You need CIO or CTO-level leadership
Your business has capable operational or IT teams, but needs stronger executive direction, governance, prioritisation or technology leadership.
Fractional CIO · Fractional CTO · Project & Programme Leadership
Senior technology leadership, exactly when you need it.
I help organisations align technology with business priorities, strengthen governance, make better technology decisions and bring critical projects and programmes under control — without the cost or commitment of a full-time executive.
25+ years in technology and transformation | PMP certified | Former GM & CTO | UAE and international assignments
Dubai-based · UAE / GCC · International assignments
Senior leadership, on the scale your business actually needs
Not every organisation needs a permanent CIO, CTO or senior programme director.
Sometimes you need experienced leadership for a few days each month. Sometimes you need someone to step into a critical project, stabilise a difficult situation, challenge a major technology decision or provide interim executive cover.
That is where I can help.
Through SIRICTECH, I provide fractional, interim and ad-hoc technology and delivery leadership to organisations that need senior capability without adding permanent executive headcount.
You work directly with me — not with a sales team, account manager or rotating pool of consultants.
When senior technology leadership is needed now
You may not need another permanent hire. You may simply need the right experience at the right point in time.
A critical programme is slipping
Deadlines are moving, ownership is unclear, reporting is not giving you confidence, or stakeholders and vendors are no longer aligned.
You are making a major technology decision
You are selecting or replacing an ERP, core platform, cloud service, integration architecture or strategic vendor and need an experienced independent view.
Technology and business priorities are disconnected
Investment is happening, but there is no clear roadmap connecting spend, delivery and measurable business outcomes.
A project needs recovery
You need someone senior to establish the real position, restore control and create a credible path forward.
You need temporary leadership
A key role is vacant, a transformation is beginning, or you need experienced cover while permanent internal capability is built.
Three ways I can help
Fractional CIO
Executive technology leadership focused on business outcomes.
I can help define technology strategy, establish governance, prioritise investment, improve vendor accountability and give owners and senior leaders clearer visibility of technology cost, risk, delivery and value.
Typical areas include:
- IT and digital strategy
- Technology roadmaps and investment priorities
- Governance and decision rights
- IT operating model and accountability
- Vendor and commercial management
- Portfolio and PMO oversight
- Service and SLA governance
- Executive reporting and value tracking
- Leadership and development of internal IT teams
Fractional CTO
Senior technology direction for consequential platform and architecture decisions.
I work with leadership and technical teams to turn business requirements into pragmatic technology choices — helping organisations assess platforms, architecture, integration, cloud, automation and emerging technology without allowing vendors or technology trends to dictate the answer.
Typical areas include:
- Technology strategy and roadmaps
- Enterprise and solution architecture direction
- Cloud, SaaS and hybrid platform decisions
- Systems integration strategy
- ERP and core-platform decisions
- Data, analytics and digital enablement
- Automation and AI-enabled process improvement
- Vendor benchmarking and technical due diligence
- Proof-of-concept and pilot governance
- Build-versus-buy decisions
- Technical delivery governance
- Operational readiness and transition
Project & Programme Leadership
Senior delivery leadership for critical technology programmes.
I can step into a programme from mobilisation through go-live, or into an existing project that needs stronger control, clearer governance or experienced recovery leadership.
My role is practical: establish the real position, align the people involved, make risks and decisions visible, strengthen delivery discipline and keep attention on the business outcome.
Typical assignments include:
- ERP, CRM and core-platform implementations
- Complex migrations, integrations and cutovers
- Stalled or at-risk projects and programmes
- Greenfield initiatives with evolving scope
- Interim programme or project leadership
- PMO and governance uplift
- Vendor and partner coordination
- Testing, cutover and operational-readiness governance
- Delivery assurance and programme recovery
Executive perspective. Delivery experience.
I have spent more than 25 years working across enterprise technology, transformation and complex programme delivery.
My career has included executive leadership as a General Manager & Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group IT, alongside nearly a decade leading major enterprise programmes for Infor / Lawson across the Middle East, UK and Europe.
That experience means I have worked on both sides of the table.
I understand the perspective of the executive accountable for strategy, budgets, vendors and business outcomes — and the reality of the programme teams responsible for actually delivering the change.
That combination matters when technology decisions become commercially important, politically difficult or operationally critical.
Credentials and experience:
- 25+ years in enterprise technology and operational leadership
- Former General Manager & Chief Technology Officer
- Former Head of Group IT
- Nearly a decade with Infor / Lawson
- Leadership of multinational delivery teams
- Experience across the Middle East, UK and Europe
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- MA, Geographical Information Systems, University of Leeds
- BSc (Hons), Geography, University of Huddersfield
- Dubai-based with UAE Golden Visa
Selected career experience
The examples below are from my broader career prior to and alongside SIRICTECH and are shown to illustrate the scale and type of work I have led.
Major Infor M3 transformation — Saudi Arabia
While at Infor, I directed a $25M+ Infor M3 transformation for Zahid Group, leading a large multi-country delivery organisation through a complex, multi-year implementation.
Infor M3 programme — Netherlands
While at Infor, I led a $20M+ M3 programme for PON CAT, including structured environment management, change control, testing and rental-business go-live activity across Norway and the Netherlands.
Global mobility rollout
I led a 15-month global mobility implementation for Aggreko, scaling to more than 1,500 users across a geographically distributed operation.
Sponsor-side cloud ERP transformation
As Head of Group IT at Mattex Group, I led the transition from Microsoft Dynamics to cloud-based Infor M3 SaaS across UAE, Saudi Arabia and the US, alongside BI and wider technology rationalisation.
Executive technology leadership
As General Manager & CTO at Alkra Technologies, I was accountable for technology strategy and delivery across large greenfield programmes, including vendor contracts, governance, operational readiness and multinational teams.
Simple, direct and flexible
1. Start with the problem
We begin with a direct conversation about what is happening, what needs to change and what outcome you need.
2. Define the right level of support
That might be a few hours of independent advice, a recurring fractional role, interim leadership, a defined project assignment or programme recovery.
3. Embed and deliver
I work directly with your leadership, internal teams, vendors and partners to create clarity, strengthen control and move the work forward.
The aim is not to create dependency on a consultant. Where appropriate, I help strengthen internal capability so that the organisation is in a better position after the engagement than before it.
Specialist Infor M3 / CloudSuite leadership
In addition to broader fractional CIO, CTO and programme leadership, I have deep experience with Infor M3 / CloudSuite delivery.
I spent more than nine years with Infor / Lawson leading implementations, upgrades, roll-outs, mobility programmes and complex change across the Middle East, UK and Europe. I have also led an Infor M3 SaaS transformation from the customer side.
I am available to support Infor customers and implementation partners with ad-hoc or interim Project Manager / Project Director capability, programme recovery, governance, delivery assurance, testing, cutover and complex change delivery.
Need senior technology leadership without adding permanent headcount?
If you need an experienced CIO, CTO or programme leader for a critical period, a difficult decision or a major piece of delivery, get in touch directly.
Email: enquiries@sirictech.com
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