Advisory work
Through Maxwell Partners, Bob works with a small number of companies at a time, as a fractional CIO or as a technical advisor.
Fractional CIO
For companies that need senior technology leadership but not a full-time executive. Bob sets technology direction, sorts out systems and vendors, works with the team you have, and gives the CEO and board a plain answer about what’s working and what isn’t.
A good fit when the company is growing faster than its systems.
Technical advisory
For founders, investors, and leadership teams facing a specific decision: choosing a platform, planning a build, checking what a vendor is promising, or sizing up the technology in a deal.
A good fit when you want an experienced second opinion before you commit.
What he brings
Bob has been the first technology leader at companies that went on to go public, so he knows what the early systems need to carry later. He has built production systems from scratch, designed databases, run marketing technology, and written business plans, which means he can talk to the CFO, the head of sales, and the developers in their own terms.
He is most at home in startups and growing companies where operations and technology are tangled together, like the logistics, print production, and media businesses he helped build.
How it usually starts
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A conversation
You describe what’s going on. Bob asks a lot of questions.
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A clear read
He looks at the systems, the team, and the plans, and tells you what he sees, including the parts nobody wants to hear.
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An arrangement that fits
A defined project, an ongoing advisory role, or part-time CIO hours, whichever matches the need.
Got a technology question that won’t go away? Bob is happy to talk it through.