Technology should be helping your business grow, not just keeping the lights on. I work directly with owners across the Oklahoma City metro as their fractional CIO — learning the business first, then making the technology serve it. I don't sell hardware, software, or services, so my only stake is whether the decision was right for you.
I set the direction, manage the vendors, control the spend, and own the risk. And when something breaks and it needs to be handled, you call me — I've been doing the hands-on work my whole career.
Three-year technology plan aligned to where the business is going, not where it's been.
Risk register, security posture assessment, incident response readiness, cyber insurance alignment.
Contract review, renewal negotiation, MSP accountability, and consolidating what overlaps.
Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Azure — identity, Conditional Access, and deciding what actually belongs in the cloud.
IT capital and operating budgets, project ROI, refresh cycles, license optimization.
Microsoft Copilot deployment, workflow automation, practical AI strategy tied to business outcomes.
HIPAA, CMMC, SOC 2, PCI — gap analysis, remediation roadmap, audit prep.
Board updates, quarterly reviews, and the hard conversation with an underperforming vendor.
Three real engagements from 30 years of running business technology. The full write-ups are a click away.
A ransomware attack hit a manufacturer I led IT for. Air-gapped backups brought the business back the same morning — zero data loss, no ransom paid.
When my employer acquired a manufacturer, I merged the systems, network, and infrastructure into a single environment across seven sites — without stopping production.
A public health department brought me in as an outside verifier to assess their security posture — the same role I play against your vendors today.
I'm Grey Lawson — over 30 years in IT, 10 of them as an IT Director running multi-site environments. For most of my career I was also hands-on in the trenches: switches, servers, datacenters, the actual work. I direct the work because I've done the work.
From 2005 to 2015 I also ran my own practice, AbilitySBCC — ten years of hands-on IT for more than 25 clients across the OKC metro. I advised every one of them the way I do today: vendor-neutral, nothing to sell them, just the right call for their business.
From first conversation to ongoing engagement — clear stages, no surprises.
60–90 minute conversation. We talk about your business, your tech today, and what's slowing you down. No deck, no sales pitch — just whether there's a fit.
A paid written engagement: the risks I'd act on, the quick wins, and a prioritized 12-month roadmap. The foundation everything else is built on.
Monthly retainer or project-based. Flexible engagement, no auto-renewing contract, scope adjusts as the business changes.
Every 90 days we look at progress against the roadmap, recalibrate priorities, and report up to leadership.
A vendor-neutral, 12-page playbook on IT strategy, security, and AI for OKC small and medium businesses. Free — no pitch.
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