Fractional IT leadership

From scrappy startup to grown-up IT.

Bantam builds IT departments from scratch for growing companies — identity, security, vendor management, and the boring fundamentals that keep a business running. Fixed scope, senior-only, no surprises.

Start with the Gap Scorecard See services
14-day Gap Scorecard 90-day fixed-scope builds Senior-only delivery
bantam-engagement.ts
1const engagement = await Bantam.run({2  phase: 'first-90-days',3  company: yourCompany,4  scope: ['identity', 'security', 'vendors'],5  guardrails: { fixedScope: true },6}); 7// → IT Gap Scorecard            delivered8// → IAM + MFA rolled out        live9// → Vendor + license inventory  documented  ✓ Your team, owning it.
Built on operational fundamentals
Identity & Access Security & Incident Response Vendor & License Management Documentation & Handoff

Each pillar maps to a concrete engagement — so you always know what you are buying and what "done" looks like.

What we do

Three engagements, one throughline: build IT that outlasts you.

01 / SERVICE

IT Gap Scorecard

$2,500 fixed · 14 business days. A structured look at how your company actually runs IT — identity, devices, vendors, security posture, and the gaps nobody has had time to close. Surfaces and prioritizes; does not fix. You leave with a signable 90-day plan you could take to anyone.

  • Stack & vendor inventory + duplication report
  • Risk-scored gap analysis
  • Executive-ready 90-day plan
  • Joiner/mover/leaver gap assessment
  • 30-min executive debrief — top 3 risks

Delivered on time or you don't pay. Full fee credits toward Phase 1 if signed within 30 days. Two audit slots per month.

02 / SERVICE

First 90 Days Foundation Program

From $30,000 · 90 days fixed scope. We stand up the fundamentals — single sign-on, MFA, device baseline, vendor consolidation, and the documentation that makes the next hire's job easy. Standard tier ($36K) is three work streams — a fraction of one month of a loaded IT Director hire.

  • IAM + MFA rollout (live, enforced)
  • Device & endpoint baseline
  • Vendor consolidation & contracts
  • Runbooks, decision logs, incident playbook

SOW completion guarantee: if agreed work streams aren't live and documented by Day 90, we continue at no additional fee — up to 30 days.

03 / SERVICE

Fractional Leadership

Ongoing player-coach engagement for companies not ready for a full-time IT Director. Architectural decisions, hands-on execution, vendor wrangling — without another headcount.

  • Strategic & hands-on, not slide-deck-only
  • Vendor & incident escalation
  • Internal team mentoring
How it works

A 90-day arc from "we need IT" to "IT runs."

Deliberate, senior, small engagements. We don't show up with a team of ten — we show up with one person who has done this before, and a written plan you can actually hold us to.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Interview the team, inventory tools, map how work actually happens.

  2. 02

    Prioritize

    Score gaps by business risk, compliance exposure, and how much pain they cause weekly.

  3. 03

    Build

    Roll out the foundations — IAM, MFA, device baseline, vendor cleanup — with the team, not around them.

  4. 04

    Operate

    Document, hand off, and stand up the runbooks so the next person doesn't have to call us.

The Bantam promise

Senior, transparent, and built to be handed back.

These aren't marketing lines — they show up as clauses in the SOW, security plan, and runbook documentation delivered with every engagement.

SOW

Fixed-scope engagements.

Scope, timeline, and deliverables defined up front. Change control is explicit — no silent scope creep, no open-ended retainers, no "we'll figure it out as we go."

SEC

Security-first, from incident experience.

Every engagement is shaped by what real incidents look like — MFA fatigue attacks, malware outbreaks, account compromises. We build for the day something goes wrong, not just the demo.

DOCS

Documented for handoff.

Runbooks, decision logs, and vendor inventories are deliverables, not afterthoughts. The goal is a self-sufficient team — not a permanent dependency on us.

Common questions

Answers before the first email.

What is the IT Gap Scorecard?
A 14-business-day, $2,500 fixed-fee engagement that maps your stack, vendors, and security posture against where a company your size should be. You get a risk-scored gap analysis, vendor duplication report, joiner/mover/leaver gap check, and a 90-day plan an executive can sign off on — not a 60-page report nobody will read. Delivered on time or you don't pay.
Does the audit fee apply if we continue to Phase 1?
Yes. The full $2,500 credits toward Phase 1 if you sign within 30 days of audit delivery. The audit also stands alone — take the plan to anyone if you prefer.
How long does an engagement take?
The IT Gap Scorecard runs 14 business days. The First 90 Days Foundation Program runs — predictably — 90 days. Fractional Leadership is a rolling monthly commitment with a clear off-ramp built into the SOW. Every timeline is fixed at the start; we'd rather scope tighter than slip.
Do you replace our existing IT person or team?
No. We work alongside the people you already have — usually an office manager or ops generalist who has been keeping IT alive. The goal is to give them the systems, documentation, and runbooks to run it confidently after we leave, not to take their job.
What size company is Bantam best suited for?
Growing companies of roughly 20–200 employees without a full-time IT leader — past the founder-runs-Google-Workspace stage, not yet ready to hire a Director of IT. If you're feeling the seams strain, that's usually the right moment.
How do you handle security incidents during an engagement?
With the same incident playbook we've run in production — contain, communicate, evict, document. MFA fatigue, malware, compromised accounts: we've worked all of them. Incident response is in scope by default, and the runbook stays with you afterward.
What do I receive at the end of an engagement?
Working systems and the documentation your team owns — IAM configured, MFA enforced, devices baselined, vendors consolidated, plus runbooks, decision logs, and an inventory of every license and contract. The deliverable is a team that doesn't need to call us.
Get in touch

Ready to stop duct-taping IT?

Send a short note about what you're working on and we'll reply within one business day to see whether the IT Gap Scorecard is the right fit — or schedule a 20-minute discovery call.

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