The 30-day technology assessment
In 30 days, you’ll know what technology you have, where it’s costing you, and what to fix first.
For service companies growing through acquisition. No fee, and I only take on three at a time.
Alec Langbeen, Founder, Fractional CIO. Led the IT onboarding for eight acquisitions in under two years for a PE-backed field services operator.
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If you’re growing through acquisition, some of this probably sounds familiar. Your last acquisition isn’t fully integrated yet. You can’t say what your companies really spend on technology, and contracts renew without anyone deciding to keep them. A project stalls waiting on a decision, a vendor, or someone with enough time to push them through.
I’m Alec Langbeen, founder of Keelson Advisory. In 30 days, you’ll know what technology you have, where it’s costing you, and what to fix first.
You’ll see every stalled project and a decision that gets it moving, your risks ranked from smallest to largest, where you’re overpaying, and a 90-day roadmap for what comes next.
All it takes from you is about four hours over a month, an introduction to your IT firm, and a 12-month vendor export from accounting. We don’t need any logins, and your IT firm stays in place. We work with them, not around them.
There’s no fee, and everything we find is yours to keep. Whether you keep working with us after the 30 days is entirely up to you. I only can take on three of these at a time. So click apply below, fill in four short fields, and pick a time for a 25-minute call to see what the assessment could do for your business
Sound familiar?
Thirty days from now, you’ll know what to do.
Keep your acquisitions moving.
Today
Your last acquisition still isn’t fully integrated, and the projects to finish it keep stalling.
At day 30
Every stalled project, where it’s stuck, and the decision that gets it moving again.
Stop overpaying.
Today
You can’t say what your companies really spend on technology, and contracts renew without anyone deciding to keep them.
At day 30
Where you’re overpaying, what nobody uses, and every contract with its renewal date.
Lower your risk.
Today
You don’t know which technology problem would hurt most if it went wrong.
At day 30
Your biggest technology risks, ranked, with the one thing to do about each and who does it.
Know what comes next.
Today
Every decision feels urgent, and there’s no plan for what comes first.
At day 30
A 90-day roadmap: what to fix first, what can wait, and who does each part.
Everything we find is yours to keep.
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What it takes from you.
- About four hours of your time over the month.
- One introduction to your IT firm or whoever holds your records.
- One 12-month vendor export from accounting.
No logins, and your IT firm stays in place. We work with them, not around them. If the work was useful, I’ll ask for a short testimonial, credited however you choose. If it wasn’t, nothing is owed.
How the 30 days run
Four weeks, about four hours of your time.
Week 1.
A one-hour kickoff. Then I collect equipment and software inventories and contracts through your IT contact, and a 12-month vendor export from accounting.
Your time: the one-hour kickoff.
Week 2.
Every vendor and contract reviewed. Notice deadlines, auto-renewals, and duplicates flagged. You get the renewal dates early, before anything renews.
Your time: 30 minutes.
Week 3.
Risks ranked. The decisions that matter drafted for your review.
Your time: 30 minutes.
Week 4.
We walk through what we found and what to fix first. You decide what, if anything, comes next.
Your time: 30 minutes, and the 90-minute day-30 review.
Keelson takes no commission, margin or payment of any kind from any provider or solution it reviews or recommends.
After the 30 days
Continuing is up to you. If you do, there are two ways:
Backbone: ongoing visibility.
The picture kept current, budgeting, and progress tracked every month. For when your team can make and drive the decisions. Month to month.
About Backbone →Helm: technology leadership.
Everything in Backbone, plus we step into the technology leadership seat: researched decisions with a recommendation, including where AI fits, and coordination with your IT firms to get them done. For when you need someone to drive the decisions. Month to month.
About Helm →
Larger projects with their own plan and finish line are scoped separately. Strategic Projects →
About
Alec Langbeen
Founder, Fractional CIO
I’ve spent 10 years in IT, the last four at a fast-growing IT firm, where I onboarded more than 30 clients and led the IT onboarding for eight acquisitions in under two years for a PE-backed field services operator.
More about Keelson Advisory →Before you apply
Questions
- Why is there no fee?
- Keelson Advisory runs this assessment at no fee to help companies growing through acquisition get their technology on the right track. If the 30 days prove valuable, Keelson offers paid services to continue. The only catch: Keelson can only run three at a time.
- Do you need logins or admin access?
- No. I work from documents: contracts and inventories shared through your IT contact, and a vendor export from accounting. I never hold your credentials.
- Why the vendor export?
- It's the fastest way to find what you're paying for twice and the contracts nobody remembers signing.
- Will my IT firm see this as a threat?
- Your IT firm stays. I coordinate with them, not around them, and I say that to them directly at the introduction. Anything about your IT firm’s work, they see first, and their response goes in alongside it.
- What happens to our records after day 30?
- If you stop, everything we found is yours and I delete my copies within 10 business days. If you continue, your findings stay open to you and keep growing. NDA on request.
- What happens on day 31?
- Nothing unless you ask. Continuing is optional and month to month.
- What if it isn't worth it?
- Everything we find is yours either way. If you tell me at day 30 that the work wasn't useful, nothing is owed: no testimonial, no follow-up, no next step.
How to apply
Apply for the assessment.
Four short fields, then pick a time for a 25-minute call. On the call we walk through the assessment and make sure it’s a fit on both sides. I read every application myself.