Starkhorn

About Starkhorn

At some point, technology stops being something your business manages and starts being something that manages your business. Vendors set the agenda. The board asks questions nobody answers with confidence. Spending grows without anyone knowing what it delivers. Most businesses in this position do not need a full-time technology director. They need the right one, available when it matters. That is what Starkhorn is for. We provide senior technology leadership on a subscription basis. Fractional for businesses that need an experienced CIO or CISO alongside them every month. Interim for organisations facing an urgent gap, an acquisition, or a situation that cannot wait. The practice draws on hands-on operational experience across CIO, CISO, and programme director roles in PE-backed, founder-led, owner-managed, and regulated businesses. Financial services, retail, automotive, legal, veterinary, not-for-profit. Thousands of locations. Tens of thousands of users. Multi-national environments. Regulatory liability. Programme budgets in the tens of millions. Not advisory experience. Operational experience. When the board asks the question, we are the ones who can answer it. Technology due diligence in two to three weeks. Board-level assessment and roadmap within 90 days. Fractional leadership from two days per month. No contractual lock-in. No consulting overhead. No minimum commitment beyond the next conversation. Starkhorn works with a small number of clients at a time. That is not a constraint. It is how the work gets done properly.