SERVICES
FRACTIONAL CTPO (CTO/CPO)
With over 20 years of experience leading a global cloud service provider, our fractional Chief Technology & Product Officer services offer a legacy of expertise and success. Clients leverage us to ensure architecture decisions are future-proofed, resilient, and secure. Our feedback is not just based on the theoretical, but our real-world “battle scars”. We cover a broad range of topics including: identifying proper software & platform “stacks” to build upon, architecting how puzzle pieces should integrate based upon your distinct environment, defining single-points-of-truth, cloud strategy, resilience, and of course security.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
In the realm of product development, our expertise lies in transforming innovative ideas into productized, market-ready solutions. We emphasize creating distinct and differentiating services with capabilities that carve out a unique niche. We ensure future flexibility, scalability, and security. Potential “edge-cases” are considered so that the product model stays consistent over time. Product specs, user-stories, pricing models, and clear value propositions are provided to ensure tangible results to stakeholders.
BOARD ADVISORY
Our board advisory service exemplifies our forward-thinking approach. We offer insights based upon extensive industry expertise, and view of future market conditions. In conjunction, we provide technology, vendor, and cloud neutral feedback that is unwaveringly unbiased. Our guidance provides insights to help future-proof platforms, quickly pivot as needed, and easily integrate with other organizations. Having successfully sold to Enterprise, SMB, and SLED entities, we have a deep understanding of regulatory requirements, procurement, distribution, and the prerequisites required to transact in various verticals. Moreover, we operate as a technical fiduciary to investors, providing pragmatic, unvarnished, and honest feedback.
TECHNICAL MARKETING
Aligned with Go-To-Market strategy, we ensure marketing efforts don’t miss the unique technical intricacies and differentiators of your products and services. These nuanced, yet powerful capabilities are often overlooked or misrepresented by traditional marketing resources. 10Forward will work with you and your marketing teams to ensure these features are properly articulated to ensure they resonate with executives as well as technical leaders. This includes “marketecture” diagrams, thought leadership, webinar content, and similar deliverables.
GO-TO-MARKET
Our go-to-market strategy is tailored to your unique competitive, customer, and partner landscape. By deeply understanding your strengths, weaknesses, and current market dynamics, we ensure that your offerings are positioned for success. We also adeptly navigate constraints related to backend software vendors, partners, security, and other potential challenges, crafting strategies that align perfectly with your long-term vision.
DILIGENCE
For entities involved with M&A activities, our technical diligence service provides impartial and detailed feedback. Our evaluations encompass infrastructure, software, networking, storage, cloud services, SaaS, and the potential pitfalls of technical debt. We critically assess the future-readiness of technology stacks, cybersecurity posture, resilience, and adaptability in the face of evolving demands. For service providers, we also provide competitive intelligence, scalability & security assessments, and feature evaluations. Our diligence ensures that every decision is not only informed but also strategic.