Growth outpaced the structure
Resources were added as needs arose and the whole function now needs structure.
Advisory • Fractional CIO • IT Leadership
Give your ambitions the technology they deserve.
Expansoft helps leaders clarify priorities, structure their IT function and regain control of an increasingly opaque technology function — from strategic perspective to fractional IT leadership.
When to call us
When your IT reaches its limits.
There is no specific company size at which IT must change. There is a point when yesterday's ways of working simply stop being enough.
The operating model must evolve
Outsourcing, insourcing, vendors or internal teams: the current model no longer fits.
Priorities are no longer clear
Requests keep piling up, but leadership lacks the perspective to decide where to invest.
The next steps need an outside perspective
A new hire, a strategic planning contribution or a roadmap can benefit from an expert outside perspective.
Regain control
Your IT should not be a black box.
You do not need to understand every technical detail. But you should know where IT is going, why, with what risks, at what cost and who is accountable. Expansoft helps put that visibility and control back in leadership's hands.
Dependency on one person
An IT hero knows everything, holds the keys and no one else really understands how the function fits together.
Vendor dependency
Outsourcing became so complete that the vendor is also the one explaining the situation and recommending what to buy.
Loss of IT leadership
An IT leader leaves and the bridge between executives, teams, vendors and priorities disappears with them.
Our services
The right level of involvement, at the right time.
An outside perspective to decide, on-demand expertise for a specific issue, or a part-time IT executive: the engagement adapts to what you actually need.
Assessment & roadmap
Understand the situation, identify dependencies and risks, set priorities and translate business ambitions into a concrete IT roadmap.
Perspective • Priorities • RoadmapDiscuss itExecutive technology advisory
An IT executive perspective to clarify a specific decision: vendors, hiring, budgets, governance, cybersecurity, AI, acquisitions or any issue where business and technology meet.
Decisions • Independence • On-demand expertiseDiscuss itFractional CIO
An experienced IT executive embedded part-time in your organization to represent IT with leadership, steer priorities, guide teams and vendors, and move the roadmap forward.
Leadership • Governance • ExecutionExplore fractional CIOOur approach
Your reality before our methodology.
No one-size-fits-all formula. We start by listening, understanding your context and determining what will truly create value for your organization.
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Listen before prescribing
Technology decisions begin with the company's needs, challenges, culture and constraints.
Technology decisions begin with the company's needs, challenges, culture and constraints.
02
Make choices understandable
Leaders should understand the options, trade-offs, risks and consequences.
Leaders should understand the options, trade-offs, risks and consequences.
03
Move forward without creating dependency
The goal is to leave the organization more structured, more transparent and more autonomous than when we arrived.
The goal is to leave the organization more structured, more transparent and more autonomous than when we arrived.
04
No surprises
Straight findings, clear accountability and a shared understanding of what comes next.
Straight findings, clear accountability and a shared understanding of what comes next.
Clarity from start to finish.You will know what we see, what we recommend, why we recommend it and what comes next.
An engagement can evolve
Advise. Structure. Support. Lead.
01Clarify
A specific decision or issue that deserves an IT executive perspective.
02Structure
Assessment, priorities, governance and roadmap.
03Support
Support leaders, teams and vendors through execution.
04Lead
Fractional CIO leadership when the organization needs a true part-time IT executive.
Why Expansoft
Understand technology. Understand the business. Bridge the two.
Years on the technical side, followed by years leading IT: that dual perspective makes it possible to speak with both technical teams and executives — and turn business ambitions into realistic technology decisions.
Expansoft was built on the belief that there is room between the large consulting firm, the technology vendor and the traditional IT manager: an experienced, independent partner able to listen, translate, challenge and, when needed, lead.
Credible with technical teamsUnderstand technical issues deeply enough to ask the right questions and earn trust.
Relevant to executivesBring discussions back to risks, costs, priorities, capabilities and business outcomes.
Independent of solutionsNo product to sell and no technology to impose: recommendations start with the business need.
Our team
Jonathan Dupont
MBA · PMP · CISSP
President & Founder | Principal IT Leadership Advisor
More than 25 years in technology, including over 14 years leading technology teams and functions — from software development and architecture to executive leadership of a complete IT organization.
That journey brings both sides of the table together: enough technical depth to challenge options and earn the confidence of teams, combined with an executive perspective on priorities, investments, risks, capabilities and business outcomes.
One point of contact, from the first conversation through execution.At Expansoft, the person who understands your challenges is also the person who works with you to solve them.
Experience
A career shaped by demanding and varied environments.
The value of an IT leader comes not only from the technologies they know, but from the situations they have already navigated and the decisions they have had to make.
Technology leadership
Leadership of multidisciplinary teams and development of managers, with responsibility for operations, priorities, vendors, budgets, governance and contributions to strategic planning.
Transformation and major deployments
Leadership of digital transformations, application modernization, cloud migrations, evolution of delivery and service practices, and deployments involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
Different sectors and maturity levels
Experience across travel, entertainment, financial services, automotive and higher education, in organizations experiencing growth, transformation or a new stage of maturity.
From strategy to execution
Able to contribute to executive decisions while remaining close enough to technology to discuss architecture, operations, security, development, vendors and delivery constraints with the teams involved.
Education and certifications
Complementary perspectives for better decisions.
These credentials are not presented as a collection of titles: each strengthens a dimension that is useful in an advisory and IT leadership role.
Business Administration
A business perspective that connects strategy, finance, organizational realities and technology investments.
Project Management Professional
Structured practices for governing and delivering complex projects and transformations without losing sight of the expected outcomes.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
A cybersecurity perspective that brings risk into executive decisions, beyond purely technical considerations.
ITIL Foundation
A structured understanding of IT service management, operations and the value delivered to users and the business.
Technology ecosystem
Understand the interdependencies, not sell a technology stack.
Leading IT requires understanding how disciplines interact. Expansoft’s experience spans the broader ecosystem without pretending to replace the specialists in every domain.
IT services and operations
User support · ITSM · incidents and changes · continuity · vendors
Infrastructure and cloud
Cloud · networks · telecommunications · collaboration environments · backup · resilience
Cybersecurity
Risk management · governance · environment protection · operational security · compliance
Development and DevOps
Software development · application architecture · CI/CD · containers · automation · DevOps practices
Applications, data and Web
Business applications · integrations · databases · Web platforms · data · analytics
Projects and transformation
Traditional project management · Agile · Scrum · Kanban · change management · modernization
The goal is not to be the specialist in every discipline, but to understand the issues and interdependencies well enough to ask the right questions, challenge decisions and bring in the right expertise.
A first conversation
Is your IT reaching a new stage? Let's talk about what comes next.
You don't need to have the engagement defined already. A first conversation can simply help us understand the situation and determine whether Expansoft can help.