A prioritized roadmap
Identify what needs to happen first, the dependencies that affect the sequence, and the decisions leadership needs to make.
Technology advisory · Fractional CIO / CISO
Fractional CIO for law firms. Clear priorities for your next technology decision.
Senior guidance on Microsoft 365, AI adoption, security, modernization, and IT operations. Cocha helps leadership and IT turn business priorities into an actionable roadmap, with deep law-firm experience and support for oil & gas, medical device, and PE-backed organizations.
Led by Steven R. Combs · 30 years in IT · 15 years working with law firms
Make the decision. Give your team a plan they can run.
Which Microsoft 365 plan fits the organization? Who should receive a Copilot seat? What needs to change before a wider AI rollout? What should be modernized first? We help connect those decisions to cost, risk, capacity, and business goals.
Clear tradeoffs
Compare practical options, costs, operational demands, and security considerations before committing to a direction.
Accountable follow-through
Assign owners, establish review points, and connect the agreed strategy to implementation and ongoing operations.
Technology advisory services
Fractional CIO / CISO guidance
Executive-level technology and security advice for planning, governance, investment decisions, and coordination with your internal team.
Microsoft 365 & AI decisions
Review licensing choices, Copilot and Claude rollout priorities, identity, permissions, and the controls needed for the workflows you plan to enable.
IT strategy & modernization
Develop a roadmap for infrastructure upgrades, technical debt reduction, and improvements aligned to business priorities.
System & platform integration
Plan how applications and platforms should connect. Review dependencies, data flows, ownership, and the operational impact of a proposed change.
Security & risk management
Prioritize vulnerabilities, patching practices, and governance gaps. Map technology controls to the requirements your organization needs to address.
Operations & performance
Review daily IT functions, monitoring, resource allocation, and service responsibilities. Connect operational improvements to the broader roadmap.
Advice that connects leadership and the IT team.
Start with the decision in front of you
Bring a licensing renewal, an AI rollout, a modernization project, or a recurring operational problem. We identify the information needed, compare options, and agree on the work required to move forward.
For law firms, this includes the Microsoft 365, Copilot, and data-access decisions that affect attorneys and staff. Read our Microsoft 365 licensing guide for law firms.
Senior-led delivery
Steven R. Combs leads the advisory work, drawing on 30 years in IT and 15 years working with law firms.
Gabriella San Miguel coordinates projects, scheduling, and business operations.
We work alongside your IT, security, MSP, and business stakeholders so recommendations have owners and a practical path to implementation.
What an advisory engagement can produce.
A decision brief
The business objective, options, tradeoffs, evidence gaps, and a recommendation for the decision in scope.
An actionable roadmap
Priorities, dependencies, responsibilities, and the agreed sequence for implementation.
A review cadence
Regular checkpoints for changes, risks, spending, and progress against the roadmap.
Deliverables and cadence depend on the agreed project or ongoing advisory scope. Implementation and managed services are scoped separately.
Choose a starting point that fits the question.
Free AI Readiness Snapshot
A focused starting point for Claude and Copilot deployment decisions. Review the scope, preparation requirements, and sample findings before booking.
Free M365 Zero Trust Snapshot
Start with identity, access, and the controls your Microsoft 365 environment enforces before setting a wider security roadmap.
Managed IT & helpdesk
Connect the agreed roadmap to day-to-day support, patching, infrastructure management, and defined service responsibilities.
Cloud migration
Discuss workload choices, dependencies, and migration planning when infrastructure modernization is part of the decision.
Related services: Cloud FinOps · Technology sourcing & licensing
Questions before you begin
Can we engage you for one specific decision?
Yes. Advisory can begin with a defined project or decision. We agree on the question, deliverables, and scope before work begins.
Can you provide ongoing fractional CIO or CISO support?
Yes. We can agree on an ongoing advisory scope with a review cadence, responsibilities, and priorities suited to your organization.
Is this only for law firms?
Law firms are a primary focus, supported by 15 years of experience in that sector. We also work with oil & gas companies, medical device companies, and PE-backed organizations.
Can our own team implement the recommendations?
Yes. Recommendations can be handed to your internal IT team or MSP. Cocha implementation and managed services can be scoped separately where you need additional support.
When will you respond?
We aim to respond within 4–8 business hours, Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM Central.
Get a clear next step for the decision in front of you.
Tell us what you are trying to decide, what is driving the timing, and who needs to be involved. We will discuss the right starting point.
Prefer email? info@cochatechnology.com