Executive Leadership on Demand
C-Suite Expertise.
Fractional Investment.
Quarterly engagements with seasoned CIOs, CTOs, and CFOs. Strategic guidance that embeds, executes, and delivers measurable outcomes.
Anchored on a 3-month retainer. Built for growth-stage companies that need executive-level outcomes without a $250K+ salary.
Why Rent Execution Instead of Buying It?
Growing companies often hit a ceiling where they need high-level strategy but cannot justify a $250K+ salary plus equity, benefits, and severance overhead. Fractional Executive Services bridge that gap with quarterly engagements that compound across the relationship.
Strategy Plus Execution
Vertrex provides battle-tested leaders who embed in your team for 10–20 hours per week. They don't just advise — they execute. Whether you need a CIO to stabilize operations, a CTO to build a product, or a CFO to prepare for fundraising, the right partner is on the bench.
- Quarterly Anchor with Monthly Flex
- Embedded, Not Advisory-Only
- Onboarding in Days, Not Months
- Hourly Overage Available Above Retainer
Three Fractional Roles
Specialized leadership for every growth stage.
Fractional CIO
Operations & Infrastructure
Strategic technology guidance to align IT with business goals. Stabilize operations, govern vendors, and drive digital transformation.
- IT Roadmap & Strategy
- Cybersecurity & Risk
- Vendor Negotiations
- Digital Transformation
Fractional CTO
Product & Innovation
For scaling companies building proprietary tech or products. We oversee architecture, dev teams, and engineering quality.
- Product Architecture
- Dev Team Leadership
- QA & DevOps Strategy
- Code Quality Reviews
Fractional CFO
Finance & Growth
Strategic financial planning for growth, fundraising, and profitability. Pitch readiness and investor communication.
- Fundraising & Pitch Decks
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- M&A Support
- KPI Dashboards
Fractional Engagement Pricing
Retainer-first. Predictable cadence. Hourly overage available above the cap.
Monthly Retainer
$12,000/month
Month-to-Month Flexibility
- 10–20 hrs/week embedded
- Roll month-to-month
- Convertible to quarterly
Quarterly Retainer
$36,000
3 Months · Most Common
- 3 months × $12K committed
- Strategy + execution cadence
- Renewable on outcome basis
Hourly overage rates apply only to existing retained clients exceeding their retainer cap. Standalone hourly engagements available with VP Sales approval.
The Fractional Advantage
Cost-Effective Excellence
C-suite expertise for a fraction of the cost. Eliminate benefits, equity, and severance overhead.
Built for Scalability
Services scale up or down per quarter. Suited for rapid growth phases, seasonal spikes, or specific milestones.
Objective Insights
An external leader brings unbiased perspective, free from internal politics, on hard personnel and strategy decisions.
Immediate Impact
Skip the 6-month executive search. Our leaders onboard in days and deliver value from Week 1 of the retainer.
Is Fractional Right for You?
If any of these are true, it's time to talk.
"We are outgrowing our current processes."
"We need to raise capital but lack investor-ready financials."
"Tech debt is slowing our product release cadence."
The Vertrex Approach
A quarterly engagement, executive-level outcomes, and a renewal decision based on results — not a long-term lock-in.
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AI Capabilities for Fractional Engagements
Fractional retainers compose with AI implementations. Your fractional executive scopes the use case; our AI team executes inside the same engagement structure.
Tier 1 — Discovery
AI Readiness Assessment
$3,500
Data quality analysis and use-case identification scoped by your fractional CIO/CTO/CFO. Required before any AI implementation.
Tier 2 — Implementation
Fixed-Fee AI Modules
$5,000 – $15,000
Document OCR, intelligent chatbots, predictive analytics. Built on your ERP foundation under fractional executive oversight.
Tier 3 — Advisory
AI Consultant Rate
$250 / hour
Custom Python and ML work. Ongoing model tuning. Available as overage above your Fractional retainer cap.
Executive leadership when you need it.
Quarterly engagements, embedded execution, measurable outcomes.