthen cybersecurity posture, and establish the IT capabilities that position your company for sustainable growth and maximum enterprise value.
Why Speed Matters in CIO Transitions
Speed matters when facing a technology leadership gap. CXO Partners deploys interim CIO talent faster than traditional search or consulting firms, without sacrificing quality or experience.
Every day without a CIO creates cascading risks that derail business momentum, expose security vulnerabilities, and cost real opportunities. Critical technology decisions get delayed or made without proper strategic oversight. Board reporting stalls, creating governance concerns. Your IT team loses direction and productivity suffers. Investors, auditors, and customers grow nervous about technology oversight and security posture.
Strategic initiatives, from digital transformation to cloud migration to M&A technology integration, hit pause when there's no technology leader to drive them forward. Meanwhile, a prolonged CIO search can take 4-6 months or longer, during which cybersecurity risks compound, technical debt accumulates, competitive digital capabilities fall behind, and your existing team stretches thin covering responsibilities they weren't hired to handle.
Results from the clients we’ve served
CXO Partners provided invaluable support to our organization through their comprehensive assessment and recommendations across our ERP, Enterprise Project Management, and Product Development processes. We deeply value their partnership and the lasting impact of their work. - Jeff Wakefield, VP Ops, Columbia Forest Products
CXO Partners' strategic transformational roadmap drove quick wins and long-term improvements. Their genuine empathy and hands-on approach fostered trust, collaboration, and innovation. - Jamie Minner, CEO, Cloudli
We engaged with CXO Partners to provide interim Chief Audit Executive services and their consultant was a perfect fit for the United Community culture. We truly benefited long term by their wealth of experience and knowledge to develop a higher performing audit function as we searched for a permanent Chief Audit Executive. - Rob Edwards, EVP, Chief Risk Officer, UCBI
"CXO Partners' transformation leadership was key to our turnaround at Bostwick Braun. They aligned our IT team, prioritized our technology enablement efforts, drove critical changes, and helped put the company back on a solid growth path. Their impact was immediate and lasting."
- Peter Richichi, CEO, Bostwick Braun
Let’s Begin
We enable businesses to focus on core competencies by providing flexible, customized professional services supporting our clients’ strategic objectives.
CXO Partners Interim CIOs
Our CIO Partners
Alejandro Mainetto
David Gordon
Alan Eddie
Yoon Lee
Tracy Deuell
Gabriella Poczo
Dennis Bianucci
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