Fractional product, project & technology leadership
Hire the piece you're missing, not a whole department.
Since 2020, Apid Tech has placed senior product, project, IT, and engineering leaders inside small and mid-sized businesses — for the hours you actually need them, at prices that make sense for where you are.
No cost. No pitch deck. One conversation about what's actually broken.
Your team, and the cell that's still open.
- Founded
- 2020
- Ownership
- Woman-owned
- Delivery
- Remote-first
- Minimum
- 60 minutes
- Office hours
- Mon–Fri, 10–4 MT
Start here
Where are you stuck?
Most people arrive knowing something isn't working — not knowing what to buy. Pick the sentence that sounds most like your last month.
Fractional product & project management
Someone owns the scope, the sequence, and the calendar.
We take the roadmap off the whiteboard and put it on a schedule your team can commit to — running the standups, the tradeoff conversations, and the release plan you don't have the hours for. Also covers PMO setup, process improvement, systems implementation, and agile coaching for the team you already have.
Fractional IT leadership · CTO
A named technology owner, without the headcount.
We review your vendors, licenses, access, and security hygiene, then build a twelve-month technology plan tied to a budget you can defend. Your team gets one person to escalate to, and your board gets reporting that answers its questions the first time.
Supervised software development
Built by partners. Supervised by us. Owned by you.
We scope the build, then run it with engineering firms we've worked with for years — reviewed, tested, and documented, so what you own is something the next developer can pick up. The same supervision covers integrations, legacy system maintenance, and technical due diligence on an acquisition.
Cybersecurity & compliance
Find it before your insurer or your customer does.
A security audit across antivirus, passwords, and authentication; practical threat training for staff who aren't technical; and readiness work for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and ISO/IEC 27001. Worth knowing: many cyber insurance policies require an annual or semi-annual third-party audit to stay in force.
Disaster recovery & business continuity
A plan that works on the worst day of the year.
We map what your business actually needs to keep running, how long it can be down, and what it costs to close that gap — then write the plan, test it, and leave it in a form your team can follow without you in the room. Often the same document your compliance or insurance review is asking for.
The model
What “fractional” means here
It is the word the industry uses and the word nobody outside the industry understands. Here is the plain version, next to the two options you are probably weighing it against.
- Commitment
- Salary, benefits, and twelve months minimum before you know if it worked.
- What you get
- A permanent leader who accumulates full context on your business.
- Right when
- The work is continuous and senior enough to keep someone busy every week.
- Commitment
- A monthly minimum, usually on a six- or twelve-month term.
- What you get
- A team and a process, pointed at a defined deliverable.
- Right when
- You already know what to build and need capacity more than judgment.
- Commitment
- Sixty minutes is the minimum. Hours scale up for a launch and back down after it.
- What you get
- One senior specialist, in the specific gap, accountable for closing it.
- Right when
- You need a leader's judgment and can't justify a leader's headcount.
Capabilities
The full bench
Everything above draws on the same two groups of people. Engagements usually start in one row and pull in another once we know the business.
Technology & product
Cybersecurity
Security audits, staff threat training, and compliance work for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and ISO/IEC 27001.
E-commerce & websites
Squarespace and Shopify builds, plus the DNS, email, and SEO plumbing behind them.
Custom software & integrations
New products, legacy maintenance, systems that need to talk to each other, and due diligence on acquisitions.
Disaster recovery & continuity
Keeping the business running through a disruption, and satisfying the reviews that ask you to prove it.
System & security administration
On-call system and security administration through vetted managed service providers, with someone overseeing the relationship.
Leadership & management
Product management
Launches, strategy and pricing work, competitive analysis, and agile support for teams mid-transition.
Project management
Fractional PMs, process improvement, standing up a PMO, and running systems implementations end to end.
Board of directors support
Reporting, presentations, and audit support for organizations answering to a board or a funder.
Professional coaching
Training and mentorship for the people on your team who are one step away from leading it.
Talent acquisition
An outside read on candidates, and access to a wider pool than a job board will reach.
How an engagement runs
Three steps, and none of them start with a contract
STEP 01
A free 90-minute consult
A working conversation with a qualified consultant — not a sales call. You leave it with a clearer read on the problem whether or not you hire us.
STEP 02
A scoped plan and a price
We write down what we'd do, in what order, and what it costs. Small engagements are straightforward; larger ones get deposit and progress terms in writing.
STEP 03
Work, in increments you control
Hours scale with what the quarter demands. You can add a second specialist, pause, or stop — nothing here requires a twelve-month commitment.
- Minimum engagement
- 60 minutes
- Where we work
- Remote by default; on-site case by case, with travel billed
- Billing
- Invoiced after completion on smaller projects; negotiated NET terms on larger ones
- Payment
- Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, Apple Pay, and bank ACH
- After hours
- Available by arrangement, with a surcharge
- Non-profits
- Supported since our first year — ask about rates
Who we do this for
Small businesses, non-profits, and founders who were told they were too small to bother with
Apid Tech was built to serve underserved and underrepresented business communities — the operators most consultancies price out of the room.
Five years in
Operating continuously since 2020, with a bench of product, project, and IT professionals who have run these functions inside real companies.
Built for the overlooked
The focus from day one has been underserved and underrepresented business communities, at prices sized to the business rather than to the firm.
Non-profits since year one
We have supported multiple non-profit organizations since founding, including board reporting, audit support, and systems work.
The Buzz
Plain answers to the questions clients ask first
Let's start the conversation
Ninety minutes, no charge, no obligation.
Bring the thing that's been on your list since spring. We'll tell you whether it's a two-hour problem or a two-quarter one — and we'll tell you if it isn't ours to solve.
Apid Tech is committed to your data privacy and will never disclose your information without your permission.
- Phone
- 303-578-2311
- Office hours
- Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Mountain
- Where we work
- Remote-first, across Mountain time
- Response
- As soon as is practical within office hours