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Lead your Mission. Leave your IT to Us. Many nonprofit CEOs and CFOs never planned to become the accidental CTO. But when the IT director leaves, the MSP is scoped to support tickets rather than strategy, and technology decisions default to whoever asks loudest, that is exactly what happens. You should not have to shoulder technology, reporting, and risk alone. We know the hidden costs: manual workarounds, inconsistent data, staff burnout, mounting technical debt, and missed funding opportunities. Whether you are facing an active crisis or managing years of accumulated technical debt and neglected infrastructure, The Stratus Group is here to help. For three decades, The Stratus Group has served organizations across industries. Today, we specialize in helping mission-driven leaders stabilize emergencies and then rebuild the technology function, governance, and teams that prevent the next one. Every engagement starts with the Stratus360 Assessment—a diagnostic that maps your risks, surfaces hidden vulnerabilities, and delivers a prioritized roadmap to clean infrastructure. From there, we transition to a Fractional CTO Retainer to execute that roadmap and guide strategic planning, scoped to the leadership your organization needs. We provide the embedded accountability to oversee the rebuilding of your technology function, restore board and funder trust, and ensure your technology supports your mission instead of consuming it. We take the lead on your technology environment, translate risk into board-ready language, and coordinate the critical moving parts on your behalf. If you are ready to stop being the accidental CTO—whether you are putting out fires today or finally addressing the infrastructure that accumulated while no one was steering—let us talk.